Well, anyone who has sources they can cite, for a start.
This is how the 9/11 conspiracies made it to the top of search results. All of the web sites claiming that our own government did it pointed to other websites substantiating the same claims. Eventually, they all came around in a big loop. Gaming search engines is an old sport.
They develop critical thinking skills. Like: How do we know that the earth is flat, round or spherical? What observations support each theory? And perhaps the most important question: Why don't the proponents of hive mind thinking want us to think critically?
modded down for making a joke that violates the accepted belief system
My apologies, comrade, for not being properly educated in the 'proper belief system'. I will accept my inevitable assignment to a re-education camp. Until my thinking is correct.
infiltrated by persistent anti-freedom posters
Mod that +5 Funny. Because I don't think my attempt at humor came anywhere near satirizing the problem of information control that the Internet now faces.
only have enough food on hand for the next ten meals because of "just-in-time" logistics.
And because of the inevitable food spoilage. On the other hand, it should be possible to irradiate food and kill harmful organisms, extending its shelf life.
Hey! That's a great idea! [Runs off to patent office]
and then the information about the invention was released freely after the patent expired so that others could make duplicates and/or improve on it
Not quite. The information contained in patents is in the public domain from the outset. And it is available for limited use for further research and development and education.
A modern patent is typically a mass of deliberately Incomprehensible, usually overreaching, assertions
This.
Whatever happened to the requirement to provide a description of the invention "in sufficient detail for the notional person skilled in the art to carry out that claimed invention"? Better yet, bring in a working prototype. But try imposing such requirements and watch the bogus inventors scream. Patents have become as much a tool to attract venture capital to finance the inventor to start working on some technology as a means to secure the rights once R&D is done. And it is not unheard of to run through the VC money with no viable product. But still hold the patent to prevent actual competent engineers to build one.
In some cases, patent claims are made with no intention of ever following up with development, but to block other entrants into the field.
a huge group of lesser masses that sum up to at least 10x Earth's mass
I'd be interested in seeing what sort of distribution of smaller masses they assume. Particularly if one assumption is that they can all remain in stable orbits with respect to each other.
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Well, anyone who has sources they can cite, for a start.
This is how the 9/11 conspiracies made it to the top of search results. All of the web sites claiming that our own government did it pointed to other websites substantiating the same claims. Eventually, they all came around in a big loop. Gaming search engines is an old sport.
Normal people.
So, groupthink?
They develop critical thinking skills. Like: How do we know that the earth is flat, round or spherical? What observations support each theory? And perhaps the most important question: Why don't the proponents of hive mind thinking want us to think critically?
I'd mod you up. But then I'd lose all my 'In Soviet Russia ..' comments.
modded down for making a joke that violates the accepted belief system
My apologies, comrade, for not being properly educated in the 'proper belief system'. I will accept my inevitable assignment to a re-education camp. Until my thinking is correct.
infiltrated by persistent anti-freedom posters
Mod that +5 Funny. Because I don't think my attempt at humor came anywhere near satirizing the problem of information control that the Internet now faces.
Their link to An Inconvenient Truth just disappeared.
I forgot.
Have you ever seen a planet just floating along and hit another one?
Let me think about that for a sec.
only have enough food on hand for the next ten meals because of "just-in-time" logistics.
And because of the inevitable food spoilage. On the other hand, it should be possible to irradiate food and kill harmful organisms, extending its shelf life.
Hey! That's a great idea! [Runs off to patent office]
and then the information about the invention was released freely after the patent expired so that others could make duplicates and/or improve on it
Not quite. The information contained in patents is in the public domain from the outset. And it is available for limited use for further research and development and education.
A modern patent is typically a mass of deliberately Incomprehensible, usually overreaching, assertions
This.
Whatever happened to the requirement to provide a description of the invention "in sufficient detail for the notional person skilled in the art to carry out that claimed invention"? Better yet, bring in a working prototype. But try imposing such requirements and watch the bogus inventors scream. Patents have become as much a tool to attract venture capital to finance the inventor to start working on some technology as a means to secure the rights once R&D is done. And it is not unheard of to run through the VC money with no viable product. But still hold the patent to prevent actual competent engineers to build one.
In some cases, patent claims are made with no intention of ever following up with development, but to block other entrants into the field.
And then sue all the other car makers for using rounded corners.
a huge group of lesser masses that sum up to at least 10x Earth's mass
I'd be interested in seeing what sort of distribution of smaller masses they assume. Particularly if one assumption is that they can all remain in stable orbits with respect to each other.
It's also going to be tough to hike the Appalachian Trail if you have to show up at home every night.
And it's leaking all over the place.
B...b...but muh solar panels!
Called in to work the current tax season. Without pay.
If there's anyone who should be comfortable with working, opening their pay envelope and finding nothing, it's the IRS. Welcome to the club.
This.
Wildfires tend to be more frequent and severe following above normal precipitation. More growth, more fuel to burn.
I didn't even know there was a union.
Better known as ampersand.
2% of the population are psychopaths; also 2% are sadists.
In a world of nearly 8 billion people - with 4% psychopaths or sadists
The numbers don't add like that. It's possible to be a member of both groups.
Just saying.
Not to worry. Will all be part of glorious Russian motherland soon.
Well, not me. I can just see the military's response now: "Yuck! Girls!"
The child, referred to as ÃoeI.B.Ã in the case
I'd sue my parents for giving me a name that won't render properly on Slashdot.
I suppose if I bought a domain name (like https://darkpatterns.org/) I'd try to make everyone feel like a dweeb for not standardizing on my trademark.
Wait! Could this be some kind of trick?