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You are right, but I don't think it is just the fault of the media, this is how the human brain works. No one is losing their minds with fear at dull but distressingly common cause…

The US also has a higher bar for what constitutes slander/libel than the UK, which can also have a chilling effect on speech.

The CCP isn't 'responsible' for the people under its boot. It is their lack of responsibility for the people of China that has led to this problem. You act like the socio-demograph…

We are? I suspect many of us are trying to trick ourselves as much as everyone else.

Energy use is a factor, but not the only one; this article has a concise list of why desalination isn't an easy answer to solving the earth's water needs... currently, anyway. http…

Yikes. If a wild animal wandered by and damaged your source of livelihood, I doubt you would espouse a similar view.

That is... really complicated. 'Just improve their standard of living bro' isn't a real solution. It's like saying we can prevent murder by systemically renouncing violence and bec…

I think you are right, but why is the DOE saying something that appears patently false- are they indulging in hyperbole knowing they won't be called out? Are they drinking their ow…

George Washington Carver is a personal hero of mine. He faced all sorts of hardship and still sought to make the world a better place.

It would be magically convenient for all the people he had blackmailed over the years.

I mean, the macro-organism does, in fact, die. It's an unusual way of recycling biological matter, but not a ticket to immortality. It would be akin to if we humans started budding…

>I think Evolution is the biggest enemy that we as humans must overcome with technology. I would ask for clarification on this point. Is it that blind, unguided evolution is our bi…

This gives me the heebie-jeebies. I repair machines for a living, and the idea of smashing a complex mechanical system just to vent seems so alien.

"Not to blindly defend Bitcoin, but it seems like a tropical storm would inflict just as much, if not more, financial loss than this decision." I know you are just theorizing here,…

As a long-time SW fan, I can't do it anymore. Book of Boba Fett was so plodding and awful I am washing my hands of Disney Wars.

This is the conversation we need to have, on an international level.

Well, I feel sorry for them. Fertility issues are no joke.

Protectionism, nothing more.

I didn't downvote, but I think your solution isn't particularly effective. Part of the problem is food is more fundamental than tobacco; nearly everyone finds some kind of sweet tr…

Putin taking direct action to invade will result in needless Russian and Ukranian suffering and death. That seems plenty evil; and if he has deluded the majority of the population …

This claim was recently made by one of the Chinese Olympians, but it is not true. VPNs were made illegal in 2017, and since 2021 China has been clamping down hard on their own citi…

I had a friend in high school whose romantic feelings were just absurdly powerful. Romeo never pined for Juliet the way my buddy Michael felt for his girlfriend. But at the risk of…

A general rule of thumb is a movie needs to make back double its budget to recoup after-filming costs, like advertising, ect to start turning a profit. A $363 million return on a $…

The woman was re-selling a bootleg copy from the 80s, and that German court came down on her like a bag of hammers. So glad we have these kinds of idiotic copyright laws that let h…