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by splawn 13y ago
I was going to say that what they are doing sounds like astrology or hand writing analysis. I didn't know that it was called the Forer effect, thank you. Is there even a way for them to test to see if that is happening? How do you veri
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by splawn 13y ago
I generally don't see pro-science people making the argument that evolution is an unfalsifiable 100% fact. I agree with you that such arguments are within the domain of faith. Perhaps I am not being imaginative enough, but I can't
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by splawn 13y ago
IMO, your point about common ground is lost when you misuse the word "theory", which sadly (because I agree with what I think you were trying to say), gives his point more strength. edit: oops, forgot to show you what i mean, read
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by splawn 13y ago
no.. not only with EE. Usually the answer was out there somewhere else free on a different site, but EE serp spam was just an obstacle in the way.
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by splawn 13y ago
Yes, and so what? Thats been a "problem" with software decades before the same applied to music. Im sure its debatable, but I don't think its had much negative impact.
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by splawn 13y ago
Also, the using pause button is VERY important in this game if you want to get anywhere.
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by splawn 13y ago
About a month ago I heard about evil-mode in emacs and gave it a shot. It will allow you to by-pass much of the 'boilerplate' learning curve (how to move around inside and between buffers and edit, etc) so you can just focus on th
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by splawn 13y ago
I understand your point, but I was talking about documentation, not ease of use (sometimes they go hand in hand, sometimes not). Also to further my point about docs in emacs, emacs goes waay beyond just a man page, documentation is baked in
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by splawn 13y ago
RMS is extreme, but your questions don't seem that hard to to imagine answers to. 1. Why would we want to do that? What problem does creating the next Microsoft solve? 2. I have never heard him claim this. Free software means that you
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Assembly 2013 Live Stream(assembly.org)
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by splawn 13y ago
Not to mention that if you are head of the worlds most powerful intelligence agency, how much does courage even have to come into play?
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by splawn 13y ago
I hate it when i find myself agreeing with a reductio ad hitlerum, esp when its in response to an argument based on the same kind of fallacy, but i do.
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by splawn 13y ago
Perhaps its a semantic thing, but isn't questioning everything instead of being a true believer the basis of science?
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by splawn 13y ago
I agree with you. Also, I want to point out that your list of real concerns would still be valid in absence of GMO tech.
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by splawn 13y ago
>who gets to try to repeat those results? Experiments don't do themselves, and they're not free. Scientists are from all walks of life and funding comes from many different sources. >Who gets to publish results so they can b
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by splawn 13y ago
This is why we gain a consensus based on repeatability of results, peer-review and the ability for a model to make a prediction.
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by splawn 13y ago
I disagree that it is simply an appeal to authority. I think this is more accurate: "X is likely true not just because the current scientific consensus says it is, but because we as humanity literally can not know better".
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by splawn 13y ago
Motherjones does have a left bias that makes me cringe sometimes, so i see where you are coming from. Where I disagree with you is that while science can uncover issues (such as global warming or gmos) that can be politicized, that doesn&#x
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by splawn 13y ago
Yeah, but when you play them you are looking down at the same surface that the game is on. Its different when you are looking up at a different screen. I tried this out a few years back with an ipod touch and a vid cable and I found the gam
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by splawn 13y ago
A few years ago, at work we were asked if we wanted steak or chicken for a lunch thing. I replied with this pdf as my answer.
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by splawn 13y ago
Why would one wonder that? Besides the "getting arrested" part, it seems like two pretty different concepts to me...even with the positive spin you put on weapons.
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by splawn 13y ago
Valid points, but even with the added value you mention its still debatable on if its worth the cost... I just don't buy into the whole "guns don't kill people" slogan because i don't see very many mass-stabbings...if we were all ninja, I m
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by splawn 13y ago
dang it, sry for my use of the word "only". However, what you mention here is one of the things i had in mind when i said "antiquated hobby".
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by splawn 13y ago
I agree with your main point that this is a no brainer. I also think that the "wielder" is part of the problem. However, I don't understand your point about "wielder vs tool". This is something i have heard a lot of pro-gun people say ove
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by splawn 13y ago
whoops, I stand corrected. Thank you. He is still a good example of science working well for the world. (even if it is born out of industry)
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by splawn 13y ago
Idk about 'average' (what does the average [insert any classification of person] do for the world?), but here is an example of a postdoc feeding the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug edit: i just realized there is a "bill
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by splawn 13y ago
sry, Im confused on what you are trying to say now. I know its not the case, but it sounds like you are suggesting that monsanto planted the seeds in his field.
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by splawn 13y ago
According to the article he already knew what they were... so he didnt need to separate them. I think he would have won the case if he didn't actually know he had planted them to begin with.
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by splawn 13y ago
Good points. The only thing i disagree with is "unguided". Instead of carving with a knife monsanto carves with dna. Despite that philosophical difference in view from you, Im not sure how i feel about the patent thing (Im not a fan of soft
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by splawn 13y ago
If the plant had spread itself all over his field on its own accord, you might have a point, but that isn't what happened. The farmer found seeds, identified them as premium seeds and then cultivated them with the intent of cashing in on th

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