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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 08:19pm Sep 12, 2003 EST (# 13625 of 13636)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

I spent the day working on oscillatory solutions - but wanted a condensation - or the beginnings of one - for Jorian, and myself.

Human actions work best according to the following pattern:

" Get scared .... take a good look ..... get organized ..... fix it .... recount so all concerned are "reading from the same page ...... go on to other things."

People ought to be scared by now - scared enough to do some looking. People need to see and know where hatred that is organized - and sustained - comes from. Many people responsible for action should understand the ideas and information in

. The Urge to Punish Cheats: Not Just Human, but Selfless By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.mrshowalter.net/UrgeToPunishCheatsNotJustHumanButSelfless.htm

People should ask "what is "cheating?" - cheating that they want to punish - that they act to punish - that they sacrifice themselves to punish?

What is cheating to them ?

What is "cheating" to people they disagree with?

What is "cheating" to people they are in conflict with?

People aren't nearly as clear on this as they ought to be about this. Here is an area, strange as it seems, where people lack empathy - and need to develop some. So that they can find ways - when it is possible - to "stop cheating" from the point of view of others - when it matters enough to be worth the trouble. These days, when things are going wrong, it often matters enough.

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Am I cheating? I'm trying to find workable ways to avoid doing so - while being effective.

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