It maybe that we have 512 "captains" and a Commander McBragg. All thinking they are right and everybody else is wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_McBragg On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:42 PM Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > > I suppose I should read or see the source, but it's a very old game. > > Essentially all of these are 100% propaganda. > > > > Trying to calculate where we'll be 100 years from now or even 50 years fro > > now involves a huge number of variables, and few of them have much precision > > or reliability. It's trivial to start with the conclusion you want - for > > example, "we prefer things exactly as we are," or "it's already too late, we > > can't fix it," or "nuclear energy is our only hope," or "PV is the only > > answer" - and, by taking either the most optimistic or most pessimistic > > estimates for each variable, arrive exactly where you want to be. > > This is not, of course, how long-term planning should work. > > While the past is fixed and cannot be changed; we *do* have some control > over the future. While we cannot predict exact times and dates and > severity of events in the future; we *can* make reasonably accurate > generalized predictions. > > A good sailor cannot predict the winds; but he *can* set a course and > maneuver to still get to where he wants to be. > > I think the real problem is that our world leaders are incompetent > sailors. They can't read the map of the future, don't understand the > winds of change, and have no clear idea of where they are even heading. > > Lee > -- > When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can let it > define you; let it destroy you; or you can let it strengthen you. > -- Theodor Seuss Geisel > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
