Why bother ? On the global list of causes of death, getting hit by a meteor must rank pretty low, and it would be very costly to prevent. That's not a good use of the budget.
Or are you suggesting playing in the dirt was not beneficial and this superbug killer bacteria that was found when looking for the explanation of the benefit is just a coincidence?
It would only be a coincidence if the dirt from the next town did not have similar properties. However, it is quite common for soil bacteria to make anti bacterial toxins. Most of our antibiotics are based on them. The problem is not so much finding them, but rather finding the ones that we can safely ingest or apply to open wounds, while still maintaining their effectiveness.
According to folk tradition, people would not "play in the dirt", rather they would wrap it in cloth, and place it under their pillow: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-no...
I struggle to imagine how the anti bacterial properties would work in that case.
Playing in the dirt is probably effective to train our immune system, not as a way to ingest anti-bacterial chemicals (which would only be effective if you were actually infected, making it less likely that you would actually go outside to play in the dirt)
Well, the thing about a black hole - its main distinguishing feature - is it's black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour, is black. So how are you supposed to see them? -- Holly, Marooned
It is pretty far fetched to assume that playing in the dirt is beneficial because of its anti-bacterial properties. For each bacterium that the dirt kills, it brings hundreds of other ones.
Economic development and progress in science and technology are the solution to overpopulation - it makes people stop having as many kids.
Nature,..erm... , finds a way. Even in first world countries, where population is not showing a net growth, you can see a mix of people with zero children, and people with 5+ children. The first group will die out in one generation, the other group will multiply by 5+, and will dominate in 5-10 generations.
If copyright holders only got paid for the percentage of time their work was used, you'd see people showing a full length music video followed by 2 hours of them scratching their balls.
YouTube could pay only for the portions of the video that were actually watched.
There's plenty of available planets in space; it's not like we'll run out. The hard part is getting to them making them support humans.
Getting there is also hard. Beyond Mars is pretty much impossible, and Mars itself is so small it's barely useful, even if we could make it support humans.
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when detailed questions come up like "how much dietary cholesterol should I eat each day?" you'll never get a satisfactory answer
I just follow common sense. Our ancestors would never refuse an egg, and neither would any animal in the wild.
One diesel truck for the garbage; one diesel truck for the recycling
We used to get a weekly garbage pick up. Now we get garbage one week, and recycling the other. Same amount of truck capacity used.
You can recycle them into CO2 and energy.
What are feelings but electrochemical stimulus and states?
Your computer also has electrical stimulus and states. Does it have feelings as well ?
Most of the people against abortion don't care how developed the mind and brain of a cow or pig is. It's all rather arbitrary.
If it happened in Braille, we wouldn't see it.
But we could feel the bump.
Why bother ? On the global list of causes of death, getting hit by a meteor must rank pretty low, and it would be very costly to prevent. That's not a good use of the budget.
Everyone here knows this just buys us a (little) time and doesn't address the fundamental issue, right
There is no fundamental issue to be solved, there is only buying more time.
Or are you suggesting playing in the dirt was not beneficial and this superbug killer bacteria that was found when looking for the explanation of the benefit is just a coincidence?
It would only be a coincidence if the dirt from the next town did not have similar properties. However, it is quite common for soil bacteria to make anti bacterial toxins. Most of our antibiotics are based on them. The problem is not so much finding them, but rather finding the ones that we can safely ingest or apply to open wounds, while still maintaining their effectiveness.
According to folk tradition, people would not "play in the dirt", rather they would wrap it in cloth, and place it under their pillow:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-no...
I struggle to imagine how the anti bacterial properties would work in that case.
Playing in the dirt is probably effective to train our immune system, not as a way to ingest anti-bacterial chemicals (which would only be effective if you were actually infected, making it less likely that you would actually go outside to play in the dirt)
Well, the thing about a black hole - its main distinguishing feature - is it's black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour, is black. So how are you supposed to see them?
-- Holly, Marooned
It is pretty far fetched to assume that playing in the dirt is beneficial because of its anti-bacterial properties. For each bacterium that the dirt kills, it brings hundreds of other ones.
Economic development and progress in science and technology are the solution to overpopulation - it makes people stop having as many kids.
Nature, ..erm... , finds a way. Even in first world countries, where population is not showing a net growth, you can see a mix of people with zero children, and people with 5+ children. The first group will die out in one generation, the other group will multiply by 5+, and will dominate in 5-10 generations.
We. Aren't. Overpopulated. It's a myth and a bad myth at that
We are overpopulated because our use of resources far exceeds their replacement rate.
This new proposed bill is not an old law, though.
If copyright holders only got paid for the percentage of time their work was used, you'd see people showing a full length music video followed by 2 hours of them scratching their balls.
YouTube could pay only for the portions of the video that were actually watched.
Cost of allowing will by borne by you, not the telco. So what would telco do?
Simple answer: government, represented by the people, forces telco.
At least, that's how it works here in Communist Europe. Americans prefer free market where telcos can assist in harassment for profit.
I sure as hell don't want my telco storing a whitelist of my contacts.
It would be trivial for them to figure out your contacts by themselves.
There's plenty of available planets in space; it's not like we'll run out. The hard part is getting to them making them support humans.
Getting there is also hard. Beyond Mars is pretty much impossible, and Mars itself is so small it's barely useful, even if we could make it support humans.
Probably when the continent moves closer to the equator again.
Is NOTHING compared to the age of the Earth
Suppose you're setting on the couch in your home, and you feel a bit cold. You look around to see that somebody left a window open.
How long, relative to age of the Earth, should you wait until you conclude that the open window is the cause of the cold ?
so solar output doesnt matter now when talking about climate but it matters suddenly in the juriassic?
Solar output has slowly increased over billions of years as the Sun has gotten older and denser. It was not "suddenly".
Sun was weaker in the Jurassic.
HDMI is a better plug anyway, because it's cheaper and smaller.
In fact, it's so cheap and small that the slightest twist or turn will make the screen all green or purple.
After all, what would be the point of reviving an old male ?
More ivory ?
Who determines "should"?
The law.