The Japanese Zero vs the American Pacific fighter planes had different strategies toward their plane construction. The Zero was light, very maneuverable, very cheap and had a deadly gun/canon. The American planes were heavier, better built and didn’t always have such firepower (but against the Zero did it need it?). I wonder if analysis of different mixes of planes in our (their) arsenals could have lead to a more effective use of men/material there as well.

Interesting but might perhaps the alternative have been tested? The heterodox theory was a lighter, faster bomber would have had better chances than the slower one. Certainly there must have been some missions where bombers could fly faster, did they have better survival rates?

Interesting how the reform bill appears to be consistent with a shift in that direction while not directly mandating it. Accountable Care Organizations, for example, which get paid for managing patients, not simply billing for visits or procedures, would find it profitable to introduce ‘Dr. Siri’ as a check on their in house doctors. If it worked, they could scale up and increase patient loads letting the electronic system handle the load rather than hiring additional live doctors.

4.Unintended consequences on the way.

Don’t know if its intended or not but it does seem like a logical consequence of a certain type of pro-life argument that reduces women’s role in childbirth to next to nothing. If all that exists is just the child and the state’s role in protecting that child then why not register all pregnancies? We register all childbirths, after all, because we don’t want an abusor hiding a child entirely from ‘the system’.