Have you ever been to NY city? The only thing missing is a terminator walking over the skeletons of fallen humans. No compassion there.

Ever been to the Dakotas? The only thing missing is.. everything!

As for Louisiana, I think they've been in one big predicament for the last 5 years.

Yeah I should have put that as a caveat because I think some posters took it for indifference to everything and anything.

I'll let people believe whatever they want. But I won't let them act however they want when it effects me directly. For instance, I won't let people try and abuse me or my family just because I'm willing to ignore their philosophy. I'm 100% willing to educate, but I won't force it on people.

If you go through life being frustrated because someone believes a false belief, well you're going to be very frustrated. I'm all for education. But I don't see an impending doom or anything because the average IQ is low.

It's not a big deal like you all make it out to be. Conversion between number systems is rudimentary math.

It's a good thing we have intelligent rational thinkers working against ignorance. Otherwise we might come off like a bunch of assholes that just want to push our views on others. You know. Like "those" guys.

Tentants? - no. Tenets.

I joined the Republican Party because I thought there were too many people spreading their "RINO" nonsense. I'm a moderate, but up to this year I was always independent. I want to bring moderation back to the party, as I believe the party was at one time more moderate and aligned to the middle. I also think that Christian right wingers (and i'm a Christian myself) are hijacking the party and turning it into a Jesus-fest. Again, I'm a believer. But that doesn't mean I want a "Holy Priest of the US" for President. The US was founded to escape religious oppression and I follow those tenants to a fault, regardless of my faith.

Barry Goldwater would be rolling in his grave if he knew of how the modern Republican party has been twisted.

I think you just made your intentions clear. You want control.

This is a battle I think I'll sit out. I don't want to control anyone. Sure I do want to educate, but there's a fine line in there where free will gets tossed aside. No thank you.

But why is that sad? So I can't win an argument with Joe Average. It's not the end of the world.

I know this is Idle but there's been a lot of articles related to how people think lately. Myself, I'm perfectly okay with people having different viewpoints. Even outright wrong ones. Why should I care about it? So there are people that think their party is infallible and fall for the party talking points. Nothing new really and understanding it doesn't really change much. I can't really use this information beyond what I think are some common sense rules about people in general.

Diversity is part of humanity. Who's to say where the next great change will come from? Logical thinking is not the end-all be-all for human prosperity.

As a wise man once said - let them live.

I think they learned something you clearly missed - That you can avoid violence through deterrence. I've used this technique to avoid conflict. If you can scare your opponent out of his will to fight then you've won. If you can talk them out of it then do it; But you need to somehow dissuade them.

First step, don't over think it. Be an emotional creature. Indulge in being an animal for just a bit.

Considering I could build one myself - yes I do think they have this capability.

From Websters:

Robot ...
3. a mechanism guided by automatic controls

Robot is a vague term and it does not mean strictly autonomous. Using the autonomous definition the "robotic arm" on the shuttle is not robotic at all. But it most certainly is. It's a term used to describe more than one thing, autonomous and "remote manipulators" included.

So fucking what. How come I have to act like a grown up around a bunch of kids? Fuck you and your horse.