A Parasite, Leopards, and a Primate’s Fear and Survival

[Siege]

singularity will be reached through the free market science

Free market accelerates the technological singularity, collectivism slows it down.

What is singularity anyway? 

Ok. I'll start a thread on it.

[Valmy]

singularity will be reached through the free market science

Free market accelerates the technological singularity, collectivism slows it down.

Well that is just factually untrue Siege. Science was one of the few things the Soviets were good at. War often advances science quite a bit because of the all the government money being invested. Now the free market does do quite a bit for science but only in fields that are economically viable.

What is your basis for the assertion? Facts? Evidence?

[Siege]

singularity will be reached through the free market science

Free market accelerates the technological singularity, collectivism slows it down.

Well that is just factually untrue Siege. Science was one of the few things the Soviets were good at. War often advances science quite a bit because of the all the government money being invested. Now the free market does do quite a bit for science but only in fields that are economically viable.

What is your basis for the assertion? Facts? Evidence?

Consumer technology is what actually advances society. And the Soviets were behind in absolutely everything related to consumer technology.

What science were the soviets good at which had a global impact? Everything that has made a difference and created the modern world came from the west.

Then the west decided to become socialist. ...

[The Brain]

singularity will be reached through the free market science

Free market accelerates the technological singularity, collectivism slows it down.

Well that is just factually untrue Siege. Science was one of the few things the Soviets were good at. War often advances science quite a bit because of the all the government money being invested. Now the free market does do quite a bit for science but only in fields that are economically viable.

The Soviets were behind the West in science. Like you mention science takes money and the Soviets had very little compared to the West, thanks to their retarded system.

[Valmy]

Consumer technology is what actually advances society. And the Soviets were behind in absolutely everything related to consumer technology.

What science were the soviets good at which had a global impact? Everything that has made a difference and created the modern world came from the west.

Then the west decided to become socialist. ...

True. But that is engineering and technology, not science.

I have not noticed the rate of technological and engineering development slowing down in the West. In fact I think we are very close to many miraculous breakthroughs. Which is why I think we are on the verge of great things while the rest of this society seems to be convinced we are on the edge of total disaster and collapse. Which I find puzzling.

[viper37]

I am confused by Siege insisting all scientists are frauds and yet somehow still expecting them to reach the Singularity.

Or do you still care about that Siege? Or have you been completely brainwashed by the Science haters?

Climate change "science" ain't science at all.
Just losers with worthless degrees trying to get gruberment grants to "study" climate.

so, climatologists are losers?  Ok.
So are oceanographers? Ok.
Physicists? Mathematicians? Statisticians?  Ok.
Add marine biologists and biologists too, bunch of losers.
Economists, no doubt about it.
What are we left that ain't loser?  Since everything a loser touches will be contaminated and maths and stats are part of nearly all serious studies, I guess we're left with... theology?  Philosophy?  Archelogy? History?  Yeah, that's about it.  But given the fact that archelogy and history can not support your world view as explained by your theology and philosophy often rejects theology, are they losers too?
So, in the end, we are left with... a bunch of guys using sticks with stone points that are true men with adequate skills?

[Josquius]

Reduces fear and increases aggression?
Sounds useful for the creation of super soliders.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I am confused by Siege insisting all scientists are frauds and yet somehow still expecting them to reach the Singularity.

Or do you still care about that Siege? Or have you been completely brainwashed by the Science haters?

Climate change "science" ain't science at all.
Just losers with worthless degrees trying to get gruberment grants to "study" climate.

so, climatologists are losers?  Ok.
So are oceanographers? Ok.
Physicists? Mathematicians? Statisticians?  Ok.
Add marine biologists and biologists too, bunch of losers.
Economists, no doubt about it.
What are we left that ain't loser?  Since everything a loser touches will be contaminated and maths and stats are part of nearly all serious studies, I guess we're left with... theology?  Philosophy?  Archelogy? History?  Yeah, that's about it.  But given the fact that archelogy and history can not support your world view as explained by your theology and philosophy often rejects theology, are they losers too?
So, in the end, we are left with... a bunch of guys using sticks with stone points that are true men with adequate skills?

archaeology doesn't belong in the left-over list. Archaeology is connected to the hard sciences for it's dating (physics, chemistry, geology), environmental studies(geology,biology, paleontology, etc), population studies (biology, medicine, etc), building and technological studies (engineering, metallurgy, etc). It's not without reason that the discovery over carbon-dating is modern archeology's year 0.
Definately 'loser', in the comparison.