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Right. It's not existential, sure. It helps that all our debt is issued in our currency. But the fact is that ~30% of our national debt is held by foreign entities, and at the very…

Where do you get this idea that our national debt = private liquid assets? How does that make any sense at all? This kind of intellectual rationalization about something that is ob…

The cost of the war is zero? You're off your rocker. The constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war and authorize military force. The fact that our country's politi…

So what do you think the cost of the war is, then? $50bn? Seems like splitting hairs or missing the point. Even $50bn is too much for a war that congress nor the American people ap…

Surely at some point compounding interest will eclipse this, no? If our debt is 500 trillion does your opinion hold?

Lol. Speak for yourself, AI has not diminished my thinking in any material way and has indeed accelerated my ability to learn. Anyone predicting the "end of humanity" is playing pr…

Super cool. Hope to be well enough off one day to do stuff like this.

>Sitting on a bike, you're even shorter than a pedestrian and more likely to be completely out of sight. Not true at all except for the lowest-sitting cruisers. Most bikes put you …

Don't be bothered by the down votes. HN consensus is not something worth pursuing. Your criticism is valid, it's just that it runs against what HN readers want to believe in this i…

Yeah, it's an obsessive personality trait that I've observed in most high achievers. Often not healthy. At least scrutinize your obsessions, people.

Seriously. Hasn't the main thesis of that book (a distinct advantage of human upright evolution is our ability to run long distances) and several key supporting points been mostly …

I definitely believe you. I know from a few injuries that with tendons you want to be moving and applying resistance as soon as you are able to prevent the formation of scar tissue…

Maybe it's just too early or there are other posts, but I find it an interesting insight into human behavior - supposedly intelligent human behavior - that there were hundreds of c…

I have no idea what you're talking about. Is Rumi a character in a video game or something?

Right, but life down there didn't independently spark from raw organic molecules. Or, rather, there is no evidence for that, whereas there is quite a bit of evidence to suggest all…

Who or what exactly is this Creator you speak of? Would love to know.

It's not, this is all internet click bait sensational stuff. Wood can be an effective composite and has been used in space vehicles for at least 40 years. First time I saw it used …

Cool, appreciate the tip! I'll check them out.

Metal spatulas aren't an option for most, either, as they scratch pans. So what's the suggested realistic alternative? Wood? Edit: wasn't trying to be snarky or anything. Honestly …

Humans are evolving right before our eyes, everywhere, always. Still an interesting article, though!

Whoops, thanks for the correction. I was looking at end-user electricity consumption so it didn't include all the losses involved. That's staggering at first glance. So much energy…

Yeah the scale of thermal energy contained in the earth makes this fear (prematurely cooling the earth) irrelevant. The entire global consumption of energy is less than 2% of earth…

>Imagine working on something for over a decade only to see it fly just 7 times! Haha, I'm guessing you don't work in the space industry. Frankly if something you work on gets to s…

No worries, glad we were able to come to a general agreement!

Hey, I don't view this as arguing at all. I'm sorry you do. I find it valuable as a check on my own thinking and assumptions. If you are feeling negative emotions with this exchang…