That's a great long term strategy to take to our next planet(s): use up all available resources as quickly as possible. Sure is easier than figuring out how to live sustainably with what's availble.

Well, you nailed that one.

Surely the number of congressmen computer literate enough to edit Wikipedia unassisted would be small enough to check by name.

Cool story, bro.

And because you don't hear about them, that means they don't happen, right?

And contrariwise, if they give you raw numbers, it's the opposite. That's logic!

That didn't end well, iirc.

Indeed. Students aren't even taught basic critical thinking skills to be able to identify crackpot conspiracy theories. I hope you're joking. But in case you're not, please explain why the Soviet Union (and over 30 other countires) congratulated us after tracking us to the moon and back. Were they participating in a conspiracy to make themselves look bad?

There are no bad guys. There are no good guys. Life is not a Hollywood movie.

This also includes the coastline and international airports. So, maybe the interior of Alaska is free.

Nice strawman. So does the NIC have a legal mission to gather intelligence? Does forging certificates constitute legitimate intelligence collection?

Also, I remember when Deep Blue was playing Kasparov, the IBM programmers had no idea why it was playing the way it was. It was coming up with strategies that the programmers did not anticipate.

But you don't have dandruff!

Exactly!

And yet, I just read a study that most doctors and clinicians involved with breast cancer can not correctly identify the liklihood of having breast cancer if someone tests positive for it. Answers ranged from 10-90%. Correct answer is 10%. Being taught it in medical school is one thing, but applying it on the job is another apparently.

You mean you've never heard of the Millenium Falcon?