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by yareal 3y ago
You wouldn't put aside, say, 3% of your taxes to fund research into medicine? Especially if that research focused not on "what's the most profitable medicine" but rather "what medicine would increase well being the
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Having worked at Amazon, patents there were "if you can imagine that software might be able to do a thing, patent it now". Absolutely no research was necessary, or indeed requested. You simply had to state "I have an idea&quo
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As an outsider, what's the appeal of PeSC? The paper says they are less efficient and harder to manufacture, but also that they are the "next generation". I would have thought the next generation would be more efficient or ea
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We're clearly talking past each other at this point. Let's just move on and go our separate ways.
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Switzerland didn't allow all women to vote until 1990, and didn't allow any women to vote until 1971. You might say, will they did eventually and recently fix that, but what systemic inequalities allowed that to last so long? For
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Go google Tyranny of the Majority. Then respond after educating yourself. Unless you genuinely believe that the majority always makes the correct decision. In which case I can't help you.
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Democracy is also vulnerable to the tyranny of the majority, apathy, disenfranchisement, and multiple concerns that compete for head space. It's also slow, and the legal system exists specifically to address concerns like this. If a co
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I think some of your initial posts might have read as tone deaf. A sentiment similar to "look at the beauty in this tragedy" can feel like downplaying the tragedy, or it can feel like downplaying similar, other tragedies. ("
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Apples and oranges. The people aren't attempting to do climate science in this case. Would I buy stock in a company that uses biochemistry products, but did not have a biochemist? Yes, of course.
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Are they doing science? Or are they litigating to influence their government based on the science. I'd argue that, contextually, they do have people with formal training on the cause - influencing governmental change. Those folks can h
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Imagine looking at tech and saying, "this is a problem with tech companies, not a systemic flaw in capitalism itself". The tech companies are bad, but only uniquely bad in that they are efficient at what they do. You think Boeing,
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It's surprising to see you flagged and downvoted. I would have thought, "concentration camps are bad" plus "our prisons do incredible harm to people" would be uncontroversial takes.
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Did you respond to the right comment? You seem way out of line for this thread.
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> I'm not a medical expert, but I would guess that the initial diagnosis and treatment of a serious medical issue is more expensive, than the maintenance of a chronic condition that is already diagnosed and defined Unfortunately, as
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What if you have a chronic medical issue?
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I was homeless, then working below minimum wage for about that long. I now make 750k a year. Don't write off the poor as broken, help them achieve to their ability. Most poor folks aren't poor because of bad choices, they are poor
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On 8/8, a number he's had a strange fascination with recently.
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It's really not. What Elon says is whatever is currently floating in his head or whatever he thinks will give him a stock boost. He's not credible with respect to his companies plans. It's happened like dozens of times when h
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Not really? Science on Covid has been continuing and scientists have been making recommendations based on what we know. At the beginning, we knew little, today we know more. Are you thinking of politicians?
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The visual effects are a serious accessibility issue, unfortunately. Particularly the motion. We're all different in how we process visual information, and while it looks great, it definitely needs a mechanism to turn it off.
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What?! Source?
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I don't read pride. I read honesty and humility. I'm an engineer, I can't explain the cellular energy generation pathways in eukaryotes. Someone can, most of us would find it boring, and I can't explain it. I'm not
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NYT is a rag, for sure. But "worst" is clearly hyperbolic.
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Science: We should act on the best information we have available and seek to improve the quality of that information over time. You: I'm gonna just make up my own information and wing it, I guess. Science being wrong is a good thing, i
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Or when "crypto" meant encryption rather than simply "hidden". (For example crypto zoology)
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GP is grand parent. It refers to the post above the one you respond to. Your post is my parent post, the post you responded to is my GP post.
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This is the lesson of the Luddites all over again. The Luddites were highly skilled workers who just wanted to share in the prosperity the auto loom would bring. Capitalist factory owners said no, the improved productivity belongs to us, no
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Especially if you're a global company whose audience either might not be familiar with April fools, or is extremely cautious by nature (vpn subscribers, I'd assume are).
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Toplessness, interestingly, is not illegal in Washington. And if the parent poster is including male toplessness, it's possible that some breaches are at times majority topless. The rest of their argument is rubbish, of course, but it&
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Bodies are bodies, nudity is no big deal. But someone should have the ability to decide how their body is depicted. Someone should be able to say, "I'm not comfortable baring my breasts." And we should be ok with that. Consen

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