you are the only one taking a position... you assumed given the data... i assumed nothing yet realize the mathematics of the known (i.e. in universal terms, we know little) and the mathematics of the probable (number of galaxies, planets, and habitable stars) say you are more likely wrong than right... but to say we…

someone needs to go back to scopes and methods/statistics

This will possibly be the site of the next world war if the climate warms it and makes it accessible. It is highly resource rich, strategically located, and under no claim in international law but that won't stop European, American, and Asian countries from trying.

um no you assumed i had an answer to the question of aliens... and i do not. but if i were to use your logic: hey we have tested this drug on three patients so it should be good for millions of people is the same as saying we have looked at 100 light years of the cosmos and there aren't aliens... case closed amirite?.

okay so at the speed of light... our radio signals have traveled 100 light years... this is not even a large fraction of a galaxy much less a universe. To say it is a failure, you may want to wait a few more years.

Ready for some fun... nuclear powered missile that spews fallout as she goes... plans, I got your doomsday plans...

great description of the development/procurement/constituent appeasement process.

exactly! when you are pushing the technology to the limits of fabrication, design and implementation... there will be unknown issues related to the unknown nature of what is being embarked upon. I.e. if it hasn't been done yet, how do we know what it's going to do?

Let's just put our fingers in our ears and hope that people don't do what they always have done... I mean self delusion will make it all better guys, amirite?

well first, society should be much more efficient in the allocation of markets and resources in that so much excess capacity enters the world and then has to be maintained essentially as a cost to the next generation. And population growth at this point in humanity is scary... the earth cannot tolerate more than a…

and thus once again... balance is the key to prosperity... it is very hard to legislate and at times, balance is a pesky, nebulous concept. But extremism in almost any policy sphere is dangerous. good point tho

my point was more of a glass house, stone throwing metaphor :)

ah got ya... correction noted.

my grandmother still has a bottle of the stuff... burns but no infections lol

and... this is the same family talking about the protection of the family and premarital sex when A) she became pregnant out of wedlock and then B) proceeded to get a divorce (and so did her brother)

I get the systemic factors involved... but you are trying to deflect the fact that it is blatant irresponsibility to not sustain your environment, it is a common thread of the nations of the world to grow each quarter with no sense of the future of humanity and the quality of life when we get there... this was just a…

That house got stoned... I wonder if the owner thinks this situation rocks?

Yah I understand what you are saying... and in the history of earth 99.999% of species has gone extinct. But this is not what I am referring to. We realize sustainability, but in this example, they are referring to Mexico City... a super polluted, poorly managed urban area... So, it seems like we are in a race to…

Good job humanity... Our legacy of the destruction of the habitat and creatures upon which we all rely. Sharing just isn't a thing we just want to do... I mean sure it's necessary for survival, is in keeping with our ethos for living with other humans, and is generally a non-asinine way to behave... but fuck, i need…

Malaleuca plants brought in from Australia to help dry up the swampy land is choking out everything that cannot compete. They did a good job of helping to get south Florida land above water, but now they cannot be easily controlled. Malaleuca grows fast. Hell to kill one, you gotta cut the trunk even with the earth…