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Comment Re:There's no There there. (Score 2) 248

Of course there's good reason to go back to the moon. Having no atmosphere is advantageous for some things (eg solar panels and certain manufacturing processes), its lighter mass means it is easier to launch stuff from, its nearness makes it a nice practice colony, and several more. For example, you could build a railgun style cargo delivery system to deliver raw material into space. Certain future advances (like 3d printing and robotics) could make for a surprisingly small investment to colonize the entire moon.

Comment Re:Stupid Self-Aggrandizing Press Release (Score 2) 62

Branson and Virgin did nothing at all except provide funding after the fact to the actual, certified genius aerodynamist and visionary Burt Rutan.

Determining what to fund and what not to fund is basically the hardest problem ever. If you could give me a computer program that can determine quickly and correctly what to fund and what not to fund, I could make the next revolutionary product, discover all the laws of physics, and discover proofs to mathematical problems.

Comment Re:Hiring a witch to protect from evil? (Score 1) 232

The Christian POV is that witches don't necessarily realize that they've made a pact with the devil: a demon will be the slave of the witch during the remainder of their lifetime on Earth (the demon is the source of their powers), and when they die their soul will become the slave of the demon in Hell for eternity.

Is there any examples of anyone in the Bible getting powers from demons, making a pact with the Devil, having a devil as their slave, or themselves becoming a slave in the afterlife?

That might be why some are interested in life extension technology.

Ironically, most Christians think it is the best thing ever to live forever and never have to work.

Comment Re:About the latter news story... (Score 0) 274

Jury nullification is viewed with great distrust by the legal profession in the US because it has a sordid history - it was commonly used in the south during segregation as a way to literally get away with murder. If the victim were black and the perpetrator white, the jury would often nullify regardless of the evidence.

Food is viewed with great distrust by the legal profession in the US because it has a sordid history - it was commonly used in the south during segregation as a way to feed every single murderer who ever existed. If the victim were black and the perpetrator white, the perpetrator having eaten food was a prerequisite for the crime.

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