For generations, first world citizens have been coddled and believe there is a Utopian solution to every societal problem that arises. The very best solutions always have downsides...Public panic and knee jerk reactionism are not qualified moderators.
How many lives are lost due to not generating enough power? What is the cost in infrastructure loss? There is such a thing as acceptable loss in any rational equation.
No tirade, experiment, or analysis can be free of observational bias.
Perhaps the best presentation of information includes bias from as many fringes as possible.
Or we could limit our information flow to one source and Trump reason.
Sounds like the last time Grand High Sherriff's men stopped by my place looking for my scofflaw siding contractor....jackboot-smeared puppy all over the carpet. That little fella had a lot of guts though.
"Have you or a loved one been injured or even killed by the receding ozone? If so, call for a free consultation....we don't charge a dime unless you win your case."
Transparent attempts to win people over are filtered by the cognitive part of the brain through the motive filter. Seemingly random positive results may bypass this critical filter to heighten mood and induce pleasure rather seductively.
Smart. This may be tangentially related to the recent speculation in asteroid mining. Even with extreme costs in dollars and lives factored in, raw materials shipped from earth would be far costlier.
Once the petroleum runs out in Arabia, perhaps the Mullahs can be persuaded to teach that the 21-virgin plan has been expanded to include ultimate sacrifice for space exploration.
My keyboard is "snarkyless", unlike the commentary.
Much respect for half a pair of AC's, but this statement is far from untenable. Higher intelligence is cursed with its own stumbling blocks to actual reproduction. The cost in nature for a large brained mammal is several years of helplessness and dependence on a protective familial support structure. OTOH, who better to lead, protect, overcome adversity, and plan than the wisest monkey in the room? Even if we stipulate the road to offspring is longer and harder for the big brained, once there are nexgen types to oversee and protect from precoital death, it's difficult to imagine higher cognitive skills as a disadvantage.
Let's say one recognizes any art can be mastered down to a science...does it not then become an issue of 'in the eye of the beholder' regarding societal importance? The original categories for awards were chosen by a Swedish armaments inventor attempting to mitigate his Oppenheimerian legacy. If reports of his premature demise were made 120 years later, perhaps there'd be a category in computer science....another 120 years henceforth and perhaps it's AI.
Money matters in the "Wolf! right here and now!" Don't delude yourself. Or would it be wiser to leave the world's economic policies to the mouth breathers instead of the Big Bang Bunch?
One sure thing is the level of dedication an average follower of Mohammed has far exceeds that of his Western Christian counterpart. My best guess is that you'd be hard pressed to fill empty employment slots for suicide bombers anywhere in the U.S. It will not be long before one of these zealous anti-great Satan outfits come into possession of an emancipated Soviet-era nuclear device. And if they acquire dos, they'll hit us right after Israel.
Whether it's a user fee, "sin tax", sales tax, ad infinitum....your government is especially adept at this one thing: getting your money in a fashion least likely to catch your attention enough to cause you to vote against them.
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Props! No gray here.
For generations, first world citizens have been coddled and believe there is a Utopian solution to every societal problem that arises. The very best solutions always have downsides...Public panic and knee jerk reactionism are not qualified moderators.
How many lives are lost due to not generating enough power? What is the cost in infrastructure loss? There is such a thing as acceptable loss in any rational equation.
Most folks don't drink 64 oz cranapple juice...jes' sayin'...
No tirade, experiment, or analysis can be free of observational bias. Perhaps the best presentation of information includes bias from as many fringes as possible. Or we could limit our information flow to one source and Trump reason.
Sounds like the last time Grand High Sherriff's men stopped by my place looking for my scofflaw siding contractor....jackboot-smeared puppy all over the carpet. That little fella had a lot of guts though.
"Have you or a loved one been injured or even killed by the receding ozone? If so, call for a free consultation....we don't charge a dime unless you win your case."
Transparent attempts to win people over are filtered by the cognitive part of the brain through the motive filter. Seemingly random positive results may bypass this critical filter to heighten mood and induce pleasure rather seductively.
Smart. This may be tangentially related to the recent speculation in asteroid mining. Even with extreme costs in dollars and lives factored in, raw materials shipped from earth would be far costlier.
If you desire to purchase a judicial outcome, you would instinctively lean toward a dishonest judge.
Once the petroleum runs out in Arabia, perhaps the Mullahs can be persuaded to teach that the 21-virgin plan has been expanded to include ultimate sacrifice for space exploration. My keyboard is "snarkyless", unlike the commentary.
Seems like a lad with a gift like this would've amounted to something.
The Country that couldn't hold their own lil Soviet Empire together? Meh...
Much respect for half a pair of AC's, but this statement is far from untenable. Higher intelligence is cursed with its own stumbling blocks to actual reproduction. The cost in nature for a large brained mammal is several years of helplessness and dependence on a protective familial support structure. OTOH, who better to lead, protect, overcome adversity, and plan than the wisest monkey in the room? Even if we stipulate the road to offspring is longer and harder for the big brained, once there are nexgen types to oversee and protect from precoital death, it's difficult to imagine higher cognitive skills as a disadvantage.
Let's say one recognizes any art can be mastered down to a science...does it not then become an issue of 'in the eye of the beholder' regarding societal importance? The original categories for awards were chosen by a Swedish armaments inventor attempting to mitigate his Oppenheimerian legacy. If reports of his premature demise were made 120 years later, perhaps there'd be a category in computer science....another 120 years henceforth and perhaps it's AI. Money matters in the "Wolf! right here and now!" Don't delude yourself. Or would it be wiser to leave the world's economic policies to the mouth breathers instead of the Big Bang Bunch?
One sure thing is the level of dedication an average follower of Mohammed has far exceeds that of his Western Christian counterpart. My best guess is that you'd be hard pressed to fill empty employment slots for suicide bombers anywhere in the U.S. It will not be long before one of these zealous anti-great Satan outfits come into possession of an emancipated Soviet-era nuclear device. And if they acquire dos, they'll hit us right after Israel.
Whether it's a user fee, "sin tax", sales tax, ad infinitum....your government is especially adept at this one thing: getting your money in a fashion least likely to catch your attention enough to cause you to vote against them.