Regional conflicts. And the idea of countries, in the first place.
Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
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Re: Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
#32teledildonics
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you really believe that? Are you really so blind to all the progress since 1788?
Of course I see progress, but the question was "what idea hasn't been taken far enough."
Ok. “… has lost all its meaning …” just sounded to me like it was all downhill since 1788.
Re: Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is math not intuitive? Where is it needlessly complex? How is math not already "naturally recursive"? (What does that mean?) How is the universe naturally recursive? What does it mean to "build math off itself"? Are we not doing that already? I think you are complaining about math and then proposing that we build math back up exactly as it is now.
Math isn't NOT intuitive as far as math itself goes. It happens to be a very nice language. I tend to think that relativity and quantum mechanics do not mesh well because of the language we use to describe them. While standard maths is NP complete, it does not seem to inherently describe the universe without getting all crazy complex. I encourage you to try and comprehend even some of the simplest M-Theory equations.…
There is a good possibility though that the universe is inherently complex in certain aspects for our brains.
Human brains are evolved to survive in the part of the physical world observable by human organs, not to comprehend the essential forms of the universe.
E=MC^2 could be just an aspect of reality that happens to coincide with the way observable physical world works.
Maybe a different math for describing the universe written by an alien intelligence with different sensory organs could be simple for them, not still incomprehensible for us. And that alien intelligence is just a jackpot hit in the evolutionary possibility space (and the jackpot may well have never been hit).
Re: Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
#35Bandwidth as a constitutional right in addition to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Look, you share an appallingly common ignorance of American history and law. Okay, fine. By why in the name of all that defies ignorance and stupidity would you equate life and liberty with Bandwidth for god's sake? Seriously.
Bandwidth: 15/dollars a month.
Re: Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
#36Probably one of the most promising ideas that has lost much of its meaning....We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
"insure" domestic "Tranquility"?
Great. More insurance scams to pay high monthlies for.
Re: Ask HN: Which idea irritates you because it has not been taken far enough?
#37One vote per registered person for elections, alleviating the need for the Electoral College. And maybe even representative government?
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#38Pocket touch screen devices. I want cheap, low-functionality touch screen devices. Like, an iPhone, but with only a calculator, a dictionary/thesaurus, and some other useful but simple applications (text reader/editor, todo list, etc). Or how about an open-development touch screen device? Where programmers can create their own applications for it easily?
so a cheap iphone or droidphone...
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#40marginal utility. hell i'd be satisfied if people would just accept supply and demand.