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[PVTDukeMorrison]

THERE'S A POLITICAL DISCUSSION THREAD AND PRIVATE MESSAGES FOR A REASON, USE THEM

Dubai may be experimenting with flying drone taxis this summer

[FiorinaFury161]

One step closer to the Jetsons...

[Gate]

Flying vehicles are extremely inefficient on a large-scale, which is why Elon Musk intends to push for underground transit systems. Just a single-use helicoptor flight is insane on the fuel cost. It would keep the fossil fuel industry strong for a while, too.

[Vertigo]

Over a long enough timeframe, hopefully electric aircraft will become viable. IIRC it'd take at least double the typical energy density of today's lithium-ion batteries. Elon Musk does have an idea for a vertical takeoff electric jet, but I'm not sure what that would be contingent on, and certainly wouldn't be for the masses.

In the meantime, yeah, his Boring Company sounds great. Tunnels will become particularly viable for electric cars, as there wouldn't be a need for venting of exhaust gases.

[Pvt. Himmel]

Here's a good read for you guys..

The Fallacy of the Theory of Evolution!!

http://comicbok.com/

[Sabby]

The f**king page banner is mispelt.

[Nyarlathotep]

Well, this is a creationist that we are talking about after all.

[FiorinaFury161]

The Fallacy of the Theory of Hyperlinks

[Deathbearer]

I had a biology professor give a pretty good explanation on theories. They have yet to be disproved after years upon years of testing and research. Setting out to deliberately prove or disprove something based on an agenda renders the experiment invalid due to a lack of objectivity.

Clearly his book is based on a vendetta against evolution and should be disregarded.

[Sabby]

I had a biology professor give a pretty good explanation on theories. They have yet to be disproved after years upon years of testing and research. Setting out to deliberately prove or disprove something based on an agenda renders the experiment invalid due to a lack of objectivity.

Clearly his book is based on a vendetta against evolution and should be disregarded.

Correct. A theory, in the scientific sense, is just a collection of data that supports a conclusion or has explanatory power. New information or better understanding can change that conclusion, so all theories, and knowledge, in general, are accepted tentatively. But you reach a point where so much is understood about a concept that in order to be wrong about it, much of what we know about reality has to be completely f**ked over, to the point of rendering observable science broken.

Evolution is one of the best understood and documented scientific theories we have. Unless we're living in a very meticulously maintained illusion that is presenting a coherent and testable falsehood, it's not being disproven.

[Shinawi]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/european-parliament-ends-visa-free-131026287.html

European Parliament ends visa-free travel for Americans

The European Parliament has voted to end visa-free travel for Americans within the EU.

It comes after the US failed to agree visa-free travel for citizens of five EU countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania—as part of a reciprocity agreement. US citizens can normally travel to all countries in the bloc without a visa.

The vote by the parliament's civil liberties committee means Americans will have to apply for extra documents for the next 12 months.

The European Commission discovered three years ago that the US was not meeting its obligations under the reciprocity agreement but has not yet taken any legal action.

Australia, Brunei, Japan and Canada were also failing in their obligations, but all four have lifted, or are soon to lift, any visa restrictions on travel for EU citizens.

Following the committee's vote the Commission must act to suspend the visa waiver for Americans, but the European Parliament or the Council of Europe may object.

[Hubbs]

Hey, anyone heard about this kid Danielle Bregoli?

I only just heard about all this today on a Facebook link, the whole Dr. Phil debacle etc...I literally couldn't believe what I was seeing or hearing. Anyone recall the Simpsons episode with Bart as the 'I didn't do it' boy?

Modern society huh.

[SiL]

Hey Hubbs, how come you never spoke out about those shootings in Canada a while back when a right-wing nutjob shot up some people in a Mosque?

[Samhain13]

Hey Hubbs, how come you never spoke out about those shootings in Canada a while back when a right-wing nutjob shot up some people in a Mosque?

[SiL]

So Hubbs doesn't mention it because it doesn't fit his narrative that only Muslims and immigrants commit crimes? Of course, it's so simple!