I, for one, am quite happy to pay more for the same product with the designed defect removed.
In the near future I am fully expecting to be able to buy an IPod with a user changeable battery (at a premium price of course).
Your conclusion is known as "God Of the Gaps". In short, it is the tendancy for certain non-rational people to insert "God" into any area which is currently poorly understood by science.
The trouble is, the gaps keep getting smaller and smaller.
Why don't you just look at what type of systems works elsewhere and why, instead or resorting to your own favorite pre-conceived, and often ill informed, notions of blaming Unions, Teachers, Government, Capitalism, Communism, Liberals, Conservatives etc etc ad nauseum.
I think you'll find that it is the fundamental fanatics that are the ones who are trying to attack science.
Most scientists, beyond their own personal belief system, are not concerned with trying disprove the existence of God, as it is a logical impossibility to disprove existence. You're setting up a straw man here.
as for...
"Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of Deity? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?"
try this...
Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of the flying spaghetti monster? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?
or this...
Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of purple Unicorns on Neptune? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?
Let me try and help you out of this quandry.
Is there any evidence for the existance of a supernatural being?
If you think there is then feel free to worship as you please, also I would be interested in hearing about this evidence.
If not then any belief is irrational.
We are all born Atheists. And I'd hazard a guess that you are also an Atheist regarding most irrational religious beliefs you have been exposed to.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
Not all Catholic families are large.
Not all Atheists are lonely, nor angry.
Yet it does seem that a Blog, frequented by a supposedly more enlightened group of people, will still attract Bigots.
1 did you enjoy playing the game? 2 did you get a sense of accomplishment from achieving the game tasks? 3 would you rather have just stayed in bed?
I kind of doubt spatial awareness problems are linked with depression, like alot of people here my instinctual reaction was, "perhaps the depressed people would rather not be doing this?"
I suffer from clinical depression and I know that when I'm having a bad day. I can barely get it together to read a book. let alone be bothered playing video games.
It's Gluten, and perhaps you'd like to have an in depth conversation with my immune system and ask it why it presents positive antibodies for gluten before you go lumping it in with fad diets. Once you get the answers then maybe you could share it with the other sufferers of Coeliac disease?
"climates are very large and complex structures", couldn't agree more. Almost every other day I hear about some seemingly non-related system that has yet another potential effect on the Earths climate. The latest included the finding that forests planted at lower latitudes result in a net atmospheric temperature increase due to the lowering of the albedo at these latitudes, another study was showing evidence supporting the cyclical increase in the suns energy output.
One thing I am sure of, is that Earths climate is a dynamic system that we are still learning about, and if we go off half cocked we could cause more damage than good.
"I'm guessing you are from the USA" - No actually from the worlds only nuclear free country New Zealand, and believe me Nuclear Anything gets bad press here.
I'm not really up to date on the whole process of scientific publishing or peer review, but from glancing through the comments I got the impression that this whole process is similar to the peer review process that operates on Wikipedia. It seems that what is needed is a centralised service that accepts research for review and publication that is neutral and freely available, sounds like a Wiki to me?
Is it just a case of kudos in the scientific community whereby a publication in a journal like Nature holds far more value even though the research in question may be no more thouroughly reviewed than if it was published in a Wiki?
I find the situation now quite ironic, considering the early days of the internet where the majority of the content I could find from a text only lynx browser were scientific research papers.
Obviously mans careless use of the environment on earth is the root cause of this heliocentric dimming phenomenon.
I call for an immediate halt to deforestation and burning of fossil fuels that initiate the anti-dimming process via subatomic sympathetic astrological particles (SSAP)!!
...Allowing anybody with terminal cancer to be prescribed this drug as long as they sign a waiver against side effects or other health consequences and agree to participate in a scientific study of health effects.
The drug is already in production, and has passed FDA approval (albiet for a different condition).
Believe me a person who is suffering from terminal cancer wouldn't even think twice about accepting this, what's their alternative?
Sorry got to agree with the parent here. Temperatures in Fahrenheit seem bizzare to me, like the parent I've been bought up with Celcius and it seems second nature to me.
It works like this: Someone says "I'll give you $X to do this, You do the job and receive $Y. When they refuse to explain the difference you take them to court. The reason they get paid soo much, is supply and demand. If you make 3 movies like Lord of the Rings, you can ask for that much money.
It's called capitalism.
Insightful? How? Back this up with some facts otherwise it's just another bunch of unsubstantiated bullshit.
I really dislike trolls trying to build up their lousy self esteem by trying to pull others down. You're a troll.
I can assure Mr Jackon could not give two hoots for Hollywood and all the associated bullshit, infighting and internal politics surrounding it and I'm also certain that New Line will live to regret it's bullshit accounting practises.
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I, for one, am quite happy to pay more for the same product with the designed defect removed. In the near future I am fully expecting to be able to buy an IPod with a user changeable battery (at a premium price of course).
Your conclusion is known as "God Of the Gaps". In short, it is the tendancy for certain non-rational people to insert "God" into any area which is currently poorly understood by science. The trouble is, the gaps keep getting smaller and smaller.
Why don't you just look at what type of systems works elsewhere and why, instead or resorting to your own favorite pre-conceived, and often ill informed, notions of blaming Unions, Teachers, Government, Capitalism, Communism, Liberals, Conservatives etc etc ad nauseum.
..because as we all know, there are very few Atheists in prison. Ironic isn't it
When's the last time you took your meds?
I think you'll find that it is the fundamental fanatics that are the ones who are trying to attack science.
Most scientists, beyond their own personal belief system, are not concerned with trying disprove the existence of God, as it is a logical impossibility to disprove existence. You're setting up a straw man here.
as for...
"Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of Deity? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?"
try this...
Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of the flying spaghetti monster? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?
or this...
Let us ask the question few dare to ask; can science prove/disprove the existence of purple Unicorns on Neptune? How does one find logically and quantifiable evidence that is viable to that end?
Get the point?
Do you believe in Zeus? Why not?
This kind of "Thinking" is the problem. YOU! OFF MY PLANET NOW!
Let me try and help you out of this quandry. Is there any evidence for the existance of a supernatural being? If you think there is then feel free to worship as you please, also I would be interested in hearing about this evidence. If not then any belief is irrational. We are all born Atheists. And I'd hazard a guess that you are also an Atheist regarding most irrational religious beliefs you have been exposed to.
Sorry to burst your bubble. Not all Catholic families are large. Not all Atheists are lonely, nor angry. Yet it does seem that a Blog, frequented by a supposedly more enlightened group of people, will still attract Bigots.
1 did you enjoy playing the game?
2 did you get a sense of accomplishment from achieving the game tasks?
3 would you rather have just stayed in bed?
I kind of doubt spatial awareness problems are linked with depression, like alot of people here my instinctual reaction was, "perhaps the depressed people would rather not be doing this?"
I suffer from clinical depression and I know that when I'm having a bad day. I can barely get it together to read a book. let alone be bothered playing video games.
It's Gluten, and perhaps you'd like to have an in depth conversation with my immune system and ask it why it presents positive antibodies for gluten before you go lumping it in with fad diets. Once you get the answers then maybe you could share it with the other sufferers of Coeliac disease?
"climates are very large and complex structures", couldn't agree more. Almost every other day I hear about some seemingly non-related system that has yet another potential effect on the Earths climate. The latest included the finding that forests planted at lower latitudes result in a net atmospheric temperature increase due to the lowering of the albedo at these latitudes, another study was showing evidence supporting the cyclical increase in the suns energy output.
One thing I am sure of, is that Earths climate is a dynamic system that we are still learning about, and if we go off half cocked we could cause more damage than good.
"I'm guessing you are from the USA" - No actually from the worlds only nuclear free country New Zealand, and believe me Nuclear Anything gets bad press here.
I'm not really up to date on the whole process of scientific publishing or peer review, but from glancing through the comments I got the impression that this whole process is similar to the peer review process that operates on Wikipedia. It seems that what is needed is a centralised service that accepts research for review and publication that is neutral and freely available, sounds like a Wiki to me? Is it just a case of kudos in the scientific community whereby a publication in a journal like Nature holds far more value even though the research in question may be no more thouroughly reviewed than if it was published in a Wiki? I find the situation now quite ironic, considering the early days of the internet where the majority of the content I could find from a text only lynx browser were scientific research papers.
Obviously mans careless use of the environment on earth is the root cause of this heliocentric dimming phenomenon. I call for an immediate halt to deforestation and burning of fossil fuels that initiate the anti-dimming process via subatomic sympathetic astrological particles (SSAP)!!
"There is more spam than penises needing enlargement, dammit! " Can you forward me some of yours? the first couple I tried didn't work too well
Don't assume geothermal energy production has no environmental footprint. Personally I still think Nuclear is the way to go.
I'm guessing you don't have terminal cancer.
...Allowing anybody with terminal cancer to be prescribed this drug as long as they sign a waiver against side effects or other health consequences and agree to participate in a scientific study of health effects. The drug is already in production, and has passed FDA approval (albiet for a different condition). Believe me a person who is suffering from terminal cancer wouldn't even think twice about accepting this, what's their alternative?
I count like this 0,1,2,3 I date like this d,m,YYYY Thats a natural progression
... and when I want to roughly measure a room, I take 1 stride ~1m
Sorry got to agree with the parent here. Temperatures in Fahrenheit seem bizzare to me, like the parent I've been bought up with Celcius and it seems second nature to me.
Parochial Idiot. American?
It works like this: Someone says "I'll give you $X to do this, You do the job and receive $Y. When they refuse to explain the difference you take them to court. The reason they get paid soo much, is supply and demand. If you make 3 movies like Lord of the Rings, you can ask for that much money. It's called capitalism.
Insightful? How? Back this up with some facts otherwise it's just another bunch of unsubstantiated bullshit. I really dislike trolls trying to build up their lousy self esteem by trying to pull others down. You're a troll. I can assure Mr Jackon could not give two hoots for Hollywood and all the associated bullshit, infighting and internal politics surrounding it and I'm also certain that New Line will live to regret it's bullshit accounting practises.