Why does Qatar need 80 new planes, let alone 80 planes? The land mass of Qatar is 4,468 sq miles. That's about 67 miles on a side if you make is a square. If you evenly place these 80 new planes along the border of Qatar, there would be one every 3.3 miles. If these planes were taxiing around the border at the standard 30mph, and you stood there, one would pass you every 6.6 minutes.
So... don't prepare for a disaster until after the disaster happens. Smart.
Honestly, who are you to say that we need to wait and take MORE data? You don't know what you are talking about, and a couple vague sentences dismissing all the work of an entire field just shows how disingenuous you are. The whole point of this thread is to point out that no amount of data will convince you, your mind is made up no matter what. You're a classic denier.
I think it's fine if you really want to "wait and see what happens" as long as you accept financial and criminal liability for the outcome. Maybe that will make you think twice since you clearly lack a moral compass in the first place.
You're likening the entire scientific establishment to some sort of conspiracy or cult of personality. It's the complete opposite. You are not some lone brave maverick who just happens to have the right answer, and all the climate scientists are suffering from self-indulgent group-think.
I know this world is scary and complex, and things are changing so rapidly that you are scared a lot, but this sort of comforting self-delusion you wallow in doesn't just help you, it negatively affects everyone else because your denial adds to the cacophany of doubters that keep us from acting as soon as we need to, and threatens the lives of countless people in the long run. It's incumbent upon you to overcome your fear and accept that climate scientists know what they are doing, and playing dice with people's lives is not something you should do to keep yourself sane.
Just give your quiet acquiescence and let us do the what needs to be done. It will if anything only be a minor inconvenience to you in the long run. A few more cents in tax for awhile. Isn't that worth it if you don't have to lift a finger, and any chance that something bad could happen is quashed?
Wow if only the world knew of your great intellect and important findings! You should issue a press release so that all those climate scientists (MORONS!) could stop wasting our taxpayer dollars. Boy am I relieved, you've cleared it all up in two sentences.
Nobody wants to burn anyone at the stake. The whole point is to just say it's valid to totally disregard any input from deniers and carry on with the real work, wasting no more time on pointless pathological debates with them, especially on slashdot.:)
Equating someone who is as you call it a "True Believer" with a denier is a logical fallacy. A True Believer believes in the scientific process, the scientific establishment, peer review, outside review, etc. There is every reason to believe in those things because they all require expertise and experience and are tested. A denier rejects all of these things outright relying on nothing except their own hubris that somehow they in their ignorance know better than everyone else who is qualified and experienced. Being a True Believer is logical and common sense. Being a denier is idiotic and illogical.
getting a storefront property in Palo Alto on University Ave was an expensive investment. From what I hear, they aren't doing very well, having to come out with their own competition in the form of a lower-model bot 1/20th the cost of their original bot. There's just a lot of competition driving the whole industry down.
Actually this is good for Venezuela because the kind of oil they export didn't fall that much comparatively, whereas what they import did. I'm glad because although they say stupid things about America, what they are trying to do for their citizens is right on the money. We could use a little of that populism here too, although I am sure you will keep voting against your interests with the Republicunts because you think you are a part of their club.
Why are so many companies infested with weasels that come up with things like this which they know are wrong and evil, that they only dare to do because they think that nobody will notice? How many weasels does your company employ?
Perhaps companies should make all employees undergo psychological testing to root out these pathological personality types and make sure their actions are monitored.
This doesn't sound absurd to me at all, it makes total sense. I want to evolve, and have been trying to, but it's so very hard to have faith, an expansive kind of faith that allows for someone so much more or different than "I". Frankly, it messes with my mental health, and I wonder often about what the heck I'm doing and thinking, and become very disheartened.
Confucianism has an example in it that I think should apply. It is where when two people meet, both people bow to a certain depth to the other. But one does not bow because one _expects_ the other to bow, but bows in anticipation of the other bowing, and in so doing, both bow in unison and to the same degree, and mutual respect and trust is established.
I feel like I'm bowing, and I don't want to expect anything, but I wonder what I'm doing wrong that I'm bowing all by myself.
Although this was a nuclear weapons facility, this is just one example of the dangers of nuclear power. It ain't worth the risk, and thorium is a pipe dream at this point. Invest in renewables, which are making amazing gains practically every week!
Thank you, exactly what I feel but I could not enunciate it as well as you. I wonder when we'll meet them, meaning, I wonder when they will decide to exist in such a way as we can perceive them as being sentient beings somewhat like we expect. For some of us, anyway, maybe as a species we are not ready? But I'd step up if asked.
If the US doesn't make it easier to challenge patents, we're screwed because foreign entities who don't honor patents like we do are innovating more and more, and patenting more and more.
A good example is to look at who has all the patents for graphene research. It mostly ain't us.
Hi. I was having the discussion with you in another thread regarding climate change where I called you dishonest, and you told me not to assume evil intent. Point taken. I was anonymous then. I'm wondering if you would be interested in taking the discussion offline, and perhaps make your acquaintance. My email is my username (tetetrasaurus) at gmail dot com. I should also be available by google chat at the same.
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Why does Qatar need 80 new planes, let alone 80 planes? The land mass of Qatar is 4,468 sq miles. That's about 67 miles on a side if you make is a square. If you evenly place these 80 new planes along the border of Qatar, there would be one every 3.3 miles. If these planes were taxiing around the border at the standard 30mph, and you stood there, one would pass you every 6.6 minutes.
I see. Border patrol.
...would have stayed in the nest, screaming that their friends' data was flawed and that the simulations needed to be improved before taking flight.
Those denier birds stayed put while the rest left. When the rest came back, they divvied up the denier birds' seeds.
So... don't prepare for a disaster until after the disaster happens. Smart.
Honestly, who are you to say that we need to wait and take MORE data? You don't know what you are talking about, and a couple vague sentences dismissing all the work of an entire field just shows how disingenuous you are. The whole point of this thread is to point out that no amount of data will convince you, your mind is made up no matter what. You're a classic denier.
I think it's fine if you really want to "wait and see what happens" as long as you accept financial and criminal liability for the outcome. Maybe that will make you think twice since you clearly lack a moral compass in the first place.
Who will blindly rearrange the chapters every year to keep students from buying used texts?
You're likening the entire scientific establishment to some sort of conspiracy or cult of personality. It's the complete opposite. You are not some lone brave maverick who just happens to have the right answer, and all the climate scientists are suffering from self-indulgent group-think.
I know this world is scary and complex, and things are changing so rapidly that you are scared a lot, but this sort of comforting self-delusion you wallow in doesn't just help you, it negatively affects everyone else because your denial adds to the cacophany of doubters that keep us from acting as soon as we need to, and threatens the lives of countless people in the long run. It's incumbent upon you to overcome your fear and accept that climate scientists know what they are doing, and playing dice with people's lives is not something you should do to keep yourself sane.
Just give your quiet acquiescence and let us do the what needs to be done. It will if anything only be a minor inconvenience to you in the long run. A few more cents in tax for awhile. Isn't that worth it if you don't have to lift a finger, and any chance that something bad could happen is quashed?
= total lack of methlyation.
This is all bullshit as has been posted in multiple places in these threads. You heap it on well though.
"by the end of the next century." "over the next 100 years"
Do you even read your own sources?
Strawman argument. Nobody is equating or even comparing AGW deniers to Holocaust deniers.
Wow if only the world knew of your great intellect and important findings! You should issue a press release so that all those climate scientists (MORONS!) could stop wasting our taxpayer dollars. Boy am I relieved, you've cleared it all up in two sentences.
Nobody wants to burn anyone at the stake. The whole point is to just say it's valid to totally disregard any input from deniers and carry on with the real work, wasting no more time on pointless pathological debates with them, especially on slashdot. :)
Equating someone who is as you call it a "True Believer" with a denier is a logical fallacy. A True Believer believes in the scientific process, the scientific establishment, peer review, outside review, etc. There is every reason to believe in those things because they all require expertise and experience and are tested. A denier rejects all of these things outright relying on nothing except their own hubris that somehow they in their ignorance know better than everyone else who is qualified and experienced. Being a True Believer is logical and common sense. Being a denier is idiotic and illogical.
Could you please put that away? It stinks because you just pulled it out of your ass.
getting a storefront property in Palo Alto on University Ave was an expensive investment. From what I hear, they aren't doing very well, having to come out with their own competition in the form of a lower-model bot 1/20th the cost of their original bot. There's just a lot of competition driving the whole industry down.
Actually this is good for Venezuela because the kind of oil they export didn't fall that much comparatively, whereas what they import did. I'm glad because although they say stupid things about America, what they are trying to do for their citizens is right on the money. We could use a little of that populism here too, although I am sure you will keep voting against your interests with the Republicunts because you think you are a part of their club.
And you suffer from BDP.
Weasel threat. At least make it direct, you total pussy.
Why are so many companies infested with weasels that come up with things like this which they know are wrong and evil, that they only dare to do because they think that nobody will notice? How many weasels does your company employ?
Perhaps companies should make all employees undergo psychological testing to root out these pathological personality types and make sure their actions are monitored.
"30 years ago the global warming people"? LOL. Where do they dig people like you up?
Confucianism has an example in it that I think should apply. It is where when two people meet, both people bow to a certain depth to the other. But one does not bow because one _expects_ the other to bow, but bows in anticipation of the other bowing, and in so doing, both bow in unison and to the same degree, and mutual respect and trust is established.
I feel like I'm bowing, and I don't want to expect anything, but I wonder what I'm doing wrong that I'm bowing all by myself.
Although this was a nuclear weapons facility, this is just one example of the dangers of nuclear power. It ain't worth the risk, and thorium is a pipe dream at this point. Invest in renewables, which are making amazing gains practically every week!
Thank you, exactly what I feel but I could not enunciate it as well as you. I wonder when we'll meet them, meaning, I wonder when they will decide to exist in such a way as we can perceive them as being sentient beings somewhat like we expect. For some of us, anyway, maybe as a species we are not ready? But I'd step up if asked.
Now there's 15,000 more people vying for the first post in Slashdot stories.
A good example is to look at who has all the patents for graphene research. It mostly ain't us.
http://www.businessinsider.com...
Hi. I was having the discussion with you in another thread regarding climate change where I called you dishonest, and you told me not to assume evil intent. Point taken. I was anonymous then. I'm wondering if you would be interested in taking the discussion offline, and perhaps make your acquaintance. My email is my username (tetetrasaurus) at gmail dot com. I should also be available by google chat at the same.