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Because Israel would not do so, or because it is just more likely an accident?

Many countries have used assassination to eliminate threats and enemies. I would not be surprised to find that this was the result of either an accident or an assassination. If it is proven to be an assassination I'm afraid more bloodshed will follow.

What information would convince you?

I still think HFCS is more likely to harm you. In the US between 1975 and 2009 109 people died from botulism. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460764/#:~:text=Overall mortality was 3.0% with,other%2Funknown botulism cases]. HFCS is linked to diabetes, and while I don't know to what extent, in 2021 almost 400,000 people in the US died as a result of diabetes. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/why-high-fructose-corn-syrup-is-bad#4.-Excessive-intake-is-linked-to-diabetes

It seems that while everyone in your ideal democracy is equal, some seem to be more equal than others. Unfortunately you are moving us back to the democracy of the 1700s, when democracy was more democratic if you happened to be a white, rich, male landowner. With your model you can be a female of color but you'd better have enough money for a computer and internet access.

We have a referendum every four years. Surely we have the right to change our minds.

I think we are delving into semantics and conflating 'danger' and 'risk'. As I understand it 'danger' refers to the possibility that something will cause harm. Thus botulinum toxin is more dangerous than high fructose corn syrup as it has a greater possibility to cause harm when we are exposed to both. On the other hand, HFCS is riskier simply due to the fact that you are more likely to be exposed to and harmed from HFCS than you are to be exposed to and harmed from botulinum toxin.

On the other hand, the reason you are unlikely to be exposed to deadly chemicals is because they are so deadly, and thus kept behind lock and key. Is radium no longer dangerous now that girls don't ingest it while painting the hands of watches?

I'm no chemist, but I would think nothing (or everything) is intrinsically 'deadly'. Doesn't the 'deadliness' come from level of exposure? In a small enough dose nothing will kill us, and in a large enough dose everything will kill us.

You are naive to think 19th century USA was an ideal democracy.

On a side note, Merlin developed a novel way of identifying bird songs which had always been very difficult to do. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/whats-that-bird-song-merlin-bird-id-can-tell-you/#

I use Merlin all the time. Absolutely love it. For identifying plants and trees I use PictureThis. Sky Guide is a very good app for identifying stars, planets, constellations. You just start the app and hold the phone up pointing at the star you want to identify. You can also point it in any direction (say, below the horizon or straight down) and it will show you the stars there too.

I was pointing out that Iceland already gets near 100% of their electricity from green sources and still has geothermal capacity to spare. Thus they may as well use that capacity to scrub the air. Then I noticed others said similar things and I didn't want to be redundant.

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I forget. Do you want to discuss science or the many ways you've been wronged?

That appears to be what they are trying to do by posting here. That is not correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe

You make that sound like a bad thing. Perhaps that is part of the reason you are not getting the response you'd like while on science forums.

Why did you think that?

What is it in your scenario is it that makes you believe information might be 'time traveling'? Is it because you use lasers? Or because of the speed of light? Because it is 'round trip' travel? Because there is something about Mars that is special?

I suppose it is also possible that life is manufactured by some advanced civilization. The manufactured beings may never reproduce except perhaps to manufacture a new one when an old one is lost. That way you could build in the capability up front to suspend biological processes for long voyages and add other features that would be beneficial for long voyages, without worrying about multiple generations or boredom.

I especially like this last bit of discussion. Great summary by @Eise. Nice response by @Moontanman. @TheVatclarifying the subtleties. These discussions often seem to fall apart I believe due to the reputation of many alien advocates, and the lack of hard evidence. Given all the crazies out there and the lack of meat available for scientists to sink their teeth into, it is hard to have a good discussion around what we do know, what we can investigate, and whether it is worth the effort. While Moon is more interested in the possibilities than the average person on this site, I have never seen him dip his toes into the crazies waters. While I don't participate in this topic much, I do enjoy following it.

We had a perfectly clear sky. The whole event was pretty cool but totality was in a class of its own. Feel very lucky to have witnessed it.

In 2017 my house was in the path of totality and we had clear skies. This year we'll be at our cabin which is about 90 minutes away from home. it is in the path of totality and it seems likely we'll have clear skies again. We'll only get about 1 1/2 minutes of totality but the comfort of being at our own place means we won't be driving the extra 20 minutes for more time sans sun. Since totality is relatively short we are going to have to cut back on the pagan rituals a bit. Don't really have time to slaughter a goat and bathe in its blood this year.

You are the one making the claims, not me.

Hardly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku#:~:text=Sakoku (鎖国 %2F 鎖國%2C ",nationals were banned from entering