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541.
by gohrt 11y ago
Our common ancestor 'is' what? We are separated from mice by 80million years of evolution -- 40million from the common ancestor, and 40million to the other modern species. Or simply 40million years of divergent evolution.
542.
by gohrt 11y ago
Interesting, because Searle is the a famous advocate for an argument essentially equivalent to the Bad Argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
543.
by gohrt 11y ago
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology#Common_... http://www.amazon.com/Demonic-Males-Origins-Human-Violence/d...
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by gohrt 11y ago
I don't think the other 75% have expressed an opinion -- the Senate bill has only been in committee so far, not voted on by the Senate.
545.
by gohrt 11y ago
It depends on how long it takes to grow a tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-growth_forest#Logging_in_o...
546.
by gohrt 11y ago
anti-mosquito sanitation is relatively expensive, compared to other forms of sanitation.
547.
by gohrt 11y ago
Maybe in 2060 we'll discover that NOT radiating our brains was killing us. You can't just arbitrarily guess which things are dangerous -- you have to raise legitimate scientific questions. It's amazing we're not all dead
548.
by gohrt 11y ago
no need to split hairs. block grants to state and local public works is essentially the same as a national WPA, for purposes of the article.
549.
by gohrt 11y ago
The Russia that exists today is not the same Russia that existed when the naval base was built. It's a different country with the same name.
550.
by gohrt 11y ago
Move the whole team to Romania, no need work across timezones.
551.
by gohrt 11y ago
The way you avoid power corruption by wealth is apportion votes to people .
552.
by gohrt 11y ago
>was a useful check on centralization of government at the federal level. Why? Those Senators were accountable to the people of their state, same as state legislatures.
553.
by gohrt 11y ago
Why do the empty acres of Wyoming need defense against ramrodding? Why isn't my town its own state, as a check against ramrodding country-wide legislation?
554.
by gohrt 11y ago
Most nations are generally monogamous. The playing field is the same size for all hetero people.
555.
by gohrt 11y ago
Interesting, because the modern usage is more from the perspective of the onslaughting invaders, panicking that the gate may close before they arrive.
556.
by gohrt 11y ago
Astroturfing doesn't work as well when your profile links to your financial motivation.
557.
by gohrt 11y ago
> with only a couple matches after hundreds upon hundreds of swipes. This isn't you being ugly, this is you misapprehending the math. a couple matches after hundreds of swipes is regular average successful male mating behavior.
558.
by gohrt 11y ago
... which is absurd and why the US Constitution provides for a better system, which sadly does not extend to protection for invasions short of prosecution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system https:&#x2F
559.
by gohrt 11y ago
HN has computers for that.
560.
by gohrt 11y ago
Much of their market cap is dispersed in the form of compensation to employees and management, so market cap is an underestimate of the profit from activities.
561.
by gohrt 11y ago
One presumes that they paid taxes on $5B revenue in previous years, so there's no problem with this part.
562.
by gohrt 11y ago
What makes a tram different from a bus?
563.
by gohrt 11y ago
And when Seattle tries to build its own in-city solutions, county/state voters vote to block it.
564.
by gohrt 11y ago
"Street" has E, for East and West, they all also have a T Street sounds like East. "Avenue" has N for North and U for South
565.
by gohrt 11y ago
> Including sleeping with and marrying one of his research students. Right or wrong as a moral or professional practice, this was incredibly common in the 20th Century, and if that implicated bad science, we'd have to discard quite
566.
by gohrt 11y ago
Exactly. Humor requires context, and context doesn't scale easily.
567.
by gohrt 11y ago
What are Onion's ideals?
568.
by gohrt 11y ago
If a million (1% -- America's wealthiest adults, throw away $700 (plus subscription!) into this latest fad, that's $700M revenue)
569.
by gohrt 11y ago
NYTimes has evolved quite a bit since Paul Graham failed to crack them in http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
570.
by gohrt 11y ago
the underlying goal of industry and commerce doesn't change, advertising buzzwords run in cycles.

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