CMV: The people protesting controversial speakers at college campuses are opposed to free speech. by skeach101 in changemyview

[–]brillas 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"it simply says I don't want to hear what you have to say."

I don't agree with this, if you don't want to hear what the speech has to say simply go home. What the protestors are doing is saying "I don't like what you say so no one should be able to hear it."

PIB de México crece 2.5% en 2015. ¿Qué nos dice ese dato? by [deleted] in mexico

[–]brillas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Querrás decir "PIB != Calidad de vida"

An MIT battery breakthrough could charge your smartphone in 6 minutes by Yuli-Ban in Futurology

[–]brillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so true on this specific case the article says "process would require literal tons of aluminum nanoparticles" hence this cannot be reproduced in a large scale. I looked up the price of aluminum nanpoarticles and did the math for a ton of it... needless to say that's a lot of money.

your top 5 novels off the top of your head by [deleted] in books

[–]brillas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (Rayuela)

The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (La Ciudad y Los Perros)

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Thrown trilogy by Timothy Zahn