Parodite wrote:SM..you scepticon!
Please jump om board ! "We" need more of "you" even if no practical idea ever comes out of you.. just to make sure "we" never take "ourselves" too seriously! Especially in politics this matters more than anywhere else.
I'll try Bro, but it is tough to over come years of experience, education in physics, mastery of basic arithmetic, observing human nature, experience deducing cause and effect, etc.
Engineers get paid to remind people that a 1/2" bolt won't fit in a 3/8" hole, nothing is free, everything takes time, entropy is not your friend, the laws of physics & economics don't care much about your feelings, 9 women can't make a baby in a month, and that the money Robin Hood is giving you does not belong to him.
For the life of me, I don't ever recall reading a post at OTNOT, where anyone proposed a "practical idea" (did you know that the definition of practical is dependent upon what one wishes to practice?) that included supporting data. ie: cost benefit analysis, including who pays and who benefits, sustainable lifespan, hidden costs, perverse incentives, unintended consequences, etc.
I thought us OTNOT'ers were just intellectual, idealistic, gods hovering in clouds, responsible for big picture plans, not caring about costs, side effects, or whose egg we have to break to make our imaginary omelets.
Now that I know I am expected to be "practical" (?) we are going to have to define a boat load of terms before we can even begin writing the technical specifications.............. Trust me, this is the painful part. Once the problem is defined, it usually solves itself. But, getting humans to agree on definitions.....
No matter, I shall always be there for you Bro!