I'd love to see a reform of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Would increase potential a lot of new creative engineering ideas and so make me less worried AI would put me out of a job.
Don't see how you can have anything other than a vibes-based view on most of these unless you have intimate knowledge of how they operate. For example, I work in education and I've no clue what repealing the Academies Act 2010 would do. Would it return all academies to LA control, or just leave them as they are, or put them in limbo like Tom Hanks in The Terminal? If you either wanted to return schools to LA control, or remove LA control from all schools, or wanted to force all schools to join a MAT, or wanted to prevent any role in school governance by religious organisations, would significant amendment of this Act be the way to do it? IDK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On the same kind of theme of specialist expertise, Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation has already been significantly amended.
There's something messed up with the intro to the physical laws bit.
However I question whether Newton's Law of Gravitation has been significantly amended - it's been recast in a form which shows why inertial mass equals gravitational mass, but the predictions of General Relativity are so close to those of Newtonian gravity that there are no differences in the solar system you can pick up without very sensitive instruments, and you can, for example, land a man on the moon using Newton's Laws. I would say "significantly amended in motivation, only slightly amened in outcome".
Yes, I kind of agree on the more complex ones*: in reality, you might be looking at significantly reform, or else 'repeal and then do some consequential changes' for something like the Academies Act.
But I think vibes based is also still interesting; 'repeal' essentially says 'I don't want any academies', whereas reform says 'I want academies but not like we have them now' (or 'I am pedantic' :-) ).
I'm with Neil on gravity. That seems to me the sort of minor tweak to cover edge cases**, with most people still referring to the original Newtonian texts in most circumstances.
*Though I think a bunch, like the Hunting Act or Smoking in Pubs if you repealed them you'd just be able to do it again.
Sponsored Academies (and CTCs) existed before the Academies Act 2010 but I guess Repeal is the closest to returning all schools to LA control, if that's what someone thinks.
Going to treat Repeal of The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 as meaning actively Rejoin the EU, and Amend as "closer ties", but like the overwhelming majority of us, going back to 2015 and Repealing the European Union Referendum Act is the real preference.
We'll have to agree to differ on whether or not General Relativity is a 'minor tweak' to physics.
The end of the main paragraph in that intro looks on my browser as if it ends, "...you will be presented with a number of physical laws* and asked to give your opinion of the,"
I think there would be IMMENSE benefit in scrapping all modern copyright laws and returning to the original copyright law that things remain in copyright for 28 years after their publication (which should apply to everything: printed media, art, music and video). In fact, one of the reasons I voted for Brexit is that we wouldn't be able to do this without leaving the EU.
If everything over 28 years old was out of copyright, people would be able to do so much in terms of republishing or repackaging old media, or creating new works inspired by those media. For example, I would like to be able to legally watch the original "unimproved" Star Wars trilogy, and I would like to be able to read Francis Spufford's unauthorised Narnia book, The Stone Table.
The sophisticated Tory position is to be anti the 1832 Act and pro the 1867 Act, like the campaign for ‘No-Yes’ in the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum.
I'd love to see a reform of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Would increase potential a lot of new creative engineering ideas and so make me less worried AI would put me out of a job.
THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER
Should Betteridge's Law be included?
;-)
Don't see how you can have anything other than a vibes-based view on most of these unless you have intimate knowledge of how they operate. For example, I work in education and I've no clue what repealing the Academies Act 2010 would do. Would it return all academies to LA control, or just leave them as they are, or put them in limbo like Tom Hanks in The Terminal? If you either wanted to return schools to LA control, or remove LA control from all schools, or wanted to force all schools to join a MAT, or wanted to prevent any role in school governance by religious organisations, would significant amendment of this Act be the way to do it? IDK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On the same kind of theme of specialist expertise, Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation has already been significantly amended.
There's something messed up with the intro to the physical laws bit.
Q.28 is repeated.
Totally agree on British law.
However I question whether Newton's Law of Gravitation has been significantly amended - it's been recast in a form which shows why inertial mass equals gravitational mass, but the predictions of General Relativity are so close to those of Newtonian gravity that there are no differences in the solar system you can pick up without very sensitive instruments, and you can, for example, land a man on the moon using Newton's Laws. I would say "significantly amended in motivation, only slightly amened in outcome".
Yes, I kind of agree on the more complex ones*: in reality, you might be looking at significantly reform, or else 'repeal and then do some consequential changes' for something like the Academies Act.
But I think vibes based is also still interesting; 'repeal' essentially says 'I don't want any academies', whereas reform says 'I want academies but not like we have them now' (or 'I am pedantic' :-) ).
I'm with Neil on gravity. That seems to me the sort of minor tweak to cover edge cases**, with most people still referring to the original Newtonian texts in most circumstances.
*Though I think a bunch, like the Hunting Act or Smoking in Pubs if you repealed them you'd just be able to do it again.
**I am aware it was not actually 'amended'!
I suppose I can vibe my way through it.
Sponsored Academies (and CTCs) existed before the Academies Act 2010 but I guess Repeal is the closest to returning all schools to LA control, if that's what someone thinks.
Going to treat Repeal of The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 as meaning actively Rejoin the EU, and Amend as "closer ties", but like the overwhelming majority of us, going back to 2015 and Repealing the European Union Referendum Act is the real preference.
We'll have to agree to differ on whether or not General Relativity is a 'minor tweak' to physics.
I've fixed Q28 - thank you.
The beginning of the physical laws intro looks OK to me - can you be more explicit about what is wrong about it when you look at it?
Betteridge's Law would have been a good one to have in if I'd thought of it!
The end of the main paragraph in that intro looks on my browser as if it ends, "...you will be presented with a number of physical laws* and asked to give your opinion of the,"
Should that say "them." or something?
Oh yes! Fixed, thank you.
I think there would be IMMENSE benefit in scrapping all modern copyright laws and returning to the original copyright law that things remain in copyright for 28 years after their publication (which should apply to everything: printed media, art, music and video). In fact, one of the reasons I voted for Brexit is that we wouldn't be able to do this without leaving the EU.
If everything over 28 years old was out of copyright, people would be able to do so much in terms of republishing or repackaging old media, or creating new works inspired by those media. For example, I would like to be able to legally watch the original "unimproved" Star Wars trilogy, and I would like to be able to read Francis Spufford's unauthorised Narnia book, The Stone Table.
Yes, I very much agree with shorter copyrights!
I can see a case for '28 years or life of author, whichever is longer', but not the currentregime.
Is q28 repeated as Gravitation has quantum aspects ?
I wanted to give it more mass. :-)
It’s Germany’s SPD. Possibly got that twisted with the old Lib Dem roots?
Whoops, yes! And quite likely so. Corrected.
Wot, no 1832 Reform Act?
I'm more of a fan of the 1867 one myself!
The sophisticated Tory position is to be anti the 1832 Act and pro the 1867 Act, like the campaign for ‘No-Yes’ in the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum.
I am pleased to be a sophisticated Tory, however inadvertently!
A true gladstonian position