Are there any good arguments against it?
I say that if they want to have militarized equipment, they should get it only on condition that they have ubiquitous cameras, with no ability to withhold recordings other than to protect victims’ identities.
Category Archives: Philosophy
Why Funny People Kill Themselves
Some thoughts from Cracked’s David Wong.
Everything That Can Be Customized
…must be.
This is where I differ with Lileks (and Virginia Postrel). I have no desire to customize anything. To me it’s pointless work. Perhaps because I have absolutely no artistic talent (at least visually) or even that much aesthetic sensibility. My computer screen has the same background that was installed with the OS. I did put an effect on my phone when I first got it, because I was playing around with it to see how it all worked, but I’ve never downloaded, let alone paid for, a ring tone. Or a fancy case. I really just don’t care.
Man’s Place In The Universe
This could be an interesting series. Hope they don’t screw it up.
By “man,” they mean humans, of course.
Martians
Support For Hamas
Eulogy For Bill Gaubatz
Derek Gaubatz, Bill’s younger son, sent me the eulogy that he read at the service, and asked me to post it [warning, NSFA (Not Safe For Anti-Christians)]
The Age Of The Robots
What will we do if and when there are no more jobs?
The Latest Take-Down Of Piketty
It’s long, and too much there to pick out a quote, but worth the read.
As I’ve noted before, Marxism is not a discipline, or even an ideology, really. It’s an attitude founded in envy and a grasping for power. Simply put, if you believe your judgment of someone else’s need to be superior to their own, and are willing to enforce it at the point of a gun, you are a Marxist. And that attitude describes a large majority of Democrats, and far too many Republicans.
“You Cannot Do Physics Or Cosmology”
“…without assuming a philosophical basis.”
I’m always amused by scientists who don’t understand their own epistomological assumptions and foundations.
[Update a while later, after going out to get a haircut…]
Link was missing. Fixed now, sorry.