The doctor is from a group named TANG. I'm suddenly distracted..

As far as I'm concerned, everything I use/consume has already been eaten and otherwise 'processed' by another human. Astronauts do it, just get over the fact that beef isn't created new just for you.

Not too long ago, I read about a different approach to computing. Where today's computers rely on essentially perfect logic (in the form of low and high voltages), the alternate approach could handle noise and used probabilities to make a mostly valid assumption. The benefit of faster calculations and lower voltages (ergo lower power consumption) were greater than the drawbacks of more errors. This seems well suited for quantum calculations

While I cannot justify someone who lies to get what they don't deserve, I do have a certain level of respect for those who change the rules. There are individuals who do not 'test well' but are more than capable of practicing.

What happens when I'm white and she's black?

It's nice to see the remark about NASA getting out of near space to focus on deep space exploration. Seems more 'researchy' given that there is a generation or two of smart people who understand short range space stuff. Let the private businesses figure out how to use near space, and let tax dollars find new possibilities.

I call dibs on Earth!

Aether theory was supplanted by Relativity at the beginning of the 20th century, courtesy (trumpets..) Einstein, in large part because the results were the same and Relativity was simpler. I think simpler models are better (the Ptolemaic system was asinine). I compare Relativity to Phlogiston. Simpler, indeed, but it seems to focus on describing observations as opposed to explaining the cause for behaviors. I am encouraged by developments in Quantum physics which seem to suggest a return to Aether in some form. In my OPINION, Aether makes more sense in the grand scheme of things.

How long will it take to realize that Aether theory had a lot of things right? I don't know much about anything, but I do have a feeling when things feel right. Up until Mr. Einstein, aether was it. The more I see the less I like, and I really wonder how long it will take before science realizes that we are, in fact, in the soup.