Protectionism never works.
Except it worked for much of American history, and the history of other countries, too. We used to fund the government with tariffs instead of income taxes and the country boomed for many decades.
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I was quite tolerant of this guy until now
by never a jw inpresident trump is definitely a demagogue, a populist, and not a great extemporaneous speaker, just to mention few of his more conspicuous flaws.
however, i was going along because "it's the economy stupid".
now that has changed.
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Moravec's Paradox
by Coded Logic inthis seems to be yet another nail in the coffin for creationist arguments.
the reason humans are intelligent isn't because we need brains capable of appreciating "gods creation".
rather, it's a side effect of needing large amounts of computational power for our highly refined motor skills.
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Consider a relatively simple task - like picking up a glass of water. This requires the use of our primary motor cortex, our supplementary motor cortex, our premotor cortex, our posterior parietal cortex, and our occipital lobe. This over half of our brain.
A finch can pick up a piece of straw and weave it into a nest with a brain smaller than the tip of your small finger.
Though I'm sure by then creationist will have switched their arguments from "mankind is gods special creation" to "god wants all species to appreciate his creation"
They could be at our level at some point, but considering, after nearly 4 billion years, that technological life has only happened once, it is highly highly unlikely.
Especially not octopi and corvids. They won't be composing haikus in a million years no matter what.
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Moravec's Paradox
by Coded Logic inthis seems to be yet another nail in the coffin for creationist arguments.
the reason humans are intelligent isn't because we need brains capable of appreciating "gods creation".
rather, it's a side effect of needing large amounts of computational power for our highly refined motor skills.
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Rather, it's a side effect of needing large amounts of computational power for our highly refined motor skills.
Many lower animals (with lots less "computational power") are capable of feats that require excellent motor control. They don't necessarily qualify as "intelligent" in the human sense. And the motor control cortex of the human brain is only a small part of the total structure.
"it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility."
Because you can't work on a solution if you don't understand the problem. You can't code what you can't codify. Much of what we are able to do depends o unconscious knowledge that's difficult to codify (since we do not consciously execute an algorithm).
Polanyi: We know more than we can tell
http://infed.org/mobi/michael-polanyi-and-tacit-knowledge/
Which has lately been called a paradox:
http://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2015/10/polanyis-paradox-will-humans-maintain.html
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Republicans Are Not Welcome!
by minimus inthe owner of the used apple store in derry new hampshire has put on his facebook that republicans are evil and they are not welcome in his store.
he has done tv interviews now saying that republicans simply should not try to come in and he can generally tell if someone is a republican.
it is interesting that a business owner can bar someone because of their political opinions but if a business owner conscientiously couldn’t make a cake for a gay couple,they are in legal jeopardy..
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No Bible = No God?
by menrov insome doubt about the bible completely, some partially.
what if the bible turns out to be a product of humans, nothing divine.
would you still believe in a creator?.
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Another School Shooting: The Gun Violence/Mental Illness Debate Continues
by jp1692 inin the aftermath of the valentine's day school shooting in florida, i have read quite a number of articles, blogs and posts about the event.
it is disturbing--and i think inexcusable--that many people take the opportunity to use horrible tragedies such as this to push their own particular agenda.. in particularly insensitive and tone-deaf tweet, conservative political commentator tomi lahren wrote: "can the left let the families grieve for even 24 hours before they push their anti-gun and anti-gunowner agenda?
my goodness.
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Florida legislature voted.
Bump stock ban amendment fails
Assault Weapons Ban amendment fails
Trigger lock requirement amendment fails
Private sale ban amendment fails
Gun registry amendment fails
Fail fail fail.
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Another School Shooting: The Gun Violence/Mental Illness Debate Continues
by jp1692 inin the aftermath of the valentine's day school shooting in florida, i have read quite a number of articles, blogs and posts about the event.
it is disturbing--and i think inexcusable--that many people take the opportunity to use horrible tragedies such as this to push their own particular agenda.. in particularly insensitive and tone-deaf tweet, conservative political commentator tomi lahren wrote: "can the left let the families grieve for even 24 hours before they push their anti-gun and anti-gunowner agenda?
my goodness.
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Face the truth leftoids. The more you make noise and squeeze, the worse it gets.
Florida Gun Show sees “record number” of attendees despite gun control debate
http://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/florida-gun-show-sees-record-number-of-attendees-despite-gun-control-debate/67-523267641
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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I dedicate this to my newborn daughter, whose beautiful face takes away my breath.
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Why I get out of bed every morning.
by compound complex inbecause someone needs my help.. as a jw -- you can relate -- i truly believed that what everyone really needed was the kingdom hope and its eventual reality.
you know, the hope that does not lead to disappointment.
of course, if anyone needed practical help with a task or getting through some difficulty, most of us realized that was part of being a helpful and caring friend (or family member).. at nearly seventy years of age -- no, i didn't enter the promised kingdom in my healthful and vibrant youth -- my getting out of bed isn't so bad.
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Bless you Compound Complex, you are a beautiful soul. I hope you have many more good years, full of meaning and purpose, but with enough time for contemplation also.
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More Catholic lies!!!
by TTWSYF inthe catholic church gets a lot of credit in this book by a protestant.
title-how the catholic church built western civilization.
below is a description from the back page of the book.
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What he/she said. It's for the most part true about dem eeeevil Catlicks. They built the foundations of the modern world between buggering falsettos.