It works both ways. Need is a function of price, and price is a function of supply. That's why we have to approach from both the production and consumption side. (View Post)

At some point we will have to do net zero, given the finite nature of fossil fuels. Better to do it earlier rather than later and not transform the world into a global hothouse though. (View Post)

Well, there is dark matter and dark energy: where's the missing mass that's holding the galaxies together, and why's the expansion of the universe accelerating? And how can we make QM and relativity … (View Post)

What you are demonstrating is a spectacular lack of understanding of the way that science works. Did you sleep though your lectures on, for example, Karl Popper's theories of empirical falsification … (View Post)

It's a trait that seems to be shared by many philosophy graduates, as least the ones I've met. They must all take a module titled "Why philosophers understand any subject better than anyone with… (View Post)