Science holds most dear that which can be objectively, repeatedly, independently verified. Religion, on the other hand...religion is nothing without faith.
And a person with faith is one who makes conclusions about that which he has concluded is inconclusive, has knowledge about that which she knows is unknowable. Faith is not ``willful ignorance,'' but rather ``willful insanity'' or ``willful idiocy.'' Faith is a thing deserving not praise and respect, but pity and scorn.
As a note, I am an atheist who is majoring in physics.
But the fact that you have been modded +5 insightful scares me. Science has everything to do with faith. In order to accept science, you must take on faith a large amount of assumed 'truths'. How do you know that you can trust measurable observations? How do you know that your experiences and measurements are a valid and accurate representation of reality? You must take it on faith that the world in inherently ruled my reason, and that there are a set of mathematical laws of nature that dictate the functioning of it. Not a single thing I listed can be proved. To accept science, you must, in essence, take on blind faith the scientific method.
So before you go around bashing anything that is taken on faith, step back and think about everything that you have taken on faith. To believe in anything requires faith.
I have a friend who never brushes his teeth and has never had a cavity. His sister religiously brushes and flosses 3 times a day and has many cavities. Everyone is different so don't act like what works for you is good for everybody else.
Christ. That is not nearly as bad as when religious people would come to my high school to give out miniature bibles. People would use the pages as rolling paper because apparently they were just the right size.
There is plenty of blame to go around, and you can't just throw it at one group. Yes, the parents are to blame for letting their kids get the game. But so what, the store still sold it to the kids. And the company is to blame for marketing the games to the kids.
This isn't as clear cut as you people want it to be.
I give you 30 years. 30 years from now people will consider video games (at least some of them) fine artwork. It took a long time for people to accept movies as legitimate. Same with television, photography, etc. The same thing happens with every new medium. Eventually videogames will be adopted by the art world as a legitimate medium. It is really just a matter of time.
So you are telling me that if you actively post information on the internet for everybody to view, that they should not have the right to record anything that you make available? I say if you want to keep it private, don't put it in a public space to begin with. These are things we should have learned by now.
True story, I was under the impression that the American flag was still standing up on the moon. But the other week I was reading about the apollo missions and it turns out that the flag fell over by the force of liftoff when they went back into lunar orbit.
So Leo Stoller 1985 array of "stealth" brand sporting goods isn't the same product as Sony's Columbia Picture's major motion picture release of a similar name? Could somebody please explain this to me? Because I really did think they were the same thing. But I guess I was wrong.
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"large compactification" ...
... and they are also very uncomfortable.
Tournaments, anyone?
But the fact that you have been modded +5 insightful scares me. Science has everything to do with faith. In order to accept science, you must take on faith a large amount of assumed 'truths'. How do you know that you can trust measurable observations? How do you know that your experiences and measurements are a valid and accurate representation of reality? You must take it on faith that the world in inherently ruled my reason, and that there are a set of mathematical laws of nature that dictate the functioning of it. Not a single thing I listed can be proved. To accept science, you must, in essence, take on blind faith the scientific method.
So before you go around bashing anything that is taken on faith, step back and think about everything that you have taken on faith. To believe in anything requires faith.
... and has done the equivalent of about a man-day of research. Come on, when are we going to get people to Mars?
Converting energy into matter does not sound very simple to me. I'm not even sure I entirly understood it when I was studying it.
I have a friend who never brushes his teeth and has never had a cavity. His sister religiously brushes and flosses 3 times a day and has many cavities. Everyone is different so don't act like what works for you is good for everybody else.
Did you know that large percentage of statistics are made up?
And I thought Rails was some type of new animal.
Nothing?
Christ. That is not nearly as bad as when religious people would come to my high school to give out miniature bibles. People would use the pages as rolling paper because apparently they were just the right size.
I like playing games that exist.
Shut up. Just, shut up! Shut up! I though I had finally blocked that movie out of my head. I hate you.
There is plenty of blame to go around, and you can't just throw it at one group. Yes, the parents are to blame for letting their kids get the game. But so what, the store still sold it to the kids. And the company is to blame for marketing the games to the kids.
This isn't as clear cut as you people want it to be.
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When it was called Firefox.
I give you 30 years. 30 years from now people will consider video games (at least some of them) fine artwork. It took a long time for people to accept movies as legitimate. Same with television, photography, etc. The same thing happens with every new medium. Eventually videogames will be adopted by the art world as a legitimate medium. It is really just a matter of time.
Shouldn't this be the type of thing he tells me before I buy the game?
Well, I for one welcome our newly simulated overloads.
The most bizarre part of this whole story is how some people find sex the most objectionable part of the game.
So you are telling me that if you actively post information on the internet for everybody to view, that they should not have the right to record anything that you make available? I say if you want to keep it private, don't put it in a public space to begin with. These are things we should have learned by now.
Our Skoolez are fine Job. Wutz Big the Problm?
True story, I was under the impression that the American flag was still standing up on the moon. But the other week I was reading about the apollo missions and it turns out that the flag fell over by the force of liftoff when they went back into lunar orbit.
So Leo Stoller 1985 array of "stealth" brand sporting goods isn't the same product as Sony's Columbia Picture's major motion picture release of a similar name? Could somebody please explain this to me? Because I really did think they were the same thing. But I guess I was wrong.