Really?
Hey, everyone is making a political donation to x, we're paying for you.
Hey, would you mind donating money to this guy? I'll give you the $50.
The problem here is your understanding of the subjects you're referring to. Evolutionary Biology and Cosmology both make falsifiable predictions about our universe, which we can and have tested in the past.
How would you change if you were twice as smart as you are now. How about ten times as smart? (Don't answer, truth is, you're not smart enough to know).
And yet, the author is smart enough to know that aliens wouldn't be interested in humans/ interstellar travel. Good job.
Believing I was he king of the fucking world would be great for my mental health, too. Wouldn't make a speck of fucking difference to reality, however.
In fact when we add the Dunning-Kruger Effect [wikipedia.org] into the mix, people who think they are such great drivers that speed limits dont apply to them tend to be very, very bad drivers and just dont know it.
Sorry, but the Dunning-Kruger effect doesn't automatically mean that anyone who thinks they're skilled isn't.
If we use Occams razor, people who speed do so because they want to. Not because they are better drivers.
Something I find interesting is that you seem to have taken it as axiomatic that anyone who speeds cannot be driving safely. Surely, the "safe" limit at any time depends on the car, the driver, the weather, the road, and other traffic, and not some arbitrary city-wide limit (which, in itself, is vulnerable to the paradox of the heap).
The guy who habitually speeds has no regard for what he is doing, let alone other road users. The guy who gets caught once in a blue moon keeps their speed in check 99% of the time which is better than the guy who always speeds.
This is an interesting assertion. Please back it up with scientific evidence, or rescind it.
Discipline and courtesy are the hallmarks of a good driver.
The kind of discipline you're talking about is an unthinking adherence to an arbitrary rule, which is precisely the kind of thing which leads to trouble in fluid situations like traffic.
Let's look at this using statistics. Look at a normal curve of driving ability. You seem to think that the speed limit is at +3 sigma. The posted speed limit must be between -3 and -2 sigma, because the government must cater for those with the lowest skill level.
Also, please note you made a baseless assumption when you called me "speeder".
Someone who accidentally speeds once in a blue moon is not as much of a danger as someone who speeds excessively or habitually.
Maybe, or maybe the person who speeds every once in a blue moon doesn't realise he's currently speeding, and so isn't aware of some other, important stuff. Maybe the guy who speeds constantly is actually a better driver and is speeding because he knows he's within his skills.
It's not "lower levels of cognitive function", it's "lower activity when making a decision". It absolutely stands to reason that an area of the brain largely involved in detection of errors or shortfalls from some standard, anticipation and preparation before task performance, and regulation of emotions would be less active in someone who makes poor decisions.
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I'm all for bashing peta, but your argument is just fucking silly.
... the only major weakness...
Except that part where your key has to be as long as your message...
"readers are far more important than writers"... Who the fuck does he thinks generates site's content???
Really? Hey, everyone is making a political donation to x, we're paying for you. Hey, would you mind donating money to this guy? I'll give you the $50.
is it possible the pear-shape is actually caused by the acceleration?
is it possible the paper's authors haven't already thought of that?
Could you explain that, please? Where I come from it means someone who goes to a mixed-sex school.
The problem here is your understanding of the subjects you're referring to. Evolutionary Biology and Cosmology both make falsifiable predictions about our universe, which we can and have tested in the past.
If there was a point in that sarcasm, it was lost on me.
If it utilises the scientific method, it's science.
Mathematics is science, not whatever you think it is.
if my internet's down?
How would you change if you were twice as smart as you are now. How about ten times as smart? (Don't answer, truth is, you're not smart enough to know).
And yet, the author is smart enough to know that aliens wouldn't be interested in humans/ interstellar travel. Good job.
Believing I was he king of the fucking world would be great for my mental health, too. Wouldn't make a speck of fucking difference to reality, however.
10 years old and still a usability nightmare. How has it gained popularity when it actively works against the user? Stockholm Syndrome?
Mobile phone networks typically use ALOHA, which fails utterly under heavy loads. It ain't a long queue, it's three stooges syndrome.
In fact when we add the Dunning-Kruger Effect [wikipedia.org] into the mix, people who think they are such great drivers that speed limits dont apply to them tend to be very, very bad drivers and just dont know it.
Sorry, but the Dunning-Kruger effect doesn't automatically mean that anyone who thinks they're skilled isn't.
If we use Occams razor, people who speed do so because they want to. Not because they are better drivers.
Something I find interesting is that you seem to have taken it as axiomatic that anyone who speeds cannot be driving safely. Surely, the "safe" limit at any time depends on the car, the driver, the weather, the road, and other traffic, and not some arbitrary city-wide limit (which, in itself, is vulnerable to the paradox of the heap).
The guy who habitually speeds has no regard for what he is doing, let alone other road users. The guy who gets caught once in a blue moon keeps their speed in check 99% of the time which is better than the guy who always speeds.
This is an interesting assertion. Please back it up with scientific evidence, or rescind it.
Discipline and courtesy are the hallmarks of a good driver.
The kind of discipline you're talking about is an unthinking adherence to an arbitrary rule, which is precisely the kind of thing which leads to trouble in fluid situations like traffic.
Let's look at this using statistics. Look at a normal curve of driving ability. You seem to think that the speed limit is at +3 sigma. The posted speed limit must be between -3 and -2 sigma, because the government must cater for those with the lowest skill level.
Also, please note you made a baseless assumption when you called me "speeder".
Someone who accidentally speeds once in a blue moon is not as much of a danger as someone who speeds excessively or habitually.
Maybe, or maybe the person who speeds every once in a blue moon doesn't realise he's currently speeding, and so isn't aware of some other, important stuff. Maybe the guy who speeds constantly is actually a better driver and is speeding because he knows he's within his skills.
it's not that simple.
The danger here is substituting the easy to measure metric "Pages Read" for the much tougher "Material Understood".
That's why you have tests.
No amount of laws fixes crazy, bub.
I certainly didn't read the GP in the same manner.
So... What's the difference between 'drugs' and 'food'? It's all just chemicals...
It's not "lower levels of cognitive function", it's "lower activity when making a decision". It absolutely stands to reason that an area of the brain largely involved in detection of errors or shortfalls from some standard, anticipation and preparation before task performance, and regulation of emotions would be less active in someone who makes poor decisions.
That's a no-brainer.
At least some animals do: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=animals-like-to-get-drunk
It will be better adapted than the kakapo, since, being a flightless bird, it likes to jump off cliffs at night.