They certainly aren't terrorists if they don't terrorize anyone beyond their immediate victims. They may well die utterly failing at their objective.

Those were hate crimes. Terrorism has a political message.

sometimes below average and sometimes above average.

This is a weaker argument than many people think. Technological knowledge is increasing at an exponential rate, and a technological solution is plausible. That's not what's wrong with the argument. What's wrong is that it's also plausible the technology won't be developed or won't be developed in time - this is bad when the existence of human civilization is at stake.

The Nazi Party was organized crime masquerading as a cult, not a political party in the modern sense, and it was neither (consistently) left-wing or right-wing in its politics. Much like the Communist Party.

Dreams... not exactly objective evidence.

I think Gaff being the replicant would be a far more interesting twist.

So, the invention of marketing pre-dates the 'discovery' of beer?

Dark matter is a hypothesis. So far it fits the data, but new data may force modification or even rejection of the hypothesis. The reason it's an exciting area of research is exactly because physicist acknowledge that its an imperfect hypothesis.

All science works this way. The luminiferous aether hypothesis was not foolish or worthless - it was valuable science because when tested its limitations led to new insights. And while the materials science metaphor was eventually judged inappropriate, if "empty" space can have an energy density or a geometry, it may yet turn out that something about the basic idea of a luminiferous aether could be true.

Yes, and it's very clear to most people that saying that the Attorney General is "forcing" someone usually means employing lawful methods of persuasion and not physically hijacking their nervous system with a technology that doesn't exist yet.

The meaning of the word 'force' is coloured by its use in context. Same as every word in every language.

In contrast to... Slashdot posters?

Correct - women only catch it from pregnant men.

Is it really a different question? The answers certainly aren't different.

...no.

I'm surprise they still bother to pretend that all that homeland 'security' theatre has anything to do with security.

Aside from one word, artificial intelligence and actual intelligence have nothing in common.

At least, not that we know of, since we don't know what actual intelligence is.

And if it's false, it's still not racist, just incorrect, unless it was done in bad faith.