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I take issue with the use of Darwin in describing behaviour.

There are tons of examples of people, or groups of people, who know what's in my best interest better than me.

Plumbers, electricians, Generals, attorneys, tax specialists, my parents, cops, even...

I have huge choice paralysis, especially at restaurants

Here's a question. In spite of college, the internet, and much more free time...is our generation less skilled than prior ones?

Im bored waiting for time warner to not be shity, so I'm reviving this thread. You can thank time warner for that!

I saw an add on Facebook featuring a Starbucks Coffee maker machine, and it made...

I find it hard to believe people wouldn't be ok with taxes going towards drug r&d.

I also agree that for many people, profit is not a priority.

I'll retract part of my statement, but the point that peer review is still in need of vast improvement still stands.

It should be noted that signed writings matter a great deal in contract and property law generally, just not so much for criminal fraud.

Signatures or whatever only matter in an evidentiary sense. If you're accused of fraud, you say "not uh", and they have no proof...then you win. In 'murica (using English common law), they have to...

I see something about fraud. Fraud is, generally, lying for pecuniary gain.

But it's much more complicated. That's more of a test to see if you should be thinking "hrm, better make sure I'm...

I can't keep up in the thread either, but someone said something about the scientific peer review process and it being good.

It's not, it's complete shit. ...

@Renton/Wuf: Should society (through business or government) provide free resources to anyone? Of these, I include the physically disabled, the mentally impaired, the permanently hospitalized, the...

If you think poor people save money now, you're too far removed from the poor.

Close to none. The cost of living is simply too high, and a $2/hr cut in pay for 6 months would put most of them in the street.



A lot more would take the deal, but I think most still take...

We may just be arguing scope actually. I get the impression ya'll want 0 regulation, but I think that's silly. But I dont want to give the impression that I want 100% regulation either. I dont...

My problem is that every thing I have ever seen says that you, Renton, and the economists you rely on are wrong.

Chicken Farms, for instance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI
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How people respond to persuasive techniques has always concerned me.

Do you know that call centers engage in techniques to calm angry customers down? They actually have a routine that they go...

I dont understand why ”wages increase with free market activity"

Isnt the reverse shown to be true repeatedly thought history? We can follow taxes on the wealthy, for example, and see that...

1) Is it morally wrong to pay someone 1 dollar an hour? If yes, why? If no, what is a set of conditions where it becomes wrong to pay someone 1 dollar an hour?

Of course not. Its only ok...