That usually means they don't understand how to use their diaphragm to suck the smoke into their lungs. They suck it into their mouth and then blow it.
DanBC consistently makes these puerile arguments but never gets downvoted. Unbelievable. This white knight seriously wants me to believe that society as a whole are in control of these people's emotions.
Dude, wow. Just wow. If I say any more than that the thought police will curb my post.
dang, I said he sounded like a rabid child. That only says something about me, and how what he said sounds to me. What I said in no way implies he is a rabid child.
You're making this forum intractable. Keep doing this and you will have competition soon. I'm really tired of you trying to turn this forum into an old people's home.
> but isn't it the proof that democracy is functioning?
Oh, so you like proofs? Princeton has a document you may want to read. It proves there's no democracy in the US. Enjoy!
> The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of
Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism
Sounding the Utilitarian alarm! Someone here hasn't done Philosophy 101. Here's the gist of it: utilitarianism is self-contradictory and by consequence self-defeating.
They never question him, they don't want to know what others said about him and how those around perceived him, and most importantly, they don't want to actually study his teachings, only as presented by vicars (those speaking on behalf of Keynes).
Because of course, just like the best antidote against a religion is its holy book, the best antidote against Keynesianism is reading Keynes.
The deductive process on which Austrian School theory is based, is itself based on Logic. That's as formal as you can get.
> Math is refined thinking.
No, Mr. Poet. Math is an abstract science that can be applied to concrete fields. So far no one has been able to meaningfully apply mathematics to economics, or we would have computers that can simulate markets like we can simulate tornadoes.
> No, the data protection directives are not something you can opt out of
> Storing EU citizen data without respecting the data privacy directive is forbidden, period.
The NSA will not stop gathering data on EU citizens. So how did they manage to "opt out" if it's not something one can opt out of? And how did they manage to keep gathering if not respecting your fancy law is "forbidden, period"?
You sound like a rabid child that has never seen a law pass and fail to do what it promised - you really seem to believe this new law will make a difference. How sad.
> Math can give an illusion of accuracy, when the real world is chaotic and often has far more confounding variables than you know about in something as complex as "the economy".
I don't know what you folks are talking about on this thread branch (what with "efficient markets") but Keynesian Economics is the "theory" that suffers from this "illusion of accuracy".
I don't believe in efficient anything, but I know Free Markets Theory involves no Math (only deductive methods like Praxeology).
I was 17 when I dipped my foot in the game development industry, and not even a year in I had done enough research to understand the slave path in front of me.
I didn't take that path and now I am thankful for it. In other words, your nephew is not a bright kid.
Then explain how this still would have happened if all drugs were legal in both US and Mexico. Because right now it seems obvious to everyone else that this is indeed about the war on drugs.
> for example, those who earn more tend to express more fear and anger on Twitter.
That is to be expected. If you know your r/K selection theory, K individuals have larger-than-average amygdalae which is responsible for awareness, risk-assessment and consequentially fear.
K individuals in human beings are those who aren't promiscuous, marry early and have kids, and by consequence are infinitely less likely to be poor.
> Perceived optimists have a lower mean income.
This also makes sense, since r-individuals in human beings are more welcome to hope and change (optimism), and they tend to be less well-off financially since they switch their survival needs onto K-individuals (demanding help from them for paying their student loans, providing food stamps, etc).