Complete faith in a single scientist is not required. It is clear that most people have a bias, but as long as these are diverse enough, errors due to these biases will correct themselves.
Instead of adding it all up over the last couple of decades, it would be more fair to look at the yearly budget. The budget for climate change science was about $2 billion in 2010, and on average somewhat less than in the years before that. That doesn't sound like a whole lot for a potential game changer.
Sure, I can check out a medical text from a library... won't make me a doctor.
Not a doctor, no, because not all the information is available, and you need to be licensed. All the information is available to learn how to code, and there's no license required.
Cell phone processors might tend to be slow, but they're rather power efficient per operation
Not particularly. The latest Intel designs are better. Also, the CPU needs big and fast memory, and plenty of I/O bandwidth to do useful stuff. Not typically the stuff you find on a cell phone.
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Monopolies create themselves. Government is needed to prevent that.
Yes like bricking everyone's band as they run past at a marathon or popular path
Sounds like a lot of work, when you can just throw a rock at them.
Those who learned from history are doomed to watch others repeat it.
Of course, they want to prevent you from spreading your inferior genes.
It's easier to take that from a phone.
Surely, the logical extension is that they send you to a death camp for not having perfect health.
Complete faith in a single scientist is not required. It is clear that most people have a bias, but as long as these are diverse enough, errors due to these biases will correct themselves.
At this point, we don't have a good alternative for transportation fuels.
Usually, there aren't many profits in the first place. But corruption is indeed one of the causes for low production.
The sun gets colder, we get colder. Period.
The sun has been getting slightly cooler since the 1980's, and yet, we've been getting warmer. Period.
No, the core problem is that these countries do not produce enough things of value.
how it is distributed is what keeps poor nations miserable
No, the poverty keeps them miserable. If they had the money, they could fix the distribution problem very quickly.
vast tracts of fertile land that could be devoted to helping feed the world's growing population
The growing population only increases future demand for fuel, adding to the problem.
Instead of adding it all up over the last couple of decades, it would be more fair to look at the yearly budget. The budget for climate change science was about $2 billion in 2010, and on average somewhat less than in the years before that. That doesn't sound like a whole lot for a potential game changer.
Let the market decide what the best use of investors money is.
A new yacht for the CEO, which they continue to screw the so called customers ?
How is it your own mistake if you can't get decent internet ?
Why ? I have 52Mbps DSL right now.
Since when do Americans care about the poor ?
explain why pennies are still in circulation in the US!
And why haven't 1 and 2 dollar bills been replaced by coins years ago ?
we KNOW that paper will last several hundred years with only basic care.
Well, we know that paper made hundreds of years ago lasted that long. That doesn't mean that modern paper has the same properties.
When you buy today's latest model, you can't be sure they have good retention.
Put a USB adapter in the lockbox as well.
Sure, I can check out a medical text from a library ... won't make me a doctor.
Not a doctor, no, because not all the information is available, and you need to be licensed. All the information is available to learn how to code, and there's no license required.
Cell phone processors might tend to be slow, but they're rather power efficient per operation
Not particularly. The latest Intel designs are better. Also, the CPU needs big and fast memory, and plenty of I/O bandwidth to do useful stuff. Not typically the stuff you find on a cell phone.
Clusters of underpowered processors are not nearly as useful as a single powerful processor.