Recent comments in /f/Futurology

Feerlez_Leeder101 t1_jaa1m7h wrote

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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IcebergSlimFast t1_jaa1brn wrote

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.

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zachster77 t1_jaa1a7a wrote

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.

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ToastTurtle t1_jaa19m7 wrote

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.

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Trpepper t1_jaa138b wrote

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.

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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.

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Seiren t1_jaa00zr wrote

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.

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