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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 - 10:26am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17254 of 17271)
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'm smiling !

Things may work out. Did you guys SEE the 25th Anniversary edition of Science Times ? http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

Great stuff.

I'm so inspired that I feel like perpetrating an outrage.

I was especially pleased by

Is War Our Biological Destiny? By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/science/11WAR.html

In the heartening if admittedly provisional opinion of a number of researchers who study warfare, it is by no means an innate aspect of human nature.

And I think the lead article

Does Science Matter? By WILLIAM J. BROAD and JAMES GLANZ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/science/11MATT.html ought to go with an innovative ad titled

Does the New York Times SCIENCE TIMES section matter?

To make the ad, take The Art of Telling Science (Virginia Festival of the Book - Charlotsville, Va, 1999) chaired by i Edwin Barber, with Douglas Starr, Natalie Angier, and Jennifer Ackerman - webcast it - but with a begginning section that sets out Edwin Barber's statements about how influential the SCIENCE TIMES section has been in the discourse of science - and in science writing.

I bet Natalie Angier can find a copy. One of your techs could get that up in an hour or less, I'd bet. It would be useful practice in doing political coverage - where there's a wealth of statements by politicos on CNN that could be resurrected - by news people - or political people.

rshow55 - 10:31am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17255 of 17271)
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 think Is War Our Biological Destiny? By NATALIE ANGIER http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/science/11WAR.html is superb, but do have some technical reservations about it.

The experiment she mentions had smaller rewards connected with cooperation - usually the rewards of cooperation are larger than those of conflict - but they exist in an unstable context.

The other point is that, for reasons of logic and grammar, there are times when there do have to be fights. Even "wars" in a logical sense. Sometimes with big stakes.

They have to be controlled.

For example, I'm thinking about (smiling about, even hoping for) a chance to perpetate such an outrage that the NYT has no choice but to declare war - and destabilize a situation so that somebody could easily lose - but a win-win situation was possible, too.

search Gaily, Gaily

bluestar23 - 10:32am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17256 of 17271)

"I'm so inspired that I feel like perpetrating an outrage."

I hope you don't for the sakes of the good citizens of Madison, Wisc.......

bluestar23 - 10:35am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17257 of 17271)

"I'm thinking about (smiling about, even hoping for) a chance to perpetate such an outrage that the NYT has no choice but to declare war..."

Don't Do It, Showalter!!! We have here a chance to save NYT AND World from terrible consequences of Showalter's new "outrage"...!

cantabb - 10:35am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17258 of 17271)

rshow55 - 10:26am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17254 of 17254)

I'm smiling ! Things may work out.

Because the NYT has started ANOTHER Forum for you to post ?

Great stuff [in the "25th Anniversary edition of Science Times"] I'm so inspired that I feel like perpetrating an outrage. 'emphasis sadded]

I was especially pleased by Is War Our Biological Destiny? In the heartening if admittedly provisional opinion of a number of researchers who study warfare, it is by no means an innate aspect of human nature.

Must be new to you !

And I think the lead article Does Science Matter? By WILLIAM J. BROAD ought to go with an innovative ad titled ....

Does the New York Times SCIENCE TIMES section matter?

You tell us !

I bet Natalie Angier can find a copy. One of your techs could get that up in an hour or less, I'd bet. It would be useful practice in doing political coverage - where there's a wealth of statements by politicos on CNN that could be resurrected - by news people - or political people.

A copy of what ? Your corpus CD ?

I'm sure she'll recognize you too.

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