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Originally Posted by Willravel
Determine within a +/-2% margin of error the odds that Saddam Hussein was seeking yellowcake, and please show your work.
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The value I place on innocent human life = googol or 10 to the one hundredth power x (the probability that Saddam intended to kill innocent people, which is a number greater than zero, minus the probability a normal person has intents of killing innocent people) = a number greater than zero. Any number greater than zero requires some kind of action.
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Emotion does not give one greater physical strength, it simply motivates one to access the potential that was already there but that one was not previously motivated to reach. The real maximum capability has not changed, simply the resolve.
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I think you missed the point. Scientifically you may think we know the "facts". Personally, you may think you know your limitations, the "facts". But in reality, do you? No.
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The woman often cited as lifting a car off her son, Angela Cavallo, said that she lifted the car less than 4 inches, which suggests that the suspension had all four tires on the ground. She didn't lift the car off the ground, she just moved it up far enough to get her pinned, unconscious son out. I can provide a link verifying this if you'd like. As an experiment, go out to your car and pull up on the back bumper (or even front bumper) and see if you can move your car three or four inches up. I'll bet money you can, even without the emotional motivation of having a loved on trapped underneath.
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I guess you know, and you know you know, and there are no unknowns knowns, or known unknowns. Must be nice to have all the answers or to know all the answers are known based on facts.
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Originally Posted by biznatch
Well, maybe because this isn't about your life, ...
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Gee., I think you missed my point also. See, this is clearly my inability to communicate on a level that you folks understand.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Consider the fact that, in your little scenario there, the jury would probably fry you.
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I told you I accept the consequences of my actions. I would rather die being proactive than being a victim. That's just me, I know others see it different. And, for the record I would not just act for no reason.