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I'm passionate about

The search for truth and so the only successful method for seeking it, science and reason.
Contributing towards a (hopefully) bright future for Humans and life in general.

An idea worth spreading

"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchins

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• TEDCred score: +3.80 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A reply on Conversation: Should research be subject to ethical responsibility?

  Nov 29 2012: Yeah, the question does seem to have been posted with minimal effort. Though I wouldn't begrudge someone asking this kind of question here assuming they were still off doing other research themselves. Obviously, if this is it, then yeah it's lazy.

• A reply on Conversation: Should research be subject to ethical responsibility?

  Nov 28 2012: Talking with people absolutely counts as researching the topic. She's not asking anyone to write the thing for here. You might as well say reading a book on the subject is copying the authors thoughts. Wrong.

• A reply on Conversation: Should research be subject to ethical responsibility?

  Nov 28 2012: Agreed. We can discount arguments that run away to the epistemological doubting of any knowledge.
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  A comment on Conversation: "Everything you have, you lose" Right?

  Jul 5 2011: Well eventually we all die so no, you can't keep anything forever.
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  A comment on Conversation: How does your life differ from your childhood predictions?

  Jul 5 2011: Career wise I was lucky enough to go into what I always wanted. Though in other areas I have been disappointed. I always wanted to live on the moon with an alien girlfriend and a robot butler. Hey ho, can't have everything I suppose.

• A reply on Conversation: TED Conversations structure should be re-thought to produce better organised conversations.

  Jul 4 2011: Cheers Dan,
  Ye once this conversation closes I probably will send a link to the admins about it. Assuming the feedback is still posiitve.
  
  Thought it best to test the opinions of the community first.

• A reply on Conversation: Should Our Income Tax Be Replaced by a Graduated Consumpion Tax?

  Jul 1 2011: Considering that in the US 20% of the population hold 80% of the wealth I think you probably could do to do something like this.
  
  Althought it is the wealthy that control taxes so this wont ever happen :)

• A comment on Conversation: One word to sum it all up

  Jul 1 2011: Boobies.
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  A comment on Conversation: What scares you most in life?

  Jul 1 2011: Wasps.

• A reply on Conversation: What book would you recommend to your fellow TEDsters?

  Jul 1 2011: Ye I really liked that one too. I'll check out some of his others.