Comments on: Evolution Foiled Again

By: Charles Kuffner

Charles Kuffner — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:34:23 +0000

Ah, my old home town. Always a pleasure to see it in the news.

In her defense, at least she was walking and not driving at the time.

By: Jim Elliott

Jim Elliott — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:15:56 +0000

Yeah. Just… look where you’re going? I mean, it was a street, not her back yard, right?

By: john

john — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:50:55 +0000

Well, obviously it’s not that clear cut open manholes should be marked. However… even an open manhole is pretty easy to spot when you are actually looking where you’re going. What really struck me was the insistent “but why should I have to look?”

By: Wutzke

Wutzke — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:37:47 +0000

Well in her (de minimus) defense, not only do “things happen” on city streets, but people get distracted and if someone deliberately creates a hazard, that person needs to try to protect against it. In other words, she’s stupid for texting while walking, but regardless the city may be at fault if in fact it was doing work on the sidewalk and left an open, unmarked and unguarded hazard.

After all, by extension your “things happen” approach could mean that we never need any kind of warnings or protections – no “lanes merge” signs (it happens, watch for it), no stoplights (cross-traffic happens, you’ll have to watch for it), etc. As a society we strike a balance. Thanks to tort lawyers it may not be the most efficient balance, but even in their absence it’d be somewhere above anarchist free-for-all.

By: john

john — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:12:10 +0000

Good grief. I assumed it was a joke, but it’s not.

The earth is doomed.

By: PhillyMike

PhillyMike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:07:12 +0000

Rob I tthought you were joking but that app exists!
Sorry for my ignorance but I do not text.

By: rob sama

rob sama — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:05:05 +0000

Thank God there’s the “Email ‘n Walk” app for the iPhone, which uses the camera to project what’s in front of you as the background on your phone while you’re walking and sending email.

By: EdT.

EdT. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:27:38 +0000

But, but… wouldn’t that be… Intelligent Design? *sputter*

~EdT.