garric

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by garric 12y ago
It's not just you, though it sounds like his reasoning is based around the ideological context of conflating "democratic choice" with "choice in a market". The role of price is a principal guarantor of democracy, af
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by garric 12y ago
Yep! This is why I said it'd be more relevant for historiographers.
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by garric 12y ago
I didn't say the bad things were done on purpose (when is that ever the case?) and didn't mean to ever suggest such a thing. And I understand your suspicions, but I've read more than just The Wealth of Nations by Smith. The o
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by garric 12y ago
It's fine to read these for the literature and/or a peek into how earlier people saw their world, but beware of ideas whose underpinnings are still touted as fact - such as those from the Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith may have bee
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by garric 12y ago
He's not saying that we shouldn't. But the U.S. is overwhelmingly focused on punishment, retribution, and incapacitation rather than rehabilitation. Essentially victim blaming, if you want to look at it like that. Opinion: It&#x27
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by garric 13y ago
As I understand it, that's very outdated information. These designs have been passively safe as of twenty years ago when they were pioneered by the integral fast reactor. The plant can lose all power and will not ever melt down; liquid
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by garric 13y ago
Well, yeah... but the difference between 320kbps and 96kbps is fairly negligible with all of that background noise.
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by garric 13y ago
See NASA scientist, "the father of climate change," James Hansen's 2009 book entitled Storms of My Grandchildren. He's highly critical of models, though notes that they may be useful in certain specific scenarios. What h
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by garric 13y ago
Unless you give an example that includes your rationale, we're not able to judge one way or the other.