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Comment Wrong metric (Score 1) 73

While I'm sure that this will this is quite an accomplishment, this doesn't seem to be a superconductor world record, just a world record that involved a superconductor. A world record for a superconductor would be one with unprecedented stability or superconductivity closer to room temperature than ever before.

Comment Re:So....far more than guns (Score 1) 454

Yes, suicide with dependent children would be irresponsible. However, that's mostly because it is child abandonment in addition to suicide. Furthermore, suicide by firearm is a method disproportionately used by men, who are typically not the primary homemakers. Not saying it doesn't happen, but we don't have an endemic of orphans made from suicide by firearms.

We don't live in the disconnected libertarian fantasy land, where no one affects anyone else.

No, but we do live in a world that will still function in our absence, and we generally value the choice and freedom of individuals outside of causing direct harm to others. I would consider it immoral to demand that someone live against their own will.

Comment Re:So....far more than guns (Score 2) 454

So, are you claiming that an individual 'owes' society a certain debt? Are we keeping track of that? Is there a countdown to when ending my life is my own business? About what age are you going to actually become 'your own man'? If I cure a disease, can I kill myself right after? If I'm never a net contribution to society, am I perpetually in debt and thus never able to commit suicide, or am I never getting out of that hole, and thus free to kill myself at any time?

Comment Re:Butt (Score 1) 454

The reality is that our bodies react in a number of different ways to a number of different chemicals, so the healthy choice would depend on a number of factors, and your overall long term well being is an even more complicated matter, since it's often dependent upon relationships with others, employment, etc.. If you skip breakfast to make a meeting that grants you a better paying job with more free time, it's probably a net win.

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