That is some first class mental gymnastics there. It doesn't surprise me in the least that you're a Fox News viewer. I especially like the part where you use the misinformation Fox spreads about climage change to impugn the validity of a study about misinformation.
You are a perfect example of the kind of arrogantly misinformed individual Fox News viewing produces.
At this age, kids actually need some good leadership. Sport teams actually provide that up to some point, with an adult coach giving good directions to kids while agreeing and motivating them during the games. Hackerspaces are a good place to motivate and giving them good directions too. But we need way more than that. Schools need extra-curricular practical activities....
What we need is leadership that is not completely ethically bankrupt. These are kids who care about something. We don't need to placate them with the artificial importance of sports. We don't need to indoctrinate them into becoming good worker bees.
These kids are justifiably outraged with the state of the world. You don't fix something like this with extracurricular activities. You fix this problem by doing something about the corruption in our government. You fix this problem by giving the people a voice.
I'd be willing to bet that if we saw national law enforcement priorities set rationally, instead of to protect the interests of the powerful, and if we saw regular prosecutions of the authorities when they overstep their legal powers then there would be far fewer citizen attacks on the CIA and SOCA.
Why would any well meaning, well informed young person want to become a productive member of society, when the fundamental underpinnings of society are so deeply flawed?
A forced changes causes a vocal minority to be vocal. A fraction of a percent of the user base might close their accounts, but more likely they just talk about how they're really close to doing it. The noise dies down, the vast majority of their active users accept the changes and move on (if they're even aware of them). Facebook wins. A couple months later, rinse and repeat.
There are at least 7 independent studies showing Fox News viewers to be the most misinformed news viewers. Some even show them to be more misinformed than those who do not watch news at all.
I would love to be interested in local news, but everywhere I go it's offensively bad. Smarmy jackasses telling me who got shot today. What use is that?
Tell me what the City Council is voting on tomorrow. What businesses have opened or closed in the past week? How is the big sewer project progressing? When will it be done? Is it on budget?
Instead, we get "if it bleeds, it leads". Followed by fluff like an interview with the spelling bee champion. All delivered by people I wouldn't speak to for 20 seconds if I met them in a bar.
How does a biologist deal with such situations? Just some handweaving "Yes, this is weird, but you get the term species in general, do yo"?
Yes exactly. Nature does not have to fit into easily deliniable categories like species. These are categories that we invented for our use. A few edge cases don't impair the general usefulness of the concept of species.
Fox News verifiably lies more often than other US sources of news, and time spent watching Fox News is inversely correlated with accurate knowledge of verifiable facts. Has any other news organization actually gone to court to fight for its right to lie to the public?
It's high res because it's a 10.1" screen. By my math thats 5.35"x8.56", at 16:10. With 1920x1200 pixels, that's 224DPI. That's magazine quality. A 24" 16:10 monitor at the same DPI would be about 4560x2850.
That's a plain lie. Atheists have a reasonable expectation based on the available evidence (none supporting) that there is no god. Belief doesn't enter into it.
You should be. If I had children to raise, I'd teach them exactly how much previous generations had fucked them over. They'd figure out just how much they should respect their SUV driving elders and treat them accordingly.
Of course, I can't ethically bring a child into a world that's bound for resource conflicts on an unimaginable scale, so you're safe. For now. Your grandchildren, and their grandchildren, not so much. But that will be a problem caused by the lack of rational science based policy, not the excess of it.
Rules of war exist to convince the public that war is not as horrible as it really is. This is a ploy to allow governments to engage in wars with reduced public opposition.
Neither is copyright an absolute. It exists for a specific purpose. Applications of copyright that do not advance that purpose are not permitted by the constitution. Since copyright is now mainly used as an impediment to the progress of science and the useful arts, it should be abolished.
For example, you're very lucky if you suffer from psychological problems (e.g. depression) and your boss gives a shit - most likely he'd tell you to get your shit in order and not let it affect your job or to quit.
This battle has been brewing since the United States was created. The constitution itself establishes both copyright and freedom of speech, two incompatible propositions.
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That is some first class mental gymnastics there. It doesn't surprise me in the least that you're a Fox News viewer. I especially like the part where you use the misinformation Fox spreads about climage change to impugn the validity of a study about misinformation.
You are a perfect example of the kind of arrogantly misinformed individual Fox News viewing produces.
At this age, kids actually need some good leadership. Sport teams actually provide that up to some point, with an adult coach giving good directions to kids while agreeing and motivating them during the games. Hackerspaces are a good place to motivate and giving them good directions too. But we need way more than that. Schools need extra-curricular practical activities ....
What we need is leadership that is not completely ethically bankrupt. These are kids who care about something. We don't need to placate them with the artificial importance of sports. We don't need to indoctrinate them into becoming good worker bees.
These kids are justifiably outraged with the state of the world. You don't fix something like this with extracurricular activities. You fix this problem by doing something about the corruption in our government. You fix this problem by giving the people a voice.
I'd be willing to bet that if we saw national law enforcement priorities set rationally, instead of to protect the interests of the powerful, and if we saw regular prosecutions of the authorities when they overstep their legal powers then there would be far fewer citizen attacks on the CIA and SOCA.
Why would any well meaning, well informed young person want to become a productive member of society, when the fundamental underpinnings of society are so deeply flawed?
A forced changes causes a vocal minority to be vocal. A fraction of a percent of the user base might close their accounts, but more likely they just talk about how they're really close to doing it. The noise dies down, the vast majority of their active users accept the changes and move on (if they're even aware of them). Facebook wins. A couple months later, rinse and repeat.
Sounds like Congress.
There are at least 7 independent studies showing Fox News viewers to be the most misinformed news viewers. Some even show them to be more misinformed than those who do not watch news at all.
I would love to be interested in local news, but everywhere I go it's offensively bad. Smarmy jackasses telling me who got shot today. What use is that?
Tell me what the City Council is voting on tomorrow. What businesses have opened or closed in the past week? How is the big sewer project progressing? When will it be done? Is it on budget?
Instead, we get "if it bleeds, it leads". Followed by fluff like an interview with the spelling bee champion. All delivered by people I wouldn't speak to for 20 seconds if I met them in a bar.
Back in the day there was an astute observation that rock should sound great on a crappy radio.
Except that it doesn't sound great. The best you can say is that it doesn't sound worse on a crappy radio than on a good one.
You'd serve society better as an organ donor.
How does a biologist deal with such situations? Just some handweaving "Yes, this is weird, but you get the term species in general, do yo"?
Yes exactly. Nature does not have to fit into easily deliniable categories like species. These are categories that we invented for our use. A few edge cases don't impair the general usefulness of the concept of species.
It's not "Fox News Lies!"
Fox News verifiably lies more often than other US sources of news, and time spent watching Fox News is inversely correlated with accurate knowledge of verifiable facts. Has any other news organization actually gone to court to fight for its right to lie to the public?
It's high res because it's a 10.1" screen. By my math thats 5.35"x8.56", at 16:10. With 1920x1200 pixels, that's 224DPI. That's magazine quality. A 24" 16:10 monitor at the same DPI would be about 4560x2850.
Atheists believe that God does not exist
That's a plain lie. Atheists have a reasonable expectation based on the available evidence (none supporting) that there is no god. Belief doesn't enter into it.
That is indeed where we are heading.
And like the GP said about Switzerland, you're lucky if your boss gives a shit about your depression. You just happen to be one of the lucky ones.
You should be. If I had children to raise, I'd teach them exactly how much previous generations had fucked them over. They'd figure out just how much they should respect their SUV driving elders and treat them accordingly.
Of course, I can't ethically bring a child into a world that's bound for resource conflicts on an unimaginable scale, so you're safe. For now. Your grandchildren, and their grandchildren, not so much. But that will be a problem caused by the lack of rational science based policy, not the excess of it.
He don't know me very well, do he?
Until your misinformed spawn grow up and vote. Then we have a real problem.
IIRC, the claim was that Macs were immune to "Windows viruses".
Rules of war exist to convince the public that war is not as horrible as it really is. This is a ploy to allow governments to engage in wars with reduced public opposition.
Even if you accept the pessimistic premise of your post there is still plenty of upward mobility available
That is straight up false.
Neither is copyright an absolute. It exists for a specific purpose. Applications of copyright that do not advance that purpose are not permitted by the constitution. Since copyright is now mainly used as an impediment to the progress of science and the useful arts, it should be abolished.
Another study found that between 1982 and 2007, there were 103 fatal, disabling or serious injuries recorded among female high school athletes
Still no deaths from Cannabis.
People keep saying this. I haven't gotten my trophy.
For example, you're very lucky if you suffer from psychological problems (e.g. depression) and your boss gives a shit - most likely he'd tell you to get your shit in order and not let it affect your job or to quit.
You think it's any better in the US?
This battle has been brewing since the United States was created. The constitution itself establishes both copyright and freedom of speech, two incompatible propositions.
The problem is Boy Scouts has become stigmatized, lampooned, and in recent years depicted as homophobic.
The problem is Mormons.