EdEarl

Today I learned:

Of course it's OK. TY for the explanation.

Today I learned quotes are sometimes written „km/s” instead of "km/s." Is there a reason other than culture/language differences?

Much of Puerto Rico has been without power for four months, and many of its citizens have relocated to the US, especially Florida. The Kotch brothers are funding a little aid for these displaced people to provide essentials, including English lessons. Seems odd, considering they think medicare expenditures are wasted, IIRC.

Polyurethane safety is related

I've learned that wolf-PAC.com has a petition to get big money out of politics, and forapeoplesparty.org is trying to start a third political party. Both are trying to give back power to "We the People."

Yes

I think generalizations can be trouble, regardless of how much we need them. The most ethical way to interact is to treat each person as an individual who has various likes, dislikes and needs.

The answer to the thread title, "Is it ethical to view men and women as different?" is YES; although, there are many scenarios in which men and women are viewed as equals.

Upon review, I agree, but can no longer edit that post.

This article ignores the differences in the sexes. Men and women are not 99.5% different, but closer to 96% different, or about the same as between humans and chimpanzees. This difference is medically important, because men and women suffer from different conditions and ailments. For example: Alzheimer's isn't the only one, there are many such differences. Sex differences are in every cell of women (XX) and men (XY), not just in sexual organs. Personally, I love these differences; have been married for over 30 years. YES men and women are different, and it is necessary and ethically just to act differently with men and women. However, there are limits. Traditionally, women have been denied rights and justice. For example, women have been considered property of men, and some still are. That in my opinion is not ethically just, in general, but if a woman knowingly and willingly marries a man who treats his wife as property, then so be it. If I criticized, both would tell me to get lost--none of my business. In my opinion, there is no simple answer to the OP.

VIcente Fox is Running for President of the USA. It's almost 6 mins of video on youtube, starring Vicente Fox, President of Mexico.

Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines blues club, Chicago, New Year 2016

Whether cats or mice, I'm pretty sure the CIA will induct some animal into their cadre of spies using implants; I'm sure they want a controllable critter cam. .

Recent NASA video of Jupiter show it to be really beautiful.

Poor thing, she should have eaten less meat and watched her weight. Today I learned that Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO) is spending a $B per year to put a base on the moon built by robots.

The smallest brain I've heard of is in a fairywasp, which IIRC has about 100,000 neurons and the nucleus shrink as it matures. These are the smallest of insects, being the size of a large amoeba.

I learned that practicing mindfulness meditation can be done for only one breath; simply focus on taking a deep breath of air and exhaling. Repeat throughout the day, every day. Ref: GoogleTechTalk on youtube, Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation. The speaker, Philippe Goldin PhD, is an associate professor at UC Davis School of Nursing. His postdoc work studied attention, mindfulness and brain systems, including the effects of mindfulness meditation on brain activity and plasticity.

I learned that Scholz’s Star passed through the Solar system (about 50,000 AU) about 70,000 years ago, and it is now about 20 ly distant. Other stars will pass nearby in the future.

Today I learned there is a company that can supply DNA pieces( e.g., a gene) to your specification of a base pair sequence for about $50 US.

Example: The ancient Greeks, including Aristotle, looked around and decided the elements were earth, air, water and fire, which people believed until after the scientific revolution. No progress was made for over a thousand years, because philosophy without science is inept for some issues, including the quest for knowledge about the elements. On the other hand, "Cogito ergo sum," is an example of pure philosophy that may never be improved by science, which seems to be inept on this issue. "Did you mean that philosophy needs established facts?" I don't know. Did the Greeks have facts to conclude the elements were Earth, Air, Water and Fire? I think Cogito ergo sum is based on facts.

The scientific method resulted in all the technological toys and tools used today; these developments span about 500 years of recent human history. Philosophy without science existed for millennium without understanding much about us or our environment; philosophy alone can be inept. Similarly, science is inept without data.

I've seen smarter cabinets in a furniture store.

That $150K would be better spent hiring a pro comedian.