"What's that mommy?" "Why, Jimmy, that's an airplane".
I am not a programmer so could someone explain to me how that is different?

I have hunted in the past. There, I admit it.

However, I think the question for me is not, should they be allowed to hunt these animals but should they be allowed to hunt them in such an obviously cruel and hideous manner?

Actually, the story is more complicated than you suggest. Two things were happening at the same time. Humans began eating meat (but not exclusively) and they started cooking their food, making it easier to digest.

Just one example, humans ARE different than even the great apes in terms of their digestive systems.

Humans probably are omnivores but have many special adaptions, including jaw sizes more like herbivores, not (only) because of hard foods but also to allow us to smile, another important element of our evolution (social development).

Wrong. Since the most research in Europe is carried out in the countries with the highest labor costs, your statement is misleading, as it skews the costs relative to the GDP of the region.

Also, Switzerland is always ignored in these calculations. I know they are not part of the EU but a quick peek at the graph in the original article shows Europe, not EU (I know they state EU in the fine print). Switzerland has a very vibrant research community (think physics, biotech, pharma) and it seems silly to exclude them. But another example of a country with high labor costs which spends a lot on research (and gets something back).

Stupid question about a "point" particle: The minimal size (diameter?) for anything would then be a Planck length, right?

Unless you are a corporation or belong to the 1%

Maybe he is ass talking (I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine how).

However, there was such an experiment done in the 1970's and the result was much as he described: Rosenhan Experiment

How may 16 year olds like a fine glass of Bordeaux? Few. How many 40 year olds? Probably many more. I'm not saying that they will like eBooks as they grow older people's tastes change as they mature and if you don't know for sure how they will change, your statement may not be valid.

I would be happy to see the ceiling even set at 50 fold (lowest earner in the company).

Having said that, one worry I have is that one possible outcome is that the CEO outsources, say, the low paid cleaning staff and can therefore raise his/her salary. Next step, replace all assembly line workers with robots (yes, I know, already happening, but this might accelerate the process).

How would you prevent this?

In Germany, starting in 2015, almost all wood stoves will have to have a particulate filter installed.
http://www.kamin-russfilter.de/gesetzliche-grenzwerte-fuer-feinstaub-durch-kamine-kaminoefen-kacheloefen.php

You may hate your mom when you reach 70 or so, chickenpox is a lifelong latent infection that can reactivate in older individuals, causing shingles and postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN.

I agree that early adopters might be the older folks who just want to get around but kids with no money adopting a very expensive technology? This will be more expensive than insurance until it is firmly established.

I would guess more likely the younger crowd living in big cities like New York where many people don't even get their licenses until they're 25-30. They might have a fleet of cars like Car2Go or so. You use the car as a replacement for a taxi and don't have to worry about the headache of finding parking.

Essentially what my uncle did. Job security until the robot repairmen appear. But then it may be too late for us organics anyway...

And of course, his...

I dunno, if a saber-toothed tiger was chasing you, you probably cared a great deal about your arrival time at the nearest climbable tree or such.