User:Vital Forces

Cryonics

So far, most of my edits have been to cryonics. I saw something on TV about it, and it soon turned into one of those temporary obsessions you can't stop reading about. After reading the whole article about it on Wait But Why and even some Alcor materials, it sounded almost legitimate until you realize they use underhanded logic tactics and all of the "then a miracle occurs" holes in their propositions.

It seems like something which is going to grow in popularity despite being completely unsound at all levels. Proponents seem to have unlimited optimism in both technology in human nature, and a lack of understanding of cellular biology or anatomy. It's like playing the Powerball and feeling that they're a good chance you'll win, but it will cost much more than $2.

Outlawing or regulating cryonics out of existence would be going too far, but if we ever need to crack down on wastes of electricity, cryonics should be the first to go.

My Read Later List

• Hanzi of Genesis
• Myths within science
• Banking crisis
• Gold standard (economics)
• Evidence for the Exodus
• Joseph was Imhotep
• Dinosaur denialism
• Banking_crisis#Great_Recession

Feats of Brilliance

A place to record brilliant things I've read in articles or discussions.

Science as a very human enterprise simultaneously exemplifies the best attributes of humanity and the most disappointing ones. -from the article Bird evolution.

But I'd say from the British experience, a lot of folks 'not registering as Democrat' won't move the dial one iota - the British Labour party has lost about half of it's members since Corbyn [and this is more important because these are the folks who do canvessing, fundraising for you etc] and official HQ response seems to be somewhere between 'so what?' and 'good fucking riddance'.

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But this shows up the critical issue with Democrats these days; their polcy since 2000 has been basically 'I'm not that guy [Republicans]' and the only win they've had [Obama] was done off the backs of the Iraq drag-on and the banking crash and with a guy who comparatively oozed charisma which helped to disguis the fact it was about 90% 'here comes the new boss, same as the old boss' situation [and guess what, we won't get fooled again]. -Posted by KarmaPolice in a Saloon discussion on November 11, 2024.