Why do these arguments sound so familiar? Probably because they're so similar to the arguments people used to make against seat belts.
That completely misses the point of the parent. They are listing possible reasons to explain the data, not reasons why _you_ should not wear a helmet. If it is true that the data shows helmet laws not reducing injury rates per km, it does not mean the helmets are necessarily ineffective, but it suggests legislating them is not helpful.
BTW, the data on seat-belts is very clear. I've never heard anyone argue against them.
The universe is, by definition, EVERYTHING. Therefore, there is no multiverse.
No, that doesn't even make one proper definition, let alone all of them. What is "everything" ? You probably end up with a circular definition. You need to start by defining "existence", which is not trivial.
In TFA, multiverse refers to contiguous space-time, but there are many other uses of the term, e.g. Many Worlds Interpretation. Our "universe" is now detached if I understand correctly? But was connected to these other universes in the early days (nanoseconds?) of the big bang?
The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the party caucus, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
On those criteria Sarah Palin is one of the most successful Presidents the Multiverse has ever had.
And what is your tax rate, including excise taxes on gasoline/etc? Actually, you'll probably still find your costs to be lower
A lot lower. Surprisingly the US has one of the highest rates of government health spending in the world, similar to the total health spending in many developed countries. How does the US manage this while keeping taxes low? By borrowing and printing money. US gov't taxes are low, but spending is not.
I never heard anyone arguing against mandatory labelling of allergen ingredients. ( Is that not done in your country? ) Except at the school cake stall, where i think its best optional.
GMO labelling though is a different issue. Much more political than a health issue.
It is both. Seafood, milk, egg and beestings can be life-threatening conditions, but oddly we are not banning those foods or flowers from schools. Peanuts alone have passed well into the hysteria realm.
Its got so bad that some nutters think that contact or even smell of peanuts can cause an anaphylaxis. Yes, it has been in media reports, but they were wrong, and retractions go unpublished or unnoticed. Thats how hysteria spreads.
wtf man? it's not a scare, it's a real problem.I have a cousin that is so alergique (I'm not kidding) that the mere presence of peanuts in the room provoque a reaction (a call a freaking ambulance, reaction), it is not an anecdote, I've seen it with my own eyes!
Your anecdote merely adds to the evidence of mass hysteria over actual allergy.
More like 8 deaths in 4 years, in one state only (10% of the population, so like 20x the 1/year national figure. ) Not nearly so bad as cars, but worse than terrorism.
Read the Bible, because it is the Word of your creator, and He is involved in your life.
My creator is a vain, genocidal, psychopathic, cruel, sadistic, monster, beyond the worst villains of history? No thanks, if I'm going to be a Christian, I'd rather avoid reading the bible at all costs, except the warm-fuzzy bits of the new testament.
At 5 or 6yo, they can physically ride the bikes, but lack awareness of traffic. Even on footpaths around here, there is poor visibility, and risk from cars coming out of driveways. Too young to ride on the road unsupervised.
we don't fear the boogeyman. Our kids are allowed to go outside, get in trouble,
But is hard when other people don't do that. My kids are allowed to go to the park, but don't want to because no other kids are there. We live in a older inner suburb where the kids are spread a bit thin. Not many friends in walking distance, and they are too young to safely ride bikes by themselves on the street, or even footpaths (small blocks, reversing cars). How to give them some independence?
I was responding to the above attempt at defining racism. You said "the belief that a certain race is inferior in some way ".
many people do not believe there is a significant difference in the intelligence derived from genetics between any of the human races.
Well, people believe all sorts of silly things simply because they wish it were true. I call it the Santa Clause argument.
I suppose they think the Nobel-prize committee is controlled by an anti-black pro-Jewish conspiracy.
African Americans and Hispanics are not
Sorry, I can't relate to your idea of race. Most of the African-Australians and Spanish-speakers I know are white. You seem to be deliberately avoiding actual races, and focussing on local ethnic groups.
Racism is the belief that a certain race is inferior in some way because of their genetics.
Then the only alternative is ignorance. Every race (identifiable sub-population) is inferior in some way (and superior in another), because of genetics. Evolution has favoured different traits in different environments. I'm sure you can find a hundred non-controversial examples. Check out disease resistance for a start, e.g. sickle-cell.
But they're still gravitationally attracted to the module and vice versa.... It's much more subtle.
Yeah, about as subtle as the tidal forces I feel when the moon is overhead. No, actually, a quick back-of-envelope calculation shows it is infinitesimally smaller than that.
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Why do these arguments sound so familiar? Probably because they're so similar to the arguments people used to make against seat belts.
That completely misses the point of the parent. They are listing possible reasons to explain the data, not reasons why _you_ should not wear a helmet.
If it is true that the data shows helmet laws not reducing injury rates per km, it does not mean the helmets are necessarily ineffective, but it suggests legislating them is not helpful.
BTW, the data on seat-belts is very clear. I've never heard anyone argue against them.
The universe is, by definition, EVERYTHING. Therefore, there is no multiverse.
No, that doesn't even make one proper definition, let alone all of them. What is "everything" ? You probably end up with a circular definition.
You need to start by defining "existence", which is not trivial.
In TFA, multiverse refers to contiguous space-time, but there are many other uses of the term, e.g. Many Worlds Interpretation.
Our "universe" is now detached if I understand correctly? But was connected to these other universes in the early days (nanoseconds?) of the big bang?
It doesn't make any sense to say that it's one big thing, but not one big thing at the same time.
Why not? Its been working just fine for Christians since the 2nd century with the Trinity. Call it a Holy Mystery of the universe.
The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the party caucus, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
On those criteria Sarah Palin is one of the most successful Presidents the Multiverse has ever had.
And what is your tax rate, including excise taxes on gasoline/etc? Actually, you'll probably still find your costs to be lower
A lot lower. Surprisingly the US has one of the highest rates of government health spending in the world, similar to the total health spending in many developed countries.
How does the US manage this while keeping taxes low? By borrowing and printing money. US gov't taxes are low, but spending is not.
I never heard anyone arguing against mandatory labelling of allergen ingredients. ( Is that not done in your country? )
Except at the school cake stall, where i think its best optional.
GMO labelling though is a different issue. Much more political than a health issue.
It is both. Seafood, milk, egg and beestings can be life-threatening conditions, but oddly we are not banning those foods or flowers from schools.
Peanuts alone have passed well into the hysteria realm.
Its got so bad that some nutters think that contact or even smell of peanuts can cause an anaphylaxis. Yes, it has been in media reports, but they were wrong, and retractions go unpublished or unnoticed. Thats how hysteria spreads.
And the peanut allergy scare,
wtf man? it's not a scare, it's a real problem.I have a cousin that is so alergique (I'm not kidding) that the mere presence of peanuts in the room provoque a reaction (a call a freaking ambulance, reaction), it is not an anecdote, I've seen it with my own eyes!
Your anecdote merely adds to the evidence of mass hysteria over actual allergy.
Snowden has also helped AQ terrorist and Chinese spies more than bush or bin ladin did.
Come on, Bush was AQ's top recruiter for several years.
7) Go back to flashing random strangers in the local park.
More like 8 deaths in 4 years, in one state only (10% of the population, so like 20x the 1/year national figure. )
Not nearly so bad as cars, but worse than terrorism.
They say "You have one new follower."
Next time I'm diving, I will try to avoid new followers on Twitter.
In Australia, there are an average of 1 deaths per year from Shark attacks
Thats fine if you live in 1936 in Alice Springs, but WA has had numerous attacks in recent years. You think it is just a random data cluster?
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/timeline-of-shark-attacks-on-wa-beaches-20081227-75sl.html
Read the Bible, because it is the Word of your creator, and He is involved in your life.
My creator is a vain, genocidal, psychopathic, cruel, sadistic, monster, beyond the worst villains of history?
No thanks, if I'm going to be a Christian, I'd rather avoid reading the bible at all costs, except the warm-fuzzy bits of the new testament.
95% of the Japanese are Christians.
Japan, Philippines ... same same.
At 5 or 6yo, they can physically ride the bikes, but lack awareness of traffic. Even on footpaths around here, there is poor visibility, and risk from cars coming out of driveways. Too young to ride on the road unsupervised.
we don't fear the boogeyman. Our kids are allowed to go outside, get in trouble,
But is hard when other people don't do that. My kids are allowed to go to the park, but don't want to because no other kids are there.
We live in a older inner suburb where the kids are spread a bit thin. Not many friends in walking distance, and they are too young to safely ride bikes by themselves on the street, or even footpaths (small blocks, reversing cars). How to give them some independence?
do you have any source for your claim that "multitudes" "starve and die", or did you make that nonsense up?
Yup, saw it on Wikipedia. Millions starved as recently as ... 1961.
Now that you mention it, it looks just like the picture quality from a Huawei or ZTE phone.
I was responding to the above attempt at defining racism. You said "the belief that a certain race is inferior in some way ".
many people do not believe there is a significant difference in the intelligence derived from genetics between any of the human races.
Well, people believe all sorts of silly things simply because they wish it were true. I call it the Santa Clause argument.
I suppose they think the Nobel-prize committee is controlled by an anti-black pro-Jewish conspiracy.
African Americans and Hispanics are not
Sorry, I can't relate to your idea of race. Most of the African-Australians and Spanish-speakers I know are white.
You seem to be deliberately avoiding actual races, and focussing on local ethnic groups.
Racism is the belief that a certain race is inferior in some way because of their genetics.
Then the only alternative is ignorance. Every race (identifiable sub-population) is inferior in some way (and superior in another), because of genetics.
Evolution has favoured different traits in different environments. I'm sure you can find a hundred non-controversial examples.
Check out disease resistance for a start, e.g. sickle-cell.
Who claims to know everything? Certainly no scientist does.
Don't worry. Just another example of One Man making a sweeping claim, only to be made a fool of by the Wisdom of Slashdot.
But they're still gravitationally attracted to the module and vice versa.... It's much more subtle.
Yeah, about as subtle as the tidal forces I feel when the moon is overhead. No, actually, a quick back-of-envelope calculation shows it is infinitesimally smaller than that.
Rookie mistake. You forgot to allow for daylight savings time.
There are plenty of public domain plots. .
Unfortunately, Disney have already stolen all the best ones, and wrapped then up in a new eternal copyright.