[arch-general] SystemD poll

[Kevin Chadwick]

> Suppose for some reason the majority of scientists believe in the
> theory of the Big Bang. And then I come along and wonder... where is
> the evidence? Well, if the Big Bang theory has merits, there would be
> tons of evidence, and any decent scientist that believes in this
> theory would gladly point me towards that evidence. But what happens
> if scientists tell me: "no, we already believe in this theory, so now
> *you* have the burden of proof if you want to discredit it"; that
> would be worrying. I don't want to discredit it: I'm simply a rational
> person that is looking for the evidence, and as any rational person, I
> would not take the scientists words for an answer (fallacy of
> authority), or accept the status quo (appeal to tradition).

In fact in most cases that was exactly what happened with some
scientists and teachers saying the Big Bang was all but proven until
fairly recently the number questioning and the evidence built up
against it. To me it has been obvious that the Big Bang was bullshit
for over a decade because, where did the dust come from and what came to
make the dust and what made that. I didn't need to know and couldn't
afford the time to find out about quantum mechanics but in fact
knowledge can blind you as much as it clears the way.

Of course the Big Bang theory is morphing with one option being many
Big Bang's and that it was a point in history and not the beginning
which is perfectly plausible and systemd may morph sufficiently for
more users too, in time. I care little though (except any consequences)
and don't hold a great deal of hope in that regard because systemd tells
us what to do and not us telling systemd what to do and so it can never
fit everyone's needs as init scripts can, as to do so, it wouldn't be
systemd any more.

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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work
together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a
universal interface'

(Doug McIlroy)
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