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2·1 month agoOder als Beispiel aus der Verkehrswelt: Fahrradstreifen in Mittellage. Das ist halt “in der Praxis bewährt”, im Gegensatz zu so Firlefanz wie geschützten Fahrradübergängen an Kreuzungen, die lediglich durch Nichtigkeiten wie wissenschaftliche Studien und jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in den Niederlanden gestützt werden.
Ja klar, bin dabei. Man könnte zum Beispiel die VW AG wieder verstaatlichen und den Unternehmensauftrag von der Erwirtschaftung maximaler Profite auf die Bereitstellung zuverlässiger und bürgerfreundlicher Automobilität ändern. Gewisse Dinge wie millionenschwere Managergehälter müssen dann vielleicht dran glauben, aber das ist ein Opfer, das zu bringen ich bereit bin.
7·1 month agoThere’s also a lot of stuff that’s not meant to be taken literally. The text is full of similes and metaphors that are a lot less clear today than they were at time of writing. For example, many numbers in there are just used to convey a vague
servesense of size. Sometimes concrete numbers just mean “many”, which was well-understood back then.On top of that we have later edits for various reasons and assorted other sources of imprecision. The Bible makes a lot more sense as a book that’s not meant to be taken literally in it’s entirety. Of course figuring out what’s really meant isn’t very easy all this time later.
Plus what you pointed out. That’s also in there, probably especially by means of edits.
I don’t think capsaicin is that much of an insecticide. AFAIK its primary purpose is to deter consumption by mammals since the seeds are more likely to survive if eaten by birds (who are immune to capsaicin).
Of course that makes it extra amusing that we’re specifically after this stuff.
One factor is that your brain absolutely doesn’t care about long-term consequences when it believes it’s fighting for your immediate survival (or that of someone sufficiently important to you like your child) so it completely ignores all the warning signs that normally keep you from overtaxing yourself. You need 100% performance right now, no matter if you end up tearing a muscle or breaking your own bones.