Politics

I suppose, people here have heard about the Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester and the counterfactual definiteness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitzur–Vaidman_bomb_tester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfactual_definiteness I have a question: can this experiment be performed at the level of countries for avoiding a nuclear war? Let’s consider, that in 2300 A.D. there is a country with a dictator Kim 8, who oppresses the people, exports some resources and controls the overbomb which can totally destroy the planet. He is loosing power because of the sanctions, and decides to use a weird strategy – threatens that he will annihilate Earth if…

Ever since i had ideas on how to improve my own country, i always thought it would be cool to make one... but the thing is i dont know how. I've thought about doing a charter city instead but i'd love full independence to experiment with certain policies, governments, economic systems, how houses are built, how you vote, public transportation... you get the idea. i dont want it to be big, maybe the size of a medium city. this city would be more for experimentation at first (haven't considered the troubles of redesigning a city rapidly.) if you think this discussion should go somewhere else please let me know, i wasnt quite sure where this would belong. and yes,…

To show off to the world what the US could do? Japan was already beaten. We also found out that the Nazis never developed anything close to an A bomb. Japan was already totally cut off from the world by US submarines and air force. No more imports so they were on the verge of starving. They were also having their cities systematically destroyed by huge B29 incendiary strikes, like the one that killed 100,000 people in Tokyo IN A DAY. All that happened by using the A bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to REVEAL to the world that such a weapon EXISTS. What they should have done, IMHO, is realize that nobody needs to know about IT, and that IT should be covered up so nobody …

I just did a search, it's seven years since the last post on overpopulation (on an overpopulation thread) so why not take a look at the latest? This is from Bing : And here's a youtube clip of how India is coping with a bit of crowding :

Many unusual and curious versions of the English bible have been printed since the reformation. The ‘Wicked Bible’ of 1631 found its way into history by omitting the word ‘not’ from the 7th commandment (Exodus 20:14) and enjoining its readers, on the highest authority, to commit adultery. Others include ‘The Treacle Bible’ of 1568 (Jermiah 7:24 - “Is there no treacle in Gilead”), The Printers Bible of 1702 (Psalm 119:161 - “Printers have persecuted me without a cause” - [instead of of ‘Princes’], and ‘Rebekah’s Camels Bible’ of 1823 which gives Genesis 24:61 as “Rebekah arose, and her camels” instead of “her damsels”. But few of them are quite as odd as the ‘Go…

Most of the "insanely rich people" are "self-made", so they know they have to force poor people to get off their asses and start up business on their own, just like they did decades ago.. Capitalist (libertarian) values are private property, private business, self-made business owner, earned by his/her own hands. Tax evasion is part of this. Government does not spend well funds gained due to taxes on regular people. Which you can see on your own eyes. And it is on either side of the world, no matter if we look at US, EU, Russia, China or whatever.. If the U.S. spent its tax money well, it wouldn't have the highest percentage of homeless people in the developed …

From the French Revolution onwards we have come being slow-cooked as a society. The French Revolution? Hasn't that been a good thing? Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? Demagogy. It has always been about getting people to the extremes. Make them hate some abusive kings or rulers, and give them the opposite, useless puppets working for the hidden monarchs. It's a loss, isn't it? Majorly when there isn't anything with what to compare. Massive column of a system of mass manipulation. And the use of good words to hide evil concepts have drifted away the naïve. Maybe to get them realizing when they are so corrupted that they don't care much.…

In any moment, is just a matter of time. Many of you come to this forum because you are researchers, maybe actually working on science fields. But the thing is, our thinking has been conditioned systematically from the beginning. We have been raised in captivity. And now, it comes the waking up, and the reaping the consequences. What I am calling for is a controlled demolition of the Matrix, to prevent the damage and chaos it was intended to be brought. How many "psychiatrists" actually heal their patients? Pretty much no one. Because they get paid for playing ball. And how many psychologists the same? They are useless, they ar…

I don't understand the thought process in filming the rebuttal in a kitchen. Also boo to geolocks.

What if Biden get re-elected, but drop dead one day after that, who will replace as the new President?

Does anyone think that the geopolitical centre of gravity needs to move away from the US and towards more collectively level-headed democracies? At 62, I'm starting to think that American influence and dominance is too toxic for the world. Even on the 'left' of the American political spectrum, the likes of Biden are merely paying lip-service to world peace as long as no one takes a slice of their pie. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The extent to which we are now seeing the worst elements of British politicians embracing the worst elements of US politics is disturbing. The UK has the most far right government I've seen in my lifetime here... and getting worse. …

“what makes this fee revolutionary is that it will apply to emissions that don’t happen on European soil. The EU already puts a price on many of the emissions created by European firms; now, through the new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, the bloc will charge companies that import the targeted products — cement, aluminum, electricity, fertilizer, hydrogen, iron and steel — into the EU, no matter where in the world those products are made.” https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/big-boost-europe-carbon-neutral-goals-cbam This removes incentives to move carbon-intensive industry out of the EU, since that won’t sidestep tari…

I'd like to see what these people would do if a room with a baby in a box and a portable canister of 12 frozen embryos* were trapped in a room with a blazing fire and only has time to get one of either out. If they grabbed the canister instead of the baby, do they honestly think they saved 12 children and only lost one? The law is clearly asinine, They are talking about a blastocyst having equal rights to a living person. *They aren't even embryos, which is from 3- 8 weeks. 'Blastocyst' doesn't have that nice, cuddly sound to it, does it? People playing fast and loose with scientifically defined words, with specific chronological ranges, to suit the…

The problem is, most of these people think they can remember what it was like, when it was written down... 80+ year olds should NOT!!! have a political opinion, let alone a finger on the trigger...

I just found a site called They Work For You , which records MP's voting actions on the Commons floor and what they've said there. Is there a US equivalent? The (clean) link is a page for my MP, to give you an idea what I'm looking for.

I think there are two, SK (South Korea) and japan. Others against the West, or they do NOT support the West, or they say they do NOT want to take sides.

Jimmy Carter said, a powerful China is good for the USA. Jimmy Carter also said that, China is NOT a threat to the USA. Jimmy Carter also said that, he believe that if a person looks at his eyes, then the person is NOT going to lie to him. So I believe he is a very stupid man.

Following an exchange regarding swing voters in another thread and in order not move things off-topic, there is a recent poll putting Biden behind Trump in a number of swing states. It is likely paywalled, but basically in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania Trump is leading between 4-10 points, whereas in Wisconsin Biden is up by 2. Biden lost among nonwhites (while Trump was up among whites to begin with). Also, for some reasons folks still think that Trump be better for the economy and Israeli Palestinian conflict. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/us/politics/trump-biden-times-siena-poll.html So maybe 200 voters in WI are not enough th…

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YT transcript: ...and that's exactly what happened- Russia taking over Eastern Ukraine to create a land bridge to Crimea. I think he's also right about the reason for the eventual invasion: The weakness shown by US towards Putin. My punctuated requote: The "NATO encroachment provocation" narrative of the spark of the Russian-Ukrainian war is incorrect. What provoked Putin wasn't the intimidating strength being shown by NATO but weakness shown by the United States. Putin knew that the US wasn't willing to shore up Ukraine, especially after the nothingburger it was served after the Crimea invasion. If Trump wins the election, Ukraine is fucked.…

This was inspired by @TheVat's post on another one of my topics, so blame him if you don't like what I have to say 😛 Suppose conservatives, in order to combat the bolded threat, propose a ban on modern computing power & internet bandwidth. How would you feel about such a proposition? This is to some degree, this is how some conservatives (the halfway rational ones at least) feel about assault rifle bans. I don't know how many of you have spent extensive amounts of time in rural areas, but guns are just another tool in the kit for them to use to dispatch pests, defend themselves against unwanted "guests", recreation, and so forth. For them, going from an A…

Hello. I think I know the stars on the left flag represent the number of U.S. states. What is the meaning for the apparent many more on the right side (presidential) flag ? Or is an optical illusion being also 50 ? Hi. Wikipedia shows no count, there is 'small' stars too... ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_president_of_the_United_States And what are the 'clouds' about ?

Any thoughts on the potential outcomes this? From what understand, if done correctly with no significant rebreathing of carbon dioxide, they should be unconconcious in a few breathes. If it carries out without incident, the 'cruel and unusual' label won't stand anymore.

I'd wager money Trump has a monetary interest (or a close "friend" with an interest) in increasing sales of hydroxychlorquine. His cheerleading to me screams of stock price manipulation.

This is what Trump plans for his enemies. The Capitol police were physically abused by his mob for being "so bad and so evil" for defending Trump's enemies INSIDE the Capitol! Is this respect for law enforcement? WHO exactly are "so bad and so evil"? Earlier he said "Move the fooking mags, let my people in! I don't care if they are armed! They are not here to hurt me!" (They were armed to hurt Trump's enemies, which is ok.) "I know your pain. I know you are hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side. You have to go home now. We have to have peace....This was a fraudulent election..…