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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."
- Thomas Paine
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
- Mark Twain
"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."
- Lord Acton
In seconds: How fast driver able to switch from relaxation to control driverless car when machine is unsure to make decisions
Brown was passionate about his driverless car which was speeding into truck trailer and killed its master
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Washington: Joshua Brown, 40, a former Navy SEAL is the first person to die at the wheel of his confidently-trusted self-driving car. His computer-guided Tesla Model S hit a tractor trailer on a freeway in Williston, Florida, in May.
And here's what the Model S owner's manual has to say about Autopilot: "...Always drive attentively and be prepared to take immediate action." (Note: How fast can you switch yourself from relax mode into controlling the wheel to avoid a fatal accident?)
"When machines unsure to make decisions
Where's the lane? Self-driving cars confused by shabby U.S. roadways
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Photo courtesy heavy.com, Reuters / Mario Anzuoni, and Ben Cawthra / Rex / Shutterstock
Photo: Crowded Railway Station in Mumbai, India
Churchgate Railway Station in Mumbai, India
Photograph by Randy Olson
Hi Mankind, like it or not here is the news - Princeton to Staff: Stop Using the Word 'Man'. University becomes no man's land
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Princeton University to Staff: Stop Using the Word 'Man' Princeton University is telling faculty and staff to avoid using the word “man” and other male-leaning language.
August 19, 2016 Princeton University Orders Staff To Stop Using Term 'Man'
Instead of using 'man', employees are told to use words such as human beings
(Q: how to take the forbidden “man” out of “human”?)
Switch out 'man made' with artificial, handmade or manufactured, the Princeton University guidelines state.
(Q: “man-made” means “handmade”?
“man-made” means “manufactured”?
“man-made” disaster means “manufactured” disaster?
how to take the forbidden “man” out of “manufactured?)
Princeton has become no man’s land.
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