"Everyone said carbon dating was accurate for decades, but it really wasn't."
Actually it was, just "science" as it were involves a few setbacks, obstacles, mishaps, errors, errata, etc, and you failed to define "accurate" - it's damn accurate! It's way better than your guesswork and 99% of other possible methodologies. Is it perfect? Nope. That doesn't make it useless.
One thing that I got out of WIC was the imagining of how major celestial events would appear to ancient people. How they might look and be interpreted.
FWIW it might be that kind of thinking was more common in the appropriate circles back then, but, in my case, reading the book is when I first started wondering about it. And then I started seeing more and more hypotheses and theories on how the Earth-Moon system was formed, f'rinstance, and used for other catastrophic and/or chaotic events.
They don't get special privileges for being first. They get it because European Americans more or less stole their land. It's a form of compensation colonial governments such as the US government voluntarily gave them. Also most tribes and the US BIA regulate based on quantum of blood for enrollment, I.e. too little native and you're out of the tribe because morons like you say these things.
Yeah. Geo-Cities tried to emulate that (or came up with neighborhoods first, i dunno), but it never lived up to the potential. And, anybody from anywhere could move in. Sometimes that kind of thing can be enriching, and sometimes not.
Your comment about the civility of a local site is interesting. I know there are sites like meetup that concentrate on locals. I tried one for guitars. Turned out to be an unpleasant experience. So that can happen too.
Since I bothered to reply, I checked out the link. It's been way too long since I've seen that movie. I thought to myself as it started "I don't remember this". Then after a bit I remembered. I vaguely remember that things didn't turn out too well for our engineer friend.
I drive on her streets 'Cause she's my companion I walk through her hills 'Cause she knows who I am She sees my good deeds And she kisses me windy I never worry Now that is a lie
You can be surrounded by people and be lonely. You can be alone and not lonely. You know what kills the urge to be around people? People. What sparks the desire to be around people? People. Go ahead and keep blaming the machines.
There is no way humans were living in California 130,000 years ago without draconian intellectual property laws and copyright. They would never have survived.
Agencies can't pass laws. Only the legislative branch. Per the constitution, the executive branch has the authority to create the mechanisms to carry out the laws.
The legislative branch can constrain the executive by passing laws. The exec branch can appeal to the legal branch if they wish.
Note the word "can", of course. Having 3 points of power is inherently chaotic.
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...and the Illuminati Guilds, keeping the secrets of armchair creation to themselves!
"Everyone said carbon dating was accurate for decades, but it really wasn't."
Actually it was, just "science" as it were involves a few setbacks, obstacles, mishaps, errors, errata, etc, and you failed to define "accurate" - it's damn accurate! It's way better than your guesswork and 99% of other possible methodologies. Is it perfect? Nope. That doesn't make it useless.
qft
One thing that I got out of WIC was the imagining of how major celestial events would appear to ancient people. How they might look and be interpreted.
FWIW it might be that kind of thinking was more common in the appropriate circles back then, but, in my case, reading the book is when I first started wondering about it. And then I started seeing more and more hypotheses and theories on how the Earth-Moon system was formed, f'rinstance, and used for other catastrophic and/or chaotic events.
We are all descendants of conquerors and slaves.
"But just try to find a Native American who brags about being one-sixteenth Belgian."
Ha!
Hear Hear!
They don't get special privileges for being first. They get it because European Americans more or less stole their land. It's a form of compensation colonial governments such as the US government voluntarily gave them. Also most tribes and the US BIA regulate based on quantum of blood for enrollment, I.e. too little native and you're out of the tribe because morons like you say these things.
Thanks. Good retort. Quick and simple.
When I was in Okinawa I was told that humans originated in Okinawa.
It's ironic that the last part of his post is "make any sense regardless".
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, that it is just a poorly written sentence. But it did make my jaw drop at first.
Either that or "she" caught a few.
YAY, PISSING CONTEST!
Yeah. Geo-Cities tried to emulate that (or came up with neighborhoods first, i dunno), but it never lived up to the potential. And, anybody from anywhere could move in. Sometimes that kind of thing can be enriching, and sometimes not.
Your comment about the civility of a local site is interesting. I know there are sites like meetup that concentrate on locals. I tried one for guitars. Turned out to be an unpleasant experience. So that can happen too.
Since I bothered to reply, I checked out the link. It's been way too long since I've seen that movie. I thought to myself as it started "I don't remember this". Then after a bit I remembered. I vaguely remember that things didn't turn out too well for our engineer friend.
Giskard, is that you?
I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie
I see where you get your handle.
You can be surrounded by people and be lonely. You can be alone and not lonely. You know what kills the urge to be around people? People. What sparks the desire to be around people? People. Go ahead and keep blaming the machines.
"People are a problem" - D. Adams
ditto
it's not a choice if you're rejected by society because you're either hideously ugly or autistic...
I'm a hideously ugly autist, you insensitive clod!
Reel 'em in!
There is no way humans were living in California 130,000 years ago without draconian intellectual property laws and copyright. They would never have survived.
They did, and they didn't.
You're a funny guy. Hope your karma can handle it. I was leaning more towards +1 Insightful, myself.
Agencies can't pass laws. Only the legislative branch. Per the constitution, the executive branch has the authority to create the mechanisms to carry out the laws.
The legislative branch can constrain the executive by passing laws. The exec branch can appeal to the legal branch if they wish.
Note the word "can", of course. Having 3 points of power is inherently chaotic.
Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Good thing we have a constitution and 3 branches of govt to provide bounds and limits.
I mod you +1 Cromulent.