"In astrophysics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the philosophical consideration that observations of the physical Universe must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. Some proponents of the anthropic principle reason that it explains why the Universe has the age and the fundamental physical constants necessary to accommodate conscious life. As a result, they believe it is unremarkable that the universe's fundamental constants happen to fall within the narrow range thought to be compatible with life." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
The argument is devolved to a binary straw-man: a "pro/con" proposition - to the end of stifling nuanced inquiry and actual understanding.
Mary Shelly wasn't anti-science when she wrote "Frankenstein".
Goethe wasn't "anti-science" when he wrote "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". If you aren't immediately familiar with the fable, it is worth revisiting. The story concerns the casual nature of hubris, particularly in the domain of technical insight.
There is a very real delusional aspect to a culture that uses scientific method in an atomised scope and then applies one technical outcome in a pervasive manner.
The operative phrase here is: "knows enough to be dangerous." Another such is "unintended consequences".
Let us quote from the article, and allow the unintended consequences aspect to unfold its manifest possibilities in our imaginations:
The negative sides, however, are very substantial. Cytomegalovirus doesn't normally cause symptoms in healthy people, but it tends to be active in very young babies and among those with immune defects, where it can cause serious complications. Herpes viruses cause unpleasant symptoms as well.
What a fascinating way for the US to innovate its way out of stagnation: with incentives to joint the secret police!
There's never been a an economic miracle of productivity and social rewards, like that which has come from diverting skilled students away from developing a market - and into the state security apparatus.
This is a false situation - maintained by deliberate policy of an Elite which effectively both owns the Government and monopolizes capital. The one/two knockout punch makes change through the electoral process obsolete and impossible.
The combined worth of the 6 Walmart heirs and heiresses is greater than that combined of the bottom 41% of American families (48.8 million households). How do the grinning kids of Sam Walton stay so rich? By paying their employees slave wages and not providing benefits, forcing them to use food stamps and medicaid. Above, a poster by Miel Macassey that shows how Walmart siphons money from taxpayers so it can pay its workers (which represent 1% of the American workforce) an average of $8.81 an hour without having them and their kids drop dead of starvation.
Regarding violence - I don't advocate it. I'm not sure of the alternative to the US system as it is today. I only know that it is a system of elite totalitarianism - where elite power has captured the duopoly of government action and market capital.
There is no hope in resisting - but no other moral course of action.
But when a government consistently violates its own foundational law - and abridges the basic social contract on which it is established - actually prosecuting citizens for the assertion of the terms of that contract?
"The Sovereign, having no force other than the legislative power, acts only by means of the laws; and the laws being solely the authentic acts of the general will, the Sovereign cannot act save when the people is assembled."
"Every law the people have not ratified in person is null and void -- is, in fact, not a law."
"The legislative power belongs to the people, and can belong to it alone."
The purpose of the American Revolution was to establish, by law, Government for, by, and of, the people. The precedent necessary and in assumption were those of English Common Law and Magna Carta, etc.
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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
"In astrophysics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the philosophical consideration that observations of the physical Universe must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. Some proponents of the anthropic principle reason that it explains why the Universe has the age and the fundamental physical constants necessary to accommodate conscious life. As a result, they believe it is unremarkable that the universe's fundamental constants happen to fall within the narrow range thought to be compatible with life."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
What happens when "Cytomegalovirus" mutates "in the wild"?
That means, among all of us.
We are just like "Round-Up Ready" soy beans. And we have potential both to breed resistance - as well as "super bugs".
Man, it's like "I Am Legend" in the making!
The argument is devolved to a binary straw-man: a "pro/con" proposition - to the end of stifling nuanced inquiry and actual understanding.
Mary Shelly wasn't anti-science when she wrote "Frankenstein".
Goethe wasn't "anti-science" when he wrote "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". If you aren't immediately familiar with the fable, it is worth revisiting. The story concerns the casual nature of hubris, particularly in the domain of technical insight.
There is a very real delusional aspect to a culture that uses scientific method in an atomised scope and then applies one technical outcome in a pervasive manner.
The operative phrase here is: "knows enough to be dangerous." Another such is "unintended consequences".
Let us quote from the article, and allow the unintended consequences aspect to unfold its manifest possibilities in our imaginations:
I don't want this in the hands of the same people who made Vioxx, Thalidomide or Lipitor.
"Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken"
- Book of Chan
This is the new American Century. Get used to it.
I doubt it!
Hey! Kudos to fustakrakich for 2 front pagers in a week!
What a fascinating way for the US to innovate its way out of stagnation: with incentives to joint the secret police!
There's never been a an economic miracle of productivity and social rewards, like that which has come from diverting skilled students away from developing a market - and into the state security apparatus.
Or, maybe not?
This is a false situation - maintained by deliberate policy of an Elite which effectively both owns the Government and monopolizes capital. The one/two knockout punch makes change through the electoral process obsolete and impossible.
http://boingboing.net/2012/11/23/how-walmart-uses-medicaid-and.html
Regarding violence - I don't advocate it. I'm not sure of the alternative to the US system as it is today. I only know that it is a system of elite totalitarianism - where elite power has captured the duopoly of government action and market capital.
There is no hope in resisting - but no other moral course of action.
So, by your logic, the Head of Supreme Soviet was legitimate - because a means to vote was delivered?
Bravo!
Subversive non-compliance may better suit an effective and reasonable method, to that of violent hostility.
That was the function... certainly!
OK I dig where you're coming from.
But when a government consistently violates its own foundational law - and abridges the basic social contract on which it is established - actually prosecuting citizens for the assertion of the terms of that contract?
That government is de-legitimised.
Yes. 12-year-olds, like f*cking Jean Jacques Rosseau.
"The Sovereign, having no force other than the legislative power, acts only by means of the laws; and the laws being solely the authentic acts of the general will, the Sovereign cannot act save when the people is assembled."
"Every law the people have not ratified in person is null and void -- is, in fact, not a law."
"The legislative power belongs to the people, and can belong to it alone."
The alternative to this proposition? "If the government does it, it's not illegal."
How 21st century. :-)
The purpose of the American Revolution was to establish, by law, Government for, by, and of, the people. The precedent necessary and in assumption were those of English Common Law and Magna Carta, etc.
The US has proven time and again, that justice is served only to those who own the system.
Authority is no longer derived from the consent of the governed. No one consented to this.
There is no legal basis for the existence of US government. Resistance is inevitable and necessary. You are already in violation of law, without any special effort on that account. It may as well mean something.
So, "settles for Coal compromise" is "Falls in LOVE with Coal".
That difference is industry propaganda.
Thanks for joining in the HUGE PR EFFORT of the major energy corporations... FOR FREE!
My dear god. Could it hurt you, not to include loaded, "spin words" in the story title?
New gTLD:
".noonewilleverusethem"
Step 2: Create startup with Elon Musk or Richard Branson, to launch turkey into the heart of the sun.
It's just too late. No more Twinkies.
And if you are concerned about freezing them, as the article seems to state? Don't bother. The shelf-life is astronomical!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_collaborationism_with_the_Axis_powers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Ukrainian)
Parent is flamebait?
More Russian lives were lost at Stalingrad, than in the whole US war effort.
More Russian lives were lost at Leningrad, than in the whole US war effort.
The myths we hold to be "history" distort our entire perspective on seeing the present world clearly.
Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany.
Plain, simple, true.
Like WWI, US scooped glory and declared spoils, with the least to lose, and at the smallest risk taken.
Party's over,
Whoops! Out of time!