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is it wrong to "play God" when there is no God?

from  Playing God in Frankenstein’s Footsteps: Synthetic Biology and the Meaning of Life Still, it may come across as a little weird for secular organizations like the ETC Group to accuse synthetic biologists of assuming the role of God (and only slightly less weird to compare them with Dr Frankenstein). Indeed, as the Christian philosopher Gordon Graham notes, ‘... if, as the secular world believes, there is no God, how could there be any danger of human beings illegitimately abrogating to themselves His function?’ ([ 31 ]: 145). 9 The Dutch physicist-cum-theologian Willem B. Drees also notes that even non-believers often find ‘playing God’ a useful metaphor in criticizing new technologies ([ 23 ]: 651).  indeed Christians believe that when people believe there is no God, they inevitably Play God, taking his place by abandoning his morals and values -me A possible answer to the paradox of ‘playing God without God’ may lie in Ted Peters’ hint that the God of ‘play...

False Simplicity in User Interfaces

1) Loss of Context One type of false simplicity arise when you simplify an interface in a way where the user end up losing context. Such loss of context can happen when you oversimplify or outright remove UI elements such as hierarchy indication (indentations, semantic markup, breadcrumbs etc.), navigation history (visited link state), labels, indication of selections, instructions and so on. https://baymard.com/blog/false-simplicity

Seattle misreads Thomas Piketty supporting $15 minimum wage

They read the Cliff Notes version by Paul Krugman. https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/jun/03/thomas-piketty-seattle-minimum-wage-risks-jobs

Is this a time of reconing for men, or for a few men?

I don't think most men have been going around raping or using job power to pressure women into sex. It may well be limited to 10% or less of men who are powerful, arrogant and without good character. It may be limited to the super-successful men who women throw themselves at like groupies.  The average man doesn't even have power to pressure women if he wanted to. The average man is lucky if he has sex with one woman, if he's nice to her. And the MeToo movement is mostly limited to Hollywood and politics so far. Not much from mainstream business even concerning CEOs and billionaires.

judges don't have to be calm when personally attacked--they recuse themselves

 They also ignore that our legal system recognizes that judges are real people who sometimes have intense positions, which is why judges don’t decide their own cases or cases in which they have a personal connection; instead they recuse themselves.  https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/04/on_the_question_of_judicial_temperament_138257.html