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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 12 July | 158 comments (158 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: interesting discussion (4.00 / 2)

Shadows in the cave, truly.

Is that a Plato reference?

he's too attached to his "common sense".

It's a very anthropocentric view, that the fantastically complex universe from the tiniest subatomic level to entire galaxy clusters should be aligned with what is considered "common sense" in the human (scale) experience.

A theoretic subatomic or galaxywide "creature" would probably have a quite differing view on "common sense" than we have...

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Jul 13th, 2009 at 07:23:07 AM EST
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Re: interesting discussion (none / 0)

Yes, it is a Plato reference. The shadows are the metaphors from popular science.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 13th, 2009 at 07:25:39 AM EST
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Re: interesting discussion (none / 0)

Yeah, I thought so... You're quite the renaissance man and I'm looking forward to actually meeting you in person at some future meetup. :)

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Jul 13th, 2009 at 07:31:05 AM EST
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