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It's just that our choices have consequences. We should not conflate consequences from choosing a certain path with lacking choice / lacking autonomy. Those are different in fundamental and important ways.

It may also be helpful to think of historical context here, like how the concerns of female bodily autonomy in important healthcare decisions are regularly ignored. Seems that we as a culture tend to only follow this principle of autonomy when we feel like it and ignore it most other times. I'd also mention people will still have that choice of saying no to vaccinations and shots. Technically, they're still autonomous beings. They just will lose access to important parts of daily life and infrastructure. Same that happens in schools. You don't get to send your kid to public school if they're not vaccinated. You still have a choice of refusing, but that choice means you're also choosing to keep them out of school, but the autonomy is still yours.

No idea. Still irrelevant to my point.

Just so we're clear, I don't find this to be a valid answer to the actual question I posed.

I'll give you a definite "maybe" on that, but we do know that those who are unvaccinated but who have been infected with Delta variant seem to lack protection against the new Omicron variant, so it's not unthinkable that an Omicron infection will similarly fail to provide protection backwards (or forwards) to other strains. Just because my chainmail vest protects me against swords doesn't mean it will protect me against daggers, or even other types of swords...

Common sense tends more often than not to lead one astray when attempting to describe the cosmos beyond the narrow confines of human experience and evolution.

Mothers womb. Now, back to the "human rights during pandemic" topic at hand...

It seems the answer is always "tomorrow" That's what she said /rimshot

Their faith told them too that Jesus' return was imminent. Refresh my memory... when did said return actually happen?

This doesn’t answer my question. I asked what makes THIS time different. Are you suggesting people of the past lacked faith? After all, and as I said already, people of faith have been saying these same things for millennia. Since all evidence confirms that their faith was wrongly placed, what makes you think yours is not also misplaced?

People have been saying this for over 2,000 years, and have been wrong each and every time. What makes this time different?

We don't have a human right to drive drunk or to avoid stopping at red lights. All rights have reasonable restrictions, and a request to wear a mask, avoid entry if lacking vaccination, or stay home for a bit if sick isn't the tyrannical oppression and removal of freedom that some people seem to think it is. That said, some regulations and rules CAN go too far. Where that threshold exists is where the debate is best focused, IMO. "Your freedom to swing your fist ends at the tip of your neighbors nose."

Thank you

I recommend you calibrate your PC Detection device if this is what qualifies for the 25+ times in this thread you’ve lashed out against it, bc right now you’re getting far too many false positives.

It’s not really a story, but I seem to recall “Blackholes and Timewarps: Einsteins Outrageous Legacy” by Kip Thorne going into some detail here. Not a textbook, not fiction, but very well done.

Wait, what? Are we reading the same thread here?

I’ve never called any single one of you names or suggested ill intent in this thread (if only the same could be said of those responding to me). Please try again.

There. FTFY And if we consider ONLY reproduction, then yet again we return to the original counter: That’s dumb because it ignores the infertile, the prepubescent, and the post menopausal.

We already have one. It’s called “accepting that there’s more than 2 binary categories.” This thread is like: A: Do ALL substances contract when they freeze? B: Nope. A: Of course they do, and that’s what science has said FOREVER. B: Nope. There’s different behavior for water and other related substances when they freeze, for example. Not everything contracts. A: Right, but water is an anomaly. Everything contracts when it freezes. B: Well, I guess if you ignore water and related substances with different behaviors when they get cold then that’s true, but you can’t just ignore water if you wish to remain accurate. A: Yeah, but there’s only a tiny tiny fraction of substances that do this. MOST don’t. B: So what? Clearly not ALL substances contract when they freeze. A: I’m SO tired of the PC agenda that’s ruined science and can’t believe this nonsense is being taught to students. You should be ashamed of yourselves and just stick with the facts. It’s obvious that EVERYTHING contracts when it freezes and I can’t believe you idiots don’t see this! B: Sigh. There’s bismuth, too. A: I wish someone would give me an example of something that doesn’t contract when frozen. B: Silicon, gallium, germanium, antimony, plutonium… I could go on. A: I’m just going to keep waiting for an answer from the experts. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Even the present moment is not discreet, yet that’s the only place / only time we ever are / ever exist ✌️

Well said

You know what cracks me up? The ones I put on the bottom turned out even better (like super crisp and make this top one look sloppy), and nobody will ever see them or even know they’re there (except you and me and readers of this post) 😂 Smart man They’re hand cut. No jigs or templates. Thank you, both ✌️

Now that’s a super cool idea! Am curious how you finish them? Here’s a fun side view of the recently completed table I mentioned above

That’s brilliant. Except for the router, that’s how humans have done it for thousands of years. I haven’t tried it yet, but am looking for a reason. Exactly. That’s one of my favorite parts, too. Puzzles being solved. Skills being acquired. Ideas being made real.

Indeed, probably too many I’m curious how you did the grooves… maybe a straight cut bit in the router, or even a Dremel tool perhaps? They give it such a cool feeling of movement.