On Mars, perhaps it will be the greens that promote terraforming Mars into a 'green alive planet" and it is the Reds that want to preserve the Martian Landscape.
This comes from "Red Mars" by Kim Stanely Robinson. A great book.
Do you drive a car, mow your lawn, or use an electric or gas oven? Survival, at the least, is the most important factor.
Have you seen the moon? It has been blasted by meteors thousands or millions or billions or trillions of times. Does a metoer have more rights than we? Do you think that moving a bit of dust around compares with those black blasted craters?
Hell , I say terraform the moon, terraform Mars and Venus and terraform any damn gravity hole you like.
Economic theorist are well aware of the flaws in their standard models of perfect information and maximizing utility. However, even with its defficiencies it is a powerful model that can be used to infer many economic phenomena. However, like climatology where the complexity of the system is immense, actual predictive application of its theory for future states of the system prove nearly impossible. The complexity arises from inaccuracies in the model that get magnified through iteration. ie. butterfly effect.
Each discipline arises from a set of theories. Climatlogy stems from physical laws, chemical reactions etc that when interacting together form such studies as fluid dynamics. Economics is based on certain theorems about what we can expect people to do through such tools as game theory, utility, etc.
It is true that economics can be thought of as a soft science in as much that it is not based strictly upon physical laws.
However, like climatology both disciplines attempt to describe complex phenomena. I would be tempted to say though that economics is even more complex as the variety of sub-systems is greater.
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A person who uses a word like fucktard has spent too much time thinking about expressing profanity in new and exciting ways..
This allows us to draw two important conclusions:
1. Humans are not responsible for global warming.
2. Climatology, a "soft" science, will never be able to provide the kind of reliable conclusions on which to form policy which "hard" scientists, such as libertarian economists, provide.
Your two conclusions preclude each other. If the statement "Climatology will never provide reliable conclusions is true, then we cannot conclude that humans are not responsible for global warming, since the the latter conclusion assumes that there is at least one case in the universe of discourse such that Climatology provide us with a valid conclusion x.
This allows us to draw two important conclusions:
1. Humans are not responsible for global warming.
2. Climatology, a "soft" science, will never be able to provide the kind of reliable conclusions on which to form policy which "hard" scientists, such as libertarian economists, provide.
Your two conclusions preclude each other. If the statement "Climatology will never provide reliable conclusions is true, then we cannot conclude that humans are not responsible for global warming, since the the latter conclusion assumes that there is at least one case in the universe of discourse such that Climatology provide us with a valid conclusion x.
Which one is it moderators? Is this a heart-felt comment, probably from one of the coders themselves, or is this simply the karma-sucking pitiful comment it looks like?
I work at a small coffee shop in a Californian city of about 100,000. Upon my sugestion the owners made wi-fi complimentary.
We are the first cafe in this town to offer this and, it has given us a much needed edge upon our competitors.
"Bandwidth" of customer seating may be a problem to already successful cafe's. However, many cafe'swould love to have that problem. Our problem is lack of filled tables rather than tales filled with freeloaders.
Another thing, Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd. . If you go by a dead empty cafe, and a bustling busy cafe.....Which one do you choose. You might try the empty so you dont have to wait in line, but you also might very well choose the busy one simply beacuase other people have already made that choice. If other people think that one cafe is better than the other, it is a good bet that it really is better. Like ABoos
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Nothing to see here. Move along.
You should probably mod me down
first post is usually a bad post...
This comes from "Red Mars" by Kim Stanely Robinson. A great book.
Stupid, inneficient Nasa. Where have your dreams gone?
nothing changes anymore.
its about time...
The dust doesn't give a f**k.
This actually kills no species. There aren't any.
Do you drive a car, mow your lawn, or use an electric or gas oven? Survival, at the least, is the most important factor.
Have you seen the moon? It has been blasted by meteors thousands or millions or billions or trillions of times. Does a metoer have more rights than we? Do you think that moving a bit of dust around compares with those black blasted craters?
Hell , I say terraform the moon, terraform Mars and Venus and terraform any damn gravity hole you like.
but not proof of Intelligent Post
Each discipline arises from a set of theories. Climatlogy stems from physical laws, chemical reactions etc that when interacting together form such studies as fluid dynamics. Economics is based on certain theorems about what we can expect people to do through such tools as game theory, utility, etc.
It is true that economics can be thought of as a soft science in as much that it is not based strictly upon physical laws.
However, like climatology both disciplines attempt to describe complex phenomena. I would be tempted to say though that economics is even more complex as the variety of sub-systems is greater.
get a life
sarcasm
My dad can use AOL better than your dad.
That was a 'Generic Reference' to the generic behaviors of slashdotonians. Been there. DOne that.
Your two conclusions preclude each other. If the statement "Climatology will never provide reliable conclusions is true, then we cannot conclude that humans are not responsible for global warming, since the the latter conclusion assumes that there is at least one case in the universe of discourse such that Climatology provide us with a valid conclusion x.
This allows us to draw two important conclusions: 1. Humans are not responsible for global warming. 2. Climatology, a "soft" science, will never be able to provide the kind of reliable conclusions on which to form policy which "hard" scientists, such as libertarian economists, provide. Your two conclusions preclude each other. If the statement "Climatology will never provide reliable conclusions is true, then we cannot conclude that humans are not responsible for global warming, since the the latter conclusion assumes that there is at least one case in the universe of discourse such that Climatology provide us with a valid conclusion x.
Yet another reason to keep pot illegal.
it said DaisyDukes in space.
and interesting.. thanks. Well I'm off to take my midterm.
I seem to remember it was the other guy whou said dumb fuck first.
Which one is it moderators? Is this a heart-felt comment, probably from one of the coders themselves, or is this simply the karma-sucking pitiful comment it looks like?
We are the first cafe in this town to offer this and, it has given us a much needed edge upon our competitors.
"Bandwidth" of customer seating may be a problem to already successful cafe's. However, many cafe'swould love to have that problem. Our problem is lack of filled tables rather than tales filled with freeloaders.
Another thing, Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd. . If you go by a dead empty cafe, and a bustling busy cafe.....Which one do you choose. You might try the empty so you dont have to wait in line, but you also might very well choose the busy one simply beacuase other people have already made that choice. If other people think that one cafe is better than the other, it is a good bet that it really is better. Like ABoos
We kill things with consciousness all the time.
but now was the time they figured.. I mean they just couln't post another xbox 360 story
...and they really hate improper contractions