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The argument being made is about industrial use. Outside of electronics which have such little gold that it's not even worth the chemicals to extract it back ou

The argument being made is about industrial use. Outside of electronics which have such little gold that it's not even worth the chemicals to extract it back out, Gold really doesn't have much use industrially. It's use as a currency and jewelry is quite obvious, but that's another human fiction like fiat currency. It has no other inherent value. We can't eat it. We can't even really wipe our butts with it. Gold is shiny, and remains shiny for a long time. End of story.

generalpass 7y ago
> The argument being made is about industrial use. Outside of electronics which have such little gold that it's not even worth the chemicals to extract it back out, Gold really doesn't have much use industrially. It's use as a currency and jewelry is quite obvious, but that's another human fiction like fiat currency. It has no other inherent value. We can't eat it. We can't even really wipe our butts with it. Gold is shiny, and remains shiny for a long time. End of story. Sounds like a very scientific position you've laid out here against the editors ate geology.com. Why don't you send that to them and post there response here?
- DubiousPusher 7y ago
  From the Wikipedia entry on gold. "Only 10% of the world consumption of new gold produced goes to industry" Gold does have some industrial use and probably would have more if it weren't so expensive due to people valuing it as a reserve currency.
  - generalpass 7y ago
    > From the Wikipedia entry on gold. > "Only 10% of the world consumption of new gold produced goes to industry" > Gold does have some industrial use and probably would have more if it weren't so expensive due to people valuing it as a reserve currency. You aren't presenting a scientific argument. My entire point was that gold is useful and actually has more uses than any other element. Whatever else it is used for or the reasons the price is high do not present anything against my claim. It is so weird to just state scientific findings and be hated for it.
    - 8note 7y ago
      I'm not clear you know what science is. you have not made a scientific argument that gold has more uses than any other element nor does geology.com intuitively, gold is less useful and has fewer uses than iron since we tend to measure industrial output in terms of steel and not gold production tautologically though, hydrogen takes the cake for having the most uses since if you have enough of it, it can be fused into all the other elements.
      - generalpass 7y ago
        > I'm not clear you know what science is. > you have not made a scientific argument that gold has more uses than any other element nor does geology.com > intuitively, gold is less useful and has fewer uses than iron since we tend to measure industrial output in terms of steel and not gold production > tautologically though, hydrogen takes the cake for having the most uses since if you have enough of it, it can be fused into all the other elements. I'm not clear you know what an argument is. You have not been able to determine that I stated findings, not claimed news findings. The scientific uses will not be by volume, but by the properties of the material. So, I'm also not clear you know what science is.
        DubiousPusher 7y ago
        Can you restate tour claim. Cause I'm not even sure what it was at this point.
        generalpass 7y ago
        > Can you restate tour claim. Cause I'm not even sure what it was at this point. Gold has uses.
    - nl 7y ago
      Geology.com isn't scientific literature. It's a SEO spam site. You can tell because (a) the way the page is covered in ads, (b) the simple language used to improve search engine traffic and (c) the lack of references.

generalpass 7y ago

> The argument being made is about industrial use. Outside of electronics which have such little gold that it's not even worth the chemicals to extract it back out, Gold really doesn't have much use industrially. It's use as a currency and jewelry is quite obvious, but that's another human fiction like fiat currency. It has no other inherent value. We can't eat it. We can't even really wipe our butts with it. Gold is shiny, and remains shiny for a long time. End of story. Sounds like a very scientific position you've laid out here against the editors ate geology.com. Why don't you send that to them and post there response here?

DubiousPusher 7y ago
From the Wikipedia entry on gold. "Only 10% of the world consumption of new gold produced goes to industry" Gold does have some industrial use and probably would have more if it weren't so expensive due to people valuing it as a reserve currency.
- generalpass 7y ago
  > From the Wikipedia entry on gold. > "Only 10% of the world consumption of new gold produced goes to industry" > Gold does have some industrial use and probably would have more if it weren't so expensive due to people valuing it as a reserve currency. You aren't presenting a scientific argument. My entire point was that gold is useful and actually has more uses than any other element. Whatever else it is used for or the reasons the price is high do not present anything against my claim. It is so weird to just state scientific findings and be hated for it.
  - 8note 7y ago
    I'm not clear you know what science is. you have not made a scientific argument that gold has more uses than any other element nor does geology.com intuitively, gold is less useful and has fewer uses than iron since we tend to measure industrial output in terms of steel and not gold production tautologically though, hydrogen takes the cake for having the most uses since if you have enough of it, it can be fused into all the other elements.
    - generalpass 7y ago
      > I'm not clear you know what science is. > you have not made a scientific argument that gold has more uses than any other element nor does geology.com > intuitively, gold is less useful and has fewer uses than iron since we tend to measure industrial output in terms of steel and not gold production > tautologically though, hydrogen takes the cake for having the most uses since if you have enough of it, it can be fused into all the other elements. I'm not clear you know what an argument is. You have not been able to determine that I stated findings, not claimed news findings. The scientific uses will not be by volume, but by the properties of the material. So, I'm also not clear you know what science is.
      - DubiousPusher 7y ago
        Can you restate tour claim. Cause I'm not even sure what it was at this point.
        generalpass 7y ago
        > Can you restate tour claim. Cause I'm not even sure what it was at this point. Gold has uses.
  - nl 7y ago
    Geology.com isn't scientific literature. It's a SEO spam site. You can tell because (a) the way the page is covered in ads, (b) the simple language used to improve search engine traffic and (c) the lack of references.