as for water markets, the last time i read much about it i got the impression that it was in a very premature stage and that state and local regulations are complex and 'outdated' to the extent that it really holds up establishing even rudimentary multi-state exchanges like you have with energy.
or, alternatively, divert the course of a particularly water rich comet or asteroid to hit earth. that'll solve the problem
Lykourgos posted:
Doesn't hong kong have water boats or something
no, pipeline from pearl river afaik
discipline posted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization
http://www.climatechangecapital.com/property.aspx
see also this on appeals to environmental concerns with the market-based solutions to the tragedy of the commons
Four wings instead of two: The wings seem to be feathered and emphasize a demonic lust for flying, for speed and migration. Such wings engineer a flight corresponding to desert whirlwinds, dust devils and other meteorological phenomena of deserts which are believed to have been created by Anzu, the beast of flight, who stole the tablet of destiny and eventually was slain by Ninurta. The Sumero-Akkadian epic of Ninurta portrays Anzu as the forerunner of later flying demons, the engineer of demonic flight and of beasts with feathered wings which are linked to cyclogenesis, sonic havoc, spiraling storms across deserts and dust devils. These four wings render the demon a perfect vehicle for carrying pestilential particles (Namtar) and delivering them to their destination without delay, always promptly on time.
aerdil posted:
still politically active
~posting is political~
The idea crime could be in part genetic is extremely controversial because most criminologists argue the root causes of crime are environmental factors such as poverty.
But now a group of researchers claims that the genes we are born with could play an even more significant role in our chances of turning to a criminal lifestyle in later years.
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Researchers looked at three broad groups of people: those who persistently offend throughout their lives, those who only commit crimes in their teens, and those who always obey the law.
They focused on so-called life-course persistent offenders, who are typically guilty of anti-social behaviour during adolescence before progressing to violent or more serious crimes in adult life.
Using data on 4,000 people from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the researchers found that while adolescent offenders appeared to be more influenced by the environment, the same was not true of those who became lifelong criminals.
The twin methodology used to determine the relative influence of environmental and lifestyle factors did not identify which particular genes were responsible, but suggested what up to 70 per cent of our chance of lifelong criminality could be genetic.
yea genetics do contribute to getting locked up by the state. melanin genetics lmao
Mr Trainbeans
Today 07:04 PM
lmao yes, genes do determine conviction and incarceration rates. melanin genes
discipline posted:
That's really exciting news, what's the next step?
We throw away the key
Goethestein posted:
That's plausible if it controls for economic factors imp. We already know that intelligence is at least partially genetic, as well as aggression and many mental illnesses.
i've only skimmed their methods but i didnt see anything in there about data on SES being collected or used
shennong posted:Goethestein posted:
That's plausible if it controls for economic factors imp. We already know that intelligence is at least partially genetic, as well as aggression and many mental illnesses.i've only skimmed their methods but i didnt see anything in there about data on SES being collected or used
even if they did do this, i have backup lines of attack including "pfft, Criminology? nice impact factor, faggots" and also posting a pic of the lead author
mistersix posted:in other news, from the mechanical dread side of the apocalypse engineering we've come to know as 'science':
Four wings instead of two: The wings seem to be feathered and emphasize a demonic lust for flying, for speed and migration. Such wings engineer a flight corresponding to desert whirlwinds, dust devils and other meteorological phenomena of deserts which are believed to have been created by Anzu, the beast of flight, who stole the tablet of destiny and eventually was slain by Ninurta. The Sumero-Akkadian epic of Ninurta portrays Anzu as the forerunner of later flying demons, the engineer of demonic flight and of beasts with feathered wings which are linked to cyclogenesis, sonic havoc, spiraling storms across deserts and dust devils. These four wings render the demon a perfect vehicle for carrying pestilential particles (Namtar) and delivering them to their destination without delay, always promptly on time.
engineers have a really tragic role under capitalism, as joey can attest to. Veblen understood the plight of the engineer, if not the plight of the laborer.
shennong posted:
talk about the State of Nature lmao
shennong posted:i've only skimmed their methods but i didnt see anything in there about data on SES being collected or used
the way to subvert that stuff is to look at it in terms of Lamarck and teleology. it works every time and feels almost like cheating
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Lykourgos posted:
Doesn't hong kong have water boats or something
only in science fiction do boats travel on water
Groulxsmith posted:
this might be a dumb question but how easily is water transported? i can't possibly imagine at current prices that pipelines would be economical but i've really never thought about how sources are diverted to areas of demand. but i guess i mean if prices do rise over time, is the concept of taking water from the periphery plausible?
as for water markets, the last time i read much about it i got the impression that it was in a very premature stage and that state and local regulations are complex and 'outdated' to the extent that it really holds up establishing even rudimentary multi-state exchanges like you have with energy.
Water is heavy but you can make it go where you want it to go with intensive capital investment. Romans used water bridges and california makes water roads to steal water from the north and sell it to the south, and a few really horrible people make tons of money from this
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Groulxsmith posted:
between tar sands, reviving asbestos mining and increasing demand for fresh water the future looks bright for the true north
It's really sad to see quaint and nice little canada become something like britain. britain is an oil exporter remember, but instead of nationalizing it and having a nice welfare state, a few guys make tons of money from it and the country slashes benefits every few years.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 brought an influx of Soviet mathematicians to U.S. institutions, and those scholars' differing areas of specialization have changed the way math is studied and taught in this country, according to new research by University of Notre Dame Economist Kirk Doran and a colleague from Harvard.
Titled "The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians," the study will appear in an upcoming edition of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. "In this paper, we examine the impact of the influx of renowned Soviet mathematicians into the global mathematics community," says Doran.
"In the period between the establishment and fall of communism, Soviet mathematics developed in an insular fashion and along very different specializations than American mathematics. As a result, some mathematicians experienced few potential insights from the Soviets, while other fields experienced a flood of new mathematicians, theorems and ideas."
Between the rise and fall of communism in the Soviet Union (1922-92), there was little collaboration and were few exchanges between Soviet and Western mathematicians. In fact, any communication with American mathematicians was read by authorities and special permission was needed to publish outside the Soviet Union.
"Just as speakers of one language, when separated geographically for many generations, develop separate and different dialects through natural changes over time, so Western and Eastern mathematicians, separated by Stalinist and Cold War political institutions, developed under different influences to the point of achieving very different specializations across the fields of mathematics," according to Doran.
Results of the study suggest that the sudden shift in specialized mathematics areas not only was related to a decline in the productivity of American mathematicians whose areas of specialty most overlapped with that of the Soviets, but it also reduced the likelihood of a competing American mathematician producing a top research paper.
Similarly, marginal American mathematicians became much more likely to transfer to lower ranked institutions and to significantly reduce their research and scholarship. There also is evidence in the study that the students of Soviet émigrés had higher lifetime productivity than students from the same institution whose advisors were non-Soviet émigrés.