There's already a lot of unnecessary and damaging fuss. Three billion isn't that big a deal if it's never going to happen anyway.Schneibster wrote:I just think there's going to be a lot of fuss before we get there, as I've said. Three billion isn't that big a deal, if you're not one of the three billion.
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- Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8410
Re: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:49 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The TEA Party Was Caused By The Hiss Case, Really?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11771
Re: The TEA Party Was Caused By The Hiss Case, Really?
The more concentrated wealth gets the fewer people are left to profit off. That is, if you only consider monetary ROI, which may be indicative of an addiction.TDPerk wrote:If there was a decent shot at profiting by it, they'd lend the money, thereby producing non-necessarily inflationary economic activity.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8410
Re: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
I mean the carbon they'll emit, no doubt to the consternation of the other nations. [...] I think the big industrial economies will use one or more of the known techniques for extracting carbon from the atmosphere and establish a closed carbon cycle. With those methods established, why shouldn't ot...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: The TEA Party Was Caused By The Hiss Case, Really?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11771
Re: The TEA Party Was Caused By The Hiss Case, Really?
Not saying you're wrong, but how do you separate the impact of that part of government spending which is investment to grow the (private sector) economy?TDPerk wrote:The private sector has a history of 2% real growth over long time periods, interest notwithstanding. Government not at all.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8410
Re: Have Ships Gotten Too Large
I expect there to be county-sized floating sea-states not long after I die. Maybe with national status, and maybe denying banking laws and stuff. Have fun getting them to account for their carbon. Account for their carbon? What do you mean, the carbon they'll take out of the atmosphere? The carbon ...
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16216
Re: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
I don't.Diogenes wrote:Perhaps you might like this quote better.
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16216
Re: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
The abolition of private (inherently Theistic and voluntary) charity
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
- Replies: 84
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Re: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
Obviously you didn't read it, so why are you pretending to know what argument he makes? I certainly did read it (the whole address, not just the Wikipedia entry). But you're right that what I wrote is not a proper representation of his argument. I apologize. I can't answer for Stubby, by the way. T...
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16216
Re: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
The default position versus any assertion is non-belief until sufficient evidence is provided. That's an irrational stance. Skepticism is not a rational default position. The rational default when possible is to suspend judgement. However, in the case of the existence of God, as William James clear...
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6334
Re: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
I asked you to define the average and you could not. You did not. I think I would have remembered falling off my chair laughing upon reading such a question. :lol: :lol: Maybe you forgot? You are obfuscating. That's rich, coming from someone who spouts things like "water vapor only stays in the air...
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6334
Re: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
Yes, all your bullshitting is pitiful. Maybe you'd want to return to where this branch of the conversation started, and give a real answer this time? Third, water vapor only stays in the air for days; Given that water constantly evaporates somewhere on Earth, why does it matter how long an individua...
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6334
Re: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
Against "it"? You're not making much sense I'm afraid.
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Are the Uniforms getting Darker?
- Replies: 211
- Views: 56390
Re: Are the Uniforms getting Darker?
Not much to like about that.
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16216
Re: I was anticipated by a Greater Mind.
The lid seems all too apparent to me. Tolerance and civilization are just a veneer kept on by irrational beliefs in a Deity and an afterlife. A veneer kept on by beliefs, period. A deity is not a necessary ingredient, neither is afterlife (beyond, maybe, the concept of legacy). The ones that get th...
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:12 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6334
Re: Water Vapor Poorly Understood
I did not edit either. Maybe you misread.