The Impossibility of Growth

[Sava]

You seem to have trouble with the difference between "if ... then" statements and "and" statements.

Why? Because you have poor communication skills?

[Lorizael]

No, I don't think my poor communication skills are the reason you have trouble.

[Sava]

You're going to have to get more specific... or at least provide an example.

You may as well just call me a poopy pants.

or maybe n35t0r can settle this

Between the two of us, I seem to be the one with an understanding of his comment.

[Lorizael]

Nah. I have no desire to get into a real argument with you, Sava. As was said earlier, you're basically a Kid-lite.

[Sava]

I accept your surrender

Gee, it must be nice throwing out random bits of wrongness and then running away.

[Lorizael]

I'll not be dragged back that easily. I'm pedantic, I know, but not wrong.

[Sava]

In this case, you're both.

[Sava]

Kid-lite.

Also, what does this mean?

I make a habit of blaming my personal failures in life on feminists?

[Lorizael]

Nah. More like:

In that case, Imran is kinda right about you. You are a Kid-lite. Your debate strategy is to say something mildly crazy, get called out on it, get really really (faux) angry about it, and then dig in with even crazier arguments.

[Sava]

Kid doesn't get (faux) angry.

My strategy (as I see it) is to find instances where someone is wrong. Point it out. Watch them get all defensive. Berate them for their wrongness until they wise up, admit their mistake, and move on.

If you find yourself in a prolonged exchange with me, it means two things. One, you're wrong (and generally, quite obviously). Two, you are being stubborn about admitting wrongness.

(a third, I suppose... is: I like you)

I'll do other things as I see fit... like repeat opposing talking points just to provoke an equally retarded talking points response... all but ensuring the offending party digs themselves too deep to recover.

Personally, I don't care about being "right". I'm here to make jokes and have fun. Nobody is ever "right"... beyond their ability to repeat already established facts. And that's not a mysterious skill or anything.

[N35t0r]

We'd have to do the calculations, but with rudimentary space-travel technologies we'll start opening up nearby stars for development. That's effectively cubic growth for a while. Compound that with improvements in space travel technology, we could easily see exponential growth, especially when colonies develop and start sending out their own expansion waves.

[Felch]

My strategy (as I see it) is to find instances where someone is wrong. Point it out. Watch them get all defensive. Berate them for their wrongness until they wise up, admit their mistake, and move on.

That strategy doesn't work against me, because I'm never wrong. If I claim that 6 is an odd number, or that the sky is green after a lunar eclipse, such insane statements become true because I said them.

It's cool being able to redefine reality with a mere utterance, but I try not to abuse the power.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

Why don't you legalize pot already?

[Lorizael]

We'd have to do the calculations, but with rudimentary space-travel technologies we'll start opening up nearby stars for development. That's effectively cubic growth for a while. Compound that with improvements in space travel technology, we could easily see exponential growth, especially when colonies develop and start sending out their own expansion waves.

Growth is already exponential, however. The more energy you dig out of the ground, the more you can power your digging machines.

[Fake Boris]

Right, but that growth has been substantial.

If you're hypothesis only makes sense by ignoring the past two centuries of human progress, then it's a stupid hypothesis.

The hypothesis is that continued growth is an accident that won't be possible for long. Not because there hasn't been much. Because there can't be several centuries of it!