Exactly. The further science comes, the closer scientists will be to proving the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: The source of creation, consciousness, and morality. Finally, we can have world peace when the people of Earth are united in worship of the one, true God.
I think I've learned more from clicking wikipedia hyperlinks interspersed through articles I purposefully searched for than I ever will from libraries. That is nigh the perfect definition of "by chance".
Your conclusions are wrong on the grounds that "Anecdote, therefore all-encompassing statement" is a horrible argument. My school in North Carolina had "English" and "Honor's English", and then once you got to junior and senior classes "AP English" (and don't get be started on the AP board...).
I'm not sure which is more concerning: That anyone still watches "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," or that anyone is still surprised by the abject stupidity therein.
True, but then shouldn't there be a few people walking around with perfectly smooth fingers?
I suppose one of the bottlenecks in the early Human population could account for why only individuals with fingerprints lived long enough for us to inherit the trait.
Perhaps he is only playing Devil's Advocate (har har irony), but the point he makes is ridiculous: That the postulation of a creator is exactly as valid as a scientific theory constructed from what we currently understand about the Earth. On one hand, we have a scientist hypothesising that the Earth's magnetic field is created by electrical currents in the oceans (or more traditionally, by the spinning of the Earth's Iron core), and on the other hand, we have a creator who is necessarily more complex than the entire Universe and all it's systems just popping into existence and thinking to himself "Gee, it sure would be nice to have worshipers, maybe I'll make a planet of those." The former builds upon our prior knowledge, the latter defies probability.
That doesn't explain everything, though. If he just wanted pieces of paper on the wall, there are plenty of organizations he could have joined. He supports the organizations at least from the perspective that he shares their views enough to display a piece of paper saying as much, and with that much email spam, he's going to be exposed to a worse bias than a FNC viewer. Whether this can actually be legally construed as conflict of interest is beyond my ability to nitpick Occam's Razor.
Actually, based on data collected from the Cosmic Microwave Background, our estimation of the Universe's age being about 13.7 billion is accurate within about a 2 billion year margin. Basically, all you have to do is extrapolate what the CMB looks like now back a few billion years and it hits a singularity, which we refer to as the beginning of the Universe (though it may or may not be). It would take an extremely revolutionary discovery to discount this sort of data.
No one disputes that sedentary living is usually unhealthy and can lead to all sorts of issues. The problem is how specifically this targets games. Why run a campaign specifically against one medium when all could be held responsible? For fucks sake, I could start a campaign against the sedentary lifestyle induced by reading! I'd like to see how that is received.
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You insensitive clod! My sister died from a thrown car!
He didn't mean to say thawed chickens twice. I think he meant to say that thawed chickens busted windscreens as well as thawed roosters.
Are you trying to say that Extreme Scientists have nice Racks?
Grendel wouldn't stand a chance!
Exactly. The further science comes, the closer scientists will be to proving the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: The source of creation, consciousness, and morality. Finally, we can have world peace when the people of Earth are united in worship of the one, true God.
I think I've learned more from clicking wikipedia hyperlinks interspersed through articles I purposefully searched for than I ever will from libraries. That is nigh the perfect definition of "by chance".
Your conclusions are wrong on the grounds that "Anecdote, therefore all-encompassing statement" is a horrible argument. My school in North Carolina had "English" and "Honor's English", and then once you got to junior and senior classes "AP English" (and don't get be started on the AP board...).
I'm not sure which is more concerning: That anyone still watches "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," or that anyone is still surprised by the abject stupidity therein.
My sister died that way!
True, but then shouldn't there be a few people walking around with perfectly smooth fingers?
I suppose one of the bottlenecks in the early Human population could account for why only individuals with fingerprints lived long enough for us to inherit the trait.
Perhaps he is only playing Devil's Advocate (har har irony), but the point he makes is ridiculous: That the postulation of a creator is exactly as valid as a scientific theory constructed from what we currently understand about the Earth. On one hand, we have a scientist hypothesising that the Earth's magnetic field is created by electrical currents in the oceans (or more traditionally, by the spinning of the Earth's Iron core), and on the other hand, we have a creator who is necessarily more complex than the entire Universe and all it's systems just popping into existence and thinking to himself "Gee, it sure would be nice to have worshipers, maybe I'll make a planet of those." The former builds upon our prior knowledge, the latter defies probability.
Oh great! A lesson in history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
Steve Jobs and /.?
Beware of unforeseen consequences!
How much energy does one obtain from burning a heretic?
somegobbledygook@mailinator.com fucking HATES you, and the server admins aren't too happy either.
That, and the name "Computational Knowledge Engine" is about as catchy as an Ayn Rand speech.
I believe you mean a magazine. A clip is a device used to hold the cartridges in place to make them easier to load into the magazine.
Come on now! How often is Wikipedia really inacPENIS PENIS PENIS PENIS PENIS
That doesn't explain everything, though. If he just wanted pieces of paper on the wall, there are plenty of organizations he could have joined. He supports the organizations at least from the perspective that he shares their views enough to display a piece of paper saying as much, and with that much email spam, he's going to be exposed to a worse bias than a FNC viewer. Whether this can actually be legally construed as conflict of interest is beyond my ability to nitpick Occam's Razor.
Or 10^8 hours of commentary!
Actually, based on data collected from the Cosmic Microwave Background, our estimation of the Universe's age being about 13.7 billion is accurate within about a 2 billion year margin. Basically, all you have to do is extrapolate what the CMB looks like now back a few billion years and it hits a singularity, which we refer to as the beginning of the Universe (though it may or may not be). It would take an extremely revolutionary discovery to discount this sort of data.
Wow, really? I'd mod you interesting if I could! I always thought the Tesla roadster looked an awful lot like an Elise or an Exige.
No one disputes that sedentary living is usually unhealthy and can lead to all sorts of issues. The problem is how specifically this targets games. Why run a campaign specifically against one medium when all could be held responsible? For fucks sake, I could start a campaign against the sedentary lifestyle induced by reading! I'd like to see how that is received.
Slashdot needs a mod +5, Awkward.