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Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 529

If they choose to believe that non-interfering RF is causing them great harm, what is the harm in allowing them to hold that belief? It appears they are only harming themselves in so doing; outsiders can choose to visit other towns instead. Make no mistake that I don't agree with their ideas of Wi-Fi causing harm to humans, but I also don't see how their idea hurts anyone outside their own group.

Ignorance is harm in and of itself, let alone the idea that, if they choose to blame something on an incorrect source (cows are dying because witches) they remove the possibility of finding and fixing the actual problem. (Cows are dying because contaminated feed, water, disease, whatever).

Comment Re:Evolution is a theory not a fact (Score 1) 479

Ok, then it's a 'fact' that when a broad spectrum light is shone at that cup, the waves reflected are predominantly in the 475 nm range, which we happen to observe as 'blue.'

When shone at this cup, however, the waves reflected are lower in frequency, and we observe them as 'red'. Now you come up with a theory to explain that.

Similarly, Newton noticed the 'fact' that a thing dropped six feet from the Earth's surface will fall at 9.8 m/s^2, once you've factored in air resistance and the like. He then used that to build a Theory of Universal Gravitation. Which turned out to be wrong in some cases.

Comment Re:Lost world (Score 1) 212

Think of being in a car crash and being broken up so bad you'll never walk again and simply being a live every day is agony which no amount of painkillers will fix.

Unfortunately, in this case, 'humane' changes definition to 'prolong as long as possible.' Despite the person being able to make a reasoned, rational decision, as opposed to a horse.

Comment Re:The STEM equivalent of Pullman (Score 1) 260

If you're proficient in an internal language, you're more likely to remain working there. Eventually, you'll be paid in Google bucks or Apple dollars, which are not legal tender anywhere else in the world.

The Shiawase Decision granted multinational corporations extraterritoriality status on their corporate holdings. Suddenly entering, say, a Renraku facility meant entering an entirely new country.

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