The worst idea Mankind ever had?
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So you're going to judge such a large area of a country purely based on a song by NoFX when you don't even live in the country they're singing about?Bright_Raven said:
Well, just for the record here, I live in the Heartland and it's really not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. Most people are pretty down to earth and realistic w/ only the extremists being assholes. But there's extremists in every part of the world, which you pointed out. So maybe it's not just the "heartland of America."Bright_Raven said:
You think voyageur was the stupidest thing humanity ever did? If it even manages to get to another life form it will take millions or billions of years. Then there is the possibility that the life form is not at a level of technological advancement that they can reach us then there is the issue of whether or not its hostile which is all made moot by the fact that we'll likely be extinct or in really rough shape at the very least.
Honestly? Worst move I think humans ever made? Moving from hunting and gathering to agriculture. It was the root source of almost every triumph of humanity but also the root cause of every major problem.
Honestly? Worst move I think humans ever made? Moving from hunting and gathering to agriculture. It was the root source of almost every triumph of humanity but also the root cause of every major problem.
By "mankind" I assume you are referring to a majority of us on a societal level.
The worst mistake we are making at the moment is allowing the military-industrial complex to continue.
The worst mistake we are making at the moment is allowing the military-industrial complex to continue.
The nuclear/atomic bomb, for three reasons.
1.) It has ushered in a whole new era of mass destruction and made it that much easier for opposing countries to tear each other apart.
2.) It has resulted humanity having the power to blow up Earth 50 times over, and it has put that power on a hair trigger.
3.) When they first tested the bomb, they were afraid that it was going to set all of the air in Earth's atmosphere on fire, but they did it anyways.
1.) It has ushered in a whole new era of mass destruction and made it that much easier for opposing countries to tear each other apart.
2.) It has resulted humanity having the power to blow up Earth 50 times over, and it has put that power on a hair trigger.
3.) When they first tested the bomb, they were afraid that it was going to set all of the air in Earth's atmosphere on fire, but they did it anyways.
oh so its stupid when you cant have have any??? :]MaxTheReaper said:
I know you dont give a shit anyway... I mean your freaking MaxTheReaper... you have proven you can do anything countless times now.
On topic...
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Voyager 2 will pass by Sirius in 296,000 years, Sirius is about 8.476 lys away. Traveling at about 56,013 Kph an hour if we ever regret it we can just go out and snatch them back with an Orion space craft traveling at 107,925,284.88 Kph, wouldn't take long.
The odds of an alien civilization finding a probe but not us first is very small, and the odds of a probe reaching a hostile alien civilization before we attain an equal level of technology or go extinct is probably equally as low. Interesting idea though.
I think weaponizing nuclear energy is probably the worst mistake we made. Which is funny because nuclear power plants are one the best things we came up with.
The odds of an alien civilization finding a probe but not us first is very small, and the odds of a probe reaching a hostile alien civilization before we attain an equal level of technology or go extinct is probably equally as low. Interesting idea though.
I think weaponizing nuclear energy is probably the worst mistake we made. Which is funny because nuclear power plants are one the best things we came up with.
Cuba working fine under communism? How are you judging that? Because communism hasn't killed everyone yet? I don't believe I've ever heard any of these phrases in my lifeDeadman Walkin said:
"Hey how come our country isn't more like Cuba?"
"One day, if I save up my money, I can move to the dreamland that is Cuba!"
"I can't wait to hear what Cuba thinks on this new global crisis!"
"Hey, aren't you forgetting to factor in what the Cubans could do?"
"Yeah I agree, when I think of great civilizations, you have to start with Egypt, then the Greek City-States, the Roman Empire, and lastly, Cuba"
I will agree that communism certainly has failed at what it is intended to do. However, capitalism has not. America does not even have a free-market economy, it is a mixed economy so your last point is irrelevant. (You must not live in America, there are no people "not surviving". I'll let you know when I see my local news when someone starved to death or succumbed to the elements because of a lack of shelter).
You cannot be serious? They will ban you for shortening words? I type all day, they can lick me on that score. In any event, if I get banned for shortening words I'll just never come back.ColdStorage said:
Now if they ban ppl for screwing up "you're and your" I completely agree.
ok I have a few points to make on the posts here
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2. I don't remember who said it but nuclear power isn't a clean energy source
3. communism is a good idea, it's just that people are easily corrupted and that's why communisme can't work in our society
4. religion is a very bad idea, because the majority of the wars of humanity are based on religion
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just for the record, I'm from Belgium and I'm pretty sure we never had an empireKen Korda said:
2. I don't remember who said it but nuclear power isn't a clean energy source
3. communism is a good idea, it's just that people are easily corrupted and that's why communisme can't work in our society
4. religion is a very bad idea, because the majority of the wars of humanity are based on religion
wow. this guy just got served. Now this song isn't completly fair. But isn't uncompletley fair either. The obeisity problem isn't just in the center( but mostly it is) And they're not all bible thumpers. (how can you be christian/ catholic if you can't read?) I've lived on the caost and in the center. There is a difference and its basically this song.Bright_Raven said:
Actually, any governing system could work if the right people are leading.lord_beo said:
Religion isn't always a bad thing. The reason we need religion is bad. We need to solve the core problem. Ourselves.
just cause nuclear power isn't clean doesn't make it bad.......nvmnd.....
