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Comment Re:We won't have a society anymore.. (Score 0) 148

Second, buy a sign like this: https://www.safetysign.com/pro... [safetysign.com]

"This school is protected by armed personnel" is supposed to deter a shooter who is planning to kill people, and then ... leave alive? Or leave without being identified? School shooters aren't coming in to rob a bank.

Comment Re:Larry Niven just felt his ears burn (Score 1) 128

A Frenchman, an Englishman, and a New Yorker are captured by cannibals. The chief cannibal tells them that they are going to be killed, and their skins will be used to make canoes.

The chief, however, gives them the choice of how they want to die. The Frenchman says, “I will take ze sword.” He takes it, says “Viva la France!” and runs himself through.

Next, the Englishman says, “I will take the pistol.” He says, “God save the Queen!” and shoots himself in the head.

Finally, the New Yorker says, “Gimmie a fork.” The chief cannibal thinks this is kind of odd, but gives him the fork anyway. The newyorker starts stabbing himself all over with the fork. The chief cries, “What are you doing?!” and the newyorker screams, “So much for your fucking canoe!”

The US (New England, at least) has nothing to fear.

Comment Re: It almost writes itself. (Score 1) 55

However, the language you wrote had to make it through your eyes and ears, visual/auditory cortex, language center, over to the motor cortex, and down to the fingertips and tactile corpuscles and back to the brain with every pencil stroke, and back to the eyes while you're watching what you're writing.

Then when you reread the text, multiple parts of your brain are likely lighting up. Then you go to the discussion section (are those are still a thing?), and as long as the notes don't look completely alien when you reread them, you can use that time to consolidate the concepts.

Our brain (co-)evolved in our physical environment, and abstracting away from the physical elements of interaction can cause us to lose things without realizing it. Just a suspicion.

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