People Are The Quintessential Element In All

People Are The Quintessential Element In All Technology... Once We Recognize The Inescapable Human Nexus Of All Technology Our Attitude Toward The Reliability Problem Is Fundamentally Changed.

But It Is No Good Using The Tongs Of Reason To Pull The Fundamentalists' Chestnuts Out Of The Fire Of Contradiction. Their Real Troubles Lie Elsewhere.

In The Specific Case Of Abortion, The Matter Is Particularly Easy In That No Woman Wants A Late Abortion. Once Abortion Was Made Legal, The Age Of The Aborted Fetus Went Down. The Slope Slipped In The Other Direction. If We Legalize Ru-486 And Other Similar New Drugs, The Age Will Fall To One Week Or Less And Start Approaching Zero. The Slippery Slope Will Slide In The Other Direction. The Only Reason We Have Late Abortions Is Because We Make Early Abortion Difficult.

Numeracy: 1. The Art Of Putting Numbers To Things, That Is, Assigning Amounts To Variables In Order That Practical Decisions May Be Reach. 2. That Aspect Of Education (beyond Mere Literacy) Which Takes Account Of Quantitative Aspects Of Reality.

Thou Shalt Not Transgress The Carrying Capacity