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by cgmg 9y ago
The fact that he murdered his wife is indicative of the fact that he is capable of murdering another person in a fit of rage. Certainly it's not true that "the murderer is no more likely than anyone else to commit a crime."
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by cgmg 9y ago
"Just like a lifeboat, the US can't let everyone in at once or we'd sink." Actually, the consensus among economists is that immigration makes your own economy better off. It has a net positive effect on productivity and
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by cgmg 9y ago
Lowering standards of living? Lolwhat? As a previous comment pointed out, Uber created a consumer surplus of almost $7 billion in 2015 alone.
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by cgmg 9y ago
> there are very few problem for which quantum computers are known to perform better than standard computers. http://math.nist.gov/quantum/zoo/
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by cgmg 9y ago
Awesome: extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear. It's the same feeling you get when you watch explosions on MythBusters and such. Do explosions kill people? Yes. But they're pretty damn
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by cgmg 9y ago
Intelligence is meaningless? Do you seriously believe that statement? Despite the difficulties involves in measuring it exactly, intelligence does exist objectively and is measurable in principle: https://en.m.wikipedia.org&#
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by cgmg 9y ago
Why is thinking and responding rationally a bad thing? If you want to create change in the world, you need rational thinking, not wishful thinking.
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by cgmg 9y ago
Please enlighten us as to how your non-mainstream model is superior. The burden of proof is on you. Also, your claim that economics hasn't advanced since the 18th century is absurd and betrays an ignorance of the subject.
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by cgmg 9y ago
You didn't answer the question.
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by cgmg 9y ago
Why did you downvote this? Care to explain?
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by cgmg 9y ago
How do you propose free services maintain themselves?
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by cgmg 9y ago
That's not what full employment means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_employment