rationale of the second amendment is not at all clear
It has been many many years since I read it (them?), but The Federalist Papers go into great detail about this, the reasoning behind it and many other things and is probably the finest example Enlightenment thinking ever produced.
Age of Reason is an era from the 1620s to the 1780s in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority. It was promoted by philosophes and local thinkers in urban coffee houses, salons, and Masonic lodges. It challenged the authority of institutions that were deeply rooted in society, especially the Catholic Church; there was much talk of ways to reform society with toleration, science and skepticism.
Yeah, when researching this subject last year I was surprised to the extent that NASA was based on on Germany's space program, but then they did have a ten year head start on everyone else, so it makes sense. That and after wwii, von Braun made a large effort to make sure that the US get all the pieces, plans and all the scientists. Peenemünde just moved to Redstone missile range. If it wasn't for hitler, we probably never would have gone to the moon.
What is the radiation level at 53km over Venus? And fiction aside, why would someone want to colonize a floating death trap? Why not colonize the surface of the ocean for 1 billionth the price and risk?
It's not about calories, it's about caloric intake > energy expenditure. If you gain more weight eating 2,000kcal of chips than 2,000kcal of turkey, then don't eat 2,000kcal of chips. Eat maybe 1,000kcal of chips or 2,000kcal of turkey. If you are still hungry after eating the chips, but not the turkey, that is contributing factor, but a separate problem that should be addressed.
Is possible to gain weight by consuming less energy than you expend?
You might be able to eat 12,000 calories and gain 1lb due to contributing factors, but it's breaking the laws of physics to eat only 3,000 calories and gain a 1lb.
If the cabin air leaks out of a plane at 13,000m, you'll be dead in 6 minutes. If you were in intergalactic space (about as hard a vacuum as you can experience) and the air leaked out of your spaceship, you'd be dead in six minutes. If you were on Mars and your spacesuit was punctured losing all of the air, you'd be dead in six minutes.
Interesting. Almost everyone I know (including myself) is just like you. And it's quite easy, even in the US, to live well on very little money if you do some planning.
What if you take everything way from a wealthy person and a few years later they are wealthy again? Do you take it all away again and keep taking it away until they learn their lesson?
Time is the most valuable thing in the universe. How much would you pay for an extra year of life? Extra month? day? Would you really trade a week of your life to own the latest blinking light widget?
It's not a real test if you know money is going to end in N years. If you get $3000/month in a basic income, would you buy a house with a $2500/month mortgage if you knew that you'd lose your income in 7 months vs guaranteed for life?
My living expenses are around $3-4k/year. I live in a very nice off grid house out in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain. I live like a king relative to most of the world. What does $4k/yr get you in NYC? That comes out to ~$2/hr.
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rationale of the second amendment is not at all clear
It has been many many years since I read it (them?), but The Federalist Papers go into great detail about this, the reasoning behind it and many other things and is probably the finest example Enlightenment thinking ever produced.
Age of Reason is an era from the 1620s to the 1780s in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority. It was promoted by philosophes and local thinkers in urban coffee houses, salons, and Masonic lodges. It challenged the authority of institutions that were deeply rooted in society, especially the Catholic Church; there was much talk of ways to reform society with toleration, science and skepticism.
individuals should be able to purchase and use nuclear weapons without a permit
Yes. Do you know anyone selling any?
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issue to be solved.
It was solved by in air refueling.
No one has ever shown me anything to make me believe this assertion.
I you repeat something often enough, it becomes a fact.
Yeah, when researching this subject last year I was surprised to the extent that NASA was based on on Germany's space program, but then they did have a ten year head start on everyone else, so it makes sense. That and after wwii, von Braun made a large effort to make sure that the US get all the pieces, plans and all the scientists. Peenemünde just moved to Redstone missile range. If it wasn't for hitler, we probably never would have gone to the moon.
Not any different from landing the LEM on the moon. It's a well understood control problem. Think inverted pendulum because that's what it is.
What is the radiation level at 53km over Venus? And fiction aside, why would someone want to colonize a floating death trap? Why not colonize the surface of the ocean for 1 billionth the price and risk?
The nazi's actually won the race to space being the first to launch a rocket above the Kármán line. The v2 reached an altitude of 175km during wwII.
It's possible to absorb less calories than you eat, but impossible to absorb more.
It's not about calories, it's about caloric intake > energy expenditure. If you gain more weight eating 2,000kcal of chips than 2,000kcal of turkey, then don't eat 2,000kcal of chips. Eat maybe 1,000kcal of chips or 2,000kcal of turkey. If you are still hungry after eating the chips, but not the turkey, that is contributing factor, but a separate problem that should be addressed.
You contradicted yourself: ~"They don't over eat, but fast carbs leave you hungry, so you over eat".
Is possible to gain weight by consuming less energy than you expend?
You might be able to eat 12,000 calories and gain 1lb due to contributing factors, but it's breaking the laws of physics to eat only 3,000 calories and gain a 1lb.
Can't or don't want to?
If the cabin air leaks out of a plane at 13,000m, you'll be dead in 6 minutes. If you were in intergalactic space (about as hard a vacuum as you can experience) and the air leaked out of your spaceship, you'd be dead in six minutes. If you were on Mars and your spacesuit was punctured losing all of the air, you'd be dead in six minutes.
Maybe real social lives that take up all of their time.
For $20k/year you could afford a nice house in seattle and still have $700/month play money.
Interesting. Almost everyone I know (including myself) is just like you. And it's quite easy, even in the US, to live well on very little money if you do some planning.
What if you take everything way from a wealthy person and a few years later they are wealthy again? Do you take it all away again and keep taking it away until they learn their lesson?
If it's legal, then it's not corruption. It's being smart.
What's the difference between a guaranteed basic income and a guaranteed job with income you can't be fired from?
Time is the most valuable thing in the universe. How much would you pay for an extra year of life? Extra month? day? Would you really trade a week of your life to own the latest blinking light widget?
It's not a real test if you know money is going to end in N years. If you get $3000/month in a basic income, would you buy a house with a $2500/month mortgage if you knew that you'd lose your income in 7 months vs guaranteed for life?
My living expenses are around $3-4k/year. I live in a very nice off grid house out in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain. I live like a king relative to most of the world. What does $4k/yr get you in NYC? That comes out to ~$2/hr.
In every experiment they've tried until now
Does that include the soviet union? While it wasn't called basic income, it was a guaranteed unfireable for life job with a paycheck.