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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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09-02-2010, 11:13 PM | #12 | |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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Don't you always have the choice not to wear seat belts? This would imply to me that seat belts don't improve safety at all... |
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09-03-2010, 12:05 AM | #13 | |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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The Wikipedia article Seat Belt Legislation cites the basic findings. Bill Stoddard |
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09-03-2010, 12:10 AM | #14 |
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09-03-2010, 12:22 AM | #15 |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
Sir Pudding: Yes, I'm reworking bits and pieces of my Æthereal Sun. The Khæn race is here to stay, but I'm considering some changes, such as making them Daredevils. As for Racial Honesty, it's based on Racial Pacifism. Since they're the only race who have a single culture/state, one could as well call it Racial. Who it means is that they have Honesty when interacting among themselves. They do not have any psychological issue with breaking a law in some other state, but they rarely do (rarer than locals on average!), and are not naïve. And yes, by now there are clues that they've been designed by some precursor race.
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09-03-2010, 07:42 AM | #16 | |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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09-03-2010, 08:01 AM | #17 | |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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Daredevils will tolerate a higher level of such risk and bugginess. They might well have bigger and more complex software. Similarly for other fields of technology. They've got that edge in aerospace in part because they live closer to the edge. Neutrally stable aircraft are the norm for them for civilians; the military has favored dynamically unstable fighter craft for a long time. They've got better power-to-weight ratios because they get by with less engineering margin or riskier technology. And so on. |
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09-03-2010, 03:03 PM | #18 |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
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09-03-2010, 03:14 PM | #19 |
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Re: Cultural and Technological Consequences of Racial Daredevil trait
Point is, they can go wild, even though a supermajority prefers not to.
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09-03-2010, 04:11 PM | #20 |
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