Suppose a rich super-villain is ensconced on his remote island. Suppose further that the island has adequate food, water and energy to make it self-sustaining, and that the super-villain has sufficient servants/slaves to keep the place running. In other words:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/larry-ellison-island/
What difference would it make how rich or poor the rest of the world is? None.
That is what Elysium is about, and it is already happening.
Even though a million poor people may, collectively, have only as much economic power as a thousand rich people, it's still a lot of money.
Lots of poor people shop at Walmart, and the Walton family isn't suffering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_family/
and if you worry about the proles invading your rich-ranch.. well fuck, they could blow up the space station and everyone in orbital station
And how exactly does a poor prole manage to get into space to plant the explosives?
Further advantage of living in a space station: since it is not a part of any country, civil rights will be whatever the rich say it is.
Yes, it may help out the shareholders, which typically include senior exec's and board members. But it also rarely provides any direct benefit to the company.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard on/.
Why do you think a company wants you to invest in it? That's where their operating capital for expansion, acquisitions, research etc. all comes from. No investments => no company.
Even easier: spread around the idea that everyone planning to leave on a plane out of Moscow should dress up like Snowden before coming to the airport.
I've never understood how such an obvious fool as John Horgan managed to get a regular column in SciAm. He has a Journalism (ha-ha) degree and no background in science whatsoever.
Psychology is a very broad field. Some psychologists are actually biologists who study the neuroscience of memory, perception, learning etc. Others are more akin to philosophers who pontificate on things like the origins of social inequality.
Nice, that you mentioned GÃdel. His greatest achievement was a contribution to formal systems, where, in short, a language/system cannot be consistent and complete at the same time. This applies to Watson, but that limitation does not apply to humans or animals.
This has been baldly asserted numerous times by many people. However, no one had presented the tiniest shred of evidence to support this.
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Alex Kingston would make an awesome Doctor.
Sounds like only a top-drawer graphics card will do the job. Better start saving.
Suppose a rich super-villain is ensconced on his remote island. Suppose further that the island has adequate food, water and energy to make it self-sustaining, and that the super-villain has sufficient servants/slaves to keep the place running.
In other words:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/larry-ellison-island/
What difference would it make how rich or poor the rest of the world is? None.
That is what Elysium is about, and it is already happening.
And it was funny. That was all it was "about".
Even though a million poor people may, collectively, have only as much economic power as a thousand rich people, it's still a lot of money.
Lots of poor people shop at Walmart, and the Walton family isn't suffering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_family/
And how exactly does a poor prole manage to get into space to plant the explosives?
Further advantage of living in a space station: since it is not a part of any country, civil rights will be whatever the rich say it is.
No, it got out of hand when windfall-by-lawsuit became an accepted way for lawyers to get rich.
You're nuts.
What do you think investment is for? It's the capital that keeps the company running. No investment =>no company.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard on /.
Why do you think a company wants you to invest in it?
That's where their operating capital for expansion, acquisitions, research etc. all comes from.
No investments => no company.
The straight dope is ...
If you believe in UFOs, then you are the dope.
Of course.
This country would be a paradise if udachny was in charge!
The Russians would disagree with you. Their landings have always been land-based, from Sputnik to the latest ISS trips.
Like having the IMF bail them out?
Even easier: spread around the idea that everyone planning to leave on a plane out of Moscow should dress up like Snowden before coming to the airport.
Drive the yanks nuts.
I think his name was "Abby" something.
It probably would in Sweden.
Neither can the humanities. You have to work it out for yourself.
All of these topics are questioned endlessly in science.
And you are indeed stupid for not knowing this.
I've never understood how such an obvious fool as John Horgan managed to get a regular column in SciAm. He has a Journalism (ha-ha) degree and no background in science whatsoever.
Horgan is a well established moron. Even most humanities types recognize this.
Psychology is a very broad field. Some psychologists are actually biologists who study the neuroscience of memory, perception, learning etc.
Others are more akin to philosophers who pontificate on things like the origins of social inequality.
Yeah, right. This is /.
That's OK. If I lived in New Jersey I wouldn't admit it either.
Who rules ThunderDome?
This has been baldly asserted numerous times by many people. However, no one had presented the tiniest shred of evidence to support this.