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Comment Re:Wait...what? (Score 1) 437

Yeah! Like that John Wayne movie where the Sheriff has a giant, slow moving device which can destroy entire towns,

You mean like a bunch of thugs with AK-47s?

and only throwing a rock off a horse from close range at a particular point on the surface of the device can destroy it!

Like a grenade? Or some kind of explosive device? Possibly hurled over a great distance by a catapult?

And wagons can travel faster than light,

Or just really really fast.

but this capability sometimes breaks down, leading to exciting chase sequences before the wagon zips away to an unknown location!

Hey, improper maintenance is bad for any machinery.

And cowboys can use mysterious powers to control physical objects and influence other people!

Or they can use guns to make 'em do things, or just pay them money, or seduce them.

Frankly, if Star Wars can be a Western I think anything can be a Western.

Yup.

What aspects of Star Trek are so unique that you cannot draw similar parallels?

I can't think of any.

Comment There are re-writes to Adam Smith (Score 1) 353

There are re-writes to Adam Smith. No modern-day economist worth his or her salt agrees with Adam Smith's models or the Classical Ricardian model(s). There are re-writes that explain more about the present-day economies. The only places where Adam Smith is taught is in first-year courses, and the upper level courses are basically about how the things taught in first year aren't true.

Comment Re:"Propaganda" (Score 1) 1486

A) I obviously can read. Perhaps you meant that I am unable to interpret your statements correctly. You should really try being more specific and accurate.

And statements of opinion about facts can be tested

B) Yes we can. One doesn't need a time machine to run a regression.

Comment Re:"Propaganda" (Score 1) 1486

And I noticed that you didn't actually answer my question.

I think a lot of previous generations would be better off if they had more exposure to being engaged in this way.

That is actually testable, and hence, provable. QED.

Comment Re:"Propaganda" (Score 1) 1486

...or whatever tickles their fancy

If it tickles their fancy, why make it mandatory for them to do it?

I think a lot of previous generations would be better off if they had more exposure to being engaged in this way.

Oh, really? Prove it.

Calculate and provide a measure of the increase in social welfare (or whatever you meant by 'better off') if the 'previous generation' had more exposure to being engaged this way.

Comment Re:"Propaganda" (Score 1) 1486

...does as much good for the student as it does for the community (small but potentially significant).

Oh, really? Prove it.

-Do an empirically valid survey

-Conduct the hypothesis test

-Publish results

You didn't just pull that fun 'fact' out of your ass, did you?

the student can pick whatever he wants to do

Its still forced labour. Forcing someone to do anything is wrong, and if its not a choice, its an imposition of will.

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