Ace-Garageguy Posted January 16, 2018 Author Posted January 16, 2018 44 minutes ago, Snake45 said: I remember an interview on 60 Minutes 20 or 25 years ago, where somebody said, "If we don't do something to retain our manufacturing base, in about 20 years we're all going to be sitting around selling insurance to each other." As the two most common images on my TV these days seem to be Flo and that annoying little lizard, I suspect he was right. The origination of that basic premise goes back to 1866, and various versions have been attributed to Mark Twain, among others. The original made fun of a society where the members made their livings by doing each other's laundry. The central idea, of course, is the economic fallacy of a viable economy being based entirely on trading services. Manufacturing is essential for wealth creation. Service-trading just moves money around, but doesn't provide a foundation for the value of currency. Humans seem to have forgotten some of the most important principles that were once obvious to anyone with some common sense.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 16, 2018 Author Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Not to worry. Being able to read and comprehend will soon be entirely unnecessary for people anyway... Computers are getting better than humans at reading http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/technology/reading-robot-alibaba-microsoft-stanford/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial Edited January 16, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy
Snake45 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Humans seem to have forgotten some of the most important principles that were once obvious to anyone with some common sense. Ever read Kipling's poem "The Gods of the Copy-Book Headings"? If not, it's worth looking up.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 16, 2018 Author Posted January 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Ever read Kipling's poem "The Gods of the Copy-Book Headings"? If not, it's worth looking up. Excellent, Mr. Snake. Here's the text for anyone who's interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_of_the_Copybook_Headings
Jantrix Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 You just can't make this stuff up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/13/teens-are-daring-each-other-to-eat-tide-pods-we-dont-need-to-tell-you-thats-a-bad-idea/?utm_term=.3376a40553b7
Earl Marischal Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 19 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Which is a pretty good working definition of the Dunning-Kruger effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect As I read that piece a name sprang unbidden into my mind... steve
Earl Marischal Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Excellent, Mr. Snake. Here's the text for anyone who's interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_of_the_Copybook_Headings Thanks to Snake and Bill for improving my education. I was sadly unaware of this piece of wisdom before but I will remember it now. steve
Snake45 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Earl Marischal said: As I read that piece a name sprang unbidden into my mind... steve Does it have the initials G. B.?
Earl Marischal Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Snake, I was thinking more this side of the Pond but I can see where you're coming from there. steve
Tom Geiger Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Imagine using your Life Line on this question??? Bill needs to adopt this kid and teach him a few things!
Snake45 Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Earl Marischal said: Snake, I was thinking more this side of the Pond but I can see where you're coming from there. steve No, no, I was thinking of a certain personality on this side of the pond. He introduced me to the poem on his radio program.
cowboy rich Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Imagine using your Life Line on this question??? Bill needs to adopt this kid and teach him a few things! I don't think I'd hold my breath on Bill trying if he doesn't know the answer to THAT! You just might die instead.
Deano Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 17 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Imagine using your Life Line on this question??? Bill needs to adopt this kid and teach him a few things! I like 'C'; definitely 'C'.
Snake45 Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Deano said: I like 'C'; definitely 'C'. Channeling Dave Barry, "Zebra Force" would be an excellent name for a rock band!
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Deano said: I like 'C'; definitely 'C'. According to my calculations, one llamathrust is roughly .48 horsepower. And then there's this...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 20 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Imagine using your Life Line on this question??? Bill needs to adopt this kid and teach him a few things! He probably puts his shoes on the wrong feet, and damm handy they make Velcro so he won't have to deal with laces. What's REALLY sad is that apparently 30% of the audience didn't know the answer either.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 35 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Channeling Dave Barry, "Zebra Force" would be an excellent name for a rock band! Or a team of stripey superheros.
Mike C Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 21 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Imagine using your Life Line on this question??? Bill needs to adopt this kid and teach him a few things! Did he get the correct answer?
Snake45 Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Mike C said: Did he get the correct answer? No. But today he is running for the United States Senate.
SfanGoch Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: What's REALLY sad is that apparently 30% of the audience didn't know the answer either. Obviously, he's an equal among his peers. Stupid people, like lemmings, tend to travel in groups.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 29 minutes ago, Snake45 said: No. But today he is running for the United States Senate. I wonder how much horsepower it would take to capsize Guam...
Snake45 Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I wonder how much horsepower it would take to capsize Guam... Probably as much as it would take to drive the Mars Rover over to where the Astronauts planted the flag.
espo Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 He didn't get the answer correctly and I think they still gave him a trophy so he could feel good about himself.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, espo said: He didn't get the answer correctly and I think they still gave him a trophy so he could feel good about himself.
SfanGoch Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 35 minutes ago, espo said: He didn't get the answer correctly and I think they still gave him a trophy so he could feel good about himself.
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