Science has become so complex, elitist (through complexity) and arcane, it becomes a matter of faith which one chooses, science or religiion. :evil: There is this similarity in appearance, but I think it is only superficial. I'll just mention that you can build computers, telescopes, cars, the inte...
And I was playing along. Mactep mentions this point frequently here, and I hink he's right in doing so. That said, I am all for pouring huge amounts of tax money into space exploration no matter what the economic benefit. By the way, Mactep, apart from the inane arguments you got at BAUT and apoloho...
Mactep wrote:Maybe. Do you think they are supporters?
Not necessarily, but I think they could be convinced that there was something in it for both sides. We get the argument for space exploration, they get the war they are so craving.
Maybe we could ask Bin Laden or Muqtada al Sadr for some help? Or maybe Dubya can organize some skirmish in North Korea against which space ecploration would be a perfect example of money well spent?
The right to vote is at the very core of citizen's rights in the USA and, for that matter, any other democratic country. So I think one should not ask, why should these people retain their right to vote, but rather, which reason is there to withhold that right from them? They committed a crime and g...
Difficult, and probably a bit over my head. I'd say that what I called "defining traits" have, historically, been core goals of Socialist parties in countries where these parties played a role. And they were certainly characteristic and defining for the countries where communism and social...
Touche', but I still want you to answer. Of course, that's de rigueur :) It is not easy to expand a lot on what Mactep wrote, but I'll add 2 cents here. You didn't convince me. The Wikipedia's article is right in saying that Socialists want to redistribute wealth in order to create a more just and ...