I agree that they think we are wrong, but I'm not certain that they necessarily fully understand.

What I do think they understand (in their minds) is that the establishment can't be trusted, including accepted science.

The solution as I see it is to better educate everyone in critical thinking skills so they don't get stuck believing things based on logical fallacies in the first place.

Curious how dropsets factor in to the optimization.

Seems to me that UBI establishes a baseline equality. And those that are driven to pursue a life that's past this baseline are free to do so, whereas those that are happy living at the bottom are free to do so.

I think in a country with a strong culture to pursue wealth and career advancements, most people wouldn't be happy mucking around at the bottom.

But if the culture beats into people the idea that "you get what you get and you don't get upset", then a larger percentage of those people will sit at the bottom and happily cash their cheques.

I don't think that all regulations can be generalized to be one thing or another. Some do keep the little guy down, others are for the good of the people. Some are both and others are neither.

So I think support of blind deregulation is just as silly of a stance as regulating everything. So, I agree with you, but don't think the pendulum should swing the other way - regulate where it makes sense (which I think it does in the case of energy grids, since they provide a service to the public that is arguably a necessity).

People doing this work of analysing published results deserve a huge amount of credit. This kind of work is necessary to root out any biases or flat-out lies published by those with an agenda.

It's these people who are keeping science credible.

This has parallels in music production. With great production, you can turn an ok song into a hit. With terrible production, you prevent an amazing piece from taking off.

I say, if you're not an expert in the field, choose the side that the majority of the experts in the field have chosen. If no clear winner, just don't choose.

I'll do you one better. Pythagoras officially determined the spherical shape of the earth 260 years earlier.

How transparent is it after increasing the thickness to make it useable?

You can have a college degree in a subject that doesn't require good critical thinking skills.

I bet those who believe the conspiracies and have higher education are heavily weighted in these subjects.

So, I say:

To which you reply:

I don't know about you, but we never, ever, run our oven while we're sleeping. In fact, we also never run a lot of things while we're sleeping.

Gas stations are as prevalent as they are because no one can gas up at home every night while they're sleeping and start their morning with a full tank.

Imagine if right now every home owner who has their own dedicated laneway or garage also magically started their day with a full tank of gas. How many gas stations would disappear?

To help you imagine this, according to this, 80% of Americans who own their houses/condos have their own dedicated garage or carport. And roughly 2/3rds of Americans own their houses, so that puts the number of Americans who could do this at a conservative 53% of Americans who would only ever need to visit a gas station on the days they drive more than 200-300 miles (conservative, because it doesn't include renters who have dedicated parking spots).

Thanks so much for this, it's super helpful :)

Have a good one

Is it just the stick that you need to replace when you get drift?

I sent one in to Nintendo for a free repair and it started drifting again the first day I got it back. I'd rather fix it myself if sending it in means an extremely temporary fix.

I was thinking about the regen during descent, but I gave up on it as a worthwhile means to save energy because what happens right after descent is landing, where battery recharging can happen off the grid. So, not much of a point, that I see. But I could be missing something.