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In reply to the discussion: New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)10. It doesn't require education or experience
Figures.
Yes I think it's a difficult question, because I have education and experience.
Thalimide did do some good. It tightened restrictions on testing of drugs and pesticides. Thank god for that. What would have happened if something even worse got through? Right now it's being tested as an anti cancer drug.
Various weapon systems is debatable. A lot of tech is driven by weapon systems. Steels, electronics, even the internet.( I guess you need education to get that reference). Do we spend to much on weapons? Yes. Should we stop looking at new tech? No.
Nukes, as in nuclear weapons, is your only debatable one.
It doesn't take education and experience. Sounds like the republican attitude toward science. Or a new age Luddite.
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New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]
Turborama
Sep 2012
OP
An example of a technology that has been relegated to being a historical artifact
Turborama
Sep 2012
#8
Right, so essentially: "I throw ad hominem attacks at writers who's work I don't read"
Turborama
Oct 2012
#16
LOL! So, if 3 people agree with Donald Trump that makes him correct about the President's BC?
Turborama
Oct 2012
#46
I thought the same thing when I read it -- superior performance undercut by cheaper and crappier
Brickbat
Oct 2012
#17
K&R But that was a very bad analogy. The leader of a political party really needs to be more
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#3