How much you wanna bet slashdot's own favorite commenter gweihir wrote the letter?

Does advertising even work? How come they show me meat ads when I'm vegetarian? Why show me tire ads for weeks after I've bought tires? Is the real point just to annoy?

There is a tendency, among both scientists and non-scientists, to assume that our current scientific theories are correct in some fundamental sense ⦠but the history of science suggests otherwise. Almost all of the theories that were at one time viewed as correct have been abandoned.

â" David Merritt, 2020

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David Merritt is an American astrophysicist and prominent scholar in the philosophy of science. He is a Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), having previously taught at Rutgers University.

How come the same capitalism that lifted billions out of poverty made them not want to replace themselves?

Did slashdot editors really think they could stop AI by throttling my posts to one per day here?

So if bitcoin tumbles, sales go up?

"Insurance companies don't print their own money either. They redistribute the costs of these payouts over their risk pool."

If you ran an insurance company, would you invest premiums to make more from financial returns? Do they turn the popular notion of redistribution of premiums into distribution of financial market profits?

By ignoring the concept of reinsurance, do you contribute to a misinformational myth (whiich benefits insurers because, poor me! I can only pay out what I get in premiums!) that insurance is zero sum when in reality stock market investments make it positive sum?

Can you still smoke Weighur hash openly on the street in downtown Beijing like in 1989, pre-Tiananmen Square incident?

If it was iin China, would they be prisoners?

Electric Universe theory, anyone?

Have you heard the line about markets staying irrational longer than you can stay solvent?

Why didn't you read the actual textbooks before making guesses based on your mood?

Up till now when you built commercial aircraft wings, did you really on fundamental principles that it should be smooth?

"bird feathers are highly effective at promoting and maintaining laminar flow over wings, particularly during gliding, despite their complex, textured, and often "rough" appearance. The microstructure of feathers helps manage the boundary layer, keeping air flowing smoothly to reduce drag."

What did textbooks call it?