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Not if you are Stalin haha. Like I heard many times, in historical cases where a more advanced civilization got in contact with a lesser one, it didn't end so well for the lesser technologically advanced. Even modern human beings treat other humans like lab rats sometimes, wars. I can't imagine things going peaceful if we contacted a extraterrestrial civilization on a similar technological level. But back to the point, I really think it's a much better idea to invest the the funds there are more into exploratory satellites and less into manned missions. I think we can safely gather more information that way. Aside from the ideological and political significance I really see no benefit to just "visit" a planet by human astronauts.

Added an image of Plaque as reference.

Really nice thread. Regarding the plaques. Even if some intelligent life form would get in contact with them, do you really think they could decipher them and find out our exact location? I know math is the "language of the Universe" but maybe they see math differently. Any thoughts?

Hello Forum, I have a friend who is passionate about physics but is pretty naive and will believe pseudoscience and every Ted-talk that he sees as true science. We were arguing about the video below and he was really excited about it as I argued that (in my opinion) teleportation will not be possible as even if I will somehow travel a distance instantly, and have an exact copy of my cells, it will still be different "entity" more like an exact clone than the original. Aside from that the video below shows more of a travel at light-speed option not teleportation in the exact sense of the word. Can you please give more opinions/debunk/confirm or just trash this video below? Thank you!

True Airbrush. I got too excited for a second there haha.

Yes exactly. Like I said, increase control. You might notice I did not open this thread myself. I am just defending a comment that I made in another thread. I did not think about that and too be honest I don't know what would be more fair. To have a fixed amount for everyone or pay let's say 10% of your income. Guys there are so many aspects of this it's inhuman to defend all points haha of course there will be unknowns, cons, problems etc with this idea.

I am sorry Swansont It's just really hard to stay on track when every comment needs to be addressed. My point was Education is lacking because of poor tax fund use. Increasing control on how we spend taxes by paying them directly to the provider is my idea. Which doesn't have too much traction haha. I am very open minded and Just wanted to open a discussion. I don't fully support my idea myself. And I appreciate all your comments. It makes me think about all the aspects. Just wanted to clarify that I am not an angry crazy guy behind the keyboard, mad at the government. I just want to explore this idea.

1% (0.77% to be exact) of your tax money went into science in 2015! 33% went into helping the unemployed. The priority is to first fix the hole in your boat and then throw the water out. Increase funds to Education, the rest will naturally improve.

The value of a currency or a product or a company is given by the trust that the people have in that product, based of course on what that product offers. Let me ask you something. And I am really not implying anything here. An educated law abiding scientist votes for a candidate that realizes the danger that current society poses on the environment and understands exactly what this candidate's plan is, all the laws he wants to try to pass and where he wants to invest his money. He votes for him. Does this educated mans vote count the same as a junky's vote. One with no education, not even a spirit of conservation. Do each of their votes hold the same weight?

And I respect your Opinion. But I see people working for the state as being much less excited and working in a non-competitive atmosphere. If you daze off in a private company they will usually fire you.

1: The Government will still exist. It will audit all business making sure it is up to standard. The government and it's staff will be paid the same as I suggested the police and doctors will be paid except, No, Delta you will not be able to open your own government. Every major expense will be made public. 2: If you get paid, your salary will be deducted by the amount of money necessary for this. 3: In my idea everything would just be more transparent in hopes to increase the efficiency of these funds. You have to understand that no matter what system you have, USA will still have the same resources, they will just be used in a more competitive controlled environment and not the current chaos. 4: I know what you are saying and I feel your pain. It is a disaster. I just gave an example of a privately owned establishment which historically was governed by the government. I did not suggest applying any methods/behavior from these private prisons. Introducing Higher Education only would reduce the number of inmates.

You are still obliged to pay these services but they do not go through the Government making it easier to control and improve. You pay each field separately, directly. It is a very simplified example so don't take it to literally but Imagine the restaurant industry. All of them are verified that they are up to health standards but after this the number of clients depends on the quality of the services in relationship with the price. The competitive nature of the market will make only quality services emerge.

You are a scientist. Maybe it's a speculation but a very high number of people working in the science field are foreign. You are "importing" many scientists and other high level specialization jobs from other countries which is amazing really. But this is the case because your education system does not encourage a career such a difficult area. Immigrant Scientists Invaluable to the United States: http://www.nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/International-Educator.May-June-2015.pdf

There will still be a government. One of educated individuals with experience from many fields. A legislature is still in place. You still mandatory pay for all these services like Police but it does not go through the government. It is still a for of taxation but it does not go to the government. You can open a private security firm like you can in our modern society but it has to have approved/trained staff. There are private prisons in USA so this concept is not new. Your house will not burn, like I said you will pay for these services. If you are unable to work due to old age/disability etc you will receive these benefits. The other people paying will just have to pay a bit more to make up for the number of people which cannot.

What are you basing this on? The private hospital I was mentioning offers free support for people with disabilities, pregnant women etc etc. They do not get any money from the taxes that we pay. Only my lousy 15$ a month and other people like me. Please reduce the aggressive reaction to this post. I am not a flat earther and DrP, I will speculate you are talking from a place of hate not one of logic. We can further discuss your ideas but please do it in a professional manner. I hope not to convince anyone of my views. I just want to freely discuss.

Read my post again. Where did I say to just drop all these services? Where did I say that only people who can afford them can get them? The reason they can't afford them is because they don't have a job most of the times. They don't have a job very often because they lack education. No education because the system is lousy. I met a simple diner cook from Finland once. He knew more history about my country than me. He had comprehensive knowledge about geography, science etc. He all got that from school not by his own passion. Lets go together to Finland and count the Homeless Finnish people. We wont find too many I will tell you that. If you are well educated you will always find a job.

Delta... what is the value of your post? Where did you get the impression that laws would be nullified? I was really hoping for a more mature approach from you. What happens to you if you get stabbed and don't have insurance? Again I am adding as people keep bringing it up: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT TAXATION IS MADE TO HELP POOR PEOPLE?

I really cannot speak about your country but I really pay 15$ a month for this "private healthcare". It sounds way more pretentious for you probably. Exactly, people don't like paying tax. That's why the system isn't working. about this... DrP, I live in Poland...people who are able to are working here. They don't just get social benefit for being lazy. Of course we should take care of the sick and the poor. Just through a different method. Why do you guys see Taxation as the angel of poor people? Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland have huge taxes and all over 24% VAT. But they use this tax money very efficiently, education, healthcare. Not many murders, obesity, drug problems, emigration etc etc there... Taxation can work but the current model applied in most countries is not encouraging progress. Tell me Swansont, how many generations ago did your family move to USA?

Well especially because you are a US citizen, you should know that tax money is not being used at high efficiency. You think USA isn't spending a bit too much on military? In the chart below most tax money is spent on Social Security, Unemployment and Health. No offense but Canada spends less on Healthcare and have much better results. 1% science. Ok I am drifting off but my point is that you either enforce a Tax "police" of remove tax altogether and come up with a new system.

I didn't mean that you pay only when your house is on fire. You pay monthly, like an insurance. Everyone pays the services withing their area. I have private healthcare that I pay monthly for.(a very small amount) It is much more reliable that going for public hospital and the staff and doctors are getting paid much more. You can feel the difference in attitude. Education system is the same. Some private schools are just snobbish but a lot of them follow a very good educational program. Generally they are much better than public ones. This example that I gave is already in use for a lot of fields. Sorry Sensei but in my mind I wouldn't go so far as to remove money. What you describe sounds like communism. I was thinking of less control from Government and let the market live naturally. The market prices will control themselves.

Every multinational company is doing it. Maybe not to tax heavens necessarily but every big company is using Transfer Pricing. I do not oppose "the fire brigade, police and army services, ambulances street cleaners, education and road maintenance too" but we can pay for these services directly like you pay for electricity and not taken from taxes. Trust me, all these services would benefit from such a change. Tax money is poorly controlled, poorly attributed to where it needs to be: "Trump on track to spend exorbitant amount of taxpayer dollars on travels. A watchdog group once calculated that the Aloha state trips cost taxpayers $3.5m a pop – in airfare, security arrangements, communications and medical staff." The people you hear going on strike are teachers, firemen and all the ones mentioned by you. Doesn't seem like they are getting enough of that tax money

I know this is a mismatch, boring topic on this forum but there are a lot of knowledgeable people with experience in a wide variety of subjects so I wanted to get your opinion. Transfer pricing relates to the price applied to intercompany transactions. These transactions can include the sales of products, the provision of a service, the lending of money and the use of (intangible) assets. A simplified example of this is that you can be a multinational company with headquarters in Germany for example, open a branch or even a "mailbox" company in a tax heaven country (Bahamas, Bermuda) with 0 corporate tax and keep 100% of the profits. I oppose taxes in general so I am not taking a side between this Corporate-Government conflict, I just want to get your opinion on what you think/what you would change about this process that takes place in all major companies. Here is a short video that better explains what transfer pricing is.

I know a lot of people have this thirst, this need to find life on another planet and I share this thirst. But instead of manned missions to mars with hopes of colonization I would vote for more probes/satellites/telescopes to be deployed in search of more data regarding the elements and their abundance in other galaxies and much more but that's a long term investment and people don't like to plan too far ahead. “Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”Side note: We really should have more well-documented topics like yours where we discuss a certain paper or a study and not like 90% of the threads where people are trying to disprove and explain to the poster why his speculation is incorrect.

It's pretty hard to argue with that considering that: The most common elements in the Milky Way Galaxy estimated spectroscopically: Hydrogen Helium Oxygen Carbon The most common elements in the Human body: Oxygen Carbon Hydrogen --------------------------------- The very early universe wasn't even hospitable for light. Thank you for the paper. Like many astronomers have quoted, considering that the elements that make life are so commonly found in the Universe, other life is inevitable. I also have a non-data based speculation that the first living cell that all present life originated from was not the first living cell that formed on earth. Maybe there were other cells that did not survive as successfully.

It looks awesome I don't know what you guys are talking about.