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Egalitarian Thug

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7. It's been my experience that the more you understand, the more frustrating it is.

Reply to randome (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 02:27 PM

Jul 2013

The things that we could be doing right now, let alone the things we haven't even imagined yet, are the stuff of science fiction. And why aren't we doing any of these things? Because we prefer to listen to ignorant psychopaths and let them stifle innovation.

How many breakthroughs have we lost because the mind that would invent it has wasted her life on Wall Street or working out a slightly more efficient way to kill people? How many advances in existing technology are unknown because implementing them would hurt some transnational corporation's stock price?

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on whether alien lifeforms have found Earth [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

I have always loved that his intellect is marked by considerable "common sense"... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #1

And maybe not even in a bad way. Just "Meh. Let's keep driving a while." randome Jul 2013 #2

We have to start looking up again. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #3

I hear you. randome Jul 2013 #4

It's been my experience that the more you understand, the more frustrating it is. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #7

as i understood it, as a kid in the 1970s markiv Jul 2013 #17

Exactly. I was born in the '60s and you in the '70s and what a difference. You were raised with an Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #18

K &R! Can we get this out of "conspiracy theory"? People really need to broaden their minds! chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #5

It's possible that intelligence implies belligerence Shivering Jemmy Jul 2013 #6

I would think they would at least be curious to explore the beauty of the planet Quixote1818 Jul 2013 #8

If there are any interstellar civilizations... hunter Jul 2013 #9

I'm sticking with this guy DefenseLawyer Jul 2013 #10

Unfortunately, he might be top-o-the-list to have his brains sucked out. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #14

You and god knows who else in that hair. DevonRex Jul 2013 #16

Or maybe they find us reasonably interesting, but have a "Prime Directive." Lizzie Poppet Jul 2013 #11

So... Humans:Space Aliens::Crawdads:Humans Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #12

They probably stopped by and saw the stupidity Chisox08 Jul 2013 #13

"ETs are here and the WH knows it, says actual former Senator" (Mike Gravel) DevonRex Jul 2013 #15