Just in case human beings go psycho, somebody in the intergalactic union will press a red button to slightly nudge the asteroid.

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Strange how what the western world calls egalitarian, means meritocracy in the east.

It could be a acceptance of the word engineered by the intellectuals, so that when they change the meaning few will notice. Sorry to be conspiratorial.

Buddha said human needs are unlimited. Unfortunately human ability is limited. Therefore from each according to his ability to each according to his need is a surefire way to bankruptcy.

I wait for the day when government subsidized sex robots will be claimed as an essential human need. After all isn't it true that sex is a basic human need for human well being?

The best I can do is 10 dollars.

Great Britain and Rome did not go away because other countries attacked it. Great Britain and Rome weren't gone in a day.
The only thing the USA needs to fear is civil war this century after people around the world stop USD. After that California will lead the secession from the union because it is the 8th largest economy in the world. It cannot afford to pay for the rest of the USA.
Currently the world uses USD and suffers its devaluation because the world wishes to outsource war to the USA. This is the reason why QE(n) doesn't cause hyperinflation.

It is not enough that the next energy source can replace oil. The next energy source must beat oil in terms of $/KWh. Only then will people switch.

Just because you can find a needle in a haystack does not mean we should start storing needles in haystacks.

Why is the government in the channel bundling issue? Should the government regulate how much we excrete too? Government doing everything in business is becoming more like how conspiracy nuts say Aliens are responsible for everything.

I'd like to make a prediction: This plan will not be tried.

This is because the premises of environmentalism are:

1. Human Beings are evil because they exist. a.k.a Original Sin
2. The ideal is the natural. And the natural is everything except the human being

The second premise leads to the conclusion, that all human manipulations of reality is evil. And adding iron sulphate to the oceans is very manipulative. The only plans against global warming that will tried are those plans which limit human manipulation of world to suit his existence and happiness. All kinds of restrictions and obligations which limit human well being will be implemented. And we will be asked to accept the sacrifices for the ideal: i.e. a world were we do not exist. A more anti-human philosophy cannot be imagined.

It is natural therefore it is good is the naturalistic fallacy.

Saying something is unavoidable and immoral is a contradiction. That which is outside the province of choice is in the province of morality.

Rationality is not automatic. You need to will it. Rationality is not necessary. The default state of the mind is fatalistic. But the default is not the good in this case, because reason is our tool for survival. We must use reason if we must survive.

Small moves, Ellie. Small moves.

Are you saying people in the government are incapable of psychopathy? Are you saying the will of the majority is infallible and that it does not lie?

Therefore we, who are the protectors of the human race, are agreed, as we view the situation, that decisive legislation is necessary, so that the long-hoped-for solutions which mankind itself could not provide may, by the remedies provided by our foresight, be vouchsafed for the general betterment of all.

It sounds like arrogance and condescension.

SETI should look for Alien messages in Neutrinos. Not radio waves.