The irony is unbelievable. How can you make the case for "scientific skepticism" and in the next breath talk about how we cannot accept vaccine and climate skepticism?

For better or for worse, these are some of the only laypeople practicing meaningful skepticism about the information they are fed. For the vast majority of people, "science" is synonymous with an appeal to authority that cannot be challenged.

If you are serious about the value of skepticism and strengthening our collective knowledge you should welcome this kind of dissent. I want more intelligent climate skepticism, and I want it out in the open. If you're confident in your position you should be ready to steelman its negation.

Good news for pedestrians.

That's not abandoned by any normal definition of the word.

Idk why you are talking about a world without cars. I love cars, combustion engines, and driving fast. But there is a time and a place for it...

If the road layout is such that people feel compelled to do those things in dense urban centers, on blocks where pedestrians also feel the need to constantly jaywalk... You have an engineering problem. This is not a conversation about people following the traffic rules to a T because we all know they are not meant to be. Nobody on Henry ave is going to follow to speed limit 100% of the time, nor are they expected to. Everybody in this city jaywalks at some time or another, and again, this is expected and normal behavior in the traffic system.

"The Lady crossed what is basically a 4 lane highway and she got hit… she fucked around and found out."

Way to miss the point you fucking sociopath. If there is a constant stream of people feeling the need to jaywalk this "4 lane highway" as you say then the road needs to be redesigned. No amount of cheering about how these people deserve to die is going to address the root issue.

If there is nowhere convenient to cross in a dense urban area with high pedestrian traffic then the intersection should be redesigned. Pedestrians in the city should absolutely feel entitled not be constantly inconvenienced by car traffic.

Like you've never jay-walked before.