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A keen mind can parse multitudes of data and select which is applicable to the question in hand. I’d rather have too many choices than not enough — and rely on my filtering skills to get to the juicy nuggets that I need.

But you are right in that the brain needs to be trained to efficiently parse tons of data. I struggle with this daily, as I have an insatiable appetite for knowledge, learning, and yes — data. There is no doubt that thanks to the Internets, the way in which we access and parse data has changed exponentially, even in just the past 3-5 years. While it may seem overwhelming at first, I have no doubt that the mind will evolve to better process data.

Think of kids in middle school or even high school now — they won’t ever know a world without the Internet. Likely their brains will develop differently than those of us who remember a world without unlimited data at our fingertips.

With the likes of Google, Wikipedia, Zillow, and even data such as photos, tweets, and blogs, and your friends lists on Facebook (yes, your friends are ‘data’), there is no doubt that that we have almost unlimited data at our disposal. The key is ‘everything in moderation.’ It’s better to snort a line at a time than to bury your face in a mountain of powder, Scarface style.

NUMBER FIVE… NEED MORE IIINNPUT!

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A keen mind can parse multitudes of data and select which is applicable to the question in hand. I’d rather have too many choices than not enough — and rely on my filtering skills to get to the juicy nuggets that I need.

But you are right in that the brain needs to be trained to efficiently parse tons of data. I struggle with this daily, as I have an insatiable appetite for knowledge, learning, and yes — data. There is no doubt that thanks to the Internets, the way in which we access and parse data has changed exponentially, even in just the past 3-5 years. While it may seem overwhelming at first, I have no doubt that the mind will evolve to better process data.

Think of kids in middle school or even high school now — they won’t ever know a world without the Internet. Likely their brains will develop differently than those of us who remember a world without unlimited data at our fingertips.

With the likes of Google, Wikipedia, Zillow, and even data such as photos, tweets, and blogs, and your friends lists on Facebook (yes, your friends are ‘data’), there is no doubt that that we have almost unlimited data at our disposal. The key is ‘everything in moderation.’ It’s better to snort a line at a time than to bury your face in a mountain of powder, Scarface style.

NUMBER FIVE… NEED MORE IIINNPUT!

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A keen mind can parse multitudes of data and select which is applicable to the question in hand. I’d rather have too many choices than not enough — and rely on my filtering skills to get to the juicy nuggets that I need.

But you are right in that the brain needs to be trained to efficiently parse tons of data. I struggle with this daily, as I have an insatiable appetite for knowledge, learning, and yes — data. There is no doubt that thanks to the Internets, the way in which we access and parse data has changed exponentially, even in just the past 3-5 years. While it may seem overwhelming at first, I have no doubt that the mind will evolve to better process data.

Think of kids in middle school or even high school now — they won’t ever know a world without the Internet. Likely their brains will develop differently than those of us who remember a world without unlimited data at our fingertips.

With the likes of Google, Wikipedia, Zillow, and even data such as photos, tweets, and blogs, and your friends lists on Facebook (yes, your friends are ‘data’), there is no doubt that that we have almost unlimited data at our disposal. The key is ‘everything in moderation.’ It’s better to snort a line at a time than to bury your face in a mountain of powder, Scarface style.

NUMBER FIVE… NEED MORE IIINNPUT!

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[quote=poorgradstudent]We need to set policies in place to make sure it never happens again, and move on. Prosecuting the previous administration or those who were just following orders would only muck the country down in more partisan bickering while there are bigger issues at hand (Economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care).[/quote]

“We were just following orders” was the same argument made by the Nazi’s in Nuremberg (aka “The Nuremberg Defense”), and it did not hold up in a court of law.

As for “moving on,” when a person commits a crime — be it murder, theft, whatever — do you consider it “retribution” or “petty politics” when the lawbreaker is tried for those crimes? No, it is considered enforcing the rule of law. In a nation that is supposedly “a nation of laws” I don’t see how we can just say, “well, that was in the past, it’s cool man, we’re looking forward now. Just pretend it never happened.”

If law breakers are not held accountable for their actions, what incentive does it give others to follow the law? None. It sets a dangerous precedent.

I am quite disappointed with the Obama administration on this issue.

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[quote=poorgradstudent]We need to set policies in place to make sure it never happens again, and move on. Prosecuting the previous administration or those who were just following orders would only muck the country down in more partisan bickering while there are bigger issues at hand (Economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care).[/quote]

“We were just following orders” was the same argument made by the Nazi’s in Nuremberg (aka “The Nuremberg Defense”), and it did not hold up in a court of law.

As for “moving on,” when a person commits a crime — be it murder, theft, whatever — do you consider it “retribution” or “petty politics” when the lawbreaker is tried for those crimes? No, it is considered enforcing the rule of law. In a nation that is supposedly “a nation of laws” I don’t see how we can just say, “well, that was in the past, it’s cool man, we’re looking forward now. Just pretend it never happened.”

If law breakers are not held accountable for their actions, what incentive does it give others to follow the law? None. It sets a dangerous precedent.

I am quite disappointed with the Obama administration on this issue.

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[quote=poorgradstudent]We need to set policies in place to make sure it never happens again, and move on. Prosecuting the previous administration or those who were just following orders would only muck the country down in more partisan bickering while there are bigger issues at hand (Economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care).[/quote]

“We were just following orders” was the same argument made by the Nazi’s in Nuremberg (aka “The Nuremberg Defense”), and it did not hold up in a court of law.

As for “moving on,” when a person commits a crime — be it murder, theft, whatever — do you consider it “retribution” or “petty politics” when the lawbreaker is tried for those crimes? No, it is considered enforcing the rule of law. In a nation that is supposedly “a nation of laws” I don’t see how we can just say, “well, that was in the past, it’s cool man, we’re looking forward now. Just pretend it never happened.”

If law breakers are not held accountable for their actions, what incentive does it give others to follow the law? None. It sets a dangerous precedent.

I am quite disappointed with the Obama administration on this issue.

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[quote=poorgradstudent]We need to set policies in place to make sure it never happens again, and move on. Prosecuting the previous administration or those who were just following orders would only muck the country down in more partisan bickering while there are bigger issues at hand (Economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care).[/quote]

“We were just following orders” was the same argument made by the Nazi’s in Nuremberg (aka “The Nuremberg Defense”), and it did not hold up in a court of law.

As for “moving on,” when a person commits a crime — be it murder, theft, whatever — do you consider it “retribution” or “petty politics” when the lawbreaker is tried for those crimes? No, it is considered enforcing the rule of law. In a nation that is supposedly “a nation of laws” I don’t see how we can just say, “well, that was in the past, it’s cool man, we’re looking forward now. Just pretend it never happened.”

If law breakers are not held accountable for their actions, what incentive does it give others to follow the law? None. It sets a dangerous precedent.

I am quite disappointed with the Obama administration on this issue.

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[quote=poorgradstudent]We need to set policies in place to make sure it never happens again, and move on. Prosecuting the previous administration or those who were just following orders would only muck the country down in more partisan bickering while there are bigger issues at hand (Economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Health Care).[/quote]

“We were just following orders” was the same argument made by the Nazi’s in Nuremberg (aka “The Nuremberg Defense”), and it did not hold up in a court of law.

As for “moving on,” when a person commits a crime — be it murder, theft, whatever — do you consider it “retribution” or “petty politics” when the lawbreaker is tried for those crimes? No, it is considered enforcing the rule of law. In a nation that is supposedly “a nation of laws” I don’t see how we can just say, “well, that was in the past, it’s cool man, we’re looking forward now. Just pretend it never happened.”

If law breakers are not held accountable for their actions, what incentive does it give others to follow the law? None. It sets a dangerous precedent.

I am quite disappointed with the Obama administration on this issue.

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This thread should have waited until today (4/20).

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This thread should have waited until today (4/20).

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This thread should have waited until today (4/20).

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This thread should have waited until today (4/20).

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This thread should have waited until today (4/20).

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Apparently waterboarding is so effective that we had to do it to KSM 183 times over the span of a month. So does that mean that it’s effective or useless?

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Apparently waterboarding is so effective that we had to do it to KSM 183 times over the span of a month. So does that mean that it’s effective or useless?

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