Okay, they found correlation. The question is, did they find causation?
To paraphrase rationalwiki.org, the fact that there's a strong and persistent correlation between shoe size and reading ability does not mean large feet cause good reading skills.
"And you know this how?"
I know this because we've built infrastructure of that scale before, and we had less knowledge and resources with which to do it.
If however you were referring to the sociopolitical problems inherent to accomplishing a common-sense goal on a national or international scale, note that all I was talking about was the technological/economic feasibility.
If that's what it _actually_ said, as opposed to being pretzeled by some biased pseudo-scientist into the appearance of saying something it doesn't? Sure.
And as to your sig, I seem to recall Jesus predicting that Peter would lie rather than face the truth.
Because embracing anthropic climate change involves drastic controls on emissions, manufacturing, and energy generation (specifically coal) as well as being an excuse to raise a variety of taxes on an already strained economy.
The crazy thing is, if we weren't spending trillions on the force projection necessary to secure our unsustainable fossil based energy infrastructure, we could easily use that wealth to build a sustainable solar/nuclear-based infrastructure - no drastic controls or raised taxes required.
I don't believe there isn't a way to manage a peaceful transition. We went to the moon because we had the will to do it. We could do the same with our energy infrastructure.
Thankyou.
Hmm. Concerning the theocracy and Shia Islam part, what's your opinion on the most recent attempts to (re)introduce Jaafari law to Iraq?
Iraq poised to legalize marriage for girls as young as 9
Iraq ready to legalise childhood marriage
But the legislation, known as the Jaafari law, introduces rules almost identical to those of neighbouring Iran, a Shia-dominated Islamic theocracy.
I'm surprised you didn't notice the word "external" in the sentence you partially quoted, or that the sentence continued with "(internal are an ever constant threat, and you put in good safeguards to prevent against that)."
.... Where do you live that your city has a population of 75+ million people?
That actually happened. Slavery was protected, not abolished, as it was reserved to the government. Read the exception clause in the 13th amendment, examine the commercialisation of the prison industry, and consider that the United States now has a higher incarceration rate than Russia and China combined.
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The affect of Snowden's leaks is a weaker and disunited West.
It's effect, and please stop shooting the messengers.
... what a damn weird way to regulate an industry.
Almost like it was designed to fail.
In your spectrum, then, "agnostic" is? (I'd guess "another word for atheist", but I could be wrong, so...)
Perhaps I should have said "definitions" rather than "mileage".
From my agnostic perspective (your mileage may vary) I consider atheists to be as much creatures of faith as their theistic opponents:
Theism: I believe there is a God, even though I can't prove it scientifically.
Atheism: I believe there is no God, even though I can't prove it scientifically.
Agnosticism: I don't know, I have no proof.
You can, it's just that the compass will involve a lot more than just a magnetised needle and a marked circle.
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