I was sitting very still with a mug of coffee at my side when it all happened. I first looked over my shoulder to see if a train was coming by. Then I panicked thinking there might be a T-Rex stalking me. Thankfully it was just Canada acting up again. 44.6,-73.4

Comments like this reveal just how little most people know about libertarians. Libertarians would say I am not buying a heart monitor for my kid because its not necessary. The school should not buy a heart monitor for my kid because thats not necessary and since I pay school taxes its the same as me buying the monitor. If the insurance companies want the data they can offer to pay me for the data and I may or may not have my kid wear the device. Also in a libertarian society people who do not want to give up there data to big business are the norm not the exception. If insurance companies wanted to discount insurance for giving that data thats fine and yes refusal would be fine too but you have to take your scenario to its logical conclusion. If there are a bunch of people being refused insurance then I am going to make a killing offering them insurance. Chances are they won't use it much because they are the paranoid type to begin with.

Don't you mean "if whoever was helping with the extracurricular activities knew more about everything than the child being taught. Sure its hard to be an expert at everything but its not hard for an above average person to be better than your average school teacher. I would be very confident that I could educate my child through middle school. Then for highschool a combination of traditional classes for a dose of "normal", and college courses for some real learning.

Like say....10 YEARS. Look at what we have learned to do in the last 10 years and then remember that we are learning exponentially so imagine 10 years from now having made 10 times the advancements we have made in the past 10 years. Its really not that far fetched. If you would have told me when I was 20 that when I turned 30 I would carry around a computer more powerful than my computer at 20 and it would have a 5 mega pixel camera and the ability to record video and have wireless internet, a GPS, and oh yeah make phone calls and all of that would cost less than half of what I paid for my computer. Well I probably would have said yeah that sounds about right.

Oh good point...no wait we could just hook the brain up to second life, or WOW. The assumption is that we just modeled a human brain and you really think that modeling an arm is going to be tricky?

How sure are you? Tell you what StripedCow, let me throw it back at you. Lets say your going to die in 24 hours, or......I can replace your brain by a small supercomputer. I guarantee that the observable you will not change. Will you do it then. Ok lets say you won't, are you sure no one would, what if 100 people have done it and they seam fine, still not onboard? What if spouse wants to do it to stave of death? What if its your child. I am sure you would never have your heart replaced by a dead guys either.

Yeah and if we can take another picture right after then we have two MRI pics and if we do this enough times and fast enough its a moving picture, lets call it a movie. So know we know what it looks like and we get to see it work. Thats pretty much all we have ever needed to make a copy of anything. Just because its biological doesn't make it magic.

The guy looking to buy a computer is not IT savy at all. The problem is that the customer has not told the IT Pro what he wants. He told the IT Pro what he thinks will solve his problem. Most people understand the concept I am talking about better when it comes to health care. You don't go to your doctor and say I want Lipitor. If you do, your doctor is not just going prescribe you your drug of choice. You tell your doctor your problem and what you want for an outcome. Then the doctor helps you decide. A client asking for a computer that lasts 15 years is equal wrong. The answer is always going to be, that's impossible, what are your concerns, what is the problem you are trying to solve. Now lets think of a solution that comes as close to that mark as possible. If your client wants a computer that will last 15 years and you give them a computer that could last 15 years you are not doing your job. If you have a computer that will last 15 years then your client can not afford it. I can easily give a client a computer that will last a long long time and be really easy to fix should something go wrong.

I have to strongly disagree with your entire argument. How are a bunch of usb flash drives laying around any different than a bunch of BluRay disks laying around? Put them in a nice case that sits on a shelf and people won't care. Many dvd players, BluRay players, HDTV's oh yeah and computers have USB ports these days. Joe Sixpack 5 years ago didn't have a laptop with wifi either but these days Joe does. Who is to say what Joe Sixpack will and will not know how to do in 5 years? Every thing is moving toward wireless. A wireless HD standard is on the table and one will be picked and standard in TV's in 5 years. Apple TV is out of range today. 5 years from now who is to say. An xbox 360 is getting lowered to 200 bucks. 200 dollars is the magic price point where Joe Sixpack can afford one. It has usb and an internet connection. Xbox 360 is releasing a netflix streaming option. With more and more people connected every year my guess is that in 5 years we will all stream our HD movies.