drjesusphd

The land requirement for solar should not be so casually dismissed.

To power the US energy needs, you need an area about the size of New Jersey. Also roughly equivalent to the area taken up by roads. The interstate highway system alone has been cited as the largest public works project in history, and that's "just" asphalt.

To be fair, the main reason instabilities are less of a concern is wrapped up in that B^4 scaling.

"But do the media..."

Media is a plural noun. To use it incorrectly this way gives credence to conspiratorial thinking about the press.

I would think (and hope) that, when it comes to the possibility of millions of deaths, ideology would be sacrificed to some extent.

What if one pays $200/mo for the HIPAA-compliant plans?

So what? If AirBnB or the property owners are not held accountable, the law doesn't matter.

"Well, it's not a problem for me..."

It's far more petty than that. No one actually has to be inconvenienced. The average American is just plain resentful of unionized public employees.

It's been like that for at least 15 years.

The government has been in the business of basic research since science was a thing. Funding from taxes is a more fundamental component of the scientific process than peer review (a more recent development).

I've always had an odd pleasure at standing at the edge of cliffs. Something meditative about trying to overcome the feeling of unbalance. Think about it, you can be perfectly balanced standing on a cubic foot of rock. But if it's suspended hundreds of feet in the air, you would feel unbalanced (wind notwithstanding).

It turns out that this actually is dangerous. The feeling of imbalance is a "real" reaction your body has.

"Call of the void".

I seem to remember Sartre saying interesting things about this idea. Something about exercising your absolute freedom or something. As far as I know, it's perfectly normal.

Isaac Newton was my favorite imaginary person to give "tours" to.