Wrong...education = population control.

Yes, the effect of one person on the global economy is very small. However, buying something and selling it at a higher price increases costs for someone, that's for sure. Whatever hand-waving you want to perform (no one else would have bought it, there's a bigger market online, etc.)...that's up to you.

But he does raise average costs to the consumer in a difficult to recognize way.

According to my sample, 2+2=4.75 with 95% confidence.

The thing about evolution and genetics is that there are tradeoffs. For instance, we're probably breeding cows to maximize meat production (size and muscle mass genes). This isn't free - more mass means sacrifices are made in other areas, perhaps the immune system is one area which loses effectiveness because of genetic factors related to breeding larger cows.

I like "cosmic power" a little more than "space might." +1 google.

Too bad it's the backward-facing ones that give my browser all the trouble.

So were the facts that determined rightness to be the domain of religion gathered by the scientific method? That's a little pedantic...but so is claiming that all of science is a model. Science is also about observation and understanding (perhaps in the effort of modeling but that is chicken v. egg).

I generally agree with the above comment. However the people that develop a condition because of a vaccine are certainly worthy of consideration even if they consist of a small group.

Except we've all been trained to press ctrl+s every five minutes and will call tech support when we can't find the little diskette icon.

Are you asking for a challenge?

The fear of prison rape appears to be one of the main reasons to avoid getting jailed. It's quite barbaric the way our society uses sex as punishment.

tl;dr Google Wave failed because it was a glorified chat room.

Legal and fiscal bullying is one of the more common applications of copyright law, apparently.

I watched the video. To me, it isn't completely clear what is being shot down. The craft could be made of wood or paper (or something even more flammable) for all I know. On the one hand it looks impressive and powerful. On the other hand, it's very unclear what we are actually watching.