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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:29 pm  
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Aestu wrote:
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Joklem, the ignore feature is fantastic for ignoring idiots. ;)


"Idiot" is Internet for "someone who consistently causes me to question my inflated estimate of my own intelligence".

I don't pretend to know all, but I don't call people idiots just because they point out errors in my reasoning.


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Our country is split pretty evenly between Republicans and Democrats, so it is no surprise that political office would flip flop between the two.


The folly of this is apparent when you look at other countries. Dualist polarization and see-sawing is a uniquely American political dynamic. The very few other countries that have such systems (England, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan) don't have the kind of rigid back-and-forth that we do.

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I think it is funny when people bitch about healthcare being too expensive, all while sitting in their apartment with cable, a flat screen, fancy cell phone, eating out all the time, etc. Healthcare is affordable if you prioritize it and pay for insurance. What they really mean is that Healthcare isn't free. Tell the doctors that pay almost half a million dollars to pay for school that their services should be free :)


This is half true. It would be more accurate to say that regarding government services. Medical care was more affordable a few decades ago, but insurance profit margins, material costs, and doctors' pay was lower.

The "my education is worth what I paid for it" bit is idiotic. Only a fool believes price and value is the same. Cuba, China, India, Iran, and Western Europe churn out doctors as good as ours for a fraction the price. Flatly, the belief that American doctors are somehow superior because of their "education" is testament to subconscious racism.

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And Mayo, I love you, but seriously, you need to stop raging against Republicans all the time. We aren't as stupid as your teachers tell you we are ;)


My teachers don't tell me that and yes you are.


go on, tell us more.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:39 pm  
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I have to see this report about the carrier, I'm betting it's some high quality journalism...not.

I've read that the alarm on the aircraft carrier went off twice; once was after the first explosion occurred. The ship has multiple sensors on board since it's nuclear powered, so it detected a very low trace of radiation some 100 miles out to sea. (This was the basis for his clearly fact-driven assessment that there is more radiation closer to the plant without actually having any proof of that.) The second time the alarm sounded is when some helicopters returned from doing a relief mission. The 17 personnel on board had extremely low traces of radiation. CBRN procedural scrubbing commenced to remove the contaminates; the servicemen checked out fine.

Want sources? Google that shit.
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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:48 pm  
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Holy fuck. You could just not read what someone says. It's not that difficult. You guys are acting like a bunch of six year olds.

Grow up.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:50 pm  
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Needhelp wrote:
Holy fuck. You could just not read what someone says. It's not that difficult. You guys are acting like a bunch of six year olds.

Grow up.


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Too often today, we write off the destructive aspect of learning. People are eager to share facts, information, ways of thinking, but not so eager to break down that which is faulty.


You're just watching the destructive aspect of communicating.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:02 pm  
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This thread has AIDS.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:10 pm  
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This thread has AIDS.


HAHAHA, I was just singing this song while making the bed. :)


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:33 pm  
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Maybe a tsunami of reason can wash this thread.



Pre-emptive note: nutjobbery =/= skepticism. (e.g. when an authority in question may be withholding some data, you don't just invent some to suit your purpose before having any idea of the matter at hand.)
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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:35 pm  
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As I posted that my phone went ding ding ding, new tweet by Plait linking to his blog (I really love this push shit):

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... rreaction/
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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:42 pm  
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I have a better wave idea, the one wave that can save any thread, party or mass murder:



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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:53 pm  
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this is worse then 4chan. i mean that 100%.
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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:00 pm  
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I'm telling you, this is procedure
they have back-up plans for their back-up plans coming out of their ass
they don't care that the water is being exposed to radiation, because they don't want to release it
they are managing the pressure of that water turning to steam through controlled venting
shielding has nothing to do with distance
the site has probably been remotely handled since this started
the workers that were exposed and became ill were probably the last ones outw
we don't have the money to lend, anyway
maybe they're too busy putting out the melting reactor


You want to talk about "assumptions", there's a bunch of them.

You seem incredulous they use diesel pumps. Yes, they do, and there's a damn good reason why: so the pumps can operate even if the grid is disabled.

Shielding is most definitely a function of distance; I mentioned "shielding" in this context should someone make a lame argument like, "Well, maybe there's mountains in the way, or something". The amount of radiation absorbed by a barrier is a direct function of the distance * whatever is in the way. Even air provides significant impediment to radiation, if enough of it is in the way. By contrast, it's mathematically impossible for any barrier, however thick, to actually block 100% of radiation, although the trace amount that passes through may be incredibly marginal.

The "debt ceiling" you mentioned is for the federal government. It doesn't apply to banks and other institutions that do loans to other governments. And even the debt ceiling is just a piece of paper; it gets raised all the time as Congress so needs. I'm not saying that's a good thing, simply that the debt ceiling isn't an obstacle to anything. Not that it's even relevant in this context.

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...his clearly fact-driven assessment that there is more radiation closer to the plant...


So, what you're saying is, it's entirely possible that there is more radiation 100 miles away from a leaking nuclear reactor than there is at the point of the leak. Am I understanding you correctly?


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:02 pm  
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Callysta and Joklem completely proved my point that they're just butthurt that I challenged their own delusions of intellectual superiority.

Callysta says she wants no parts of discussion with me but dogpiles in when someone else also gets butthurt for the same reason, which is that they like to think of themself as some sort of intellectual/scientist/genius and foam at the mouth when this is challenged.

Joklem's only response when having been proven to not understand the science he claims to be obsessed with is to blabber about how head-spinningly hard his field of study is and to link a Youtube about the scientific method, just as I said earlier in this thread - jpeg linking / cool stuff isn't the same as scientific understanding and critical thinking.

Folie a deux. Fun times.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:04 pm  
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Aestu wrote:
"Idiot" is Internet for "someone who consistently causes me to question my inflated estimate of my own intelligence".


Hmm... from our discussion on lore:

Aestu wrote:
You're a contrarian idiot


I guess it makes sense now.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:09 pm  
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Laelia wrote:
I guess it makes sense now.


I didn't want to spoil that one for you.


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 Post subject: Re: @Japan
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:10 pm  
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Laelia wrote:
Aestu wrote:
"Idiot" is Internet for "someone who consistently causes me to question my inflated estimate of my own intelligence".


Hmm... from our discussion on lore:

Aestu wrote:
You're a contrarian idiot


I guess it makes sense now.


Good shot.

Note I simply walked way - I didn't feel compelled to ignore you because I couldn't handle what was being said, I simply stopped arguing when I realized the discussion was futile.


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