> I wonder what "the dark ages 2.0" will be like

Watch "Idiocracy".

Thanks for the insight. I was raised in a very lenient family (religion-wise) and checking references is just something that you did.

I have met some of these people myself, and I still don't know what to tell them. I have tried to point out that they *do* make very reasonable logical checks in other environments (like, say, when someone is trying to sell them a car, they really think about whether the price is ok, what is the cut the seller is getting, etc). But on religious terms, they just accept assertions without going through the same process. That was my best attempt, and I still got no good results.

Right now my strategy consists on leaving them be, and hoping that they "find a way to start questioning" on their own, like you did when you were 9.

In your opinion, how can one "gently push" a religious person to "bother" checking citations?

For the lawyers.

I have started looking at golang, and personally I wouldn't mind it taking over C. I realize it's a completely unrealistic scenario, and others will (strongly) disagree with me. But there you go.

> simply because no advert could ever be long enough to capture the true nature of a science (or in fact, any) job.

I would say that it's impossible to do *for the people that do ads*. I can think of 3 or 4 different ways of capturing the nature of science in 30 seconds or less.

Trouble is, I know nothing about doing ads.

> A friend joked that I should be given a free Windows phone, that will certainly spell its demise.

Start a kickstarter campaign.

Well, it's always the same reason, isn't it? Someone wants money.

Does this mean that they don't know exactly where Voyager is? Why do they need to deduce its position from the nucleons' energy?

... They are not "insiders" any more. You could call it "previously-insiders" threat.

I use lots of computers (around 5). I have forced myself to learn Unity. It's not perfect, but it is good enough for me. I don't have to go and hack 5 machines to catter for a different taste.

I use vim for a similar reason. I manage around ~12 different servers via ssh. I can use the same editor in all of them. It was terrible at first, but now I'm ok.

Possibly, yes. Probably, no.

I wouldn't worry about the copy staying similar to the original for too long.

The wealthy chinese soon will grow tired of the "common looking" of the houses, and will want to "improve" them. Preferably with lots of red and golden colors. And some neon lights.

That's the logical explanation when you can't find any other logical explanation. Ask any religious person.

The reasons you give are anecdotal. It is just a better browser (especially better than IE).

> Your excuses, they ring hollow.

All rings are hollow. Otherwise you would not be able to put your fingers in them.