[SeasonOfPain]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Odin', 'T')he hatred of one's own species oozing through this thread is pathetic.

[Heineken]

Well said, SeasonOfPain. The anthropocentrists and Holy-Human-Rollers are increasingly laughable as this marvelous species trashes its own planet.

[KevO]

is the end of mind.

read this and weep
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/sto ... 29,00.html

[cynicalheretic]

I think it's a great Idea. This will make it much easier for employers to tell which employees are going to work out and which won't

Also employers will be able to weed out the ones that smoke/Have too much sex/Don't worship God/Don't love Bush

We can get rid of these seconds class citizens. Oh, how great the future will be.

[Bas]

how 'minority report'


If I was a conspiracy theorist I'd say the CIA has been using these techniques for decades and recently managed to get a sattelite into orbit doing just that

[Free]

I don't buy it, and like every apparently "ground-breaking" scientific study nowadays one should take it with a huge bag of salt.

Remember that the competition for funding is harsh and can only be won by sensationalist publications, big shows to tickle the imagination of the mostly unscientific audience.

Naturally, references to Minority report and such get good press play...

First of all, the processes in the brain, like everywhere in nature, are chaotic in their essence, and not so easily deterministic as it is suggested. 70 % forecasting is an impressive figure, but remember that it was in a controlled simplistic environment.

It's like making a superficial "cloud" and make it rain in a closed big room, and then say that one day we might forecast the weather with 100 % accuracy and even make it...

[EnergyUnlimited]

Yet another psychoquackery fraud.
Suppose, someone is found 70% guilty, then he will get 70% of standard sentence.
If you are expected to commit a crime carrying a death penalty with 100/6% (~17%) chance of actually doing it, you will be invited to play Russian roulette...
I think entire adventure will go the way like recovered memories (of child abuse) / false memory syndrom does...means right to a dustbin.

NB. I had noticed, that psychoquacks are more and more calling themself neuroscientists. Sound better, right?
You know, they need all what other supersticial witches do...BIG magnet.

[Subjectivist]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12 ... e-careful/

Sounds like things are getting shaky for the world economy!

[Subjectivist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')amed investor Jim Rodgers is predicting a disastrous scenario for the global economy. “Eventually, the whole world is going to collapse,” he told CBC in a recent interview.

Rodgers said “we in the West have staggering debts,” noting that the United States is the “largest debtor nation in the history of the world.”

“This is going to end badly,” he warned.

Zero Hedge breaks down Rodgers’ thoughts on the “commodity super-cycle” and increasing energy production through fracking:

However, the co-founder of Soros’ Quantum fund is convinced that the commodity super-cycle is far from over, but driven by supply constraints (and cost increases) as opposed to demand from higher growth. The following interview provides more color on his commodity view as he re-iterates his bullish stance on Ag (with sugar a focus) and Natural Gas (some harsh natural realities coming), warning “don’t get too excited about fracking,” when he talks energy products.

Rogers, in his inimitable way, sums up the state [of] euphoria that many markets find themselves in thus, “we are all floating around on a sea of artificial liquidity right now. This is not going to last.”

Rodgers went on to warn of the “next crisis,” which he predicted may occur in 2015 or 2016.

“The next correction when it comes, because the debt is so very high — you know, 2008 was worse than 2002 because the debt was so much higher. You wait until 2015 or 2016 when the next crisis hits… debt has gone through the roof, the next one’s gonna be really bad”

His advice: “Be prepared, be worried, and be careful.”

[Pops]

On the original topic I find that the "Super-Doomer" Laherrere was correct as far as an (at least) 10 year bumpy plateau in oil production. Luckily his prediction of a near term cliff in gas has been averted so far by fracking for shale and tight gas. Bigger increases in shale gas are required.

Oil has been declining in it's contribution to world primary energy since 1970 while gas' contribution has been constantly rising. That isn't to say that oil's value to the world has been declining. In fact, it is obvious from the price of oil that it's value has been increasing as gas and coal have replaced it as the primary source for electricity generation. Oil has been dedicated more and more to transportation in our increasingly transport oriented society. Oil, coal and gas can fire turbines and drive generators but it's hard to fuel Dreamliners on coal.

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As for the Rogers part, I'm not sure what to make of all the QE except to say I think it's covering up real asset deflation caused by resource limits - "supply constraint" isn't a concept embraced by many 30-somethings, let alone by 30-something day traders, they like BAU buzzwords like "commodity supercycle".

BTW didn't you hear? The US unemployment rate is the lowest in 5 years, don't mind the fact that labor force participation is the lowest in 40 years. But look on the bright side, it's now easier to get into Harvard than on the payroll at Walmart - and those liars in the liberal media say there is no social mobility!

[dorlomin]

I may be slightly off topic but I have always suspect that the "doom now" mindset is a psychological reaction to complexity and risk. Once topics become very complex, many peoples minds sort of short circuit their internal "mind models" of the world to a doom scenario. This happened a lot with Y2K, peak oil and is very evident in climate. A crushing slow decline has a huge number of variables and unexpected events to consider, while skipping all that and straight onto the zombie hoardes creates a simpler world to think about and plan for.

Off course I could be talking gubbins, who knows.

[John_A]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nigel', 'O')n the same topic - postponed peak - I also offer this from ex- imminent Peak super-doomster LaHerrere which I have lifted from The Oil & Gas Journal forum dated 10/10/2003 04.58pm.

Now I find it's not PEAK OIL I should be concerned about but PEAK GAS!

[John_A]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dorlomin', 'I') may be slightly off topic but I have always suspect that the "doom now" mindset is a psychological reaction to complexity and risk.

[Quinny]

LMFAO

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('John_A', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nigel', 'O')n the same topic - postponed peak - I also offer this from ex- imminent Peak super-doomster LaHerrere which I have lifted from The Oil & Gas Journal forum dated 10/10/2003 04.58pm.

Now I find it's not PEAK OIL I should be concerned about but PEAK GAS!

[Lore]

First of all, I'm not aware of any fast doomers, aka fast crashers left on here?

Saying that, there is really nothing at this point poised to stop the slow and ugly contraction of the human race. Of course this all ends up being different strokes for different folks. As time passes doom in Bangladesh will be just another among many inconvenient stories for people here in the US. That is until we're up at bat and so on and so forth.

It hasn't happened before, or its just too complicated and impossible to imagine doesn't mean much given what we do know about catastrophic events that are on the horizon. Something like extinction after all only has to happen once.

As I've said, people do things until they can't anymore. So, for many, it all looks just great and rosy on the surface now and they like to pretend it can always stay that way. We're not so different from most of the animals on the planet. Human's would rather live under the illusion that every day they too can go down to the watering hole and drink without ever getting caught by the lion in the bushes.

[John_A]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'F')irst of all, I'm not aware of any fast doomers, aka fast crashers left on here?

[Quinny]

You're only making plans for nigel!

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('John_A', 'W')e are so different from the rest of the animals on the planet, we carry guns down to the watering hole to drink, build a guard shack always armed to make sure any lion dumb enough to try again, fails, build a dam so the water hole gets bigger and handles more people, drop in some water pipe and engines to pull water in from the other side of the mountains, then go for a desalinization plant by the ocean powered by nukes to make sure the pond never empties.

There is reason why lions aren't top of the food chain, in a food chain involving humans.

[Newfie]

I'm a quasi fast crusher. My belief is that it is likely at some point we will find a some critical linkage that takes us into a fast collapse financially.

We MAY be able to mitigate it or not.

But no predictions on when. That's why I hang here, keeping a weather eye turned for the storm.

[John_A]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('John_A', '
')There is reason why lions aren't top of the food chain, in a food chain involving humans.