Comment Re:Duh. (Score 0) 222
And narrative thinking comes much more naturally than statistical thinking.
I notice that once again, we're heavy on "narrative thinking" and light on actual evidence.
And narrative thinking comes much more naturally than statistical thinking.
I notice that once again, we're heavy on "narrative thinking" and light on actual evidence.
Hurricane INTENSITY is projected to increase BY THE END OF THE CENTURY. That has nothing to do with hurricane FREQUENCY which is primarily driven by short term WEATHER patterns.
Right. Hurricane INTENSITY, let us note, is also primarily driven by short term WEATHER patterns. Which makes your observation completely pointless.
Pirate sites are illegal, so that OBVIOUSLY means anything uploaded to them are illegal.
Pirate sites aren't in themselves illegal. It's the content, such as movies and such, that is illegal.
I think you should get your facts right Muhammad [wikipedia.org] was not a warlord in fact he was a merchant until he became a religious leader at age 26.
Exactly. He became the religious leader first, then the warlord, not the other way around.
The stings offered them the opportunity to engage in terrorism, nothing more. They had the intent.
You still have yet to ask why is it the job of law enforcement to offer the opportunity to engage in terrorism?
Do not expect your next car to last as long as current one. There is much much progress done in programmed life of product.
The only way to sell such a car is as a lease where the car gets junked at the end of lease. Else you'll suffer a reputation hit from all the people who held onto the car past the cutoff - that would mean lower demand for your products. But a lot of the value in leasing is selling the vehicle at the end of the lease. So this means a substantial loss in return. So you need a vehicle that is sufficient quality that people are willing to pay you enough over its lifespan to profit off the vehicle yet you're junking the vehicle at the end of its lifespan.
I don't think the economics make sense unless the car market is far less competitive than it currently is.
Is it more likely that there is a magic unobservable substance that makes our models correct or that our models need tuning?
Yes.
Your argument fails to address why you shouldn't pay for the externalities of your own gas usage.
How about the positive externalities of gas usage? Shouldn't we get paid for making the world a better place through gas usage?
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