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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 - 11:17am Oct 13, 2003 EST (# 14870 of 14871)
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.

We can use our imagination - What if Spock and Kirk returned to earth now? What would they say? What would they know to do?

What if Spock we assigned to sort out the logical problems that stood in the way of cooperation and peace.

What if the people who wrote these articles, and knew the things they reported on - were involved, too?

. War-Weary People Reach Out in Pain — and Hope By JOHN F. BURNS http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/weekinreview/12BURN.html

. In the Crowd's Frenzy, Echoes of the Wild Kingdom By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.mrshowalter.net/IntheCrowd'sFrenzy.htm

. Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/health/psychology/23COOP.html

. Of Altruism, Heroism and Evolution's Gifts in the Face of Terror By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/health/psychology/18ALTR.html but we hate , too - and the reasons we do are built very deep.

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

. Nicholas Wade deals with an important and related issue - Play Fair: Your Life May Depend on It http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/weekinreview/21WADE.html :

Science Times report - rejection really hurts : Rejection really hurts finds brain study http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994257

14779 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.w390bwDMNvy.2251118@.f28e622/16490

Some "insoluble" problems might be quite soluble. People already know a great deal about controlling and harmonizing their intellect and emotions - and often do it well. In some key spots, we need to do it better.

Gisterme has known something about these things for a while - as this fine posting shows. http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6237.htm

These links are from a few weeks before 9/11/2001

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6320.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6322.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6330.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6332.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6335.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6338.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6341.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6346.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6352.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6358.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6361.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md6000s/md6365ToChange.htm

6371 from July 30, 2001 - comes just after a great quote from Friedman -

lunarchick - 07:08am Jul 1, 2001 EST (#6371

Problems!

Small problems are simple . . . They're pick-up and run . . . Most folks can do them . . . Yet may not find them fun . . . Some problems are solvable . . The patterns are known . . . You take them in stages . . . If you want - to get home . . . Other problems are process . . . If complex they be . . . Teams may make them simplex . . . Root to tips - of branched tree . . . !?? Showalter problems ??! . . . You might speak some on this . . . For most they're too awesome . . . Can't be done in a Jiff . . . dR

"Showalter, excuse the above :)

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