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New-Shop-7539 OP t1_jaa1rf5 wrote
Reply to comment by Rare-Birthday4527 in The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
Do you not believe humans have the capability to reform the global system in accordance to what is equally fair?
Feerlez_Leeder101 t1_jaa1m7h wrote
Reply to comment by GardenerGarrett in I have a high amount of anxiety surrounding the future of my job and AI by Business_Pin4533
You hiring? Like kindov exactly what I've been trying to get into. I've just passively been doing a lot of reearch on sustainable agriculture, partially for use in a science fiction book, but also because I think its the absolutely most promising way to do something about the big carbon problem we keep talking about. So its been a bit of a facination for me, and Ive worked in gardens and done landscaping and agricultural work before too.
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Reply to comment by Low-Restaurant3504 in Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
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IcebergSlimFast t1_jaa1brn wrote
Reply to comment by BmanGorilla in Universal ethics/basic law for all people & global moral education: A new way to sustainability and peace? by fortin1984
Hard pass on the first four commandments, which are completely irrelevant to any non-religious person.
They don’t even get around to the not murdering part until number six, which frankly seems a bit late for something so obviously basic and important. Not to mention, the commandments on their own don’t even provide any guidance on when killing is okay vs not. And as anyone who’s ever even skimmed through the Old Testament is well aware, there are so many relatively minor crimes deserving punishment by death that there may as well be a big, fat asterisk on that one.
In conclusion: not a very helpful place to start searching for universal morality.
zachster77 t1_jaa1a7a wrote
Reply to comment by OriginalCompetitive in The Desert of the Virtual. The metaverse heralds an age in which hardly anyone still believes that tech firms can actually solve our problems by Maxwellsdemon17
Is it so easy to minimize the trauma of medical bankruptcies by reducing them to a percentage? 500,000 people dealing with physical and emotional struggles, also having to start their financial lives over? Every year?
If you think about the human experience of these people, I doubt you can dismiss them as a rounding error.
And again, most medical innovation is done with public money, or at the very least R&D tax rebates. The pharmaceutical companies often spend more on marketing elective drugs than they do developing treatments.
Publicly funded innovation should be provided at cost to patients.
ToastTurtle t1_jaa19m7 wrote
Reply to Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
Reality is this is likely about as damaging to society as Y2K was. If the poles reverse, compasses will point to the new magnetic pole and that really is about all that will happen. Since we generally navigate through GPS now it won't impact much and when we do need to navigate using the pole, maps will have to be adjusted to the magnetic pole, not to true North (But since the Magnetic pole has never been at true North it probably won't matter at all since a compass really just ensures you are moving in a constant direction and it still would do that.)
Any of the really catastrophic consequences of the poles shifting would be visible in geological records like in Arctic ice cores. Since the poles have shifted about 100 times in the last 20 million years or so, we definitely could find a record of major problems. Suffice to say our computers and navigation systems can be adjusted as it changes so I expect on the scale of things we would see more likely no impact than any impact.
It is what I expect at least.
New-Shop-7539 OP t1_jaa18gn wrote
Reply to comment by CTDKZOO in The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
It's nothing to do with a movie
Homies-Brownies t1_jaa14nu wrote
Reply to comment by ElderWandOwner in I have a high amount of anxiety surrounding the future of my job and AI by Business_Pin4533
Exactly this. We won't even have have fully automated driving for another decade. I remember saying that in 2016 and so many ppl thought we were a year or two max away, and I've heard that every year since. Honestly think outside of highways n such we may never get there.
Trpepper t1_jaa138b wrote
Reply to comment by 1zeewarburton in Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
Most people who go to the gym for about an hour 3 times a week. Physically demanding work goes for 8-12 hours 5-6 days a week. If you want to see similar results going to the gym, you basically have to quit your job.
Rare-Birthday4527 t1_jaa11r1 wrote
Reply to The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
Like such.
Especially in a cyberpunk world where the infinite is possible.
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New-Shop-7539 OP t1_jaa0ywz wrote
Reply to comment by mf279801 in The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
No I don't want that.
I want the world to at some point come together in unity. A global effort for all to work in the favour of themselves and all.
Any ideas?
Artanthos t1_jaa0xo2 wrote
Reply to comment by aspheric_cow in Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
Airplanes use several different systems.
Yes, they do use gyroscopes, and they do get periodically recalibrated.
Doppler radar is another system. On airport approaches you have TACAN.
All of these systems allow the pilot to make course corrections.
DJSauvage t1_jaa0wxn wrote
Reply to Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
All compass based navigation will grind to a halt. So, no effect.
enderverse87 t1_jaa0vrq wrote
Reply to comment by TurtleneckTrump in Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
We don't actually know that it disappears during the shift. That's just an old speculation that doesn't actually have any evidence in the fossil records.
New-Shop-7539 OP t1_jaa0o1v wrote
Reply to comment by Seiren in The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
My frustration is grand.
I think it needs to be a global reformation, COMPLETELY, for it all to work out. Do you have any ideas that I could think on?
nameTotallyUnique t1_jaa0n29 wrote
Reply to comment by GodsSwampBalls in Opinion: Mining on the moon is no longer a loony idea, and Canada can capitalize on it by Gari_305
Not contradicting you but an Interesting fact:
there is a dam in china that actually slowed down the earth rotation a tiny fraction. Can't remeber whats is called saw a youtube movie about it.
Sry kinda lazy message.
Houston_Here t1_jaa0c50 wrote
Reply to Sunlight reflection (solar geoengineering) must be studied: scientists by BernieEcclestoned
Yeah I saw this movie. The machines turned us into batteries.
How about we just USE the sun to make power rather than block it out.
davidolson22 t1_jaa0akd wrote
I already have a robot that washes and dries my clothes. All I have to do is put them in.
mf279801 t1_jaa09u5 wrote
Reply to The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
So you want a dictatorship with lots of feel good fluff on top of it. Noted.
derlocke t1_jaa08rb wrote
Reply to comment by Dzus in I have a high amount of anxiety surrounding the future of my job and AI by Business_Pin4533
Can't say what's worse, wrong code or no code at all xD
1zeewarburton t1_jaa06f7 wrote
Reply to Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility: Study suggests occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone levels. by filosoful
Is this because of the physical activity so would going to gym have the equivalent effect?
New-Shop-7539 OP t1_jaa043a wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
Now my ignorance becomes apparent...
What do you mean??
Seiren t1_jaa00zr wrote
Reply to The world should be governed by people with intellectual thought and people should listen by New-Shop-7539
I think people should be guided by intellectual thought but I don't know about governed. It's possible to stray too far into authoritarianism which inevitably seems to leads to an overthrow because even the wisest can make mistakes and be unable to justify them to the masses.
I get your frustration though: sometimes it feels like a bunch of irrational fools have much influence and power.
Novaleah88 t1_jaa1tjr wrote
Reply to comment by bigmikemcbeth756 in Magnetic pole reversal by Gopokes91
Isn’t Florida already kinda… squishy?