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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

TheWraith

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7. What always gets me is the logical disconnect there...

Reply to trotsky (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 02:16 PM

Apr 2012

People suddenly have paranoid fits about drones... which will be used doing most of the same things HELICOPTERS have been doing for decades. And yet there's nobody who's suddenly wetting their pants about helicopters. In that way, it reminds me of how some people think a 100 watt cell phone tower will give you cancer, but a 100,000 watt TV transmitter is completely ignored.

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Oy, the paranoia over domestic drones is getting ridiculous. [View all] Odin2005 Apr 2012 OP

Yup. The idea that the only way drones will be used is to MineralMan Apr 2012 #1

Problem is, they mesh so well with many DU biases, prejudices, and... trotsky Apr 2012 #2

And what gets me about this paranoia is how NARCISSISTIC it is! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #3

Well, just sayin'... trotsky Apr 2012 #4

I thinks it's a big problem with our whole culture, nowadays. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #5

Well, I am! trotsky Apr 2012 #6

What always gets me is the logical disconnect there... TheWraith Apr 2012 #7

Everyone knows 100 watts is 1000 times more powerful than 100,000 watts. laconicsax Apr 2012 #8

Hahahahahaha! Good one! nt ZombieHorde May 2012 #10

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