Of course, attaching an autistic spectrum disorder to a view different than yours is logical too.
OK, maybe I'm not being diagnostically rigorous here, but lots of mental disorders can be reliably correlated to particular worldview quirks. Paranoid schizophrenia and sociopathy are both also attached to lots of viewpoints different than mine.
Can you give an example of a logical reason to do something? Like, think of a human activity, any activity at all, whose justification is rooted in logic rather than emotion. I sure can't.
And I think Slashdot's girl-wooing secrets are safe here, bud.
a) Getting chicks/dudes b) Commemorating things which are important to you.
Now, the clenched-fist, clueless Aspie will argue that neither of these are "logical" in the strict sense, because they are just means to a sentimental or hedonistic end. But if he follows this line of reasoning any further, he's fucked, because now he has to explain, in spartan "logic" terms, why he does not live in an unfurnished hovel, passing the time between work, sleep and meals by staring at the wall.
And Pimp My Ride, does that give you an equally universal insight on the thought processes of those who buy cars? How about Bridezilla? That's a universal look at the world of marriage, right?
(hint: MENSA-types do not treat pop-doc TV shows as reliable anthropological data.)
and there's absolutely nothing logical or reasonable
I fail to see the logic
Reread these two sentence fragments you wrote. Think about the different claims they're making. Think in particular about the scope of their respective claims. It'll come to you.
I think anyone who takes an honest look at the first world will conclude that the widespread proliferation of personal cars is a fundamentally antisocial force.
Suburbs have been designed in ways that will make them economically uninhabitable in an energy shortage. Cities have been quietly rendered unlivable in ways which most people can't even perceive anymore because they're so used to it. Potentially dangerous geoatmospheric effects and exploding incidences of asthma, stemming fromthe emissions of machines which are performing massively redundant work. Major arteries clog daily, jammed from horizon to horizon with people each taking up their own little 12-foot rectangle of ground.
Think about it; if the entirety of urban and suburban commuter traffic were taken off the road and one fifth of that gas money was spent on a fleet of minibuses, people would get to work faster. There is a point when the net value of each new car produced (the car's usefulness to its owner, minus the detrimental effect on the usefulness everyone else's car due to its presence) becomes negative, and for most of the Slashdot-reading population, that point is way, way behind us.
..cars powered beyond any legal or reasonably speed limits, with ergonomic conditions quite against the very basics of transportation between point A and B, and at a cost wildly above what is needed...
Slashdot Mirror
Of course, attaching an autistic spectrum disorder to a view different than yours is logical too.
OK, maybe I'm not being diagnostically rigorous here, but lots of mental disorders can be reliably correlated to particular worldview quirks. Paranoid schizophrenia and sociopathy are both also attached to lots of viewpoints different than mine.
Can you give an example of a logical reason to do something? Like, think of a human activity, any activity at all, whose justification is rooted in logic rather than emotion. I sure can't.
And I think Slashdot's girl-wooing secrets are safe here, bud.
a) Getting chicks/dudes
b) Commemorating things which are important to you.
Now, the clenched-fist, clueless Aspie will argue that neither of these are "logical" in the strict sense, because they are just means to a sentimental or hedonistic end. But if he follows this line of reasoning any further, he's fucked, because now he has to explain, in spartan "logic" terms, why he does not live in an unfurnished hovel, passing the time between work, sleep and meals by staring at the wall.
And Pimp My Ride, does that give you an equally universal insight on the thought processes of those who buy cars?
How about Bridezilla? That's a universal look at the world of marriage, right?
(hint: MENSA-types do not treat pop-doc TV shows as reliable anthropological data.)
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=11012008
and there's absolutely nothing logical or reasonable
I fail to see the logic
Reread these two sentence fragments you wrote. Think about the different claims they're making. Think in particular about the scope of their respective claims.
It'll come to you.
whether anyone with tattoos actually is any kind of geek, especially a math or science geek
C'mon, geeks are supposed to be too smart for the No True Scotsman fallacy.
mark of sub-average intellect
You mean, like, it identifies him as the type of person to go around making dumb assumptions about people whose choices are different from his?
Me three.
Oh, go type your PIN number into an ATM machine.
Similarly, no one has ever gotten good at baseball without first earning a PhD in ballistics.
A college professor earned money by dropping a paperclip and a coffee filter? What kind of class was this, exactly?
The designers. Whose fault is it for buying it anyway?
try
Exactly.
My friend Christopher (the worst Jew I've ever known) once got McDonalds to make him a Soft Serve cone and "Make it Bacon(TM)."
Also, hold the bread. Can't do gluten.
Actually, there's a shorter name for those.
I wouldn't want anyone knowing if I were listening to something like that. My employer least of all.
I think anyone who takes an honest look at the first world will conclude that the widespread proliferation of personal cars is a fundamentally antisocial force.
Suburbs have been designed in ways that will make them economically uninhabitable in an energy shortage. Cities have been quietly rendered unlivable in ways which most people can't even perceive anymore because they're so used to it. Potentially dangerous geoatmospheric effects and exploding incidences of asthma, stemming fromthe emissions of machines which are performing massively redundant work. Major arteries clog daily, jammed from horizon to horizon with people each taking up their own little 12-foot rectangle of ground.
Think about it; if the entirety of urban and suburban commuter traffic were taken off the road and one fifth of that gas money was spent on a fleet of minibuses, people would get to work faster. There is a point when the net value of each new car produced (the car's usefulness to its owner, minus the detrimental effect on the usefulness everyone else's car due to its presence) becomes negative, and for most of the Slashdot-reading population, that point is way, way behind us.
Off and off-er? I 'ardly know 'er!
Don't look now, but I think you just got doublewhooshed.
My doctor says that I have clutch-foot, you insensitive clod!
Like I said. Ridiculous.
If cars are important to you beyond as a means of getting to B from A, then yes, your comment does reveal some life shallowness.
I am a man and I don't belong to your informal use of the word "us." I think cars are ridiculous.
But as under-underwear gets smarter, we have the same issue and we'll need under-underwear!
I think the solution here is obvious, guys. How do you keep different layers separate in a way that preserves privacy and access privileges?
middlewear.