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That which is harmful to man's life qua human being, I.e. The rational animal with volitional consciousness. Anything which interferes with his ability to reason and live by his own judgement.

You seem to be offering us a false alternative here. Either spend the money in a way that you approve of or pile it up and burn it. Are there no other options?

Clearly with people lining up in the thousands for these jobs that isn't happening here. Your argument falls flat.

If "realized by" means dependent upon, then no it is not reasonable. To propose that the universe has two contradictory fundamental natures, i.e., existence has primacy and does not have primacy, is to embrace a contradiction. The universe is not dependent on anything because there is no fact...

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Yeah the problem is when you see something with your eyes you can focus on it alone and sort of mentally zoom in on it. With a camera and a normal 55mm lens it will just be a speck if it is any distance away. With a long telephoto lens there's the problem of locating it in the field of view...

I'm not sure what you mean.

It wasn't a parody. I think that he is forgetting that in some of these emerging economies the alternative is working on the farm for subsistence. Over the last 30 years or so with more free market policies in Asia, hundreds of millions of people have risen out of poverty, I mean real poverty...

What would they be doing if they were not working in a sweatshop? Is working in a sweatshop a better alternative to not working in a sweatshop? Who is forcing them to work there and why? Is it their parents? Or are Apple execs snatching kids off of the street and chaining them to work stations?

I'm not rich and I have contributed to both the fortunes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as well as many others. How have I been exploited? I'm on my 5th Ipod. Greatest invention ever made. It has improved the quality of my life immensely. It was worth far more to me than the money I paid for...

I was just a wee lad of two when that happened.

Well, here's hoping you're wrong and it happens before I die so I can see it. I still remember the excitement of sitting around our little tv on the kitchen table watching the first space shuttle launch. I hope people never stop pushing the envelope.

You don't have to. We are developing new types of engines such as the ion engine which is much better than the old chemical boosters. It can attain much faster speeds. NASA has proven that we can warp spacetime. They are working on a concept for a warp engine. I do believe we will set foot on...

Why do you say this?

You're entitled to your opinion. Is it really the money or the prospect of finding extra terrestrial life that bothers you?

Again, why does there need to be a benefit to society. Why can't it be to satisfy one man's curiosity? If he is a billionaire, then he most likely has already benefited society doing what ever it is he did to make billions. You don't get to be a billionaire unless you do something, like Bill...

You seem threatened by the prospect of finding alien life. Why is that?

You may think about it what you wish but the point is, it's his money to do with as he pleases. You see, he who creates the wealth should get to decide how it is spent.

What's wrong with the pursuit of knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Everything we learn increases our understanding of the universe. If I were a billionaire I'd donate to such a cause.

My proof is that the God of The Bible, if it existed, would contradict every principle of a rational metaphysics, namely, the axioms and the primacy of existence.