bubinubn

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   by bubinubn 9y ago

   The Black Hole of Calcutta is a widely known example of what can only be considered a corporate concentration camp of the (at the time privately owned) British East India Company...
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   by bubinubn 9y ago

   This logic doesn't really work out...it seems to also hold that everyone who voted for HRC also voted in a way that didn't matter, so they might as well have just stayed home (the outcome would be no different). Also, it really re
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   by bubinubn 9y ago

   Even when the burden of proof is a preponderance of the evidence, the accuser still has the burden the proof. The general rule seems to be more than 50% probability or "more probable than not." This is not a minor issue...if a
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   by bubinubn 10y ago

   It is unlikely, although possible, that this quote is correctly attributed. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/28/ford-faster-horse/
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   by bubinubn 10y ago

   Although there are plenty of studies to suggest otherwise, at least one study: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jou... suggests that smokers have a lifetime healthcare cost that is lower fo
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   by bubinubn 10y ago

   The point you're missing though, is that even in your example, the backwards case is still physically valid. It is true that no macroscopic interaction is reversible in practice, but this ceases to be the case for a fully defined syst