speeding up and slowing down. i seem to remember reading somewhere that slowing down from fractions of light speed are pretty hazardous to the target.
energy consumption on global scales isn't terribly viable... in general.
fusion reactors aren't even a glimmer yet. think they're trying to go for controlled fusion reaction still, and that's getting stonewalled by congressional funding.
i'll change my mind somewhat when we get a little further along to "limitless energy":)
:) any fraction of lightspeed would be a monumental achievement. And, as a pessimist i imagine that the time it takes to wipe ourselves off the face of the earth is shorter than the time it takes to get all interstellar with ourselves.
as we get closer to wiping ourselves out, the time it takes to getting interstellar with ourselves increases:)
though, we could do a generational colony ship dealio, but one way trip and eminently hazardous...
the way we know that life adapts is gradual. and energy, while necessary can also be pretty damn detrimental to stability.
while it's possible to say that life can develop in vastly different environments than what we experience here on earth, we don't have infinite resources to use in "exploring" these. We know life has developed on an earthlike planet.:) cutting down the number of planets to only "earth like" ones... still leaves us with too many to ever hope of getting to.
... searching the entire house for a murder weapon seems eminently reasonable. or drugs. it seems like "the entire house" is pretty much the most reasonable scope of all these types of searches. where you're fairly sure the item was in the suspects possession, but you need to find it either at his or her work or home/vehicle.
"Religious and moral issues are not able to be investigated scientifically" but they do make claims, almost all of them that can be verified to some extent. Most religions make claims of the natural world that we can test for today. If these claims are invalidated, the credibility and authority claimed by the entire proposition is weakened.
again, it'd be fine if they were entire separate spheres, but there is overlap. And in those overlaps religious scientists are being intellectually dishonest. Science has nothing to say about morality, but it does have something to say regarding religious authority.
I am made so that I cannot believe. belief is not something i choose. I would believe in religious claims, provided compelling evidence it'd be real easy. saying that having 2 different ways to believe things is a foreign concept to me.
Either the "bible" is correct, or science is correct. both can't be correct in the same universe, because that's not how reality works.
religious authority is derived from truth claims about the reality in which we live. God wants you to behave in this way, and live this way, because it is moral and good. I know this because of the religious texts he's left us. we know these religious texts are his because in antiquity he proved it to his followers, and his prophecies came true.... yadda yadda. the accuracy of religious texts are the foundation on which religious authority rests.
I also don't respect those that believe at the expense of rational thought... but i respect their coherence and integrity of thought.
i didn't like it when batman was portrayed by another person. I don't care about the story of "batman" i care about the story of bruce wayne/batman and what drives him. I'm sure if i were a fan of the other ones even a little, i'd be pretty damn upset if they just decided to swap out the main character.
i'm not a thor fan, but i could imagine if i were i'd be pretty angry. And it has nothing to do with the switch from male. I'm even upset when they swap out bruce wayne for another guy. There is no other batman.
the character's back story, his motivations and his personality make the super hero. the powers are just window dressing. This pre-planned, announced and engineered swap of the personalities of our characters, is disheartening, as if thor is the hammer and not the person holding it.
barry allen to wally west. People aren't even happy when a protege takes over for the mentor.
you'd be fine, but your company might just lose control of any US assets and might be barred from doing business in the US... and that certainly would lose investor confidence. making money is what corporations are made for... they will comply if you threaten all their money.
yeah but some corpses lived better lives than others. I grew up on the greek myths, those stories were baller. If religion were that kick ass, i'd be in robes. I mean the qualitative difference for me was that the old gods were godS.
they were fallible, they were petty, they were vain, they were spiteful cruel, loving and warm. Humanity's foibles at their most extreme.:)
I imagine Zeus will never die, he's too good a character... but the current crop of whippersnappers?
we all know what won the Obama presidency. the women. you can't win a presidency if you piss off women. they have the majority... you also can't win a presidential with only white people any more.
i don't think dead religions count... unless you think people still worship those gods... think we might have to go with norse mythology next, branch out into chinese... this could get interesting and fun.
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now here's a renewable i could get behind.
speeding up and slowing down. i seem to remember reading somewhere that slowing down from fractions of light speed are pretty hazardous to the target.
energy consumption on global scales isn't terribly viable... in general.
fusion reactors aren't even a glimmer yet. think they're trying to go for controlled fusion reaction still, and that's getting stonewalled by congressional funding.
i'll change my mind somewhat when we get a little further along to "limitless energy" :)
:) any fraction of lightspeed would be a monumental achievement. And, as a pessimist i imagine that the time it takes to wipe ourselves off the face of the earth is shorter than the time it takes to get all interstellar with ourselves.
as we get closer to wiping ourselves out, the time it takes to getting interstellar with ourselves increases :)
though, we could do a generational colony ship dealio, but one way trip and eminently hazardous...
brevity is an oft-overlooked literary virtue. I would agree in saying it has more negative literary value.
Instead of enriching the reader, it actively robs of the reader faith in humanity and positive feelings.
you know what, i'll go out on a limb. I like haselton's articles. they lead to delightful haselton-bashing.
I thrive on his tears.
H2O is a pretty awesome and creepy molecule. and has some pretty important properties that make advanced chemistry easier.
the way we know that life adapts is gradual. and energy, while necessary can also be pretty damn detrimental to stability.
while it's possible to say that life can develop in vastly different environments than what we experience here on earth, we don't have infinite resources to use in "exploring" these. We know life has developed on an earthlike planet. :) cutting down the number of planets to only "earth like" ones... still leaves us with too many to ever hope of getting to.
... searching the entire house for a murder weapon seems eminently reasonable. or drugs. it seems like "the entire house" is pretty much the most reasonable scope of all these types of searches. where you're fairly sure the item was in the suspects possession, but you need to find it either at his or her work or home/vehicle.
"Religious and moral issues are not able to be investigated scientifically" but they do make claims, almost all of them that can be verified to some extent. Most religions make claims of the natural world that we can test for today. If these claims are invalidated, the credibility and authority claimed by the entire proposition is weakened.
again, it'd be fine if they were entire separate spheres, but there is overlap. And in those overlaps religious scientists are being intellectually dishonest. Science has nothing to say about morality, but it does have something to say regarding religious authority.
I am made so that I cannot believe. belief is not something i choose. I would believe in religious claims, provided compelling evidence it'd be real easy. saying that having 2 different ways to believe things is a foreign concept to me.
Either the "bible" is correct, or science is correct. both can't be correct in the same universe, because that's not how reality works.
religious authority is derived from truth claims about the reality in which we live. God wants you to behave in this way, and live this way, because it is moral and good. I know this because of the religious texts he's left us. we know these religious texts are his because in antiquity he proved it to his followers, and his prophecies came true.... yadda yadda. the accuracy of religious texts are the foundation on which religious authority rests.
I also don't respect those that believe at the expense of rational thought... but i respect their coherence and integrity of thought.
... it was renewed reliably year after year since 1998...
If the ringing in my ears from the "nancy pelosi" whinging that happened a few back is anything to go by, it's a bi-partisan issue.
oddly, i can believe that of the COD playerbase.
i just want COD to suffer... the FPS genre has followed them so far down it feels like they're the Rock, and we're his bottom.
i didn't like it when batman was portrayed by another person. I don't care about the story of "batman" i care about the story of bruce wayne/batman and what drives him. I'm sure if i were a fan of the other ones even a little, i'd be pretty damn upset if they just decided to swap out the main character.
i'm not a thor fan, but i could imagine if i were i'd be pretty angry. And it has nothing to do with the switch from male. I'm even upset when they swap out bruce wayne for another guy. There is no other batman.
the character's back story, his motivations and his personality make the super hero. the powers are just window dressing. This pre-planned, announced and engineered swap of the personalities of our characters, is disheartening, as if thor is the hammer and not the person holding it.
barry allen to wally west. People aren't even happy when a protege takes over for the mentor.
yeah, the ancients really seemed to push the divinity of bestiality.
i don't even know what to think of perseus's birth.
something about golden showers and impregnation.... through a slit.
i would also chip in several moneys for this to be real.
1) battle royale was better
2) there was plenty outrage when the only brown members of the cast were villains
3) how relevant was this character trait to... you know, the story?
:) glass steagall seemed outdated too. i'm unclear on what kind of can of worms this might open in terms of revenue and leverage.
you'd be fine, but your company might just lose control of any US assets and might be barred from doing business in the US... and that certainly would lose investor confidence. making money is what corporations are made for... they will comply if you threaten all their money.
your optimism is without bounds.
when they were first named that way :) the other religions weren't born yet :).
yeah but some corpses lived better lives than others. I grew up on the greek myths, those stories were baller. If religion were that kick ass, i'd be in robes. I mean the qualitative difference for me was that the old gods were godS.
they were fallible, they were petty, they were vain, they were spiteful cruel, loving and warm. Humanity's foibles at their most extreme. :)
I imagine Zeus will never die, he's too good a character... but the current crop of whippersnappers?
i think what he was going for was the first colonists we send to Sodom... will be known henceforth as our brave and noble sodomizers.
we all know what won the Obama presidency. the women. you can't win a presidency if you piss off women. they have the majority... you also can't win a presidential with only white people any more.
apparently the same holds true for "The City" for us kids who grew up in the burbs.
i don't think dead religions count... unless you think people still worship those gods... think we might have to go with norse mythology next, branch out into chinese... this could get interesting and fun.