The age of President isn't just a law, it's spelled out in the Constitution. All that other shit is based on federal statue and state laws. Laws can be nullified and amended and added to, but in order to change ANYTHING in the Constitution requires the lengthy amendment requirements.
2/3 of both houses of Congress, and 3/4 of the state legislatures.
Same goes for the Federal Congress. You have to be 30 to be a senator, and 25 for the House.
The stance on Biblical adherence is actually a fairly new one from the Vatican. The Catholics were the first to punish Galileo for his ideas which contradicted scripture, and they also spoke out against Darwin when he first published his book on evolution.
If I'm not mistaken, one of the doctrines of Buddhism is not to kill. But humans are omnivores, and for our own continued survival, we have to kill plants and animals to survive. Some day we might have technology in place to synthesize nutrients from non-living material, but the founders of Buddhism were still using a geocentric model of the cosmos.
Some Buddhists interpret "do not kill" to mean not to kill other human beings, and some ascribe it to be not to kill animals. It's all up to interpretation, but science isn't interpreted, because the results are conclusive, and after peer review, there's no real question about what the results are.
I know what's going to happen to me when I die, and I can just point to science for telling me what will happen. I'm going to slowly start rotting, and after a few centuries, unless I'm lucky enough to get fossilized, there won't be a trace of me anywhere.
Our minds, or 'souls', whatever you want to call the you that makes decisions on things, is totally dependent upon your brain's chemistry and neuron firing. There's a naturalistic explanation for EVERYTHING in the universe, and religion claims there's some stuff that's unknowable.
So far, many things religion has claimed to be unknowable had been explained using science, and death is no different. When you die, your brain stops sending signals, and you cease to be. Given the evidence, that's the conclusion we have to draw, and unless you have evidence to show that this proposition is false, accept your mortality and move on.
Religion and science CAN co-exist, but they are still mutually exclusive methods. Religions rely on faith instead of evidence, and religions cannot allow change.
If, tomorrow, a group of Physicists actually showed serious enough evidence that the sun went around the earth, then science would adjust accordingly. Nothing in science is protected from change, it's all up for grabs. If a theory doesn't jive well enough for you, go ahead and find some data that can poke a hole in it.
Given current farmable land, we can't even FEED the entire population, let alone feed AND power the planet. Granted, that's using non-genetically modified crops. With GE crops we can feed the whole planet, but I don't know if current GE crops can allow increased production of biofuel, or if it's in the works.
It gets worse, UT2004 is actually the THIRD UT game for the PC. The sequel to UT was UT2003, and it wasn't nearly as fun as the original. Instead of just bypassing that iteration of the Unreal Engine, Epic decided to remake UT2003 into the fun game that the original UT was, and they released UT2004. It had a lot of the same stuff from UT2003, but it was vastly improved.
Gun owners are typically a very responsible lot. In the United States we have events called "gun shows" where companies and individuals congregate and sell each other guns, ammo, knives, survival and hunting gear, and all kinds of other stuff. I've been to them, and let me tell you, there are guns EVERYWHERE.
How many deaths have occured at gun shows that were due to firearm related injuries? None. If people with guns is a problem why is the state of Vermont, which has absolutely no laws on firearms at all, also the leading state as far as gun crime is concerned?
Guns aren't the problem, and neither is people with guns. The problem is that we sometimes have crazy people who decide to kill other people. They'll use guns, knives, or their bare hands, whatever they happen to have that's easily accessible.
That's because he was a stubborn prick, and dead set in his ways. Even though Edison was against the idea of capital punishment, he invented the electric chair just to show people how dangerous AC was.
Could be similar to the radio fiasco between Tesla and Marconi. Even though Tesla was eventually awarded the patent, Marconi is usually mentioned when you ask people who invented radio.
Similar to the lightbulb, which wasn't invented by Edison, or the transistor which wasn't invented at Bell Labs.
Yes, none of the greats of history were polymaths. None of them received a classical education.
I agree that foisting a well-rounded education on students in high school is a bad idea, but if you're trying to imply the classical education of universities is a bad idea, you're sorely mistaken.
We have plenty of space in the United States. The two highest populates countries on earth are China and India. I'm not sure where India ranks as far as total area goes, but it's definitely smaller than the United States, and they've got waaaay more people.
China's fourth for area and first for population, and the United States is third for both categories. If China can handle a billion, then the United States could certainly do it too.
I'm not aware of Dawkins actually claiming to have evidence of the non-existence of a deity. He's a fucking biologist, he's got training in the scientific method. Science doesn't prove anything, positive or otherwise. Science disproves ideas. Evolution isn't "proven" it's just the theory that's held sway the longest, and it's dramatically different from the evolution that Darwin thought about.
As far as non-belief, Richard Dawkins has himself said, including the book he's probably going to lecture on, that he's not a 100% strong atheist. He knows that it's generally a bad idea to subscribe to absolutes with knowledge. As a scientist, he's happy to both say "I don't know" and "Ok, I'll change my mind on that subject"
No, he's talking about this irritating cluster of five or so red dots that flash up into the middle of the video frame, NOT the cigarette burns for changing the reels.
Bananas are a bad example. They might be a lot easier to eat these days, but they can't reproduce on their own anymore. They're also so limited genetically, because they don't reproduce like plantains do, that a banana-specific bacteria or mold or something could totally decimate a very large supply of the fruit.
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The age of President isn't just a law, it's spelled out in the Constitution. All that other shit is based on federal statue and state laws. Laws can be nullified and amended and added to, but in order to change ANYTHING in the Constitution requires the lengthy amendment requirements.
2/3 of both houses of Congress, and 3/4 of the state legislatures.
Same goes for the Federal Congress. You have to be 30 to be a senator, and 25 for the House.
Could you cite your source for that case?
I live in Florida, and if that's true, I'm writing to some assholes in Tallahassee.
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The stance on Biblical adherence is actually a fairly new one from the Vatican. The Catholics were the first to punish Galileo for his ideas which contradicted scripture, and they also spoke out against Darwin when he first published his book on evolution.
I can't think of a more serious breach of privacy than having a gloved hand inside one of my body canals.
At least, not by a school official, now a cheerleader wielding a whip? That's something I might be interested in.
Is there any restriction for Godwin's Law if it's actually insightful?
Do those religious observances change?
If I'm not mistaken, one of the doctrines of Buddhism is not to kill. But humans are omnivores, and for our own continued survival, we have to kill plants and animals to survive. Some day we might have technology in place to synthesize nutrients from non-living material, but the founders of Buddhism were still using a geocentric model of the cosmos.
Some Buddhists interpret "do not kill" to mean not to kill other human beings, and some ascribe it to be not to kill animals. It's all up to interpretation, but science isn't interpreted, because the results are conclusive, and after peer review, there's no real question about what the results are.
I know what's going to happen to me when I die, and I can just point to science for telling me what will happen. I'm going to slowly start rotting, and after a few centuries, unless I'm lucky enough to get fossilized, there won't be a trace of me anywhere.
Our minds, or 'souls', whatever you want to call the you that makes decisions on things, is totally dependent upon your brain's chemistry and neuron firing. There's a naturalistic explanation for EVERYTHING in the universe, and religion claims there's some stuff that's unknowable.
So far, many things religion has claimed to be unknowable had been explained using science, and death is no different. When you die, your brain stops sending signals, and you cease to be. Given the evidence, that's the conclusion we have to draw, and unless you have evidence to show that this proposition is false, accept your mortality and move on.
Religion and science CAN co-exist, but they are still mutually exclusive methods. Religions rely on faith instead of evidence, and religions cannot allow change.
If, tomorrow, a group of Physicists actually showed serious enough evidence that the sun went around the earth, then science would adjust accordingly. Nothing in science is protected from change, it's all up for grabs. If a theory doesn't jive well enough for you, go ahead and find some data that can poke a hole in it.
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Given current farmable land, we can't even FEED the entire population, let alone feed AND power the planet. Granted, that's using non-genetically modified crops. With GE crops we can feed the whole planet, but I don't know if current GE crops can allow increased production of biofuel, or if it's in the works.
Don't forget that Microsoft made, and later discontinued, the BEST trackball money can buy: The Trackman Explorer.
It gets worse, UT2004 is actually the THIRD UT game for the PC. The sequel to UT was UT2003, and it wasn't nearly as fun as the original. Instead of just bypassing that iteration of the Unreal Engine, Epic decided to remake UT2003 into the fun game that the original UT was, and they released UT2004. It had a lot of the same stuff from UT2003, but it was vastly improved.
UT3 is actually the FOURTH UT game.
So the prohibitionists don't want to see people drinking when they go out to a restauraunt.
I'd hope that vegans never get control of Utah's legislature, otherwise they'd have a meat section and a no-meat section.
Restaurants can no longer mix drinks in sight of the patrons? Does that apply to bars too? What's the fucking purpose of that?
Gun owners are typically a very responsible lot. In the United States we have events called "gun shows" where companies and individuals congregate and sell each other guns, ammo, knives, survival and hunting gear, and all kinds of other stuff. I've been to them, and let me tell you, there are guns EVERYWHERE.
How many deaths have occured at gun shows that were due to firearm related injuries? None. If people with guns is a problem why is the state of Vermont, which has absolutely no laws on firearms at all, also the leading state as far as gun crime is concerned?
Guns aren't the problem, and neither is people with guns. The problem is that we sometimes have crazy people who decide to kill other people. They'll use guns, knives, or their bare hands, whatever they happen to have that's easily accessible.
Hydrogen and electric cars in the beginning of the 19th century? Cite your source.
I thought the first automobile was invented by Gottlieb Daimler, over in Germany.
That's because he was a stubborn prick, and dead set in his ways. Even though Edison was against the idea of capital punishment, he invented the electric chair just to show people how dangerous AC was.
Could be similar to the radio fiasco between Tesla and Marconi. Even though Tesla was eventually awarded the patent, Marconi is usually mentioned when you ask people who invented radio.
Similar to the lightbulb, which wasn't invented by Edison, or the transistor which wasn't invented at Bell Labs.
Yes, none of the greats of history were polymaths. None of them received a classical education.
I agree that foisting a well-rounded education on students in high school is a bad idea, but if you're trying to imply the classical education of universities is a bad idea, you're sorely mistaken.
We have plenty of space in the United States. The two highest populates countries on earth are China and India. I'm not sure where India ranks as far as total area goes, but it's definitely smaller than the United States, and they've got waaaay more people.
China's fourth for area and first for population, and the United States is third for both categories. If China can handle a billion, then the United States could certainly do it too.
I'm not aware of Dawkins actually claiming to have evidence of the non-existence of a deity. He's a fucking biologist, he's got training in the scientific method. Science doesn't prove anything, positive or otherwise. Science disproves ideas. Evolution isn't "proven" it's just the theory that's held sway the longest, and it's dramatically different from the evolution that Darwin thought about.
As far as non-belief, Richard Dawkins has himself said, including the book he's probably going to lecture on, that he's not a 100% strong atheist. He knows that it's generally a bad idea to subscribe to absolutes with knowledge. As a scientist, he's happy to both say "I don't know" and "Ok, I'll change my mind on that subject"
No, he's talking about this irritating cluster of five or so red dots that flash up into the middle of the video frame, NOT the cigarette burns for changing the reels.
Bananas are a bad example. They might be a lot easier to eat these days, but they can't reproduce on their own anymore. They're also so limited genetically, because they don't reproduce like plantains do, that a banana-specific bacteria or mold or something could totally decimate a very large supply of the fruit.