The first Mars visitors will probably die. Of course, we’re all going to die somewhere.
As I note in the book, it’s very unlikely that the Shackleton ad was real. If it had been published in a London broadsheet, it would have been spelled “honour.”
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And per usual, a lot of ignorance and stupidity in comments over there.
Can they have greater autonomy from the states?
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Related: Could #Resistance in California result in federal troops being sent there? It would be pretty amusing if they use this as an excuse to recognize a new legislature in the hinterlands.
This reminds me of my piece on how the auto industry did the same thing to itself. Once it had done so, it was easy for foreigners to compete, with or without subsidies.
Thoughts from Glenn Reynolds on California’s seceding from the coastal fascists. I don’t understand why the silly-looking gerrymander to keep Sacramento with the coastal “elites.” Set up a new state capital in San Jose or LA, and let the real California keep the delta.
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This seems sort of related: How the big tech companies went from “Don’t be evil” to doing evil.
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Steven Kruiser: “Dear California, call me when the commies leave.” I love this state, have for half a century, but I hate its voters.
We need it more than ever.
Yup. The current situation is approaching exactly what the Founders feared.
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Mark Steyn: A total failure of the State.
That assumes, of course, that this wasn’t exactly what the State intended.
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Yes, it would appear that “liberals” don’t want to stop school shootings.
Obama was bad, but yes, these were probably all worse. The best thing about Obama was that he gave (finally) us an election that will allow us to undo a lot of his damage (though he should have lost in 2012). But what the kids’ opinions about good and bad presidents really speaks to is how ignorant of history they are, thanks to government schools and teachers’ unions.
Libertarians (including Frederick Douglass) are not “pro-terror” or opposed to fair play. I run into this straw man on Twitter all the time (most recently yesterday).
It plays at oppression, and encourages tyrants.
As she notes, if they really thought that Trump was a tyrant, they’d be afraid to “resist.”
Thoughts from Elon earlier in the week.
How Elon Musk wants to change space travel pic.twitter.com/KTDbbZmEuz
— The Verge (@verge) February 10, 2018
Judith Curry’s latest thoughts (this is part of a series, to be continued).
The more times goes on, the less concerned I get about climate change (not that it may not change for the worse — that’s always a possibility — but in the sense that we really understand and can predict it). For example, consider the Iceland event of 1783. If that happened today, it would be much larger than anything we’ve been doing with CO2, and it’s entirely unpredictable.
As always, our best bet is to get as wealthy as possible so we’ll have the resources to deal with whatever the future holds. Instead the climate alarmists advocate polices that make energy needlessly more expensive (and hence everything more expensive, inhibiting economic growth).
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Judith’s weekly climate roundup, which is usually interesting.