Probability of disaster is inversely proportional to scale. The last time something like this happened was billions of years ago when the moon was created. Why would we worry about the most unlikely events.
Quarantine? We could just have them orbit the earth for six months. Better yet, why even launch the space capsule into space when we can park it in a warehouse on earth.
Social disorder will make it less likely we can cobble together a mars colony. (see my first response)
In any scenario why would we divert resources to attempt to go to Mars instead of finding a way to 'back up' on earth which will always be more viable than mars? It doesn't make any sense.
Not to mention that it would suggest that an event is inevitable-
It's like having a gun in your house. If you have one, the chance of getting shot with your own gun is now non-zero. Then you can start to add other risk factors such as having children or keeping it loaded under the bed. Then drug or alcohol abuse or someone in home with mental issues.
You can have all of the above and the chance of a shooting are still fairly slim.
Think? It's a commercial, which most people zone out on anyway. I saw the ad and the apple guys is douchey and the pc guy looks like one of my friendly coworkers. When I see a commercial I could give a shit less what they are trying to say or sell me. Besides, even if you consider what they were trying to show I would rather use a dorky friendly computer and then a smug trendy one.
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They are talking about the current state of affairs. How are they lying?
If you ran a auto repair shop this way you would be thrown in jail.
Teen suicides are at all time highs.
Good propaganda always has a kernel of truth, you don't know if what was taken down was patently false.
What does your example have to do with at-risk kids being cyber-bullied and killing themselves? Not much apparently.
Trying homeopathic BS doesn't count, no matter how expensive it is.
Six months or so without added sugar and you can't stand the taste of it.
Why would going to the dentist improve facial memory?
It slows web browsing so much it's unusable (before the issue)
Nobody is getting dumber people have always fallen for this kind of tripe.
i fixed this by getting rid of netflix
Probability of disaster is inversely proportional to scale. The last time something like this happened was billions of years ago when the moon was created. Why would we worry about the most unlikely events.
Quarantine? We could just have them orbit the earth for six months. Better yet, why even launch the space capsule into space when we can park it in a warehouse on earth.
Social disorder will make it less likely we can cobble together a mars colony. (see my first response)
In any scenario why would we divert resources to attempt to go to Mars instead of finding a way to 'back up' on earth which will always be more viable than mars? It doesn't make any sense.
You aren't making any sense. Even the worst case scenarios (just lichen can survive) are magnitudes more livable than Mars.
Dinosaur killing asteroid + total thermonuclear war Earth would still be more habitable than Mars.
None of the catastrophes on earth the last billion years has ever made the Earth less habitable than Mars. Your scenario is nonsense.
The real question is 'why' we would colonize Mars, and it has to make some kind of economic sense because it will be an expensive endeavor.
Nobody makes a printer where you can't replace the toner/ink.
Most tweakers would agree with you!
Emissions regulations are not for safety, and non-replaceable batteries wasteful and bad for the environment.
Like anti-lock braking? Turn signals? Seat belts? How it this stupid?
Not to mention that it would suggest that an event is inevitable-
It's like having a gun in your house. If you have one, the chance of getting shot with your own gun is now non-zero. Then you can start to add other risk factors such as having children or keeping it loaded under the bed. Then drug or alcohol abuse or someone in home with mental issues.
You can have all of the above and the chance of a shooting are still fairly slim.
Think? It's a commercial, which most people zone out on anyway. I saw the ad and the apple guys is douchey and the pc guy looks like one of my friendly coworkers. When I see a commercial I could give a shit less what they are trying to say or sell me. Besides, even if you consider what they were trying to show I would rather use a dorky friendly computer and then a smug trendy one.
Threat levels or 'risk advisories' make a lot more sense than a clock. One of them is just a meaningless allegorical device....
They are a graphic for about a half dozen logic fallacies.