Comments on: If We Want to Restore Balance https://www.isegoria.net/2016/10/if-we-want-to-restore-balance/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2016/10/if-we-want-to-restore-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-2500922 Aretae Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:16:03 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40945#comment-2500922 Norse or Greek religion. Really.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2016/10/if-we-want-to-restore-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-2500899 Isegoria Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40945#comment-2500899 This is the challenge of the Yucca Mountain waste site. Would giant skulls with radiation symbols emblazoned on them just attract the teenagers of the 25th century?

The whole challenge, while interesting, may be totally unnecessary, because there is no such thing as nuclear waste.

]]> By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2016/10/if-we-want-to-restore-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-2500842 Bomag Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:08:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40945#comment-2500842 I recall back in the early “80s someone suggested that nuclear waste sites be constructed along the lines of a temple, guarded by a quasi priesthood, and be infused with taboos about entering, etc.; the premise being that a religion-infused institution would last longer than the scientific society that created the toxic waste. The author took some heat for this idea and its suggestion that science couldn’t hold out against religion, but he was on to something: religion uber alles.

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