"Science and religion are not incompatible in the least." what a stupid statement, of course they can be. IN america, right now, they are. You seem to think believers are mostly rational. They are not. If science contradicts their religion, then it is wrong and an assaul on their beliefe. History is full of examples or religion attacking science. Of course it's all coached in 'Science attacking religion'.
". Religion is about something else, it is about believing and having faith in something greater then oneself." haha, no. It's about control, and coping with mortality, and us FUD to get money.
When you're religion makes a statement about God that is proven false, then, at the very least, shows that your religion is wrong and based on ignorance. When you refuse to change to fir the science, your religion is about stopping others from learning the truth. In every country, and through out thousand of years of history, whenever a tenet of a religion is shown to be wrong,, the believers start persecuting non believers. If religion was about something bigger and grander, then it would adapt to fir the truths.
" It doesn't tell us that he does not exist. " Can't you see the logical fallacy there? YOU need to show he does exist. Don't put it on others to prove your negative. That is a prime examples of how religion infects thinking and undermines peoples ability to do good science and engineering.
"It doesn't hurt their belief in a higher power, in fact it should only reinforce it." What? no. It shows the Bible as a literal document is wrong; which means it can't be used as evidence in a god.
You misunderstand children. No child is going to choose a piece of coal over a toy. A parent would, not a young child. Almost as if it's a children's story. You might want to look into the history of Santa, cause he wasn't created by rich people.
IT also doesn't work if you have people looking for any excuse what so ever to push the button. These people are hoping to Start armegeddan. They are the most dangers mix of ignorance, stupidity and hubris.
If they could get someone in there belief into Russian high command, we would have had a nuclear war.
Ignoring the fact that you are building something that will be specifically used to violate you tenets of your 'belief'..
IF you can not think critically and apply it all the time, then you are making serious assumption based in blind faith of something. IF you can' not apply critical thinking to everything, then how do you know you are applying critical thinking to your job?
"Even my old college professor believes in god" And? I'll set aside the superstring and faith jokes.
". Perhaps you could enlighten us how our beliefs make us suck at our jobs. " You're faith indicates that when you get an emotional entrenched belief you can't change you mind or deviate from that regardless of scientific evidence. It also shows you will believe in things without evidence. YO can not be trusted to make a critical decision without bias.
" So you are telling me that something that for all we know could be the direct result of a supernatural being imposing it's will " For all we know, there is no supernatural being. Because in all we know, there is zero evidence of one.
"Evolution does not in any way disprove creation," actually, it does. Creating is an idea put forth in the Bible, and it has been thoroughly shut down.
If you would bother to understand what Science is, you would understand that.
No, that's what happens when small indeed ignorant people control the only place for someone to get repairs. You're union bashing is completely irrelevant.
The Jury is deciding based on the patent system, as is, not making decesion about the patent system itself. Samsung infringed. It's pretty clear since they showed Google told them they where infringing and to change their design, and Samsung didn't.
"This is nothing more than using Samsung..." If by nothing more you mean 1.5 Billion Dollars. If precedent is there only goal, they would have gone after a smaller fish.
because their is the recorded of Google telling Samsung they shouldn't copy Apple, and Samsung doing it anyways.
So there was no reasons to devel into the technical aspect to great detail. Remember, the Jury isn't there to regulate the patent, only to find whether or not the violate the patents as it is.
And that's a shame, because it worked extremely well. I was on a team the produced a lot of code, and when delivered, there was 1(one) bug reported. 450,000 lines of code, one bug.
It's down side is it take management buy in on the customer side.
All of which is solvable. This is just an excuse you're mind is making because you know you can't live for ever, and need to deal mentally with the horror the you will wink out of existence.
What is with the meme on Slashdot that old people stop, progress? It's stupid and reeks of age-ism.
No countries with McDonalds in them have ever gone to war with each other. Global corporations have done some fantastic things. They have done horrific things as well. Kind of depends on who and what.
A calling Google an abusive megacorp is just pretty damn stupid.
No. it doesn't matter of the intentions. It only works if they are logical and look at the long term viability of the society while trying to maximize the quality of life of the people who live under them.
Evil and Good are just word we put on things we don't like.
Why wouldn't I replace parts as the technology becomes available?
There is no God, and raw milk kills people. Remember shit flow down hill.
"The question that is not answered by scientists is this: How did all this information for the construction of living things originate?" You don't understand what information is in this context. If you had you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question. But you bury you head in the sand and keep asking question about things you know nothing about, because the world needs more selfish idiots~
"If all I'm going to be doing at 120 is sitting in a wheel chair, unable to remember what I had for breakfast with a catheter and colostomy bag attached to me, you can keep your attempts at immortality. "
Why is that worse then rotting in a box, never any hope of being fixed?
" This idea of retiring to a life of play is a modern absurdity." no, it's a great goal. Once that should be there for everyone.
" People used to work all their lives" So? sounds suspiciously close to the naturalist fallacy. People used to do all kinds of things..like die early and live a miserable life from birth to death.
"Retirement is a very new concept" If by 'very new' you mean ancient Greeks.
"If you're going to live a lot longer then plan on working a lot longer. " Why? If I can invest enough money where I don't need to work anymore, why should I keep working? In this context I define 'working' as HAVING to go to a job whether I like it or not. I will do things, start companies, enter new fields etc.
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"Science and religion are not incompatible in the least."
what a stupid statement, of course they can be. IN america, right now, they are.
You seem to think believers are mostly rational. They are not. If science contradicts their religion, then it is wrong and an assaul on their beliefe. History is full of examples or religion attacking science. Of course it's all coached in 'Science attacking religion'.
". Religion is about something else, it is about believing and having faith in something greater then oneself."
haha, no. It's about control, and coping with mortality, and us FUD to get money.
When you're religion makes a statement about God that is proven false, then, at the very least, shows that your religion is wrong and based on ignorance. When you refuse to change to fir the science, your religion is about stopping others from learning the truth. In every country, and through out thousand of years of history, whenever a tenet of a religion is shown to be wrong,, the believers start persecuting non believers. If religion was about something bigger and grander, then it would adapt to fir the truths.
" It doesn't tell us that he does not exist. "
Can't you see the logical fallacy there? YOU need to show he does exist. Don't put it on others to prove your negative.
That is a prime examples of how religion infects thinking and undermines peoples ability to do good science and engineering.
"It doesn't hurt their belief in a higher power, in fact it should only reinforce it."
What? no. It shows the Bible as a literal document is wrong; which means it can't be used as evidence in a god.
You misunderstand children. No child is going to choose a piece of coal over a toy. A parent would, not a young child.
Almost as if it's a children's story. You might want to look into the history of Santa, cause he wasn't created by rich people.
IT also doesn't work if you have people looking for any excuse what so ever to push the button. These people are hoping to Start armegeddan. They are the most dangers mix of ignorance, stupidity and hubris.
If they could get someone in there belief into Russian high command, we would have had a nuclear war.
Yes they did. Also many people running the pubs think the same way. They WANT strife in the mid east.
Ignoring the fact that you are building something that will be specifically used to violate you tenets of your 'belief'..
IF you can not think critically and apply it all the time, then you are making serious assumption based in blind faith of something.
IF you can' not apply critical thinking to everything, then how do you know you are applying critical thinking to your job?
"Even my old college professor believes in god"
And? I'll set aside the superstring and faith jokes.
". Perhaps you could enlighten us how our beliefs make us suck at our jobs. "
You're faith indicates that when you get an emotional entrenched belief you can't change you mind or deviate from that regardless of scientific evidence. It also shows you will believe in things without evidence. YO can not be trusted to make a critical decision without bias.
No, he isn't.
" So you are telling me that something that for all we know could be the direct result of a supernatural being imposing it's will "
For all we know, there is no supernatural being. Because in all we know, there is zero evidence of one.
"Evolution does not in any way disprove creation,"
actually, it does. Creating is an idea put forth in the Bible, and it has been thoroughly shut down.
If you would bother to understand what Science is, you would understand that.
No, that's what happens when small indeed ignorant people control the only place for someone to get repairs.
You're union bashing is completely irrelevant.
The Jury is deciding based on the patent system, as is, not making decesion about the patent system itself.
Samsung infringed. It's pretty clear since they showed Google told them they where infringing and to change their design, and Samsung didn't.
"This is nothing more than using Samsung..."
If by nothing more you mean 1.5 Billion Dollars. If precedent is there only goal, they would have gone after a smaller fish.
The don't, not really. That said this took place in silicon valley,and at least 3 of the jurors are IT professionals.
well, considering no one on the Jury owns an iPhone, your going to have a tough time finding any merit with your premise.
because their is the recorded of Google telling Samsung they shouldn't copy Apple, and Samsung doing it anyways.
So there was no reasons to devel into the technical aspect to great detail.
Remember, the Jury isn't there to regulate the patent, only to find whether or not the violate the patents as it is.
Yes, it is no good because you are an anti social twit.
Did you consider the at may be YOU are the problem?
And that's a shame, because it worked extremely well. I was on a team the produced a lot of code, and when delivered, there was 1(one) bug reported. 450,000 lines of code, one bug.
It's down side is it take management buy in on the customer side.
All of which is solvable. This is just an excuse you're mind is making because you know you can't live for ever, and need to deal mentally with the horror the you will wink out of existence.
What is with the meme on Slashdot that old people stop, progress? It's stupid and reeks of age-ism.
No countries with McDonalds in them have ever gone to war with each other.
Global corporations have done some fantastic things.
They have done horrific things as well. Kind of depends on who and what.
A calling Google an abusive megacorp is just pretty damn stupid.
No. it doesn't matter of the intentions. It only works if they are logical and look at the long term viability of the society while trying to maximize the quality of life of the people who live under them.
Evil and Good are just word we put on things we don't like.
The Tudors is realistic of the period they was Jersey shore is realistic version of Jersey.
Those people are idiots that don't even know their own theology. Don't give attention to the stupid.
Why wouldn't I replace parts as the technology becomes available?
There is no God, and raw milk kills people. Remember shit flow down hill.
"The question that is not answered by scientists is this: How did all this information for the construction of living things originate?"
You don't understand what information is in this context. If you had you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question.
But you bury you head in the sand and keep asking question about things you know nothing about, because the world needs more selfish idiots~
When those pill hit the market, I hope there is someway to prevent people who claimed they don't want to live forever from getting any.
"If all I'm going to be doing at 120 is sitting in a wheel chair, unable to remember what I had for breakfast with a catheter and colostomy bag attached to me, you can keep your attempts at immortality. "
Why is that worse then rotting in a box, never any hope of being fixed?
First off, the life expectancy has increased when taking people from 5 years of age instead of birth.
" Also factor in that we abort most babies that show signs of defects."
WTF? Stop lying.
So all humans should do is have kids? If you are 20 would you except a life saving medical procedure? 30? 50?
In this matter, Einstein was wrong.
Except the human mind will have forgotten he old states it had been in, so it would be new to you.
" This idea of retiring to a life of play is a modern absurdity."
no, it's a great goal. Once that should be there for everyone.
" People used to work all their lives"
So? sounds suspiciously close to the naturalist fallacy. People used to do all kinds of things..like die early and live a miserable life from birth to death.
"Retirement is a very new concept"
If by 'very new' you mean ancient Greeks.
"If you're going to live a lot longer then plan on working a lot longer. "
Why? If I can invest enough money where I don't need to work anymore, why should I keep working? In this context I define 'working' as HAVING to go to a job whether I like it or not. I will do things, start companies, enter new fields etc.