Alright, I'll just let daddio and others get away with their inaccurate statements and logical fallacies.[/sarcasm]

P.S. Look at the rest of my post. It is not in bold. The bold feature is there for a reason: to emphasize particular points relative to the rest of the post in which said points exist. I did precisely that.

Gee, you don´t believe in TV twerps statements ?
Don´t believe in Hollywood ?

Man, you are backward.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Actually, it is the case. The more similar you are the closer your DNA will match. Humans and other animals share a certain percentage of DNA and therefore share certain characteristics which are developed based on DNA triggers. Some such characteristics are a enclosed spine, fur on the body, live birth and others. Humans and primates are closer matching in DNA and therefore show similarities more specific than their similarities to other members of Kingdom Animalia. These characteristics are such things as standing upright and opposable thumbs. If you and another person look alike then you will share a larger percentage of DNA with that person but not close enough to make you the exact same person. Even twins have differences in their DNA. The only way you can share the exact same DNA with someone else is if you are a clone. Even if you were a clone you still wouldn't be the same person because your environment would be different than the other persons. Here is the kicker that most people miss. DNA provides a template for your design but that design is still affected by environment because environment controls what genes get turned off and on.

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Yes, bold is there to bring focus to certain sections of the post. However, when you post entire sentences or entire paragraphs in bold you are, by common netiquette, yelling. I find that italics does a better job or emphasis for entire statements.

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Reading and understanding what you read is not one of your strong points, is it ?

Cow-human cross embryo lives three days | World News | News.com.au

excerpt
The EMBRYO in an EMPTY cows egg had similar DNA to man, NOT THE COW.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

What you and others don't seem to understand is that this is a war between rationalism and irrationalism, and when you and others on the side of rationalism publicly criticize those on the same side who are too passionate in their arguments, and who mock the other side too gleefully, that the irrationalists will use that as "proof" that everything that BOTH you and I say is incorrect. We can see this effect in the other thread in this forum, where I ridicule Christian iditios who say that the state is persecuting them if it remains neutral in religious matters. Tanngrisnir, who is clearly on our side, indicated agreement with my points, but strongly criticized my style, and now the irrationalists are using this as the basis for accusations that I am a troll.

This is what happens when you criticize people on your side for allegedly fighting too passionately for the same thing that you're fighting for.

Science uses metrics worldwide.

The simple minded still measure in feet, steps and lenght of their nose.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Well, if you really believe that, it might apply to you.
For the rest of humanity it does not.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

I don't know if you've ever been to the US, but there are a lot of adults here who react so hysterically to proposals to adopt the metric system that one would think that someone had kidnapped one of their children. These idiots are unable to defend their position, other than citing the peanuts that it would cost, relative to the entire federal budget, to replace existing signs.

"I don't want us to switch to metric just because I don't like the metric system. The French invented the metric system so that makes it evil and ungodly and elitist, so to hell with it!"

Better don´t.

It´s obvoiuos, you had too much already.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Ever heard of imported intelligence ?

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Generally I agree with you.
But it seems, to some here points just must be hammered home.

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

I´ve been and I know exactly what you mean.

Btw, you could have described a large part of the British using the same words.( Though thank God not all of them.)

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"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse
of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion.
The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner
as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit (debt) expansion,
or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludwig von Mises

Hence my forceful tone that many here find offensive and use as "proof" that I am a troll. The people on our side think that passionate words are bad PR, and then the people on the other side run with that and use it as "proof" that our side is wrong.

I'll try and answer these, but understand that I am in no way an expert and I don't think my answers will work for everybody. These answers are not based in any study or scientific observation, just my own experience.
Hard to point to a precise reason. Part of it may be the System of US education which prefers to let the individual states control education. Various states have various cultures that place priorities in different places. Also, many people in America feel that there are more important priorities than science.

This, in my opinion, has to do with the various moral ethical problems people have with the idea. Actually, though, these people are in the minority if you look at the polls that are out there. It just happens that we previously had a president who did not like the idea.

The ever present flaws in the educational system including tying school funding to property values.

People are stubborn and really don't want to deal with a new system when the present when works just fine.

Again, I in no way speak for everybody.

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"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."
-John Calvin