Let's get rid of windows, too. Fragile, dangerous in accidents, easy to scratch and pit. Make cars so that everyone lies down, cut the drag area by almost half and lower the center of gravity. No more being stopped for "driving while black." What could possibly go wrong?
Hillary has sold uranium to the Russians and military communications secrets to the Chinese. The risk of a Hillary presidency is the military defeat of the U.S. and the accompanying millions of dead Americans.
About the only chance someone not a Democrat or Republican has of being elected President is if both the major party candidates die about a week before the election - and even then, it's iffy; there will be a large number of sentimental/stupid votes.
I would absolutely trust the work done by publicly funded biologists bound to follow strict ethics guidelines and required to publish in peer reviewed journals.
Proof of trustworthiness means very little to the public. If people fell the product isn't safe, they won't use it. It's an emotional issue, not logical.
I'd guess that ultrasound of a high enough intensity to be reliable in the presence of interference could cause hearing (or other) damage. You don't have to be able to perceive sound for it to harm you.
Laser rangefinding. What could possibly go wrong? An exercise for the student.
Generally, you have to be able to demonstrate significant costs caused by unreasonable behavior. If you try to stick your neighbor with your shrink's bill because your neighbor bought an SUV, don't expect success when you sue.
The collective, collectively, decides on a set of rules for the benefit of the collective as a whole, at the detriment of the individuals it is comprised of.
The benefit to the whole is the sum of the benefits to the individuals. The situation you posit is impossible.
Let's see, I've got the use of these airwaves in this area for $100,000,000 this month. I'll just invest $5 billion in hardware so that I can use them. My business plan says I'll break even in 4 years.
Next month --- What do you mean, the bands I've spent $5.1 billion to use won't be available to me any more?"
You're claiming that it's unwise to allocate resources to those who can make the best economic use of it. You are further implying either that you in your omniscience know what the best use is, or that corrupt and capricious government will bring about best use.
Great Britain leaving the E.U. is the best thing that has happened in the world this year, perhaps this decade. The E.U. is becoming a suicidal tyranny, and England is refusing the command to kill itself.
Bush 43 did a bad job economically, but the 2008 crash was entirely the fault of a Democratic Congress, which rejected all attempts to end frivolous lending. Do some reading about that human turd, Barney Frank.
The President is the effective head of the bureaucracy, which has the power to abuse its enemies. Prominent examples include the IRS refusal to grant tax exempt status to tea party groups while fast-tracking leftist activist groups, and Obama's promise to destroy the coal industry.
You can have equality or rights, not both. The concepts are mutually exclusive.
If I mold a vase with my own materials and tools, and you don't, that vase is mine by right and I'm not equal to you.
I hate equality (except the concept of "equal before the law") because it is a weapon of the thieving class to steal from the productive class.
I doubt that a nation with a population of 36 million will "become the dominant power." The world will have to become much more messed up before that tail can wag the dog.
Simply put, Planned Parenthood, an organization darling of the left, was founded by Margaret Sanger with the purpose of discouraging Negroes from reproducing.
Just as many conservatives are religious loons, many on the left are loons with beliefs like "All sex is rape" (Andrea Dworkin), Southern men are killers (Neil Young), and so forth. These people get a lot of press and it's easy to see them as the ideological leaders of the left.
The word "should" always implies "in order to achieve some particular goal", and making the judgement that somebody should do something often has the unstated goal of "making your life better" or "not hurting yourself." Nothing wrong with that if the speaker isn't using force or making a nuisance of himself.
There's a problem with the word "authority" having two unrelated meanings. One authority is an expert in a particular field, the other is someone who can bring government force against you.
You'd toe the party line too, if the alternative were spending more time in jail.
Courts routinely demand things like admission of guilt and "public service" to reduce time served. "Public Service" often takes the form of making public statements relating how wonderful some hideous laws and their enforcers are.
Don't you recognize extortion when it's right in front of your eyes?
Science is the fundamental method people use to determine how things work, so that they can plan their actions with reasonable expectations of success. That is not arbitrary.
I particularly object to your use of the word "merely". The use of educated guesses is the main part of human experience, and does not deserve to be denigrated with the word "merely."
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Let's get rid of windows, too. Fragile, dangerous in accidents, easy to scratch and pit. Make cars so that everyone lies down, cut the drag area by almost half and lower the center of gravity. No more being stopped for "driving while black." What could possibly go wrong?
No? Then reject cameras-instead-of-mirrors.
Hillary has sold uranium to the Russians and military communications secrets to the Chinese. The risk of a Hillary presidency is the military defeat of the U.S. and the accompanying millions of dead Americans.
About the only chance someone not a Democrat or Republican has of being elected President is if both the major party candidates die about a week before the election - and even then, it's iffy; there will be a large number of sentimental/stupid votes.
Can you express that in a manner which English readers can understand?
There are many food plants that cannot tolerate the conditions that rice requires.
Lysenko.
Now the Chinese are wasting money on foolish projects.
Proof of trustworthiness means very little to the public. If people fell the product isn't safe, they won't use it. It's an emotional issue, not logical.
Nice photo. To be legal, a load extending that far over the end of the truck bed needs a red warning flag.
I'd guess that ultrasound of a high enough intensity to be reliable in the presence of interference could cause hearing (or other) damage. You don't have to be able to perceive sound for it to harm you.
Laser rangefinding. What could possibly go wrong? An exercise for the student.
Facts are facts. Standard Oil was dismantled, Your view is conspiracy paranoia.
Generally, you have to be able to demonstrate significant costs caused by unreasonable behavior. If you try to stick your neighbor with your shrink's bill because your neighbor bought an SUV, don't expect success when you sue.
The benefit to the whole is the sum of the benefits to the individuals. The situation you posit is impossible.
Let's see, I've got the use of these airwaves in this area for $100,000,000 this month. I'll just invest $5 billion in hardware so that I can use them. My business plan says I'll break even in 4 years.
Next month --- What do you mean, the bands I've spent $5.1 billion to use won't be available to me any more?"
---"'Sale' sounds permanent..."
I'll bet that's what the TV broadcasters whose channels are gone thought, too.
You're claiming that it's unwise to allocate resources to those who can make the best economic use of it. You are further implying either that you in your omniscience know what the best use is, or that corrupt and capricious government will bring about best use.
Great Britain leaving the E.U. is the best thing that has happened in the world this year, perhaps this decade. The E.U. is becoming a suicidal tyranny, and England is refusing the command to kill itself.
Bush 43 did a bad job economically, but the 2008 crash was entirely the fault of a Democratic Congress, which rejected all attempts to end frivolous lending. Do some reading about that human turd, Barney Frank.
The President is the effective head of the bureaucracy, which has the power to abuse its enemies. Prominent examples include the IRS refusal to grant tax exempt status to tea party groups while fast-tracking leftist activist groups, and Obama's promise to destroy the coal industry.
Artificial intelligence, like genuine intelligence, is complex. Because it's complex, it can't be transparent.
You can have equality or rights, not both. The concepts are mutually exclusive.
If I mold a vase with my own materials and tools, and you don't, that vase is mine by right and I'm not equal to you.
I hate equality (except the concept of "equal before the law") because it is a weapon of the thieving class to steal from the productive class.
I doubt that a nation with a population of 36 million will "become the dominant power." The world will have to become much more messed up before that tail can wag the dog.
Simply put, Planned Parenthood, an organization darling of the left, was founded by Margaret Sanger with the purpose of discouraging Negroes from reproducing.
Just as many conservatives are religious loons, many on the left are loons with beliefs like "All sex is rape" (Andrea Dworkin), Southern men are killers (Neil Young), and so forth. These people get a lot of press and it's easy to see them as the ideological leaders of the left.
The word "should" always implies "in order to achieve some particular goal", and making the judgement that somebody should do something often has the unstated goal of "making your life better" or "not hurting yourself." Nothing wrong with that if the speaker isn't using force or making a nuisance of himself.
There's a problem with the word "authority" having two unrelated meanings. One authority is an expert in a particular field, the other is someone who can bring government force against you.
You'd toe the party line too, if the alternative were spending more time in jail.
Courts routinely demand things like admission of guilt and "public service" to reduce time served. "Public Service" often takes the form of making public statements relating how wonderful some hideous laws and their enforcers are.
Don't you recognize extortion when it's right in front of your eyes?
Your moniker is in accord with your argument.
Science is the fundamental method people use to determine how things work, so that they can plan their actions with reasonable expectations of success. That is not arbitrary.
I particularly object to your use of the word "merely". The use of educated guesses is the main part of human experience, and does not deserve to be denigrated with the word "merely."