Err... that would be... nihil nisi bonum I know, I know - being a grammar nazi is bad, being a latin grammar nazi... well... just forget about me. I'm going to crawl back under my rock now.
But this is no meaningful definition of "prove". Of course one scientific observation "proves" that in this single case everything happens as just observed. But you did not prove a general rule there. You might sample a lot of observations that are consistent with each other and deduct a rule from that - but you cannot prove that rule. Every new observation might disprove it, because you can never observe all possible cases. The scientific method works by disproving previous hypotheses, not by proving them.
How does ID not require faith? So, certain structures are, as ID puts it, too complex (irreducibly complex) to emerge by evolution. They have to be created. Then ID stops. Who creates the creator? He has necessarily to be more complex than its creations. Does this go on ad infinitum? Now answers there from the ID crowd. You have to put your faith into the existance of that creator and his springing into existence by whatever means. Faith. Lots of it.
... I'd like to think that if a supernatural explanation fits the evidence better than the alternatives, and enables us to make accurate predictions about future events...
Hey, if it is testable and I can derive predictions from it, it is hardly supernatural.
Well, considering that the US allows the legal murdering of murderers (a.k.a capital punishment), one has to ask how much more slippery the slope can get...
"Which would you rather read, a book that takes forty hours to complete or a short story that lasts just a few minutes? Don't be too quick to answer. The former asks for a serious time commitment. The latter says come and go as you please. One is a ball and chain. The other is a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card.
I like my epic games - no one forces me to play them in one weekend. A good long game is like a story that I can read/watch/take part in - all in my own pace.
Well, listening to all the blabber here, I know at least ONE side of this thing who is not interested in building any bridges, because it is not even interested in HEARING THE OTHER FUCKING SIDE OUT. Nice and cozy there, under your rock, ain't it?
Wouldn't that give problems with latency and response times? I mean, let's say, you do a ping. It gives you the round-trip time. Now you know how fast your packet is - which means you do not know any longer where it is. Would that be a dropped packet? How are you supposed to ping on your quantum tunneling thingmabob anyway?? Ah, newfangled codswallop! When we were young, we pushed carts full of punched cards from the terminal to the mainframe and back! Uphill both ways!! And we liked it!!!
holy jeeeebus fscking christ on a pogo stick! If it isn't tech or Linux/F/OSS, it is not news for nerds? There are many more kinds of nerd populating this wide world than your narrow mind can ever hope to comprehend, dude! Don't set your focus to small...
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Err... that would be ... nihil nisi bonum
I know, I know - being a grammar nazi is bad, being a latin grammar nazi... well... just forget about me. I'm going to crawl back under my rock now.
No, no! Didn't you SEE? That /. meme just evolved. To be precise, you witnessed an incident of random mutation. Let's see if it will be selected!
But this is no meaningful definition of "prove". Of course one scientific observation "proves" that in this single case everything happens as just observed. But you did not prove a general rule there. You might sample a lot of observations that are consistent with each other and deduct a rule from that - but you cannot prove that rule. Every new observation might disprove it, because you can never observe all possible cases. The scientific method works by disproving previous hypotheses, not by proving them.
I second that.
Tad? Are you hearing this? Keep it up, dude! Give us more!
Quit smoking...
Careful. Einstein was a Deist, leaning heavily in the direction of Spinoza.
How does ID not require faith? So, certain structures are, as ID puts it, too complex (irreducibly complex) to emerge by evolution. They have to be created. Then ID stops. Who creates the creator? He has necessarily to be more complex than its creations. Does this go on ad infinitum? Now answers there from the ID crowd. You have to put your faith into the existance of that creator and his springing into existence by whatever means. Faith. Lots of it.
Hey, if it is testable and I can derive predictions from it, it is hardly supernatural.
Let me guess - the one-button saber?
Well, considering that the US allows the legal murdering of murderers (a.k.a capital punishment), one has to ask how much more slippery the slope can get...
"Which would you rather read, a book that takes forty hours to complete or a short story that lasts just a few minutes? Don't be too quick to answer. The former asks for a serious time commitment. The latter says come and go as you please. One is a ball and chain. The other is a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card.
I like my epic games - no one forces me to play them in one weekend. A good long game is like a story that I can read/watch/take part in - all in my own pace.
You are in a maze of twisty little dogmas, all alike.
It is pitch black. You might get eaten by a heretic.
>WWJD
For hints consult your hint booklet.
Easy. Everyone will think it is a dupe of a five year old article. Or simply bullshit.
Well, listening to all the blabber here, I know at least ONE side of this thing who is not interested in building any bridges, because it is not even interested in HEARING THE OTHER FUCKING SIDE OUT.
Nice and cozy there, under your rock, ain't it?
What, putting gun racks on their rovers?
Wouldn't that give problems with latency and response times? I mean, let's say, you do a ping. It gives you the round-trip time. Now you know how fast your packet is - which means you do not know any longer where it is. Would that be a dropped packet? How are you supposed to ping on your quantum tunneling thingmabob anyway??
Ah, newfangled codswallop! When we were young, we pushed carts full of punched cards from the terminal to the mainframe and back! Uphill both ways!! And we liked it!!!
One word for you: PORK
Small tip - don't go via LAX, go via SFO. Much faster deboarding, customs, everything, at least in my experience. Maybe I just was lucky up to now.
You fail it...
ohhh... poor persecuted majority... I really feel with you, oh, yea, I do...
holy jeeeebus fscking christ on a pogo stick! If it isn't tech or Linux/F/OSS, it is not news for nerds? There are many more kinds of nerd populating this wide world than your narrow mind can ever hope to comprehend, dude! Don't set your focus to small...
dude, you know you would be modded -1e5 troll for this, didn't you? we have to get them in a more subtle manner, remember that!
well, it apparently doesn't give you a few points in your spelling skill...
I'll find you. I'll track you down. Finally my life has a purpose...
guys, is it just my connection or did you just slashdot Dr. Dobbs? Their server is *crawling* at the moment...