Would *anyone* capable of rational thought ever consider the possibility that he actually was Zeus?
Yes.
Because one of the things about rational thought is that it requires you to consider all possibilities. We don't always do so in practice, but we should. To fail to consider the possibility that he may be Zeus is to wilfully ignore a branch of possibility, which is a distinctly irrational thing to do.
On the other hand, no one says you have to devote a lot of time to the question. On the balance of probabilities, it's likely you're being conned.
Fair point, but nobody's going to turn up to a film with Kyle MacLachlan in the lead, surely?
If they wanted to continue the series, it would have meant doing a made-for-TV God Emperor. Actually, I'm suprised they didn't, since accordind to TFA it's the same producer as the Sci-Fi miniseries.
Given the choice between a small-screen God Emperor and a big-screen Dune, I know what I prefer...
We have the ability to wipe out polio from the world relatively easily. That's due to government, not private practice footing the bill
Citation needed.
It was my understanding that the polio vaccine was developed at the (independent) University of Pittsburgh, not through government research. I may be wrong, but I think the burden's on you to support your claim that the eradication of polio is thanks to government work.
I think you've misunderstood your parent post. "She has more delegates now" means she has more delegates than she did before the primaries in Texas, which is obviously true. I don't think the parent poster meant to suggest that she has more delegates than Obama - that's obviously not true.
I get really annoyed at these "business types" who consider anyone who isn't aiming for a 6/7 figure salary or who isn't treading on all of their work colleagues in order to reach the top, to be somehow abnormal Fair enough. But what I find even more annoying is people who assume that anyone aiming for a 6/7 figure salary must be treading on their work colleagues to get there. Or that suits are the uniform of the "professionally dishonest", as an earlier poster put it.
I work for a small company with no dress code. Jeans and t-shirts are perfectly acceptable. Nevertheless, I come to work every day in a collared shirt, trousers and leather shoes, and I keep a tie in my laptop bag. I do this because dressing slightly more formally for work helps me to separate work time from free time, and because I can't see any harm in looking smart at the office. I hope one day to earn a 6-figure salary, because I think I'm capable of producing work that's worth that much, and I think that to aim any lower would be a criminal waste of my talents.
Now, I absolutely understand that your priorities are different, and I strongly believe that you should do whatever makes you happiest. But please recognise that other people get their happiness from different things, and that your flippant dismissal of "business types" makes you guilty of the same type of prejudice you accuse them of having.
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Yes.
Because one of the things about rational thought is that it requires you to consider all possibilities. We don't always do so in practice, but we should. To fail to consider the possibility that he may be Zeus is to wilfully ignore a branch of possibility, which is a distinctly irrational thing to do.
On the other hand, no one says you have to devote a lot of time to the question. On the balance of probabilities, it's likely you're being conned.
If they cast Tobey Macguire as Paul, we may all have to kill ourselves. :)
On a more serious note, I do hope they remember to cast a serious actor as Duncan Idaho... you've got to plan for sequels.
Fair point, but nobody's going to turn up to a film with Kyle MacLachlan in the lead, surely?
If they wanted to continue the series, it would have meant doing a made-for-TV God Emperor. Actually, I'm suprised they didn't, since accordind to TFA it's the same producer as the Sci-Fi miniseries.
Given the choice between a small-screen God Emperor and a big-screen Dune, I know what I prefer...
In other news, pirates stop global warming.
But if it's for science, I'll have another beer. :)
...Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans and spam.
But the baked beans are off.
It was Harpo, and you had to listen reeeeeeeealy closely to hear it.
Wasn't it Asimov who said that science decisively won the argument with faith when churches started putting up lightning conductors?
Citation needed.
It was my understanding that the polio vaccine was developed at the (independent) University of Pittsburgh, not through government research. I may be wrong, but I think the burden's on you to support your claim that the eradication of polio is thanks to government work.
I think you've misunderstood your parent post. "She has more delegates now" means she has more delegates than she did before the primaries in Texas, which is obviously true. I don't think the parent poster meant to suggest that she has more delegates than Obama - that's obviously not true.
So, please *don't* mod grandparent post down.
Heh. Shouldn't that be DCXVI?