User talk:Andy Rosenthal

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Personal attacks[edit]

Hi Andy, please do not insult nor harass users that do not share your point of view. Take a look at Wikipedia:No personal attacks and Wikipedia:Etiquette. Some of your comments made at Talk:Felipe Calderón and at my user page were just uncalled for. All-Bran 17:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for your kind words! Lets get some work done! Hari Seldon 06:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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RE: Science[edit]

No, my dear friend, the "tough spot" of the country was caused by irresponsible marxist economic policy in the 1970s and 1980s that destroyed the wealth of the nation. It had to be rebuilt using liberal economic policies that still go on today. Rebuilding is hard, but it is illogical to blame the destruction on those who are repairing.

As for science, if science is to be used for profit, then he who wants the profit should pay for it. If science for the sake of science is worth doing, then, a rational private entity will fund it. Who funded the development of the Three Laws of Motion, or the Law of Universal Gravity, or the Theory of Evolution, or the Theory of Relativity? When science has been funded by Universities, always, some one else than the tax payer has gained more than the tax payer: the researcher has gained fame, a company has gained a new product, and the tax payer has gained the pride of paying taxes. If the researcher wants fame and respect, let him fund it. It a company wants a new product, let him fund it.

I don't think I know everything, and I am willing to listen. I simply feel that there is nothing more valuable to rational thought than scrutiny. Feel free to scrutinize, with evidence, my opinion. I offer the same to you. I've defended opinions that where incorrect in the past, yes... when I was 15 years old I believed in a god, but grew over it. I believe that the virtue of any true scientist, and of any individual, is the capacity to scrutinize and abandon old thought when proved unsustainable, either by evidence, or by logic.

This is the reason why I am open to your opinions and comments. Believe me, I seriously consider them. That is the reason I scrutinize them. Scrutiny is the greatest respect an idea can get, and if the idea survives scrutiny, then it proves to be worth that respect.

As for science, I know a lot about science. But morality is a matter of opinion, and deciding who funds science is an entirely moral matter. No one can deny the value of science, but deciding who that value goes to, who benefits, and who should pay is a completely different matter. Because I am an atheist and do not believe in dogma, I usually prefer amoral solutions. The amoral solution, in my opinion, is private funding. But again, this is an idea that must survive scrutiny. And I am not standing by it, I am merely, preseting it for consideration.

Finally, I am in the middle of exams week and I have a particularly difficult finance exam tomorrow. I haven't slept since sunday, and am running low on gas. I have spent too much time already discussing this. Could you please wait for me to continue this discussions until monday?

Hari Seldon 21:17, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry if any of my opinions insulted anyone, but they were written in my personal page and not a wikipedia article.--Dcrcort 06:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, another big supporter of AMLO was Hugo Chavez.--Dcrcort 06:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with users[edit]

You'll need to file a case at WP:RFCUSER if you've tried and failed to reason with them on their talk page, or other means. --Steve _(Stephen)^talk 03:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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