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This seems similar to the problems we see when we tie school funding to property taxes. At a certain point, there's not enough money to sustain a top tier school system and the community declines. And I wonder if Red state mentality isn't the culprit. Blue theory seems to say those with more economic opportunities (in the cities) should help those less fortunate (in the country). Are the rural folks slapping away helping hands because they want to concentrate on their bootstraps and their personal up-pulling?

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Business owners in general favor as little regulation as possible, and the rural ones are usually associated with a lot of land (farming, ranching) and have their own special reaction to anyone telling them what they can do on it. Programs paid for by taxes tend to favor the population centers, where states get more bang for their buck, and where more voters will be affected. Policies and politics that favor the People over Big Business are more popular in more populous areas. 70% of Americans feel the the whole economic system is rigged to favor the already wealthy, and many folks in the rural US feel it's also rigged to favor big cities too.

motlan has been banned for not supporting the hypothesis they keep opening threads about, after repeated requests for such. When it's not a language problem, this behavior seems like willful disregard.

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And compounding the mistake by pretending individual acts are part of a larger movement. The threat of -ists aggressively practicing their -isms is stifling anything that doesn't profit the right folks. I think one of the smartest things the US could do is commit to producing locally made solar panels to form a national electricity utility, and couple the effort with national wi-fi as well. Make it available everywhere we have a post office, dirt cheap, accessible to everyone. We all need the electricity and internet access, and even businesses would appreciate the lower costs. But suggest something that competes with a privately owned business, even if it's the smartest thing in the world, you're automatically a Socialist, which of course is just a Communist waiting to happen. This is the result of throwing the left under the bus.

This isn't something you EVER get to decide for everyone else. Most everyone else seems to be enjoying the party, so stop trying to set the presents on fire to make it more interesting for YOU.

Another example of society adopting willfully sloppy definitions for issues they become passionate about. Get 100 people to define "leftist" or "atheist" or "socialist" and we see how badly aligned they all are.

Or the systems are designed to encourage meaningful science that can be discussed with peers, as opposed to guesswork and lazy reasoning. I'm sorry "dumb and worthless" is all you're getting out of this. You know, there are less rigorous science discussion forums out there. We're like #2 or #3 when it comes to strict scientific methodology. Why don't you join a site where they like WAGing and don't correct your mistakes?

I don't know where you got this idea that scientists "tend to accept" this. I think this assumption has led you astray badly. Space is NOT the absence of everything, full stop. It's just not. Space can be full or empty of matter and energy, but space itself just represent volume to us. It's three spatial dimensions that are part of a coordinate system. The rest of your concept seems built on this misconception.

! Moderator Note As a speculation, this doesn't meet the criteria for the section. Misconceptions in the OP have been addressed, but no further support for the OP has been offered. Thread closed.

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I said this EXACT same thing to my plumber after telling him my water-on isn't splurtling enough and it drabbles from the bendy part.

My Neural Activation Patterns Are Tingling.

...undeservedly, since often times scientific rigor is misunderstood as being hidebound, didactic, pompous, politically correct, over-zealous, and excessively meticulous, when in reality science is uber complex and words don't do the maths justice, so it's important to use the exact right ones. It has zero to do with politics, and EVERYTHING to do with being accurate.

In a roundabout way, it relates to what you claim in the OP. But rejecting the best accumulated human knowledge in favor of gut feelings and common sense is a far cry from telling someone who hasn't studied science that their idea is wrong, or whatever behavior makes them think the scientists are acting like know-it-alls. This really isn't about science anyway, it's about how YOU choose to perceive another's knowledge. I know a lot about photosynthesis, but I don't know much about actual trees, so when I talk to my arborist, I feel like a kid in school again. I enjoy it actually, but I could see where some people might resent someone else knowing more.

This popped up on my news today: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55243014

If this is the definition you want to use, then we should really change your title. We already have such tech. I was unaware of the attempts to change gender identity/sexuality in adults using such technology. Do you have a link?

You have national healthcare, correct? The argument doesn't hold up as well in countries where the state hasn't expressed that much concern for overall health. The resource investment is mostly in things like roads and ports, which aren't really investments in the citizenry.

Indeed. Staff has found itself between a rock and a hard place. Our rules don't have much wiggle room when it comes to folks having a meltdown, and it's hard to be diplomatic when being handed an ultimatum. Best we can do is some time off, in case the site is the problem.

MSC has been suspended for a year. Everybody's hurting in some way, and we shouldn't add to anyone's burden.

I think we'd have a LOT more members if it weren't for those who don't take it seriously or think rigor is boring. I don't mean this in a joking way.

I don't know about that. Does he claim a disk design is integral to creating this "free energy"? I've thrown my share of frisbees, and a saucer has some great stability along with its aerodynamics, but options for steering and propulsion are limited. Many people have made these "free energy" claims, but none has shown any promise. Not even a single demonstration that would lead anyone to believe they might truly be close to some kind of secret. I remember a guy in the US who made a car whose motor could generate more power than it needed to run it (or so he claimed). He drove it around in front of stadiums full of people, but he would never let them examine the car. He claimed he was worried someone would steal his idea, and had many excuses why he couldn't re-create another motor. If any of these claims were true, it would be the easiest thing in the world to show to experts. We have members here in this forum who know enough science to be able to evaluate a claim like that, if any of these inventors would allow their work to be evaluated. I still think mainstream science is your best way forward.

No such thing exists. There are several proposed ways to harvest fuel on a long space flight. A ramscoop might harvest hydrogen for use in a fusion reaction. Light sails could be used to eventually bring a space ship to impressive speeds.

It does almost seem like magic sometimes. I'm getting near to needing cataract surgery, but my eye/brain connection is still amazing to me.