shirgall

Satanism is a Christian religion. It requires Satan to be in opposition to the Christian God and no other.

Dear god the EGR is the most annoying component of vehicle maintenance ever, even on gasoline vehicles. How many check engine lights must we all endure for a short re-circulation pipe? I have three diesels at the moment, one is from 1971. One is from 1994. The final one is 2015. You can imagine how radically different each of them is.

Business activities do not require a explicit financial profit. In fact, some business activities are explicitly designed to foster good will in communities in hopes of future business, but not deterministic rewards.

It doesn't have to be financial. Everyone in a free transaction gets something better than they started with. That's less loaded terminology than "operates on profit" and it misses the point that all participants benefit from transactions or they are free to walk away from them if they won't benefit. Or that a person is free to shop around for the deal that appeals most to them. Or to wait until a better deal is in the offing.

Great Courses made a chapter on Mathematical Riddles on this (see Chapters 6 & 7): http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/mind-bending-math-riddles-and-paradoxes.html

Even my generation had people who studied only to pass tests and earn a grade and not actually learn the material. I've seen plenty of products that do the bare minimum to meet some sort of certification but not exceed it because quality costs a lot. The companies that care a great deal about what their customers want and are willing to pay for a great deal more responsible and responsive than those that do a lot of work just to "check a box" on some marketing requirements document... They didn't lie, but they were deceptive. I'll grant you that. Apparently they've had problems with this before... http://www.ibtimes.com/volkswagen-scandal-2015-vw-not-first-automaker-adopt-defeat-devices-override-2110859

http://www.nextgreencar.com/mpg/fuel-economy-label/? Those vehicles had accurate test cycle numbers. It's just that the car doesn't run in test cycle mode except when it's in a test cycle.

But it's more accurate to say that all sides benefit from every transaction. Sure, they could benefit more, but they all give up something that's worth less to them than what they are getting, unless they are forced. If they are forced it ceases to be "free market capitalism".

It's not free market at all if it costs 7 cents a pill to manufacture, but $700M to get FDA approval even though the drug is approved for some other company in the US, and for a bunch of other companies in Europe. *That* is the market distortion you are looking for.

They advertised that it was clean diesel. It's arguably cleaner than the Diesel Rabbit my Dad drove in the 70s. They did break emissions regulations though.

Putting yourself in the position of being able to do selective enforcement is probably key. Getting put on a DUI checkpoint is probably the worst.

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/09/generic-drug-regulation.html Theory: the cost of accelerated FDA approval of an out-of-patent generic is expensive enough to tolerate this price increase.

Yes, available at the same site, for example.

Any particular reason we are paying attention to personalities and not principles here?

Derailed or not, did you really mean to post your phone number?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-23/why-are-premiums-physical-silver-25-above-paper-spot-prices

Have another... http://www.gallup.com/poll/5392/Trust-Government.aspx

Indeed, I'm still on "Why does God need to be?" and not the metagames.

A lot of people were curious how VW managed to make the TDI meet standards without resorting to the AdBlue "horse urine" additive that most other diesels require. It was curiosity about this feat that led to their system being independently evaluated. Yay science! Frankly, this is no different than selectable tunings you find on other cars (like "sport", "economy", and "cruising") where the tuning is changes to restricted emissions at significant cost to delivered power. But they hid it instead of making it selectable. What was ingenious was detecting the emissions control equipment being connected to the OBD port instead of a diagnostic reader. I wonder what would have happened if they had instead kept this technique above board, like a "traffic" setting.

Meyers Briggs isn't a great instrument, but it has its uses. Note the warnings on its here: http://mbtitoday.org/about-the-mbti-indicator/ethical-guidelines/

You should add DiSC profile to your theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DISC_assessment

Can your parents consent to your statutory rape?

My favorite is wearing heels but cursing men for the discomfort (if not long term damage) caused by wearing them, all the while refusing to consider dating men not half a foot taller than they are.

Indeed. It's just like movies. If it's hyped a lot before you get a chance to see or read it, it's probably not very good.

Indeed, check up on the author "Ben Goldacre" for some detailed stuff. The fact that people can and do check up on this stuff is what really makes science work.