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The sea is soooo pretty and blue. -Duxwing

Alright, guys, time to do what I was afraid of! Wheeeeee! Falling off a bridge is fun! -Duxwing

It's true, but it's trivial. Hitler could have just as easily herded the holocaust victims into big pits of fire as gassed them with Cyclon B. I never said that science was perfect or that it could be used for malintent. I'm saying that Science is neither good or bad because it's simply a...

We can't know until everything is over; however, we still must decide whether or not to fund scientific research in the present. -Duxwing

Huh, I never thought about that. Cool! :) -Duxwing

While some amount of good science might be hoarded away somewhere, we can't measure precisely how much or how impactful it would be or would have been because it is, by nature, hidden and unused. -Duxwing

The problem with the train-jumper is not that they believe that death will end their suffering, but rather that they will be able to enjoy the relief implicit in the statement "X will end my suffering". Dead people probably can't feel relief. -Duxwing

The problem with the train-jumper is not that they believe that death will end their suffering, but rather that they will be able to enjoy the relief implicit in the statement "X will end my suffering". Dead people probably can't feel relief. -Duxwing

Very true. -Duxwing

I apologize for my tone, but I've heard this same tired argument trotted out so many times that I'm rather frustrated by it. I agree that the scientists who made the discoveries necessary for the creation of these weapons knowing that their results would aid in warfare bear partial...

Which were used by whom? People. Guns don't kill people. Bombs don't kill people. People kill people. Science provides ever more destructive weapons, but the ultimate decision and responsibility lies in their wielders. -Duxwing

You mean botched experiments, right? -Duxwing

1.) School, Sleep, Forum, Chit-chat, Misc. 2.) INTP 3.) Still school, but with more homework (it's complicated). -Duxwing

Why does life need a purpose? -Duxwing

That mission statement sounds like they're using contacts within the country that they are spying on to get more intel, not hacking into patent offices and stealing designs for commercial benefit: hence the term leverage, which, in buzz-speak, means to "make use of". The market is global...

Why is the US no longer an innovator? Note that innovation differs from invention in that the former, unlike the latter does not involve the creation of an entirely new technology. Inventors make things. Innovators improve them. Though I suppose that powerful figures (who?) in Congress could...

How's the Arab Spring down there? -Duxwing

Perfect copies cannot exist in practice, and not because of errors in manufacturing or isolation. Rather, the copies will still be two distinct entities: one could 'tag' each atom therein. And since they are separate, no information transfer occurs; therefore, the two beings cannot share...

Being a hypocrite doesn't make you wrong, though. -Duxwing

All your life's work and love did have consequence, though. That consequence was simply in the past. But you're right, fearing death is silly. I just don't want my existence to end! :) -DUxwing

My point was that you've misunderstood him. They make observation easier, not implementation. Like I said, you need to get your act together and put your trades in by closing time today to take advantage of tomorrow's newspaper, and if I'm not mistaken, the NYSE closed three hours and...

1.) Proof is a prerequisite for knowledge of truth, barring revelation. 2.) The sides of a triangle are one dimensional and therefore cannot have an inside or an outside, just one side. We can be even more rigorous and refer to 'sides' as 'line segments'. -Duxwing

I don't think that he made a teleological argument, only one of Technology Marching On. You've misunderstood: In that analogy, you already have tomorrow's newspaper. The question is one of organization and implementation, not information. I never made a dichotomy to begin with. Your...

Wow, I always thought that you were in your twenties. I'm sixteen. Why would the transfer be difficult? Of course a bad layout is no excuse not to read something, but lately I haven't been keeping up in general. :o -Duxwing

If you find Conservative Judaism to be more appealing than Orthodox Judaism, then why do you remain an Orthodox Jew? :headscratch: Yes, I've had the same problem with AJ. Its format must have been developed by a programmer who had been out in the desert sun for too long. -Duxwing

That's quite a sad thing, Hado, but only the living can enjoy the end of pain. -Duxwing

You make a very good point about that. Forcing conscientious objectors (I presume that they are) to fight can lead to some nasty consequences if they ever get blood on their hands. And oh, oops. :o I wrongly assumed that all Orthodox Jews lived in Israel. And cool, you like aljazeera, too...

I could show you any stockbroker's wet dream--tomorrow's newspaper--but if you can't get your act together and your trades in by closing time, then that information would be useless to you. The same applies to Big Data collected by the government. The whole concept of calling a government an...

Just use prefixes! :) -Duxwing

Powers of ten are easier than powers of two, and eight decimal places is an extreme degree of precision: the LHC--the place where we determine the funadmental nature of ultimate reality--only goes to six places. Unless you're being sarcastic. Basing a system of measure on fundamental...

That's exactly how I meant it. :) -Duxwing

I think that you're taking the concept of race too far. Different breeds of dog have measurably different levels of intelligence, size, strength and speed far in excess of whatever one could find in humans. And besides, the advent of modern genealogy means that we can be sure of whether...

Now if you really want to go nuts, a silenced shotgun blast to the back of the head can solve almost any problem. Claw hammers are also applicable: just remember to pull their skull and brains out like you'd pull out a nail. Alternatively, take a very, very small pistol with a suppressor...

Can you tell me more about the Jewish communities in Israel? How are religious tensions therein? Forgive me if I ask on a sore point. The word "incisive" means precise and insightful, especially pertaining to an argument. True, but in going for the femoral, I might get a knife in my side...

Wait, are you Jewish? Don't worry, I won't bite. :) But thanks for the cultural information. But you weren't "sharp" (if by "sharp" you mean harshly so) at all. It was different... smooth, clean, as if you were placid in posting. I can't quite put it. Anyway, thanks for the ideas. I'll...

Perfect execution on the logic. I never even thought of going after the blanket nature of his statements. But there was a certain 'cool' quality to your writing. It wasn't hot and even angry like mine can be. How do you achieve that effect while maintaining incisiveness? -Duxwing

And that's why scientists don't use race. I don't think that we laypeople ought to, either: like you said, it's too vague. Then send an INTPf poster called Radiant Shadow some encouragement. He works in the field. :) -Duxwing

What you did in the "Ugly Truths" thread, that was perfect! You destroyed his idea without destroying him. :) Could you teach me how to do that myself in the general case? -Duxwing

Wait, are you serious? -Duxwing

Race doesn't exist in science, only geneology. In general parlance, more 'races' exist, among them Latino and Native North American. We don't even have a working definition of intelligence, so don't worry. :) The human brain is not like a CPU, whose performance can be measured in GHz, or an...

I have not married and do not plan to marry, but I'm flirting with a Ni, probably Ni-Te, girl at the moment, and she's soooo sweet. :) -Duxwing

I think that you could do that with meters, too. Hehehehe! :) Abra kadabra alaka kilometer! Thanks! You argued well, too. -Duxwing

A counterargument for the System International Units: - Powers of 10 are easier than powers of 2: just move the decimal point. 10^8 is 10 with 8-1 zeroes tacked on, or 100,000,000 ; 2^8 is 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256. Which calculation is faster? - Interesting. Could you tell me more? -...

By that logic, "many people with low IQ's" who are, in addition, black, would agree with that statement. :D And if low IQ translates to low intelligence, then that statement, chillingly, makes sense: stupid people of any race will, in their stupidity, believe stupid things--even false things...

*hug* And you're not "whiny". You just lost something that you deeply loved, and feeling sad and angry is a part of that loss. You're an NT, but you're also a human being: We feel, we hurt, we love. Perhaps writing something like this might help? A dark headstone rests by the cold-running...

I just want one simple power: to be able to create arbitrary quantities energy instantly. Pausing time is no good if you've already been locked in a prison with walls made of plasma. -Duxwing

I like to mix a little O2F2 into my barbecque marinades. It gives the meat just that little extra kick, you know? -Duxwing

Yes! Hurled into the sun! To the sun, to the sun, to the sun sun sun, to the sun, to the sun, to the sun sun sun, to the sun, to the sun, to the sun sun sun, to the suuun, to the sun sun sun! :) -Duxwing

Perhaps, but you forgot wit. iNtuitive comedians make funny jokes and are liked by Sensors. -Duxwing

HCl isn't dangerous after combining with other chemicals to make nylon, just like hydrogen doesn't burn after combining with oxygen to make water: the properties of the parts are not necessarily found in the properties of the whole. Moreover, on the point of dangerous chemicals being...