Moreso, advancements in safety make the car slower. And the drivers would rather risk death than risk loss.

kinda?

it's more the sense that evne when you are providing a free option there tends to be caveats to it that some people wont be interested in(make no mistake "Free healthcare" is not free, in order for this system to function properly thre needs to be regulations put in place in the interest of protecting the Health of the population, and this is where you have a lot of pushback from lobbies un the US).

the common complain with NHS performance is wait times and the perceived notion that the quality of care is gonna be lesser(this is not true), so they might sitll want or need access ot the private sector, this is where having Health insurance is gonna matter and where the demand would remain.

but ultimately the big shake up would be, that with a free altenrative available, Health insurance providers would have a ceiling on how much much they can charge clients and hospitals(since they have a choice now)

this is also to mention that many jobs that were placed in the private sector, would just get transffered over to be managed in the public sector(you still need people to coordinate hospitals in order to assure that payments and the financial side of running them are taken care of.)

Isn't Rugby technically "rugby football"?

While the Chiron's engine is undoubtedly more efficient then the Allison, there are some more considerations. The vast majority of piston engine aircraft are rpm limited to 3000rpm or so to prevent the propeller tips from entering the trans/supersonic region.

Automotive engine designers often increase rev limits as a strategy for increasing horsepower - in the Chiron's case it redlines around 6k and generates peak HP, if I had to guess, at around 5300 or so. The Allison would have been limited to about 3k, and as the other poster has said, would be expected to run near peak rpms for longer durations.

Aside from being science fiction not science fact, the scenario involved is different. SSRIs et al. dont eliminate REM sleep (which yes, is bad) but can disrupt it to varying degrees. While this can have some effects on a persons sleep schedule, how well they sleep, etc. it doesn’t cause the same symptoms as lack of REM sleep/sleep at all, as depicted in the show would have.

Yep thats exactly my thought process. Science on drugs is often rare and not thorough enough to make definite conclusions but it's fair to say that whatever impairs REM sleep must impair memory and possibly other systems as well.

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Because the Americans decided they would find an unnecessarily complicated name instead of going with the obvious one.

"What is this game"

"There's a ball, and you kick, dribble and shoot it with your feet"

"let's call it soccer"

"Why not football?"

"We already have football"

"Why is it called football"

"Because the ball is almost a foot long"

"Aren't balls supposed to be round?"

"..."

"..."

"SOCCER!"

"Soccer!"

The answer is not never, but it's just unlikely.

To help understand this, it might be helpful to consider a 2D rectangle first. Imagine a circle enscribed about the rectangle, like this:

https://imgur.com/a/fbfArUy

Where the diagonals meet (at the center of the rectangle) is the center of gravity (assuming uniform density). However the rectangle lands on the table, if you draw a line from the center of gravity to the table, that line will pass through one of the sides of the rectangle. Whichever side it passes through will be the side it ultimately lands on.

As we can see with the diagram, the angles that will ultimately result in it landing on a long side are so much bigger than the angles that will ultimately result in it landing on a short side.

So whenever the rectangle makes contact with the table, the angle is going to be extremely likely to be one that results in it landing on a long edge rather than a short one.

Memories...

I guess you mean there will still be other health services and costs that could insurance could cover. It will just be smaller?

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If the US ever goes to a universal healthcare model, you better hope like hell it's government financed but not government run. I have worked in healthcare since 1996 with most of my experience in healthcare regulatory compliance. The places least compliant with the regulations are governmental healthcare providers.

The VA is government RUN. The staff are government employees. If you've paid anything at all to the news about the VA, you would know wait times are horrible and the quality of care is low. That's why several years ago restrictions were lifted that allowed Veterans to go outside the VA system in many instances. Sadly, Biden put back into place some restrictions.

Medicaid in my state is government FINANCED. Recipients have the freedom to go to a number of different providers. The program is administered by a private company that contracted with the state.

So to your question, what will happen to the insurance companies if the US goes to a universal healthcare model? The companies will switch what they do. That will quit selling policies but they will still process and administer the programs.

For example, you may believe Blue Cross is a health insurance company. They are but they do far more than just sell and process claims. Blue Cross is the biggest processor of Medicare claims.

There will also still be plenty of jobs in the financial side of healthcare; they’ll just be public sector jobs as opposed to private sector ones. Even if the government pays for everyone’s healthcare, it will still be necessary to have people to coordinate with doctors, hospitals, etc to make sure people get paid correctly and in a timely fashion.

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For the same reason a coin can be balanced on an edge, but rarely if ever lands on it when flipped. The center of mass is higher up when it sits on its smallest edge, which means any imbalance will knock it on a different face. Since dice and coins always have a horizontal and angular movement to them, it's very rare that everything lines up perfectly.

Nitrogen in the air is actually formed as two atoms of Nitrogen "triple bonded" together. This is very strong and hard to break into each individual atom of nitrogen.

Soil bateria use atmospheric Nitrogen to eat and as a result they can break the "triple bond" leaving Nitrogen in other forms which the plant can use.

I don’t think an explain like I’m 5 is needed, but the long sides have more weight so it will always fall with weight down. Like dropping a hammer, it’s not going to land on the handle, but will land on the head. You may be able to balance it on the short side, or handle of the hammer, but any movement is going to cause it to fall with the weight of the long side wants to pull it down.

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I'm not sure there's been any studies regarding long term use of specific drugs on memory, but there could be some out there.

The best theory put forward by researchers is that REM sleep is, indeed, required to process memory, experience, and cognition that is gained during waking hours. Even if there's been absolutely no study regarding specific drug-induced reduction of REM and how it affects individuals, I'd think it pretty clear that anything that stops/reduces REM, short or long term, is going to cause memory consequences.

Ayn Rand will write a really weird novella about them becoming the secret society running the world?

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> I feel like this is a crucial question to answer.

its not as relevant as you think, their jobs would simply become obsolete and/or reduced.

the existence of a National Health Service doesnt remove the demand for Health insurance(private hospitals/practices are still very much a thing), it just forces them to adapt to the competition and make their premiums and reinbursements, competitively priced since they no longer get to dangle the " accept or die" keys over the people.

Employers would likely remove it as a benefit(unless the job demands for liability and safety) but then this would force them to also improve wages to match the gap.