The climatological models are actually rather accurate. I know, I know - that's not to be posted on Slashdot, but I thought I'd at least attempt to counter your little dig.
[x] Delusions are generally something people discourage, so of course someone who does not suffer from them is automatically superior to someone who does on this one point alone [x] If the group in question is defined by the very thing which is deemed negative (a lack of logical thinking) then that is not a generalisation but a fact. It's not generalising to say that all sheep are sheep. [x] Delusions frequently accompany mental illness and are fought in all other aspects of life outside religion. It's also not "intolerant" of something to accurately describe it, if that description is accurate. As delusions are intrinsically bad, you can't really argue that one.
It's not very Christian to be a part of the well-represented majority, with all the power and protection that comes with it, to then judge people who dare to point that out to you. Yes, people criticise Christians all the time, because people in the west (especially the US) have the Christian faith lauded over them, encroaching into parts of public and civil life in which it has absolutely no business.
I'm sorry if someone holding a mirror to your beliefs is so troubling for you, but that says more about you and your beliefs than it does the mirror or its holder.
You do realise that Heinlein quote is directly applicable to you and your position, right? Definitely more so than any position pointing out the inherent logical shortcomings of your arguments.
Then why does the bible refer to God as "He" instead of "It"? You also anthropomorphised God by saying "who is not human" instead of "which is not human". If you are going to roll around slinging pseudological abuse at least be consistent with it:)
When the democratic process is reduced to something similar to a team sport, don't expect the best candidate to win. Bush was campaigning on "if you vote for the other guy it will get worse", not "I'm so awesome look at all the cool things I did", and it appears to have worked.
And the companies can't operate in France without all the infrastructure and civilisation paid for by taxes. If France stops getting taxes from companies which operate there, then those companies can't continue to operate, and France falls apart. This is the same for every single country on the face of the planet which collects taxes. That's how it works. It's amazing this has to be explained to you.
Your appraisal says more about you than the projects you are discussing. They're telling women and minorities "you can feel free to contribute without damaged people slinging abuse at you", something they shouldn't have to do, but are forced to by toxic idiots thinking they can act whatever way they deem fit in whatever setting they want, because they feel they have an inherent right to be complete muppets wherever they want.
The reverse-isms section does not make discrimination against certain groups mandatory. You'd probably be less outraged if you read it properly.
You would be "brutally controlled" by those terms only if you acted like a boorish fool amongst the other people. People acting professionally and sticking to the purpose of why they are there just want to get on with their work. People jumping in and calling everyone ridiculous epithets will be shunned, as has been human tradition for centuries.
So please don't have anything to do with these communities - they don't want you. If you can't see why things like this are necessary, you are probably part of the reason.
The crops humans tend to live off do yield more weight with increased CO2, but their nutritional value is less, meaning you will have to crunch numbers before claiming CO2 = more food.
The new land will have terrible soil. Absolutely terrible, useless soil. It's been mostly scraped away by the glaciation that occurred above it, meaning that all you have now is some rocky ground with warmth and sunshine. Plus now there is less albedo, meaning the Earth is absorbing more heat, and will now get warmer even quicker. I hope there wasn't any frozen methane in parts of the ground not covered by glaciers, as that will sublimate into the atmosphere and increase warming even further. Rinse. Repeat. Suffer all the way. Oh yeah, and the newly-available land has no history of farming. No farming communities, no infrastructure, nothing. So that will have to be built up. Plus when the areas of land suitable for farming cross national borders, international tensions will undoubtedly flare up from time to time as a once-supplier of grain/food will gradually become only a consumer.
That is just a taste of the difficulties to be expected. It's not as simple as you seem to think.
That would make a lot of sense if you had absolutely no reliance on any goods or services offered by anyone else. As that is not the case, you and your lifestyle are still at risk of being affected by rising sea levels even if you are far away from the sea. The fact you are using the internet on a computer is a great demonstration of this - rising sea levels can affect the companies from which you get your computers and your internet connection.
It's OK that you don't understand the science. Clearly that's the case otherwise you wouldn't have thought it wise or prudent to post such an admission of ignorance for the world to see. Hint: There has been warming, and you are repeating nonsense someone told you.
The insurance companies collate data from many sources, including the scientific literature available. Their very existence hinges on them getting it right. This is not difficult to understand, regardless of how much you might want it to not be true.
Not really, unless you are appealing to people's notions of plate tectonics being slow to allude to rising sea levels also being nothing to worry about...
If your intention was to tell everyone just how confused you are, I think you were wildly successful. It's not "Marxist" (I honestly think you don't know the meaning of the word) to source materials from companies which treat their workers well. I can see how you'd get confused, knowing as little as you seemingly do. I would suggest you spend more time working on your education and less time showing everyone just how sorely you need it.
So much conjecture... You just claimed to know the thinking of all the board members and owners of all the banks in the world. Clearly that is nonsense. Why did you think it would be a good idea to show everyone just how illogical you are? Hoping to find other like-minded people to invent fantasies with?
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The climatological models are actually rather accurate. I know, I know - that's not to be posted on Slashdot, but I thought I'd at least attempt to counter your little dig.
[x] Delusions are generally something people discourage, so of course someone who does not suffer from them is automatically superior to someone who does on this one point alone
[x] If the group in question is defined by the very thing which is deemed negative (a lack of logical thinking) then that is not a generalisation but a fact. It's not generalising to say that all sheep are sheep.
[x] Delusions frequently accompany mental illness and are fought in all other aspects of life outside religion. It's also not "intolerant" of something to accurately describe it, if that description is accurate. As delusions are intrinsically bad, you can't really argue that one.
It's not very Christian to be a part of the well-represented majority, with all the power and protection that comes with it, to then judge people who dare to point that out to you. Yes, people criticise Christians all the time, because people in the west (especially the US) have the Christian faith lauded over them, encroaching into parts of public and civil life in which it has absolutely no business.
I'm sorry if someone holding a mirror to your beliefs is so troubling for you, but that says more about you and your beliefs than it does the mirror or its holder.
You do realise that Heinlein quote is directly applicable to you and your position, right? Definitely more so than any position pointing out the inherent logical shortcomings of your arguments.
Then why does the bible refer to God as "He" instead of "It"? You also anthropomorphised God by saying "who is not human" instead of "which is not human". If you are going to roll around slinging pseudological abuse at least be consistent with it :)
You trust an anonymous post on slashdot? That's rather scary. Why not try for yourself?
You seem to have forgotten to include any corroborating evidence... Surely an oversight on your part, I'm sure...
When the democratic process is reduced to something similar to a team sport, don't expect the best candidate to win. Bush was campaigning on "if you vote for the other guy it will get worse", not "I'm so awesome look at all the cool things I did", and it appears to have worked.
And the companies can't operate in France without all the infrastructure and civilisation paid for by taxes. If France stops getting taxes from companies which operate there, then those companies can't continue to operate, and France falls apart. This is the same for every single country on the face of the planet which collects taxes. That's how it works. It's amazing this has to be explained to you.
In countries with single-payer healthcare this is nowhere near as much of a problem...
If he read the actual literature on the topic he'd be fine. Getting one's scientific information from the mainstream media is not very wise.
Your appraisal says more about you than the projects you are discussing. They're telling women and minorities "you can feel free to contribute without damaged people slinging abuse at you", something they shouldn't have to do, but are forced to by toxic idiots thinking they can act whatever way they deem fit in whatever setting they want, because they feel they have an inherent right to be complete muppets wherever they want.
Removing barriers to diversity doesn't mean you get diversity, it just demonstrates that the lack of diversity isn't due to the removed barriers.
This shouldn't be too difficult to understand...
The reverse-isms section does not make discrimination against certain groups mandatory. You'd probably be less outraged if you read it properly.
You would be "brutally controlled" by those terms only if you acted like a boorish fool amongst the other people. People acting professionally and sticking to the purpose of why they are there just want to get on with their work. People jumping in and calling everyone ridiculous epithets will be shunned, as has been human tradition for centuries.
So please don't have anything to do with these communities - they don't want you. If you can't see why things like this are necessary, you are probably part of the reason.
Their power-to-weight ratio is still well below that of humans. It's not the power source which limits them, but their "muscles".
It's also the increase in storm surges, which definitely will affect the property well within 100 years. Ignorance is bliss, I guess...
The crops humans tend to live off do yield more weight with increased CO2, but their nutritional value is less, meaning you will have to crunch numbers before claiming CO2 = more food.
The new land will have terrible soil. Absolutely terrible, useless soil. It's been mostly scraped away by the glaciation that occurred above it, meaning that all you have now is some rocky ground with warmth and sunshine. Plus now there is less albedo, meaning the Earth is absorbing more heat, and will now get warmer even quicker. I hope there wasn't any frozen methane in parts of the ground not covered by glaciers, as that will sublimate into the atmosphere and increase warming even further. Rinse. Repeat. Suffer all the way. Oh yeah, and the newly-available land has no history of farming. No farming communities, no infrastructure, nothing. So that will have to be built up. Plus when the areas of land suitable for farming cross national borders, international tensions will undoubtedly flare up from time to time as a once-supplier of grain/food will gradually become only a consumer.
That is just a taste of the difficulties to be expected. It's not as simple as you seem to think.
That would make a lot of sense if you had absolutely no reliance on any goods or services offered by anyone else. As that is not the case, you and your lifestyle are still at risk of being affected by rising sea levels even if you are far away from the sea. The fact you are using the internet on a computer is a great demonstration of this - rising sea levels can affect the companies from which you get your computers and your internet connection.
It's OK that you don't understand the science. Clearly that's the case otherwise you wouldn't have thought it wise or prudent to post such an admission of ignorance for the world to see. Hint: There has been warming, and you are repeating nonsense someone told you.
The insurance companies collate data from many sources, including the scientific literature available. Their very existence hinges on them getting it right. This is not difficult to understand, regardless of how much you might want it to not be true.
It's not bullshit. People accept that steps cut into hillsides are irregular. Staircases in houses are expected to be, and assumed are, regular.
Not really, unless you are appealing to people's notions of plate tectonics being slow to allude to rising sea levels also being nothing to worry about...
If your intention was to tell everyone just how confused you are, I think you were wildly successful. It's not "Marxist" (I honestly think you don't know the meaning of the word) to source materials from companies which treat their workers well. I can see how you'd get confused, knowing as little as you seemingly do. I would suggest you spend more time working on your education and less time showing everyone just how sorely you need it.
Don't bring logic to a hate-fight - it's wasted here.
So much conjecture... You just claimed to know the thinking of all the board members and owners of all the banks in the world. Clearly that is nonsense. Why did you think it would be a good idea to show everyone just how illogical you are? Hoping to find other like-minded people to invent fantasies with?
Because only rap music contains swearwords?? Sorry, are you my parents from the 80s?