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[WWGD]

There are possible worlds where possible worlds don't exist.

 

[Tom.G]

There are possible worlds where possible worlds don't exist.

OK. Let's see the proof.

 

[Mayhem]

OK. Let's see the proof.

You live in the world where such proof is impossible, unfortunately.

 

[WWGD]

There's this guy Ira Glass in NPR ( Public Radio). I can imagine hearing :

Ira Glass
I also ra glass.

Just like with the s at the end of the name or beginning of the last name:

Have you seen Jason Statham?
No, I didn't know Jason even had a statham
( Jason's tatham).
Edit: I was just reading on how parsing strings of words seems natural for natives but difficult for others.

 

[WWGD]

On a more practical matter, my Android phone is not recognizing/reacting to QR codes.

@Wrichik Basu : I did a search did not find much helpful. Can you suggest something?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

There are possible worlds where possible worlds don't exist.

So in that world, this is not a possible world. Therefore we do not exist.

No...wait...

 

[WWGD]

So in that world, this is not a possible world. Therefore we do not exist.

No...wait...

Attn Kurt Godel.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Over the course of the TV series House, they shot over 4000 miles of film.

 

[Frabjous]

Over the course of the TV series House, they shot over 4000 miles of film.

Is that a measured number or based off the number of hours televised?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Is that a measured number or based off the number of hours televised?

I don't know. But they specified 4076 miles.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

They did 177 episodes at about 40 minutes per. With 4076 miles of film, they ran at about 35 miles of film per hour.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

We are looking at a $3.5 trillion spending bill. Some people are objecting. They can see spending a trillion or two but at 3.5 trillion we are talking about real money!

 

[WWGD]

I may have missed the point of the show ' House' but it seemed pretty contrived to me often.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I may have missed the point of the show ' House' but it seemed pretty contrived to me often.

Yeah, you missed the point.

 

[WWGD]

Yeah, you missed the point.

Which is/was?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Which is/was?

Well if you don't know by now...

 

[WWGD]

Well if you don't know by now...

Any good refs?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Any good refs?

LOL! What do you mean by contrived? It was a TV show. Of course it was contrived!

Contrived: deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

 

[WWGD]

LOL! What do you mean by contrived? It was a TV show. Of course it was contrived!

Contrived: deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Well, if read of many who had it in high esteem and believed in it at a " meta level", but never went into detail. I understand there is plenty of fluff on tv ( though I don't own one nowadays any more) but , still, shows that last as long usually have something substantial to them. Fluff only takes shows so far for so long.

 

[Frabjous]

I may have missed the point of the show ' House' but it seemed pretty contrived to me often.

I always thought that House was a medical version of Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Frabjous]

We are looking at a $3.5 trillion spending bill. Some people are objecting. They can see spending a trillion or two but at 3.5 trillion we are talking about real money!

While there are also political issues, the fundamental question is at which point do the unintended consequences of increased spending outway the direct benefits.

 

[fresh_42]

Well, if read of many who had it in high esteem and believed in it at a " meta level", but never went into detail. I understand there is plenty of fluff on tv ( though I don't own one nowadays any more) but , still, shows that last as long usually have something substantial to them. Fluff only takes shows so far for so long.

You can't make a show based on appendicitis.

 

[Frabjous]

You can't make a show based on appendicitis.

Actually, I know someone whose appendix went bad and a cyst formed around it. The person did not feel bad until ~1 year later when it cracked and started leaking. It took a couple of months to figure out what was happening at which point the person was rushed into emergency surgery. While they found gangrene, the person was basically back to normal within a couple of weeks.
Sounds like a House story.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

While there are also political issues, the fundamental question is at which point do the unintended consequences of increased spending outway the direct benefits.

The real solution is to just hand out large sums of money to people my age. :)

So you only want to compare direct benefits to unintended consequences? How about unintended benefits? Clearly you assume that all unintended consequences are negative.

 

[WWGD]

Besides the fact that many medical problems found today that would not have been with previous technology, would not create ( serious) problems if they were just ignored.

 

[WWGD]

You can't make a show based on appendicitis.

As usual , it seems we're being orthogonal to each other. This is not intended as a medical documentary. This is a vehicle to convey a message, not the message itself.

 

[Frabjous]

The real solution is to just hand out large sums of money to people my age. :)

So you only want to compare direct benefits to unintended consequences? How about unintended benefits? Clearly you assume that all unintended consequences are negative.

No, and I do not appreciate word parsers. There are known fiscal negatives to high taxes and high government spending. I believe that most people also recognize that there can be negative societal consequences as people become more and more dependent on the government. There can be positive unintended consequences, but I ask you to name one government spending program that should be increased without bound.

 

[WWGD]

No, and I do not appreciate word parsers. There are known fiscal negatives to high taxes and high government spending. I believe that most people also recognize that there can be negative societal consequences as people become more and more dependent on the government. There can be positive unintended consequences, but I ask you to name one government spending program that should be increased without bound.

Not without bound , but government does certain things right. And private sector has its share of nepotism and other flaws. It may sound trite, but there is a valid middle of the road here.

 

[fresh_42]

As usual , it seems we're being orthogonal to each other. This is not intended as a medical documentary. This is a vehicle to convey a message, not the message itself.

The medical issues are the show's major means to create tension and arguments.

 

[Frabjous]

Not without bound , but government does certain things right. And private sector has its share of nepotism and other flaws. It may sound trite, but there is a valid middle of the road here.

Which was part of my original point

While there are also political issues, the fundamental question is at which point do the unintended consequences of increased spending outway the direct benefits.