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Depending on how representative your family is of the overall population, that could mean that the doomsday scenario for most people is already here.

If I may ask, what was your internal doomsday countdown before reading the article?

Thanks!

Come on dekhn, we want to know

Does this mean I'm incompetent?

It's possible; I can't ignore the possibility.

Yes you can ignore it, just focus on things that actually matter. While other question their competence, you can actually get stuff done.

I would guess that Maglor survived, found his Silmaril, lost his Silmaril again, and that Pulp Fiction is an account of him getting it back.

And now I want to rewatch and reread everything again!

I find it funny how you go from

This whole question really stems from a sad and pervasive tendency for 'intelligent' people to overestimate their general expertise

to

Within a community, individuals should only be judged based on their contributions and value within that community.

and then justify that with

Everyone is not expected to be right, or agreeable, about everything, with everyone else. Aiming for this is pointless.

I'm not sure you agree with yourself.

I'm sure this is too raw, to actually works.

One wonders which humans you surround yourself with to consider that "basic human behavior".

But it is detach from location. People can move if land becomes to expensive, unlike now, where land is tied to jobs.

I would appreciate the notes. :)

The British (by coming later) learned from the mistakes of the Spanish (who came first).

Change Agent by Daniel Suarez is somewhat close:

In 2045 Interpol's Genetic Crime Division grapples with a new type of crime: illicit genetic editing -- and it isn't long before the fight gets personal.