Not only interesting, but smart if he wants to get votes.
It's also the root of The Problem - politics has changed into a game of trying to please the unwashed masses while painting the opposition as black as possible.
The people running the country should be concerned about doing it efficiently while solving the big problems (economy, energy, healthcare, debt, etc). Being leaders who get stuff done, leading the world by example. As it is they're more concerned about expensive suits, manicures and looking good on TV.
The system is broken and we're the ones who're footing the bill.
As is most of southern Europe. How Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Spain got the Euro is unfathomable. It must suck to be German knowing that half of Europe leeches off of your effort.
To be fair, the Germans go to those places for their holidays. It's not all bad.
... because for some reason, the UK, who is supposedly a "puppet state" to the US, would never extradite him directly, despite the fact that according to you they have bowed to the whim of the US multiple times in the past?
At a guess I'd say: "he has decent lawyers and the UK doesn't want to break the law this brazenly".
This is an absolutely ridiculous conspiracy theory that has nothing to do with reality.
Interpol warrants for something that happened in only one country and carries a 750 fine (both against the Interpol constitution). Extradition for 'questioning' (he's not charged with anything they just want to ask a few questions... can't that be done over the phone?) over a crime that nobody's even sure what it is ("surprise sex") .
Which part of this sounds like it belongs in reality? It's all happening right before our eyes...
It's not something they brag about next day on Facebook. They also don't usually throw a party and invite their rapist over so they can present him to their friends.
Calling him a rapist is an insult to all rape victims everywhere and doesn't make you look too bright.
That's probably higher on a windy day (heck, even here in Spain we can hit 40% on a windy day) but the leap from 17% to 100% is massive. A vast chasm. Maybe even impossible to achieve in practice.
At some point you're going to have to burn fuel. If you stop using those cold war bomb manufacturing plants as energy sources then Nuclear is the best option.
, set all the universal constants to the right values so that the universe evolved to the creator's design over billions of years and then turned the universe on then this fits with all scientific evidence. Science has yet to explain *why* the big bang happened and *why* various universal constants are the values they are - saying that some creator set the constants to those values and lit the blue touch paper is as good a hypothesis as any.
So? There's also no evidence that you even exist. It might all be some matrix-like dream.
If we're allowed to just make stuff up as we go along there's still no reason to prefer one fairy story over another.
Stephen Hawking has devoted his life to figuring out if the universal constants have to be 'just right' for the Universe to exist. So far the answer is "no".
...as opposed to reflecting every light in the room, my ugly face and the rest of the entire world, thus rendering the 'extra contrast' impossible to see?
Skepticism is good, but it should lead to investigation not prejudice.
After a while you figure out that life's too short to investigate every kook out there.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is a much better way to do it.
If his machine works then let him show it in action. A positive result is very easy to measure and as far as I know we don't have easily concealable 1-megawatt batteries yet.
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Not only interesting, but smart if he wants to get votes.
It's also the root of The Problem - politics has changed into a game of trying to please the unwashed masses while painting the opposition as black as possible.
The people running the country should be concerned about doing it efficiently while solving the big problems (economy, energy, healthcare, debt, etc). Being leaders who get stuff done, leading the world by example. As it is they're more concerned about expensive suits, manicures and looking good on TV.
The system is broken and we're the ones who're footing the bill.
Um, the 'rest of the point' was about nets, not repellents.
I don't think evolution can do a single step big enough to give mosquitoes ability get through a net.
Fruits and nectars are the main source of nourishment for mosquitoes. They only need the blood to make eggs.
Never seen repellant-resistant mosquitoes have ya? Clearly you've never lived near swamp land. I'll give you the rest of that point though.
I won't. Evolution doesn't do massive steps, only small ones.
In the old days there were things called 'safes', which could be opened with a metal 'key'.
Surely you must know somebody who can be trusted with a copy of a key.
Won't the mosquitoes just adapt to ignore this 'barrier'?
I figure this will work for a year or so, tops. The evolutionary rewards for getting past it are huge.
As is most of southern Europe. How Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Spain got the Euro is unfathomable. It must suck to be German knowing that half of Europe leeches off of your effort.
To be fair, the Germans go to those places for their holidays. It's not all bad.
At a guess I'd say: "he has decent lawyers and the UK doesn't want to break the law this brazenly".
This is an absolutely ridiculous conspiracy theory that has nothing to do with reality.
Interpol warrants for something that happened in only one country and carries a 750 fine (both against the Interpol constitution). Extradition for 'questioning' (he's not charged with anything they just want to ask a few questions ... can't that be done over the phone?) over a crime that nobody's even sure what it is ("surprise sex") .
Which part of this sounds like it belongs in reality? It's all happening right before our eyes...
I don't think they''l prevent any deaths from terrorism.
a) A terrorist can blow up the airport.
or
b) He can put the C4 up his ass where the scanners can't see it and the gropers can't feel it.
...Except when they killed almost 3000 in one day...
You've killed hundreds of thousands of them in return. Isn't that enough?
And you know this how?
I've met rape victims, that's how.
It's not something they brag about next day on Facebook. They also don't usually throw a party and invite their rapist over so they can present him to their friends.
Calling him a rapist is an insult to all rape victims everywhere and doesn't make you look too bright.
The "working alternative" is called France. It shares a border with Belgium
The French must be really happy with the Green Party right now.
He said "In the state in Germany where I live", not the whole of Germany.
According to Wikipedia it's only 17 per cent.
That's probably higher on a windy day (heck, even here in Spain we can hit 40% on a windy day) but the leap from 17% to 100% is massive. A vast chasm. Maybe even impossible to achieve in practice.
At some point you're going to have to burn fuel. If you stop using those cold war bomb manufacturing plants as energy sources then Nuclear is the best option.
Not entirely correct: you can indeed prove negative in many cases. But proving the nonexistence of something that isn't quantifiable?
If the IRS came knocking on your door tomorrow could you prove quantifiably that you don't have any secret bank accounts?
, set all the universal constants to the right values so that the universe evolved to the creator's design over billions of years and then turned the universe on then this fits with all scientific evidence. Science has yet to explain *why* the big bang happened and *why* various universal constants are the values they are - saying that some creator set the constants to those values and lit the blue touch paper is as good a hypothesis as any.
So? There's also no evidence that you even exist. It might all be some matrix-like dream.
If we're allowed to just make stuff up as we go along there's still no reason to prefer one fairy story over another.
Stephen Hawking has devoted his life to figuring out if the universal constants have to be 'just right' for the Universe to exist. So far the answer is "no".
One fact is that there is no proof that his friend is imaginary. .
Um, proving a negative is impossible...
OTOH there's no evidence that he isn't imaginary and inventing imaginary friends isn't too difficult, why would his be the right one.
And yes, it matters. There's Christians in government/education/etc. and they're making national policies that affect you.
How can you not see the glare?
I think the real reason is they look prettier on shelves and people aren't much different than magpies.
...as opposed to reflecting every light in the room, my ugly face and the rest of the entire world, thus rendering the 'extra contrast' impossible to see?
I'll take the matte, thanks.
"Perpetual motion" isn't free energy. For free energy the wheel actually needs to speed up.
Skepticism is good, but it should lead to investigation not prejudice.
After a while you figure out that life's too short to investigate every kook out there.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is a much better way to do it.
If his machine works then let him show it in action. A positive result is very easy to measure and as far as I know we don't have easily concealable 1-megawatt batteries yet.
Damn, you beat me to it... :-(
I never quite make the leap to understanding how it's INFINITE.
Google for "Lorentz Contraction" and look at the bottom line of the formula...