You're completely ignoring the fact that if your in a virtual reality it is absolutely, positively, 100%, in every possible situation impossible to trust the results of any test. Assuming it's a VR universe, the results are then VR. Knowing nothing of the specific design attributes of that which creates the VR, it could just as easily be designed to block the ability to run a simulation completing in O(1) so that you could not discover its true nature.
It is an absolutely unfalsifiable premise and is therefore unscientific.
You're logic is flawed. In your example of figuring out the Earth is round, you are specifically NOT looking from an outside view of the system (in this case the system being Earth). You are INFERRING that Earth is round based on the limited information you have. You are not observing it in the way he was talking about.
Holy shit, moron. He wasn't talking about those who believe in God, he is SPECIFICALLY talking about Intelligent Design, which is not synonymous with a belief in a god.
Trust me, mosquitoes, like pretty much all bugs at the time, were absolutely massive compared to their current sizes (one reason possibly due to the atmosphere having more oxygen than it does now). They weren't the size of a person, but these weren't your current suburban little biting annoyances.
And what exactly are these "toxins?" This is one of the main words that when used usually shows those who know what they're talking about in medicine that you don't. Every bullshit remedy claims to remove these "toxins" of which they never name.
Exactly. It's not like Saddam was some kind of religious nut, in fact history shows that he was very religious at all. He only ever used Islam when it was useful for manipulating observant Muslim Iraqis. In many ways, Iraq was as secular as you get it that area. It was the war which created problems with Islamic radicalism and militancy in the country.
When you buy a cd you own that cd and have the right to do with it what you want. I've yet to see any law that disputes that. I happen to have a working professional knowledge of copyright law, and the interpretation that it somehow makes sharing of that which you have legally a crime is not actually following the letter of the law, nor the intent.
This doesn't change the fact that under the law, file sharing, including offering music for others to download, is NOT illegal. On that alone all convictions should be thrown out.
What kind of bullshit is this: "have become a standard component of college applications for jocks?"
I work in a school in a major metropolitan area with many great sports players. I guarantee you that if this was a "standard component" of college applications in any way I would have heard of it before.
Why must you stretch the truth? No where near a majority of "jocks" have even heard of this.
Mod down. Scientists don't ever claim that even laws are 100% correct in every possible instance, since in quantum mechanics, for instance, we know that the laws change in weird ways as your frame of reference gets smaller and smaller.
Who debates over slashdot? That's a losing proposition. I have no need to prove anything, the fact is that he has no idea what he's talking about. I have very little interest in teaching people who will spout off things without any sort of knowledge in the subject.
I can't believe I have to say this again, but as a scholar of religion with a degree in the field who specifically studies Islam I can tell you that your claim that Muslims may accept Jesus as the messiah is ridiculously incorrect. Muslims in no cases (of course you can always find one or two of any group of course if you look hard enough) accept Jesus as the messiah. They accept him as a prophet, but don't go further than that.
Oh really? I'm a scholar of religion and I can tell you that in the circles of those who actually know what they're talking about "cult" is not by definition a negative term.
Good job having no idea what you're talking about. I truly believe that those such as myself, who actually have degrees in the field of religious studies, should be the only ones allowed to comment when anything religious is brought up, because otherwise no one knows what they're talking about at all. Stupidity rages.
Anyone, back on the main subject, the problem is not that Scientology is a "cult." It's not even that in the sense of having a leader who may be deluded enough to believe what he spouts. It's a criminal organization (members of which were convicted of infiltrating the government and planning to expand the infiltration, including Hubbard's wife) under the cloak of a religion. That's it. It's very simple and factual when you look at Hubbard's own writings, interviews with his son (who defected and called his father a psychopath, which he clearly was) as well as if you talk to any other former high level Scientologists who defected. Anyone defending Scientology here, unless they are Scientology shills, are only doing so because they really know zero about the subject and are talking from pure ignorance.
Mod down. Not only is he just spouting the same cliche talking points that have existed forever, but they are also completely baseless claims. Not to mention that not a single person here is an actual libertarian, because most don't seem to truly understand what it means to be a libertarian. It's not just "socially progressive and financially conservative." It's a lot more complicated, and frankly insidious, than that.
You're still claiming that sex should have or does have some "value" of which it loses. That's a personal belief, not fact, and that has nothing to do with other people.
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But it doesn't then follow that being Christian requires believing ID just because some do.
You're completely ignoring the fact that if your in a virtual reality it is absolutely, positively, 100%, in every possible situation impossible to trust the results of any test. Assuming it's a VR universe, the results are then VR. Knowing nothing of the specific design attributes of that which creates the VR, it could just as easily be designed to block the ability to run a simulation completing in O(1) so that you could not discover its true nature. It is an absolutely unfalsifiable premise and is therefore unscientific.
You're logic is flawed. In your example of figuring out the Earth is round, you are specifically NOT looking from an outside view of the system (in this case the system being Earth). You are INFERRING that Earth is round based on the limited information you have. You are not observing it in the way he was talking about.
Holy shit, moron. He wasn't talking about those who believe in God, he is SPECIFICALLY talking about Intelligent Design, which is not synonymous with a belief in a god.
Trust me, mosquitoes, like pretty much all bugs at the time, were absolutely massive compared to their current sizes (one reason possibly due to the atmosphere having more oxygen than it does now). They weren't the size of a person, but these weren't your current suburban little biting annoyances.
Who are you going to give it to? Crack babies are a medical myth as far as the science has shown.
That would be such a horrible violation of your child's rights to choose how to live their life it makes me sick to think about.
And what exactly are these "toxins?" This is one of the main words that when used usually shows those who know what they're talking about in medicine that you don't. Every bullshit remedy claims to remove these "toxins" of which they never name.
Exactly. It's not like Saddam was some kind of religious nut, in fact history shows that he was very religious at all. He only ever used Islam when it was useful for manipulating observant Muslim Iraqis. In many ways, Iraq was as secular as you get it that area. It was the war which created problems with Islamic radicalism and militancy in the country.
When you buy a cd you own that cd and have the right to do with it what you want. I've yet to see any law that disputes that. I happen to have a working professional knowledge of copyright law, and the interpretation that it somehow makes sharing of that which you have legally a crime is not actually following the letter of the law, nor the intent.
This doesn't change the fact that under the law, file sharing, including offering music for others to download, is NOT illegal. On that alone all convictions should be thrown out.
What kind of bullshit is this: "have become a standard component of college applications for jocks?" I work in a school in a major metropolitan area with many great sports players. I guarantee you that if this was a "standard component" of college applications in any way I would have heard of it before. Why must you stretch the truth? No where near a majority of "jocks" have even heard of this.
Mod down. Scientists don't ever claim that even laws are 100% correct in every possible instance, since in quantum mechanics, for instance, we know that the laws change in weird ways as your frame of reference gets smaller and smaller.
Whether a case goes to trial or not has very little to do with if the person actually broke the law.
Who debates over slashdot? That's a losing proposition. I have no need to prove anything, the fact is that he has no idea what he's talking about. I have very little interest in teaching people who will spout off things without any sort of knowledge in the subject.
How exactly are advertisers being exposed to hate speech. The concept doesn't even make sense. How are banner ads or whatever exposing them?
And you probably really believe that Wicca is an ancient religion that has existed since antiquity instead of something invented very recently. Ha!
I can't believe I have to say this again, but as a scholar of religion with a degree in the field who specifically studies Islam I can tell you that your claim that Muslims may accept Jesus as the messiah is ridiculously incorrect. Muslims in no cases (of course you can always find one or two of any group of course if you look hard enough) accept Jesus as the messiah. They accept him as a prophet, but don't go further than that.
Oh really? I'm a scholar of religion and I can tell you that in the circles of those who actually know what they're talking about "cult" is not by definition a negative term.
Yes, it's very different, and if you can't see the many clear differences I feel sorry for you.
Good job having no idea what you're talking about. I truly believe that those such as myself, who actually have degrees in the field of religious studies, should be the only ones allowed to comment when anything religious is brought up, because otherwise no one knows what they're talking about at all. Stupidity rages. Anyone, back on the main subject, the problem is not that Scientology is a "cult." It's not even that in the sense of having a leader who may be deluded enough to believe what he spouts. It's a criminal organization (members of which were convicted of infiltrating the government and planning to expand the infiltration, including Hubbard's wife) under the cloak of a religion. That's it. It's very simple and factual when you look at Hubbard's own writings, interviews with his son (who defected and called his father a psychopath, which he clearly was) as well as if you talk to any other former high level Scientologists who defected. Anyone defending Scientology here, unless they are Scientology shills, are only doing so because they really know zero about the subject and are talking from pure ignorance.
Mod down. Not only is he just spouting the same cliche talking points that have existed forever, but they are also completely baseless claims. Not to mention that not a single person here is an actual libertarian, because most don't seem to truly understand what it means to be a libertarian. It's not just "socially progressive and financially conservative." It's a lot more complicated, and frankly insidious, than that.
You're still claiming that sex should have or does have some "value" of which it loses. That's a personal belief, not fact, and that has nothing to do with other people.
Mods, mark down redundant. Only a million people have said the exact same thing trying to sound like experts.
You're completely ignoring the fact that many stores will not carry movies of a certain rating.