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How abut instead of arguing forth and back about what is and is not
rational the persons making the various claims develop some actual
numbers.<br>
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And since locations vary pick a location; perhaps New Orleans or
perhaps some place in Japan. Pick a site; state all of your
assumptions; state what needs to be bought, built, moved, etc. Do a
threat and risk analysis. Put in all of the costs. Put in how much
you value each human life and list the probabilities of death from
your proposal. Put in the benefits. And then maybe it might be
possible to start the process of making a decision.<br>
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Fred<br>
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On 03/24/2011 07:16 PM, Mr Jones wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Mirco Romanato <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:painlord2k@libero.it"><painlord2k@libero.it></a>wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The point is that the proposed solution is irrational.
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It's irrational to take a more sustainable approach to the world's energy
usage? It's irrational to go with a fuel source, that's produced domestic,
keeping the funds 'in-house'; instead of feeding the bank accts of those
trying to do us harm. It's irrational to choose a path that repairs the
environment we depend on, versus raping it?
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<pre wrap="">It is irrational because it react to a problem with a reflexive response
without taking in consideration the obvious and less obvious consequences.
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A reflexive response doesn't guarantee irrationality. Increase the
likelihood perhaps, but your logic fails here. And just because you don't
like the 'response', doesn't mean the (less)likely consequences have(n't)
been considered.
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<pre wrap="">It don't take in consideration that, sometimes, the most rational
solution is to take the hit and rebuild and repair; the cost of moving
or hardening could be greater than the costs of rebuilding from scratch
after. In this case the obvious solution is to be so wealthy to have a
very large reserve of resources put away for the rainy days.
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How convenient, that those with the most wealth put away, are those that
have created the very situation that threatens so many. So those most
victimized by this situation, are those who also get to pay the lion's share
of the bill, and enjoyed little/none of the benefits.
It's that greed and selfishness that got humanity into the mess it's in now.
You want to talk about irrationality?! Doing the same things over and
over, expecting different results; it's insane, and irrational.
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