"did the comment claim that we should start killing off "stupid people", I think not."
I agree with you. That comment didn't said anything like that EXPLICITLY but it set the stage from which other can build a case for doing that
its says that we are de-evolving , it says WE are de-evolving because stupid people are breeding more than smart one . this thread is about concern on the danger of "de evolving" so is it too far fetched scenario when someone someday can use such example to make a case against Stupid people's right to exist .
it always start from some small seemingly insignificant assertion , my brother.and we need to crub it there only
Hitler is not source of my argument . I am just warning those people that it all starts like that only . a gentle assertion of genetic superiority , which gradually become a sort of entitlement for that community at large and than leads to a racial superiority complex . thats the kind of society which becomes a breeding ground of people like Hitler .
moreover slapping people with TAGS and labels about something which they didn't chose for and something which can be overcome is wrong IMHO.
Interesting . Does it means that those few , who are genetically superior [ an unearned privilege btw ] have a unsurmountable lead on the rest of the species . can someone work his way up to smartness and hope that Genetics will be kind to his children .
think of JeWS.According to Hitler and his contemporaries they had low IQ and they are bringing down the IQ.Today they are considered to be most intelliegent race in world.
they are a living example of environmental factors outdoing genetic factors and may be spilling over to genetic factors. this is how it should be . this is how its supposed to be .
"it seems like people "with low IQ" (I don't know how to say it without being offensive) are breeding more than smart people"
you are making a impilcit asserstion here which is both technically and ethically wrong . you speak as if a LOw IQ is an intrinsic trait of someone.its been widely accepted that human mind is a clean state . most of the intelligence is acquired .
if someone has a low IQ its not a reflection of the fact that he don't have brain cell it means that his enviornment never offered him enough stimulus . so its better to invest in education and crerative thinking than inventing rational to justify that they are bringing down the collective IQ of GenePool .
you might not know but Hitler also started with this premise of clearing the genepool and seeding it with good [aryan ]genes only . result is WW-2 and mass killing of jew .
kill these thoughts my brother they only bring disaster .
"I am surprised that India hasnt opted to carpet bomb Pakistan occupied Kashmir."
Very True. this is what i used to think .
But looking at the result of US War in Afganistan i seriously don't think that a war is solution to terror . but ya sometime it helps
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while that sounds good in theory try telling this to NSA who scan every email . shouldn't they send a "Thanks for riding on our bandwidth " email every time some outsider access internet from a Starbuck ??
having said that i don't see how this going to do anything to help govt to fight terror.I am an Indian living in Delhi and I survived the attack by a margin of 15 Min .
Let me tell you that any Terrorist with a 1 Rupee coin can call from a unmonitored public telephone booth to inform or take responsibility or to ask his wife whats there for dinner.
this is a typical Beating the Strawman reaction you expect from Govt Agencies in the aftermath of a BIG terrorist attack . two year back they banned all Blogging tool for the same reasons.
only to lift the ban after few weeks .
"Actually science still can't explain where DNA came from"
origin of DNA has its roots in some complex chemical reactions happened in earth before the birth of uni cellular creature like amoeba . since this was not a controlled experiment so we might not be able to replicate it for the sake of proov but you can always give a statistical proof . this was a highly improbable event where bunch of Protiens and Nucliec acids combined in double helix to form a DNA .
as i said its very improbable but given the age of earth i guess its not that improbable too .
Bigger Q if scientist somehow manage to create DNA in lab [and they are trying ] will it suffice to Bible Brigade . I am tired of this debate and i wish it to be resolved for good . but I am apprehensive that Bible Brigade will come up with some other mindless faith based argument .
we have important things to discuss at/.
"Now personally I love that idea. Stop creationism dead in it's tracks as an alleged "scientific theory"
I think its like agreeing to negotiate with a terrorist
how on earth Science could have developed out of religion. Every religion and its teaching has multiple interpretation depending on whom you ask and in which era you ask .
Thats not the case with science , basic premise remain the same in science whenever you find a "verifiable" evidence that premise is wrong or fail at some point we correct our theory by integrating the newly acquired knowledge to our existing framework . Newtonian Mechanics fail at subatomic level so we have theory of relativity and now there is no Ambiguity
thats not the case with religon . so i guess its unlikely that science has anything to do with religon at all . there is hardly any common ground
same with Bible Brigade , try telling them that sun is center of universe and they will give you Hemlock , try telling pope that its impossible for a old man with white beard to walk on water and they will hang you .
than question remain who contributed more to the progress of society ? Scientist or theologists (priest if you like ) .
Its not fair to enjoy fruit of science while questioning he very basic premise of Science .
Don't forget that you are reading this on a computer which was made by scientific methods of inquiry. I will give equal time to Creationism when it will get me a equally good machine to read/.
and contrary to public perception iPhone is not Jesus phone so that won't count
World is not flat world is balanced on the back of turtle and We should teach "Bird and Bee" in Biology . as mentioned before in/. this not science this is sophistry
"Suffice it to say none of us worry about our day jobs too much anymore."
so why you have TooMuchToDo still and you might as well start doing it fulltime . we are dying to see you in the forbes Billionaire list
all this discussion about privacy and ppl reading your mail and other crap is of no good.i don't want to maintain my privacy at the coast of my nation's security.i will happily allow any government body to snoop in to my email if that can help them prevent another 9/11 .
and i think everybody should do the same.
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I agree with you. That comment didn't said anything like that EXPLICITLY but it set the stage from which other can build a case for doing that
its says that we are de-evolving , it says WE are de-evolving because stupid people are breeding more than smart one . this thread is about concern on the danger of "de evolving" so is it too far fetched scenario when someone someday can use such example to make a case against Stupid people's right to exist .
it always start from some small seemingly insignificant assertion , my brother .and we need to crub it there only
Hitler is not source of my argument . I am just warning those people that it all starts like that only . a gentle assertion of genetic superiority , which gradually become a sort of entitlement for that community at large and than leads to a racial superiority complex . thats the kind of society which becomes a breeding ground of people like Hitler . moreover slapping people with TAGS and labels about something which they didn't chose for and something which can be overcome is wrong IMHO.
Interesting . Does it means that those few , who are genetically superior [ an unearned privilege btw ] have a unsurmountable lead on the rest of the species . can someone work his way up to smartness and hope that Genetics will be kind to his children . think of JeWS .According to Hitler and his contemporaries they had low IQ and they are bringing down the IQ .Today they are considered to be most intelliegent race in world.
they are a living example of environmental factors outdoing genetic factors and may be spilling over to genetic factors. this is how it should be . this is how its supposed to be .
Rupert Murdoch comes to mind
you are making a impilcit asserstion here which is both technically and ethically wrong . you speak as if a LOw IQ is an intrinsic trait of someone .its been widely accepted that human mind is a clean state . most of the intelligence is acquired .
if someone has a low IQ its not a reflection of the fact that he don't have brain cell it means that his enviornment never offered him enough stimulus . so its better to invest in education and crerative thinking than inventing rational to justify that they are bringing down the collective IQ of GenePool .
you might not know but Hitler also started with this premise of clearing the genepool and seeding it with good [aryan ]genes only . result is WW-2 and mass killing of jew .
kill these thoughts my brother they only bring disaster .
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"I am surprised that India hasnt opted to carpet bomb Pakistan occupied Kashmir." Very True. this is what i used to think . But looking at the result of US War in Afganistan i seriously don't think that a war is solution to terror . but ya sometime it helps
while that sounds good in theory try telling this to NSA who scan every email . shouldn't they send a "Thanks for riding on our bandwidth " email every time some outsider access internet from a Starbuck ?? having said that i don't see how this going to do anything to help govt to fight terror .I am an Indian living in Delhi and I survived the attack by a margin of 15 Min .
Let me tell you that any Terrorist with a 1 Rupee coin can call from a unmonitored public telephone booth to inform or take responsibility or to ask his wife whats there for dinner.
this is a typical Beating the Strawman reaction you expect from Govt Agencies in the aftermath of a BIG terrorist attack . two year back they banned all Blogging tool for the same reasons.
only to lift the ban after few weeks .
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"Actually science still can't explain where DNA came from" origin of DNA has its roots in some complex chemical reactions happened in earth before the birth of uni cellular creature like amoeba . since this was not a controlled experiment so we might not be able to replicate it for the sake of proov but you can always give a statistical proof . this was a highly improbable event where bunch of Protiens and Nucliec acids combined in double helix to form a DNA . as i said its very improbable but given the age of earth i guess its not that improbable too . Bigger Q if scientist somehow manage to create DNA in lab [and they are trying ] will it suffice to Bible Brigade . I am tired of this debate and i wish it to be resolved for good . but I am apprehensive that Bible Brigade will come up with some other mindless faith based argument . we have important things to discuss at /.
Very true
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"Now personally I love that idea. Stop creationism dead in it's tracks as an alleged "scientific theory" I think its like agreeing to negotiate with a terrorist
how on earth Science could have developed out of religion. Every religion and its teaching has multiple interpretation depending on whom you ask and in which era you ask . Thats not the case with science , basic premise remain the same in science whenever you find a "verifiable" evidence that premise is wrong or fail at some point we correct our theory by integrating the newly acquired knowledge to our existing framework . Newtonian Mechanics fail at subatomic level so we have theory of relativity and now there is no Ambiguity thats not the case with religon . so i guess its unlikely that science has anything to do with religon at all . there is hardly any common ground
same with Bible Brigade , try telling them that sun is center of universe and they will give you Hemlock , try telling pope that its impossible for a old man with white beard to walk on water and they will hang you . than question remain who contributed more to the progress of society ? Scientist or theologists (priest if you like ) . Its not fair to enjoy fruit of science while questioning he very basic premise of Science .
Don't forget that you are reading this on a computer which was made by scientific methods of inquiry. I will give equal time to Creationism when it will get me a equally good machine to read /.
and contrary to public perception iPhone is not Jesus phone so that won't count
World is not flat world is balanced on the back of turtle and We should teach "Bird and Bee" in Biology . as mentioned before in /. this not science this is sophistry
"Suffice it to say none of us worry about our day jobs too much anymore." so why you have TooMuchToDo still and you might as well start doing it fulltime . we are dying to see you in the forbes Billionaire list
rarely ??its rewarding only on the day you get the paycheck not before not after
all this discussion about privacy and ppl reading your mail and other crap is of no good .i don't want to maintain my privacy at the coast of my nation's security .i will happily allow any government body to snoop in to my email if that can help them prevent another 9/11 .
and i think everybody should do the same.