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but i don't agree with your predictions
If they aren't as dismal as mine, I hope yours turn out to be correct. That vision of the future I think is what divides politics so terribly. One side thinks all these policies are leading us to some kind of Star Trek future, any attempt to stop that is obviously evil. The other side thinks we're heading from relatively peaceful societies to a violent sectarian nightmare, any attempt to further that is obviously insane. The most likely future to me is the latter, one that echoes the past, tensions will rise, demagogues and warlords will arise on both sides, we'll see sporadic violence (many might say Europe is already at this point, myself included). This ramps up until one side breaks cover: the tribes will fight until one tribe becomes dominant, which will result in extinction, exile or domination and apartheid style laws for the losing tribe(s). Even if it's "my" tribe that wins in the end, the victory will be hollow, the taste acerbic.
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to me it's clear what occam's razor would suggest
With regards to the HIV thread, I wouldn't take that too seriously, I maintained from the beginning I was neutral and the current hypothesis is probably correct, though there are still some odd anomalies that need explaining to my satisfaction.
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30 Aug 2016, 8:32 pm
