It's almost like this site focuses on the latest tech.

And 440hz is "concert A".

"I looked at Java once 20 years ago and didn't like it, trust me. "

Vaccines aren't a political topic. If they are to you then you should probably re-think your life.

Endowments come with many strings attached. Just because they have $13B USD doesn't mean they are allowed to spend it anyway they like. Most of the funds are earmarked for specific purposes. Additionally it must be invested to ensure future returns.

It's not like they could just cut a check for $13B...

And just because "they all laughed at Einstein" doesn't mean that your stupid idea is correct.

I highly doubt you would be all for spending this money researching whether we can create roads out of ice cream simply because "it might work!". You'll go broke very fast funding every crackpot with an idea.

Plausibility MUST be a factor in determining where to put money and time. And solutions that are already better in EVERY way already exist (just put tilted panels along the side of the roads). And those options will always be better since they don't need to work around the constraints.

Solar roadways is not an experiment - it's a con.

Or... It's just a stupid idea that everyone should know will fail from the start? I don't need to put my cat in the stove to know it's a bad idea anymore than I need to spend millions on solar panels in the road to know that's a bad idea.

And the theme song will be stuck in my head for hours...

Some people like to test their fixes a bit before releasing them to production systems.

What's the difference?

This guy/gal gets it.

"Unsolicited advice of almost any kind has always been a socially inept move."

Do we really live in a society where that isn't obvious??? Telling some coworker they need to lose weight is NOT being helpful - it's being a dick.

I think it just turns out that most guys are just assholes. Look at the Slashdot community as an example. You're about to get a *ton* of knee-jerk insults from the gaggle of dicks who frequent this site. If you were a woman the insults would likely be worse. "You can't tell me I'm not perfect" is the standard ideology around these parts.

Perhaps it's Gabe's Greater Internet Fuckwad[1] theory at work? Maybe we need to teach proper philosophy in school? I dunno. But humanity in general is a major let-down.

[1] https://www.penny-arcade.com/c...

How do you know that science produces something that is true? How do you know what you are doing *is* science?

That is where philosophy of science lives. It guides the scientific method. Just because science has made wonderful advances doesn't mean that it has out-lived the need to discuss what science is and how to apply it or approve it.

Science and philosophy still haven't solved the "demarcation problem" for example. And "science" can't. It's a philosophical question.

The two don't compete - they work together. Though for some reason modern scientists seem to think they can do without the philosophy...

What about our precious bodily fluids?