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16 Apr 2017, 7:36 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The article’s most important claim is that a significant part of the challenge posed by AI-equipped machines can be addressed by the kind of ethical choices made by human beings for millennia. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 10:01 pm
"Nunavut" means "our land" in the Inuktitut language, and the territory "has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century," according the the website of the Government of Nunavut, which "now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 29,500 residents. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 7:05 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Migratory birds have made their thousand-mile flights for millennia, but we are just now learning to map their mesmerizing journeys. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 10:12 am
But something that's hardly novel, with a history going back at least centuries, and almost assuredly millennia. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 9:06 am
Actually, I think in some cases, they're fire behavior that probably these forests haven't seen in millennia or maybe even tens of thousands of years. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 10:37 pm by Steve Bainbridge
I just can't decide if his last name was Jordan or Schumacher A three hour faculty meeting shaves 3 millennia off my stint in Purgatory Vegetables are not food, they are what food eats I need a vacation  [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 5:20 am by Walter Olson
Although it is only indirectly related to the issue of manufacturing shortages, note also the interesting reader comment on the gout drug Colchicine, known and used for millennia. [read post]
9 Sep 2018, 9:09 am by Dennis Crouch
by Dennis Crouch Morality judgments have been a core governmental activity for millennia. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 8:30 am by azatty
Of course, soap operas for millennia have mined the rich veins of greed and betrayal. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 8:30 am by azatty
Of course, soap operas for millennia have mined the rich veins of greed and betrayal. [read post]
20 Mar 2014, 12:30 pm by Kevin
First, if anyone wants to take a stab at calculating how long you'd have to wear one of these (on any body part) before it would measurably increase the risk of "cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm," please let me know the number of millennia you end up with. [read post]
23 May 2008, 8:16 am
(It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to blog.)For nearly two millennia, the Western tradition has included polygamy among the crimes that are inherently wrong. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 4:00 am by Kimberly Alderman
Reports have indicated there is heavy fighting in Aleppo, an ancient city which has been home to Hittites, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mongels, Mamelukes, and Ottomans, over the course of millennia. [read post]
13 May 2009, 12:33 pm
My own view of well being is objectivist, and objectivist conceptions of well being or happiness have dominated the western intellectual tradition for two millennia. [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 3:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The discussions, which have the backing of the Biden administration, could reshape a world increasingly awash in plastics that take centuries to break down and millennia to decompose. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 7:42 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
We are entwined with trees in an elemental embrace, both biological and symbolic, depending on them for the very air we breathe as well as for our deepest metaphors, millennia in the making. [read post]
26 May 2019, 10:30 am by Megan Geuss
Traditional burials usually require embalming chemicals and caskets that will remain in the ground for centuries if not millennia. [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 8:38 am
  McPherson said, "The formation we are injecting into holds carbon dioxide that's been there for millennia. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 11:50 pm
The holy city of Jerusalem has been central to the spirituality and destiny of Jews for millennia. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 10:55 am by Brian Hollar
This podcast strongly echoes my own views and is highly recommended.Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why he is optimistic about the future and how trade and specialization explain the evolution of human development over the millennia. [read post]