• Do you believe there can be an Actual Infinite
    If space is finite, then what is beyond the end of space? I think it'd be more space. But I also accept nobody knows if the universe is infinite or not. It might even be something else.
  • Is infinity a quantity?
    Infinity isn't a real number, but it is an extended real number. Infinity can be used to describe infinite things, such as an infinitely sized universe.

    By the way, I'm pretty bad at math, so don't take my word for it. I should just stop before I spread false information.
  • Is infinity a quantity?
    You can add 1 to any real number, so infinity isn't a real number. Infinity is a concept.
  • Motivation For Labor
    but as far as I know, NO EPIDEMIC has been laid on the doorstep of currency.Bitter Crank

    "The contamination of paper money is not limited to simply that of cocaine and other illicit drugs. Health officials in the UK warn that a silent Hepatitis-C epidemic could be brewing. Drug users with hepatitis who share with others the rolled paper note (or straw) used to snort cocaine can facilitate the transfer of the disease to thousands. As drug users are frequently impaired, they can easily fail to notice small traces of blood on these rolled banknotes. This is considered to be of particular concern, as eight out of ten carriers are unaware of their status (as hepatitis can lie dormant for decades)"
    http://www.york.givebackworks.com/threads/are-you-aware-that-money-carries-many-diseases-what-can-you-do.4270/
  • Motivation For Labor
    What if going to work was designed to be as enjoyable as eating ice cream? Like, what if the workplace really got those dopamine receptors firing? Then the problem would be getting people to stop working. It'd be like the obesity crisis all over again, except instead of people eating too much... They'd be working too much. But at least it'd be voluntary work.
  • Motivation For Labor
    Is a lack of currency the critical factor hereBitter Crank
    Yes. I'm just trying to figure out how to make a moneyless society function. After all, many people think money is the root of all evil. I'm trying to make up a better system for the people.

    the question you are asking?Marcus de Brun
    How do you motivate people to work in a moneyless society? For example, in a capitalist society, money motivates people to work. I'm looking for creative feasible answers, sorta like:

    Humans are pushed by desires toward cooperation.Bitter Crank
    or
    "What about a robotic AI workforce capable of building more AI robots? People would never have to work again."

    Do you think such a society could be just?Cavacava
    My main problem with money is that it's really dirty (circulates living flu viruses in society) and that capitalism causes a 15% poverty rate in the USA. Capitalism it it's current form is certainly not just. And Communism isn't the answer either because it doesn't adequately motivate people to help others.
  • Scientific Government Policies
    Evidence based policy making has been a thing for a decade.apokrisis

    Yes, but democratic polls calculate the popularity of opinions, rather than proving what is correct. I'm not saying it's easy to be politically correct, but I think that politically correct policies scientifically exist. For example, theoretically political scientists could calculate which policies would cause the least amount of harm to people or the economy, which would keep people the safest, the healthiest, the most educated, etc.

    I think it would be called a technocracy.Purple Pond
    I didn't know that. Thank you!
  • Should it be our right to have our basic needs met?
    I think that if someone brought functional plans for a perfect government to the table, then people would be happy to change to this new perfect government. In my ideal government, everybody would get free necessities.
  • Should it be our right to have our basic needs met?
    I would like to live in a world where people get free food and free housing because they truly need those things to live. I think it's rude to charge people money for basic necessities. Here's my list, so far (feel free to add to it), of the problems in the way of people being granted free necessities:
    1) Who's going to produce the necessities and why? (farming & food storage, house building & design, water harvesting & storage, medical care, making clothes, etc.)
    - My solution is to engineer ways to reduce labor. For example, houses can be built with 3D printers now, reducing the construction costs from $200,000 to $10,000. It normally takes 7 months to construct a house, but it takes less than 24 hours with a 3D printer. Here's a link to the 3D printed house (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdnrtnjT5Q) All basic necessities should be easier to produce.
    2) Capitalism relies heavily on the sales of necessities, so making necessities free could damage the economy.
    ...
  • Should it be our right to have our basic needs met?
    I think your opinion is spot on. Thank you for the excellent reply.
  • Is it true that the moon does not exist if nobody is looking at it?
    If nobody ever observed the Moon, then there'd be no proof it exists. Either the moon exists or it doesn't. Without proof, you'd be unable to prove it's existence or nonexistence. The existence of the Moon would be unknown. Things need scientific evidence to be proven, while people's beliefs aren't always accurate. For example, when I feel confident I got 100% on a test, but I actually gave some incorrect answers.

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