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AnchorKlanker t1_jcvk4fy wrote
Reply to comment by Icy_Blackberry_3759 in The Fermi Paradox and the Possibility of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life by Beginning-Court1946
So far as we know now. But what we know now is doubtlessly incomplete.
AnchorKlanker t1_ja0sv7m wrote
Reply to TIL about Kaktovik numerals, a base-20 number system based on a on Inupiaq language, and created by a class of middle students by CreatrixAnima
Well, that's gonna be really helpful and popular, too.
AnchorKlanker t1_j9zwddf wrote
Reply to Water on Earth is not Constant. Why ? by ItsDivyamGupta
So far as I know, aside from a vanishingly small number of atoms that have escaped Earth's atmosphere, all the atoms that have ver been on Earth are still on Earth. But of course, the atoms may not comprise the same molecule they once did.
AnchorKlanker t1_j8kdj2u wrote
Reply to comment by waterbogan in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
I agree
AnchorKlanker t1_j8bivqh wrote
Reply to comment by upinthenortheast in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
Have it your way.
AnchorKlanker t1_j8bdzpg wrote
Reply to Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
Read Stephen Pinker's book, The Blank Slate.
AnchorKlanker t1_j77znv2 wrote
Reply to TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
Bunch of Elizabeth Warrens? 😂
AnchorKlanker t1_j5banmt wrote
Reply to My lettuce was cut to fit the bun. by yuuuge_butts
Brilliant
AnchorKlanker t1_j59xs0g wrote
And how would anyone actually know this?
AnchorKlanker t1_j3trfzp wrote
Reply to comment by BillTowne in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
Your say tomato, I say .... oh, let's just drop it.
AnchorKlanker t1_j3tr9di wrote
Reply to comment by StoneTemplePilates in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
I did not say turnover all of the House every four year. I said rotate, as the Senate does now. You may be failing to see the important point; politicians should be receiving no gifts of any size from anybody. Period. Thin edge of the wedge. Moreover, it was a workaround. It's what government operatives do. I'm sure you have noticed.
AnchorKlanker t1_j3ownt3 wrote
Reply to comment by BillTowne in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
No. Didn't know the man.
AnchorKlanker t1_j3okza9 wrote
Reply to comment by Pt_Zero in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
No, it isn't a great example of why term limits are needed. But the idea of doing a workaround to give a sizable gift is still abhorrent, which is what provoked by comment. If members of the House could serve only one 4-year term, and members of the Senate only one 6-year term, and if both were rotated as the Senate already is, the entire political process would change drastically for the better.
AnchorKlanker t1_j3nwgw8 wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
Yes, politicians were just as foul in 1947 as they are today. When oh when we We the People simply demand term limits?
AnchorKlanker t1_je34k6z wrote
Reply to TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
Really? That must have been a few years back.