Unfortunately, that statement made sense. It really would be a good idea to make science a good profession to find a mate in, which would get more people into science AND evolve the human race without the need for eugenics.
Now if we take the black latex out of the picture...
Yes, but other than being elementary science material that everyone in any science major Should Really Have, what exactly do Physics and Calculus have to do with Computer Science and the rest of the classes associated with it? Not actually that much. Other than Calculus being the basis of a good deal of the maths necessary in CS courses (which are not 100% maths), they're just Good To Know rather than necessary coursework.
Err... let me put it this way: Why are people being "weeded out" from a major during freshman courses that haven't even moved on to major-specific subject matter yet? Let people take some Computer Science before deciding whether they have the Ability and Basic Performance for a Computer Science major.
The proof is simply in observation, ie: you won't arrive at the conclusion that dogs or people are deterministic from observation or logic without assuming they are in the first place. The clearest of observable evidence shows that people and dogs (in fact, most living things above the bacterial level) are non-deterministic!
Both points are good ones. I maintain a habit of using bbcode on boards and HTML tags on Slashdot, but they sometimes get mixed up. And Slashdot doesn't have editing functionality.
I forgot the name but one mental handicap makes it very hard for its sufferers to deal with emotion in other people. A robot cat would always react exactly the same making interaction a lot easier for them.
Were you thinking of autism? Autism is well known for its "sufferers" (how much you suffer depends on your level of it. It's been theorized that autism is the diseased end of a spectrum) having very little social skills.
Yeah, like a Republican Congress under the Bush Administration would even [i]threaten[/i] to nationalize [i]anything[/i].
Now given that the telcos are local monopolies, threatening breakup or nationalization would be great leverage to get these bastards back in line. It just isn't going to happen until at least after the midterm Congressional elections, and that's presuming more Democrats are elected!
What labor? Since when was the making of music labor? The OP's point was that music was once the creation of people who simply had a song to play/sing rather than specialized workers (with exceptions).
OK, judging by the quality of this post (really quite good for a dyslexic), I have to apologize for my cruel post. Apparently a lot of those mess-ups were actually Slashdot's fault.
Those of us who grew up in the post-Cold War years of (relative) peace notice it. Clinton tried to make us scared of guns and pornography. Bush tries to scare us with "The Outsider".
Recently, you can only graduate with a Regents diploma. Also, IMHO, the Regents don't really do anything to aid anyone's education. I base this experience on my own 2 years of high school experience in Delmar, NY.
Comment about sex aside, you are correct. There is almost always some shady party who stands to make a lot of money because we worried about the current catostrophe in the education system. In fact, according to these types the education system has never worked properly and has always been in crisis since its inception.
Hegelian manufactured crises to push opinions in the right direction?
The parent makes the insightful and most necessary point that WORK != LEARNING. High schools and (to my knowledge) universities often can't tell the difference between a five-page paper on an extremely boring subject and learning about something useful and interesting.
Unfortunately that comment is exactly the sort of writing the article was complaining about. Spelling errors are rife, apostrophes are missing in places, capitalization is lax, there are run-on sentences and no paragraph break when you move from one idea to another!
I hope you don't speak or write English as your native language.
Addendum to post: When a machine can say "I am", list off by runtime computation the philosophical consequences of that statement in its opinion and mean the original statement I will defend its soul and free will as much as I would that of any meatbag.
The problem with the materialist school is that their opinion allows for this logic:
1.People are machines. 2.Machines are for doing our bidding. Ergo, 3.People are for doing our bidding.
When a machine can say "I am." I will defend its soul and free will as much as I would that of any meatbag, but until then the "mechanistic humans" school are just a cover for those who would like to enslave human beings.
You're coming dangerously close to ascribing a sanctity of human mind and free will there! People don't like hearing that they have free will or anything near a "soul" anymore, they'd rather find themselves equivalent with a bunch of wires so they can manipulate each other's brains (management, psychiatry, propaganda) without rousing their conscience!
I feel much safer knowing that the USA has declined a truce with Osama bin Laden, the only condition of which was getting out of Iraq! In fact, I look forward to the further attacks we've been promised if we decline the truce!
Then why in hell was I tried as an adult, at age 16 in New York State, for 1 count Harassment in the 2nd Degree and 1 count Resisting Arrest!?
Please note that both charges were dismissed and I was completely innocent. The involved police officer was an ageist, power-tripping asshole under the impression he could manhandle me for no reason.
Ah, but you get to put yourself down as Mixed Race. A pureblooded Ashkenazic Jew like me gets put down as "white", right alongside the CEO's son and the Bush family.
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Unfortunately, that statement made sense. It really would be a good idea to make science a good profession to find a mate in, which would get more people into science AND evolve the human race without the need for eugenics.
Now if we take the black latex out of the picture...
Yes, but other than being elementary science material that everyone in any science major Should Really Have, what exactly do Physics and Calculus have to do with Computer Science and the rest of the classes associated with it? Not actually that much. Other than Calculus being the basis of a good deal of the maths necessary in CS courses (which are not 100% maths), they're just Good To Know rather than necessary coursework.
Err... let me put it this way: Why are people being "weeded out" from a major during freshman courses that haven't even moved on to major-specific subject matter yet? Let people take some Computer Science before deciding whether they have the Ability and Basic Performance for a Computer Science major.
Porn is mainstream now? Shandah, that. Porn becoming mainstream means nobody's getting laid the normal way anymore.
The proof is simply in observation, ie: you won't arrive at the conclusion that dogs or people are deterministic from observation or logic without assuming they are in the first place. The clearest of observable evidence shows that people and dogs (in fact, most living things above the bacterial level) are non-deterministic!
Both points are good ones. I maintain a habit of using bbcode on boards and HTML tags on Slashdot, but they sometimes get mixed up. And Slashdot doesn't have editing functionality.
I forgot the name but one mental handicap makes it very hard for its sufferers to deal with emotion in other people. A robot cat would always react exactly the same making interaction a lot easier for them.
Were you thinking of autism? Autism is well known for its "sufferers" (how much you suffer depends on your level of it. It's been theorized that autism is the diseased end of a spectrum) having very little social skills.
Real dog's are nondeterministic.
Yeah, like a Republican Congress under the Bush Administration would even [i]threaten[/i] to nationalize [i]anything[/i].
Now given that the telcos are local monopolies, threatening breakup or nationalization would be great leverage to get these bastards back in line. It just isn't going to happen until at least after the midterm Congressional elections, and that's presuming more Democrats are elected!
All of that is true, but have you been able to retain your soul?
Google's a multiheaded beast, but Microsoft binds its sign upon your right hand so you can buy or sell anything.
What labor? Since when was the making of music labor? The OP's point was that music was once the creation of people who simply had a song to play/sing rather than specialized workers (with exceptions).
OK, judging by the quality of this post (really quite good for a dyslexic), I have to apologize for my cruel post. Apparently a lot of those mess-ups were actually Slashdot's fault.
I hope no grudges are held.
Those of us who grew up in the post-Cold War years of (relative) peace notice it. Clinton tried to make us scared of guns and pornography. Bush tries to scare us with "The Outsider".
Recently, you can only graduate with a Regents diploma. Also, IMHO, the Regents don't really do anything to aid anyone's education. I base this experience on my own 2 years of high school experience in Delmar, NY.
Comment about sex aside, you are correct. There is almost always some shady party who stands to make a lot of money because we worried about the current catostrophe in the education system. In fact, according to these types the education system has never worked properly and has always been in crisis since its inception.
Hegelian manufactured crises to push opinions in the right direction?
The parent makes the insightful and most necessary point that WORK != LEARNING. High schools and (to my knowledge) universities often can't tell the difference between a five-page paper on an extremely boring subject and learning about something useful and interesting.
Unfortunately that comment is exactly the sort of writing the article was complaining about. Spelling errors are rife, apostrophes are missing in places, capitalization is lax, there are run-on sentences and no paragraph break when you move from one idea to another!
I hope you don't speak or write English as your native language.
If people know that why haven't we scrapped compulsory schooling already?
Just cut the bullshit link from your signature anyway.
Addendum to post: When a machine can say "I am", list off by runtime computation the philosophical consequences of that statement in its opinion and mean the original statement I will defend its soul and free will as much as I would that of any meatbag.
The problem with the materialist school is that their opinion allows for this logic:
1.People are machines.
2.Machines are for doing our bidding.
Ergo,
3.People are for doing our bidding.
When a machine can say "I am." I will defend its soul and free will as much as I would that of any meatbag, but until then the "mechanistic humans" school are just a cover for those who would like to enslave human beings.
You're coming dangerously close to ascribing a sanctity of human mind and free will there! People don't like hearing that they have free will or anything near a "soul" anymore, they'd rather find themselves equivalent with a bunch of wires so they can manipulate each other's brains (management, psychiatry, propaganda) without rousing their conscience!
I feel much safer knowing that the USA has declined a truce with Osama bin Laden, the only condition of which was getting out of Iraq! In fact, I look forward to the further attacks we've been promised if we decline the truce!
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/19/binladen.tape/in
I submitted this as a Slashdot story and they rejected it.
Then why in hell was I tried as an adult, at age 16 in New York State, for 1 count Harassment in the 2nd Degree and 1 count Resisting Arrest!?
Please note that both charges were dismissed and I was completely innocent. The involved police officer was an ageist, power-tripping asshole under the impression he could manhandle me for no reason.
Ah, but you get to put yourself down as Mixed Race. A pureblooded Ashkenazic Jew like me gets put down as "white", right alongside the CEO's son and the Bush family.