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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 19:30:02 »

How deep are your patriotism?

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 19:28:06 »

I can't speak for 'the leader of the free world', or Mr Biden. But it is what I look at, and it is what you look at.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 19:26:44 »

It's weird, and it forces a smile. I'm Swedish, we have good neighbors.

But, halloo Norway.  " The Rosebank field, to be developed by the Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor, is about three times the size of the Cambo field, which was the subject of intense campaigning before being paused last year. "

Yep, we do need a laugh

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/01/new-oilfield-in-the-north-sea-would-blow-the-uks-carbon-budget

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 18:59:40 »

Without them I would probably laugh, all the way to the grave

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 18:58:51 »

And their kids future

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 18:58:09 »

You know, I'm old enough, and I do have a beard, and it's white.

Want me to become your guru?

forget it. I write about my kids, and their future.

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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?

« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Today at 18:54:55 »

Any system restricted by short term goals will eventually fail, when the environmental conditions make those goals no longer applicable.

Or succeed, when the goals have been achieved. Example: the object of a small business is to allow the owner to retire as soon as possible. Not every grocer's shop or white van enterprise is intended to support a dynasty.

Without long term goals, the conscious agents will lose purpose and direction once the short term goals are achieved.

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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Why have humans evolved into being less and less tolerant to raw meat?

« Last post by Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on Today at 18:42:50 »

My great-grandfather said of porridge: "If you eat that for a hundred years, you will live a long time". Or maybe it was pickled herring.

My great-great-great grandfather, who died in 1874, said "microwave ovens will be invented some day."

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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?

« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Today at 18:14:18 »

Inflation nowadays isn't due to oversupply or undersupply of anything. It's the consequence of an uncompetitive market. There is no shortage of liquid  fuels, and all electricity and gas retail companies are actually supplying the same stuff, but there is no point in charging significantly less than anyone else for the same product, so the price can only creep upwards.

Resources are useless if they are inaccessible. There's more than enough hydrogen in the atmosphere of Jupiter.
Uncompetitive behaviors can only survive until a newer and disruptive technology arises,  which can act as the better alternative. Although some regressive policies can prolong their survival while costing tax payers' money.

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Just Chat! / Re: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

« Last post by alancalverd on Today at 17:16:14 »

Most countries' constitutions predate the UDHR. It is a statement of aspiration rather than universal mandate, because there is no way of enforcing it, nor penalty for noncompliance. Interestingly, it doesn't include the inalienable right to kill your fellow citizens: the US constitution is unique in that respect.