Again, even if I had it, there is only a probability of it being spread to others. Has anyone figured this number out?
Yes they have..... try searching for a few minutes, its not hard to get the numbers.... Besides that, the fact that it is spreading over the world like crazy should give you a bit of a hint that it is indeed very easy to spread it to others.
Creationists didn't hava a any leg to stand on.... Never did, it is simple an example of sensationalist journalism...
Anybody who thinks that creationists will simply give up one day when you show them a missing link is wrong.... creationists will simply point out that to them you just created two new missing links in the family tree.... The don't have arguments... just their dogma, you are not going to convince them.
If he told you it was 6.5 million years old you have a problem either you hav a hearing problem or you went to a lousy museum or you went to a museum with a lousy guide....
6.5 million years a go T-Rex was already extinct for quite a while.... Place the decimal point a bit to the right and you get in actuall dinosour territory....
So because a 13W light really uses 28W you are going to stick with a lights that uses even more? Great logic.......
Even with these issues they are still cheaper in the long run.... The lifetime advertising stuff is really a non-issue, 'old-style' bulbs have the same advertising problems.
During which ice age did the sea level drop 5 kilometers?
The human mind is great in making stuff up.... A line on a seabed image made with sonar (a technique which sometimes produces artifacts like lines) becomes a street just as easy as a jezus appears on sandwiches.
Any theory has its weaknesses. There is no reason not to teach them, but there certainly is no reason to single out evolution. There are a lot of theories thought which are far more contested, yet nobody thought it necessary to make a fuss about it...
That would be fine... if they said that at the beginning of every science related subject. It would be even better if they also explained the scientific method so students would also understand why 'facts' provided by science can change. But this was no such thing... Evolution was singled out very specificly, and that is just wrong. This had only one purpose, and that is to sneak in 'god did it' into a science class.
We have evidence of tornados existing... we can measure them objectivly.....
So please read my post again and keep repeating that until you understand it. I never said that you need to understand tornados in order to prove their existence!
The first E stands for 'Electro' and not 'Magic Undetectable Aura Stuff'
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I don't have to do a study, they have been done several times. And they have been published in peer reviewed journals. I am not just making a claim. They showed clearly that it doesn't matter were you put the needle, as long as the patient thinks you are putting it in a special accupuncture place it works.
If you followed your own advice you would already know that.
That is the tricky part about chiropractors.... manipulating a joint does actually help.... its called physiotherapy. However chiropractors also claim that they can heal all kinds of stuff that has nothing to do with joints or your skeleton. That part is bullshit. A chiropractor is a physiotherapist with nonsense added.
If you add 0.15 grams and 0.85 grams you end up with 1 gram and no space left for active ingredients. Which was the point he tried to make: There is NO active ingredient
We can have evidence that an effect exists without having to know what causes it. Double blind testing is just that... seeing if just a single difference has any effect at all.
Auras are bullshit because in a blinded trials those who claim to see/feel them are incapable of detecting the difference between a human and a christmas tree.
Same with brainwaves... you can propose any other kind of new 'radiation' but unless you find a way to actually measure it (like in a double blinded test) it might as well not exist.
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I doubt you can find a pubmed article that says that sticking a needle in your ear will heal your liver ailments...
Humans are very good in finding 'connections' where there are none. Its probably some trait we got a long time ago when being a paranoid critter with an overactive imagination gave you a better change not to be eaten by a predator.
Having your code reviewed by a peer who can actually comment on it and understand what you are (or are not) doing is not bad. Either they understand it, or you have to defend your work with actual technical arguments. The end result is that you both have an opportunity to learn. Having your code reviewed by a mindless idiot comparing it to the official procedure is bad.... Even worse when the idiot is replaced by a program. Forcing everybody to follow a single holy procedure simply reduces all code to be mediocre.
Quacks come in all sizes and shapes, that is true. But at the least we have made some provisions that forbid cheating... (although the system might be imperfect). We also have provisions to make doctors accountable for mistakes.... Yet somehow we still have no clear laws against most of the 'alternative' crap.
How many innocent people are you willing to sacrifice to get one terrorist? This has nothing to do with your constitution. The right of a fair trial is a basic human right.
You don't measure a society just by its principles. How well these principles stay intact during difficult times (such as after a terrorist attack) is just as important. And the US has been failing miserably on this aspect.
It doesn't matter how many monsters are after you. It is your own behavior that defines whether you are one yourself.
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B) You will then spread it to others.
Again, even if I had it, there is only a probability of it being spread to others. Has anyone figured this number out?
Yes they have..... try searching for a few minutes, its not hard to get the numbers....
Besides that, the fact that it is spreading over the world like crazy should give you a bit of a hint that it is indeed very easy to spread it to others.
Are you sure it was a vasectomy and not a lobotomy?
Condoms are still a good way to prevent STDs
Bullshit.
For both Boeing and Airbus it depends on the type. And for some types it is optional and thus depends on the customer.
Creationists didn't hava a any leg to stand on....
Never did, it is simple an example of sensationalist journalism...
Anybody who thinks that creationists will simply give up one day when you show them a missing link is wrong.... creationists will simply point out that to them you just created two new missing links in the family tree....
The don't have arguments... just their dogma, you are not going to convince them.
If he told you it was 6.5 million years old you have a problem either you hav a hearing problem or you went to a lousy museum or you went to a museum with a lousy guide....
6.5 million years a go T-Rex was already extinct for quite a while.... Place the decimal point a bit to the right and you get in actuall dinosour territory....
You don't need much bandwidth to read out a few digits....
The 'B' in BPL stands for Broadband, which was definitly intended to be used to send consumers large amount of porn....
You mean besides the still gigantic time gap between these dinos and the earliest thing even resembling men?
So because a 13W light really uses 28W you are going to stick with a lights that uses even more?
Great logic.......
Even with these issues they are still cheaper in the long run....
The lifetime advertising stuff is really a non-issue, 'old-style' bulbs have the same advertising problems.
During which ice age did the sea level drop 5 kilometers?
The human mind is great in making stuff up.... A line on a seabed image made with sonar (a technique which sometimes produces artifacts like lines) becomes a street just as easy as a jezus appears on sandwiches.
Any theory has its weaknesses.
There is no reason not to teach them, but there certainly is no reason to single out evolution. There are a lot of theories thought which are far more contested, yet nobody thought it necessary to make a fuss about it...
That would be fine... if they said that at the beginning of every science related subject. It would be even better if they also explained the scientific method so students would also understand why 'facts' provided by science can change.
But this was no such thing... Evolution was singled out very specificly, and that is just wrong.
This had only one purpose, and that is to sneak in 'god did it' into a science class.
You seem to have a problem reading....
We have evidence of tornados existing...
we can measure them objectivly.....
So please read my post again and keep repeating that until you understand it.
I never said that you need to understand tornados in order to prove their existence!
I never said it doesn't exist. I said it MIGHT as well not exist.
The first E stands for 'Electro' and not 'Magic Undetectable Aura Stuff'
I don't have to do a study, they have been done several times. And they have been published in peer reviewed journals. I am not just making a claim.
They showed clearly that it doesn't matter were you put the needle, as long as the patient thinks you are putting it in a special accupuncture place it works.
If you followed your own advice you would already know that.
That is the tricky part about chiropractors.... manipulating a joint does actually help.... its called physiotherapy.
However chiropractors also claim that they can heal all kinds of stuff that has nothing to do with joints or your skeleton. That part is bullshit. A chiropractor is a physiotherapist with nonsense added.
If you add 0.15 grams and 0.85 grams you end up with 1 gram and no space left for active ingredients.
Which was the point he tried to make: There is NO active ingredient
Evidence does not mean understanding.
We can have evidence that an effect exists without having to know what causes it.
Double blind testing is just that... seeing if just a single difference has any effect at all.
Auras are bullshit because in a blinded trials those who claim to see/feel them are incapable of detecting the difference between a human and a christmas tree.
Same with brainwaves... you can propose any other kind of new 'radiation' but unless you find a way to actually measure it (like in a double blinded test) it might as well not exist.
I doubt you can find a pubmed article that says that sticking a needle in your ear will heal your liver ailments...
It shouldn't be news to nerds.... but unfortunatly it often is...
That is also the reason it does matter.
'post hoc ergo propter hoc'
Its a classic logical fallacy.
Humans are very good in finding 'connections' where there are none.
Its probably some trait we got a long time ago when being a paranoid critter with an overactive imagination gave you a better change not to be eaten by a predator.
Benchmarking is exactly were the problem lies....
Having your code reviewed by a peer who can actually comment on it and understand what you are (or are not) doing is not bad. Either they understand it, or you have to defend your work with actual technical arguments. The end result is that you both have an opportunity to learn.
Having your code reviewed by a mindless idiot comparing it to the official procedure is bad.... Even worse when the idiot is replaced by a program. Forcing everybody to follow a single holy procedure simply reduces all code to be mediocre.
No, they would probably stop trying to explain it to you....
I think its a safe bet that the neanderthal picks up on it before you do....
Quacks come in all sizes and shapes, that is true.
But at the least we have made some provisions that forbid cheating... (although the system might be imperfect). We also have provisions to make doctors accountable for mistakes....
Yet somehow we still have no clear laws against most of the 'alternative' crap.
How many innocent people are you willing to sacrifice to get one terrorist?
This has nothing to do with your constitution. The right of a fair trial is a basic human right.
You don't measure a society just by its principles. How well these principles stay intact during difficult times (such as after a terrorist attack) is just as important.
And the US has been failing miserably on this aspect.
It doesn't matter how many monsters are after you. It is your own behavior that defines whether you are one yourself.