Intellectually lazy? Intellectually lazy is assuming that "scientific laws" are the same as facts.
They are not. They are our current understanding of science. Nothing more, nothing less.
That understanding can and should change. That's the whole F-ing point of science!!!! Admitting that we don't know everything and attempting to further our knowledge.

And "Chasing a hoax?" No sir. Im following an interesting discussion that may or may not pan out. Just like you.

You know what hurts science? People who are more concerned with their dogma than things that contradict their dogma. A person who is really interested in science VALUES things that contradict their dogma because... SCIENCE!

Will the Em Drive pan out? I have no idea. But the whole point of science is that when we see contradictions to what we expect we take a look at it, not just dismiss it out of hand because "These hoaxes come and go and people waste time on them." Stupid ideas like the earth revolving around the sun.

As much as I love the science, I mostly hope the EM drive proves to work so we can all smack you around for being an anti-space nutter.

Well... yeah. I thought that was kinda clear from the name. INTERNATIONAL Space Station....

Oh come ON.
Not a single post complaining about the wasted funding to mount laster of fighters before we have bridged the "sharks with frickin' lasers attached to their heads" gap?
What is wrong with you people!??!

Ill leave it to someone else to work in "ONE MILLION DOLLARS"

Oh. OK.
So any program that aims to get women into math and science is sexist because its not helping men get in?

Exactly this. I have always believed that capitalism is a sound concept. The problem comes when you start believing in it as an ideology that you defend against all comers.

Many people think of Capitalism (The capital C is intentional) as the solution for everything. Many of them, I think, believe that its because "Gods invisible hand" is manipulating things and making sure that the "worthy" are successful. Thus we have this blending of religion and Capitalism that pulls along a lot of small c capitalists and the moderately religious.

Nothing is the solution to everything. And just because you are successful where others arent doesnt make it Gods will.

Seriously. The simple yellow circle with expressions are perfect because the are nonspecific and can be assumed to apply to everyone.

Now we are adding skin tone... Why? That just opens the door to people complaining about hair color, hair style, eye color, face shape and a ton of other things.
Where is the identical set of emojis for people wearing an eye patch. Left or right eye? Scars? Bald people? Glasses? People who lost their noses in tragic plastic surgery incidents?

They have family emojis. Where is the mixed race family? Same Gender couple? Family with 2 boys, family with 2 girls. How about the family with 4 boys, 2 girls a parrot and a lama?

Specificity is not always helpful.

Exactly right.
And while we are at it, lets stop wasting our tax money on the whole judicial system and police!
I mean, how many years have we been trying to stop crime and yet there are STILL people out there committing crimes!
Its obvious that doing the right thing for its own sake is completely pointless....

Every parent spends so much effort to get their kids to clean up their own messes. But for some reason when it comes to corporations we give them a pass because "it would cut into our profits." Just like a kid whining "But mom, I have to study for this test so I just dont have time to clean that up!"

There is a difference between "weather" and "climate."

Yes, weather changes all the time. The climate tells you what the expected variations of weather should be. If you are seeing weather consistently outside of those patterns, then either your understanding of the climate is wrong (i.e. its based on 100 years of weather, but there is a 200 year cycle of weather patterns) or the climate is changing.

There are serious important issues in the world that need our attention.
Worrying about people who enjoy pranks is not one of them.

Am I the only one concerned about the Australian sharks ability to hack the shark spotting drones?
Whats next? Lasers?

If you don't like the quality of comments here why don't you just move along?

..or you could read the summary where it says "This change occurred when the oldest vehicle, SVN 23, was removed from the constellation." and generously assume that SVN 23 was removed because of a hardware failure and the removal of a satellite from the constellation triggered the software defect and thus both interpretations are correct.

But then you would have no excuse to complain, and where is the fun in that?

Yeah, there is absolutely no value in pointing out our failures as a society. We should just accept life as it is and move on.
White men with power will make certain that women and minorities will never get the vote!

Drivel indeed.

I really wish I had points to give you.
The snark in that made me smile, but more importantly any bastion of science in Missouri needs to be supported.