panfist

They are not easy, but the aircraft has maximum crosswind limitations which are not allowed to be exceeded they are are 28 knots on the a320 if I recall correctly. While it may look very difficult, it is not a risk. No pilot will (should...) opt to land a plane if he doubts his ability to do so under the given circumstances

So what happens if the wind exceeds 28 knots and does not die down, and you start running out of fuel?

We need to get a standardized test designer up in here to defend himself. The whole point of a "standardized" test is that the results are able to be generalized to other things.

There are problems outside the scope of standardized tests' ability to measure things, like whether or not a student has motivation to give the test a shot. A student like that should be considered an outlier and their results thrown out when used to assess something like the school or teachers' performance.

I recently got into a big philosophical argument with my father. We were talking about Monsanto and I stated that I go out of my way to make sure as little as possible of the money I spend makes its way to Monsanto, directly or indirectly. He said that I need to stop worrying about stuff like that and just take care of myself. I countered that I actually am looking out for myself because a company like Monsanto is actually doing harm to me. That's when the argument blew up.

Anyway I believe that it's people like my father that are holding us back as a civilization from reaching something like Star Trek-like utopia. Like other people in this thread I think that something like that is within our grasp with current technology; however, there are people like my father who are legitimately OK with screwing over other people, other populations, and entire ecosystems if it means a slightly higher quality of life for him in the short term. I'm not sure how to deal with people like that. It's like they're in a hurry to drill up and burn all the oil because if they don't then someone else will do it first. Leaving it in the ground or limiting use of it is not an option for them.

So my questions are: how can I change someone's mind who has these beliefs that are holding us back? Is that a problem even worth solving?

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