What I find disturbing is that at age 18, we're allowed to go to war, vote, enter contracts and do just about anything (except drink alcohol... that's another weird one). Yet, we still seem to treat these same 18-year-olds like children when it comes to them understanding the loans that they voluntarily enter into. I never found loans to be a difficult concept. You borrow money now, you pay it back later with interest.

If you don't want massive loans, pick a state school. There's a lot of state schools that offer in-state tuition rates to out-of-state students, in addition to your own state's schools. There are a lot of choices without picking private for-profit schools. Now, there might be some more niche degrees only offered by a limited number of colleges, but those are much, much more fewer than the number of students who claim to be victimized by student loans.

I'm not saying that *no* colleges have predatory loan practices, or that *no* students are victimized. I'm just saying that a great deal of students who claim to be victimized are experiencing something closer to buyer's remorse at the first major, adult decision. Some of the blame for the student loan situation *should* sit with the students who entered into these agreements.

"a sun" and "The Sun" mean two different things. "A sun" is essentially the same as saying "A star". However, "The Sun" is clearly identifying a particular star - the one we orbit around. Although "the" is a big indicator, the fact that it's a proper noun (note the capitalization) is what really gives it away. Sol is another name for the Sun, just like Terra is another name for Earth. Similarly, "a moon" could mean any of dozens of moons, but "the Moon" specifically refers to Earth's moon, also known as Luna.

So what you're saying is that I'm a ... MACHO man? Maybe even a macho MACHO man?

Also, interesting reads.

It's pretty clear in the definition that "Sun" is a proper noun denoting, specifically, the star that we orbit.

A lot of physicists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, have said that "Dark Matter" is actually a pretty poor name for the phenomenon because it's almost certainly not just some exotic form of matter, but something else entirely that's at work. However, like many things in science, the early name was catchy enough to stick in spite of being a crappy descriptor.

By that definition, there's only 8 planets in the entire Universe. They may need to update their definition of planet, especially the first point.

Planets are made of matter, matter is a gravity source. If that matter pulls together, but fails to ignite, you have a gas giant instead of a star. The same could happen with rocky planets. Obviously, smaller planets would take much longer to form on their own, but it could happen. And even more likely is that the planets form inside of a star system, but are ejected rather than settling into a stable orbit.

Not a physicist, but there's a few reasons. First and foremost, I believe there simply aren't enough wandering planets to explain it. Dark matter accounts for something like 90% of the gravitational effects that we see. If wandering planets were to blame for that much mass, they would definitely be much, much more noticeable even without giving off light like stars. Secondly, wandering planets simply don't fit the bill for what we're seeing in regards to gravity - if it were all planets, we would be seeing much different galactic formations.

Nah, the Pope just has his priorities in order. "Argue about shit that doesn't matter a whole lot to the church or God" is waaay down the Pope's list, but waaay up the list of many people who just like to argue because it gives them a sense of superiority.

That's how we know Scientology is real. I'm not saying it's because of aliens, but.... aliens.

" How exactly is is he then worthy of worship or awe from us?"

Throughout history, the more technologically advanced societies tend to think they deserve awe, and in some cases outright worship, from the much more primitive tribes they encountered. Why should we think this kind of mindset is limited to humans? Why couldn't an alien species share the same philosophy or take it even further?

It's Linux, if it didn't come with spyware pre-installed, how would Grandma get it installed?

Many words have a separate legal definition. For example, insanity means something completely different in legal, medical and colloquial contexts. When talking about a legal matter, assume the legal definition is what is meant. And you won't find a legal definition in the Webster or Oxford dictionaries unless it's a word with no alternative meanings.

""Isn't this the definition of identity theft?""

Nope. It's identity eminent domain.

I disagree. I think a 54 year marriage is a success even if it ends in divorce. People change over time. After 54 years, both people have changed considerably and it's entirely possible to mutually agree that you're no longer married to the person you want to be.

However, people don't normally change all that much after only two years. So if you get divorced that quickly, then you probably lose.