Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Aug 2012 19:40 UTC
"Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday on Aug. 5. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of 'one giant leap for mankind'. He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin." Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Such a great man. The world lost a true legendary hero today. This man will be an inspiration for generations to come.
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RE[4]: Comment by MOS6510
by MOS6510 on Sun 26th Aug 2012 14:38
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Apple has money, the US has an enormous debt and Neil Armstrong didn't go bombing Koreans because he figured it was a quick and safe way to earn a buck.
Money doesn't exist. To make trade easier we made stuff we called money and agreed it has a certain worth, just like we agreed how chess pieces move.
In nature and the universe there is no money. No anthill or beehive ever went bust. No birds ever stopped migrating, because they couldn't effort the trip. No lost tourist was ever able to bribe a lion with money. No dolphin ever stopped having a fun time, because he was too busy finding a job to pay his bills. No alpha ape ever went around collecting taxes. No alien species would ever accept our money in exchange for their technology, because money is worthless unless you and others agree it has a value.
Earth and the universe did fine for billions of years without any money.
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by Alfman on Sun 26th Aug 2012 15:04
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by danbuter on Sun 26th Aug 2012 23:01
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by joekiser on Sun 26th Aug 2012 23:59
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In nature and the universe there is no money. No anthill or beehive ever went bust. No birds ever stopped migrating, because they couldn't effort the trip. No lost tourist was ever able to bribe a lion with money. No dolphin ever stopped having a fun time, because he was too busy finding a job to pay his bills. No alpha ape ever went around collecting taxes. No alien species would ever accept our money in exchange for their technology, because money is worthless unless you and others agree it has a value.
If alien visitors ever visit Earth, they might not care about money, but they will be far more interested in the species that has sent men to the moon, vehicle-sized craft to Mars, and probes beyond the solar system than they would be in animals that live day-to-day trying not to get eaten.
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RE[5]: Comment by MOS6510
by kwan_e on Mon 27th Aug 2012 02:07
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In nature and the universe there is no money.
There still are costs. In fact, lots of animals pay with sex or food or building materials.
No anthill or beehive ever went bust.
Anthills and beehives go bust all the time. Of course, it now turns out that Colony Collapse Disorder is caused by Bayer's insecticide, but entymologists would tell you that a great number of beehives die out every year normally.
No birds ever stopped migrating, because they couldn't effort the trip.
Except that's precisely how flightless birds came about.
No lost tourist was ever able to bribe a lion with money.
If the lost tourist had the right amount of money in the right currency then they would be able to bribe the lion.
No dolphin ever stopped having a fun time, because he was too busy finding a job to pay his bills.
Actually, the only dolphins that have a "fun time" are those you see at those water parks (whatever name it is). How do you know they are having "fun"? They're having "fun" to get the continued supply of fish. Out in the wild, it's a constant battle against starvation and murder.
No alpha ape ever went around collecting taxes.
Humans are apes.
No alien species would ever accept our money in exchange for their technology, because money is worthless unless you and others agree it has a value.
Which goes back to the question about the currency in use.
Earth and the universe did fine for billions of years without any money.
And yet, money emerged. The earth and the universe obviously had a need for money.
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Just think about it how insane money is. Money doesn't exist, we made it up and then we spend our lives acquiring it,
Money is a measurement of scarcity of resources, and a way to reward effort. Its no small coincidence that the nation with the most money (the nation that was born on the idea that wealth is created, not a zero-sum game) is also the only nation that has put a man on the moon.
The first man on the moon rose to his position by dropping bombs on Koreans as a 20 year old pilot. I'm not saying this detracts from his later accomplishments at all, only that the world isn't as cut-dry black and white, good and bad as you make it.