Think of it as evolution in action. You can stay on one planet while some disaster takes it out. We have lots of choices of disaster, don't we? The human race can continue via those "space nutters".

Sure, we should try to avoid the disaster, etc., but planets are not forever.

They must be killed - judge, jury, executioner - before they can reveal that "Charlie" was a Gladio.

The Blue brain project have modelled a rats brain down to molecular resolutions, they are now working on a human brain. The project is directed towards medicine not AI, however I believe IBM's Watson is a spin off from the BB project,

The current oil glut is a deliberate move by OPEC, they are trying to put Iran out of business.

Fast uptake, minimum fuss: Tell them to read the doc, then talk to them.

Shhhh, if IT actually worked most of us would be out of a job.

They didn't get $40B by paying fines issued to the driver, if the driver could afford the fines he wouldn't be working for uber in the first place.

Your mistake is not being alarmed by the facts.

A young man from Nantucket...

I know "this really isn't the right Cafe, now is it?"

I'm over 50, I don't lament it, yes it was much more exciting from a child's POV, but with the 20/20 hindsight of an adult, it's clear that the Apollo project was driven by the fear of sputnik. Today NASA's goals appear to be driven by intellectual curiosity and the desire to explore, neither of those drivers attract as much money as fear.

Being a member of mensa indicates you failed the selection criteria for membership in mensa.

I played Pong on an arcade machine circa 1970, it was awesome.

Nobody said it was funny. "comedy of errors" == "unbelievable fuck-up".

The collapse of the Ottoman empire occured 1000yrs after the crusades, the event is now referred to in history books as "WW1".