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Exactly. I don't have anything to hide, but there are some things I need to protect.

Yes, although I think the absence of those power hungry narcissists (who no doubt lurk back at Star Fleet HQ) would be more down to having a relatively isolated and small group of …

Yes! I think TNG showed some of the problems with automated doors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdqBHExH9I

The motivation is probably due to Star Trek. Who wouldn't want swishy Star Trek doors? Ironically they were opened by hand from behind the scenes, at least in the first shows. Also…

Sometimes people can dislike something but they are unable to articulate the reason. Yet the reason may be valid. So I would say: permit downvoting, but as well as removing one poi…

Biology or no, there are problems with living in giant hives as we do now. We simply don't know (personally) the people who rule us, so there's no question of rule by consent. We d…

Agree on both scores! The thing that stood out for me in The Mission was its dramatic depiction of the power of repentance (i.e. a genuine change of heart) which we saw when Mendoz…

Why can't we polish concrete more? Buildings and benches would be so much more attractive. Perhaps more weather-resistant too? But pavements slipperier when wet...

Is this because we learnt to write before we learnt to type?

Thanks. I like his motto, 'Clear intentions, lightly held'

One thing that shoelace teachers seem to get wrong is teaching with empty shoes. In reality shoelaces are tied under tension . This affects the grip we used or what the rest of the…

Elephants form social hierarchies too (which provide 'value comparison', surely?) and have larger brains than us but still they are less smart, no? They make vocal calls and signal…

It's an interesting piece of natural history and discussion. It talks about some of the things that made smartness possible , including big brains and roaming around. However it do…

So the way to self-soothe is with self-talk? Are there any other ways?

Yes, and as much as I dislike political correctness, I sometimes wonder if it's a response, perhaps even a necessary response, to the accelerating politicisation and polarisation b…

As a child I used to stick a school ruler out of the back window of the car and rotate it slightly to make it move upwards, like a plane's wing. Intuitively I felt that this happen…

Woah. How is that even collected?

Scrub those vegetables well, friend!

I'd guess the chances of infection go up if you have a vegetable garden in a suburban environment. Cats use freshly turned soil as a litter tray and salad vegetables such as radish…

There seems to be a new background assumption that one's identity can be chosen, whereas I think in reality it's inherited.

Home schooler here: our children have way more 'screen time' at home than the norm, I would guess. There's plenty of time left over for school work, board games, exercise, socialis…

That was the age of the amateur scientist; the future belongs to the amateur, too. Just as mainstream and social media are net evil influences on society, so by now is the scientif…