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WCDT strips 3856-3860 (22nd to 26th October 2018)
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 28 Oct 2018, 20:27 ---Oh crikey, I'm even more of a geek than I thought I was. I've read critiques of Asimov and of course weak and strong anthropic principles, but was disappointed to realise the references Clinton made were to works not written in this universe.
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Whereas I was wondering, and came here to ask, whether any of those names are actual researchers in the field. (Not really being up on current developments, though I did recognize prior refs like Officer Basilisk.)
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 28 Oct 2018, 06:38 ---If the government doesn't trust the people, why doesn't it just dissolve them and elect a new people?
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Getting that much hydrofluoric acid would be expensive, and the military needs that money for defense.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 28 Oct 2018, 21:52 ---Whereas I was wondering, and came here to ask, whether any of those names are actual researchers in the field. (Not really being up on current developments, though I did recognize prior refs like Officer Basilisk.)
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A recent international conference in AI was held in Iskenderun, Turkey. That's the only reference I got in the names.
traroth:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 28 Oct 2018, 06:38 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 27 Oct 2018, 23:48 ---It gets really spoopy if you start look at scuttled CIA and FBI projects for monitoring the citizenry.
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If the government doesn't trust the people, why doesn't it just dissolve them and elect a new people?
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We don't get often a Bertold Brecht quote in those forums...
Theta9:
--- Quote from: traroth on 31 Oct 2018, 02:15 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 28 Oct 2018, 06:38 ---If the government doesn't trust the people, why doesn't it just dissolve them and elect a new people?
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We don't get often a Bertold Brecht quote in those forums...
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I actually got it secondhand from Robert Anton Wilson.
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