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• August 13th, 2008

  In what year did the motto's Novus Ordo Seclorum (New Order of the Age's), Annuit Coeptis (favors undertakings), and E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one) start appearing on dollar bills?

  I get that, but that begs the question of why did they not get added until recently considering they have been around so long?
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• August 13th, 2008

  Should there be a 4 day weekwork in US to save on gas and traffic congestion on freeways?

  @Mirza The fact that you beilieve that they econimy would suffer and that we would be thrown into a recession because people had an extra day of work is irrational. Your aguement rests on the assumption that people would be less productive due to not having to go to work one of the days they are “supposed to”. But… We have shown that you can still work just as many hours which equals same amount of work. Due to the continuity that the 10 hour day would allow for (1 less trip to and from the office, getting things in place before you start and packing things up before you leave) those would be a more productive 40 hours. Not to mention the improvement in employee moral/ physical health from having 72 hours to themselves in a row every week. A 10 hour day would not effect unemployment in the least, there is no decrease in the number of hours available to work. The jobs aren’t going anywhere. If anything it would stand to reason it would create jobs to plug this one day a week gap with part time employees? Who says everyone has to have the same day off? Can’t wait to hear why you would think this to be the case? Lastly remote working is awesome and definitely would work,and in many ways already is. I know this because I work with a company that provides the technology that makes it possible to do so. Correct me if I’m wrong but the services industry would only stand to benefit from people having an extra day so as to take advantage of services. Since these industries are usually busiest when people are off from work, people don’t get their hair cut, car washed, etc when they are in the office. But don’t worry Mirza, I’m sure your boss appreciates your unwavering willingness to stay firmly planted in your seat behind your desk. Firmly believng that exploring options that would make at least one day a week more fulfilling are a sure fire way to run business into the ground and hurt his precious bottom line.
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• August 13th, 2008

  In what year did the motto's Novus Ordo Seclorum (New Order of the Age's), Annuit Coeptis (favors undertakings), and E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one) start appearing on dollar bills?

  Well I was tryin to pry a bit deeper into that point. I think its a bit curious that the references to the ‘new order of the ages’ (new world order?) and favors undertaking were added relatively recently (140 years after the part about standing together as one). I will agree they are intended to summarize the intentions of certain individuals. Although I don’t think it is a tribute to George Washington
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• August 13th, 2008

  In what year did the motto's Novus Ordo Seclorum (New Order of the Age's), Annuit Coeptis (favors undertakings), and E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one) start appearing on dollar bills?

  How about why are these phrases on there in the first place?
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• August 8th, 2008

  Would you flip the switch?

  The thrux of these questions lies in a simple distinction. It is a matter or “killling” vs “Letting Die”. In the first scenario in the first question to not pull the lever is to let die, where as to pull it would be to kill. Is either worse than the other, especially when the killing will minimize suffering (1 v 5 deaths)? You usually see this is philiosohpy class lead up to a discussion on a topic like euthanasia. Is it right for a Dr. to let a patient die (pulling of a feeding tube and letting them essentially starve to death/ or for the purpose of the analogy not pulling the lever) when they can just as easily put them out of their misery quickly with little to no pain by killing them (a simple needle will do)? I am one for minimizing suffering, thus I view euthanasia and pulling the lever not as an act of playing God but as an act of compassion. We as a society view it as a disservice to a pet when we let them live in a state of constant suffering, euthanasia in this scenario is commonly acceptable. Yet when it comes to humans, who are on their death beds in constant agony, we hold the viewpoint that anyone who puts them out of thier misery should be put in jail? I for one disagree with this blatent contradiction.
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