Some rich people have this idea that they can live in their cozy-comfy enclaves, and let the rest of the world go to shit. In fact, not only to let it go, but to hasten it's demise through plunder. Sorry. If you're rich and you think of yourself this way, instead of imagining that you are separated on some island, picture a bulkhead of a ship with a wall built similar to the Titanic's (not going all the way to the top). You breathe the same air, eat food from the same farms and fish from the same ocean, and your shit goes to the same place. There are a lot more monkeys on the other side of that bulkhead wall than you've got on your side, and if you think you can isolate yourselves from the problems on the other side, well ... you're gonna have a bad time.

Hmm. I agree.

Henry Markram would like a word with you.

I like how the naysayers are depicted as sober, rational minded individuals while those who see things progressing more rapidly are shown as crazy lunatics. They are both making predictions about the future. Why is one claim more valid than the other? We're talking fifteen years into the future here. Do you think that the persons/people predicting that "heavier than air flying machines are impossible" only eight years before the fact were also the sober ones?

Lord Kelvin was a sober, rational minded individual. He was also wrong.

I also would never break any laws if I had the people who wrote the laws working for me.

Rich people who pay less of a tax rate than people who make a whole lot less aren't violating any laws, but they are surely fucking this country over, their flag-waving and jingoism notwithstanding.

You know, I don't usually support insults like this, but SuperKendall's post shows such a level of willful ignorance and misinformation that I think in this case MightyMartian isn't actually insulting him but stating a fact.

Kind of like marriage.

Because 'George “The Average Weight” Sanger' sounds silly.

Lets assume you're right. How does their grasp of science effect the freshness of their kale? Cause I really don't care about the former when compared to the later.

Go to Safeway or any other supermarket and take a look around. Or do you really think that post cereals promote heart health? Hell, it took a law suite to stop "vitamin" water from claiming health benefits from their sugar water.

I, for one, am shocked that MtGox (Magic the Gathering: online exchange) has failed at handling huge sums of money.

Ht Charles Stross

Did you just say that ~43% of Americans are mildly sociopathic? Because that's the number that has tried pot, which is still illegal everywhere in the US (federally). If you think everyone around you is a sociopath, you might want to shift your attention inward.

I think you're wrong. I think it's an oversimplification and over-rationalization to say that there is one combination of ingredients which is optimal, and to be aimed for every time. I never want my food to be uniform; I want it to be varied and imperfect, as that adds to the excitement and interest of eating.

And I know I would much prefer the variation to be down to a cook's whims rather than a process which intentionally introduces a quality-controlled level of randomization.