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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump tweets airplanes becoming 'far too complex' following Ethiopian Airlines crash
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that airplanes are becoming "far too complex" following an Ethiopian Airlines flight over the weekend that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board.
"Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," Trump wrote.
The president added in a second tweet: "I dont know about you, but I dont want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!"
The plane that crashed was a Boeing 737 Max 8, the same model as an ill-fated Indonesian Lion Air flight that crashed after takeoff last year, killing all 189 people on board.
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Wiping his own ass is complex for Trump because it's so hard for him to reach it.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)2. Traditionalism implies the rejection of modernism. Both Fascists and Nazis worshiped
technology, while traditionalist thinkers usually reject it as a negation of traditional
spiritual values. However, even though Nazism was proud of its industrial achievements,
its praise of modernism was only the surface of an ideology based upon Blood and Earth
(Blut und Boden). The rejection of the modern world was disguised as a rebuttal of the
capitalistic way of life, but it mainly concerned the rejection of the Spirit of 1789 (and of
1776, of course). The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of
modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.
3. Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action's sake. Action being
beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is
a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical
attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism,
from Goering's alleged statement ("When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun" to the
frequent use of such expressions as "degenerate intellectuals," "eggheads," "effete snobs,"
"universities are a nest of reds." The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in
attacking modern culture and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional
values.
4. No syncretistic faith can withstand analytical criticism. The critical spirit makes
distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific
community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge. For Ur-Fascism,
disagreement is treason.
Essay on Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco (1995)
Flaleftist
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(20,629 posts)Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)you not even required to learn celestial navigation anymore.
moondust
(19,972 posts)Maybe everything!
unblock
(52,183 posts)Submariner
(12,503 posts)Don't repubs at least take some introductory physics in school?
JHB
(37,158 posts)Otherwise the Space Force will consist of Snoopy as World-Famous Flying Ace and World-Famous Astronaut simultaneously.
Wait, maybe we should tell him.