The group is not as large as all that, and it will be gone when the current generation dies out. That is a part of the mechanism of progress of ideas. Loads of bad ideas have disappeared this way. Good thing to, as I would hate to see a persisting cult of bloodletters fouling up modern medicine.
What? Did you miss the whole "evolution" part of the theory of evolution?
If sexual reproduction didn't help organisms to survive (it does, by decreasing the propagation of malformed genes while promoting the propagation and intermingling of superior genes), then we sexual reproducers would be overwhelmed and be out-competed by non-sexual reproducers as a matter of course.
As for light sensitive cells, those could have evolved a billion times before they were hooked up to a pain receptor. The previous billion imparted no advantage (and if there was no disadvantage, then they would perpetuate linearly until they were hooked up to a pain receptor), but the billion and first did, and that created an advantage.
This is not rocket science. Saying evolution isn't the whole picture is like saying that thermodynamics isn't the whole picture of physics. So what? Evolution is real, it has been observed countless times with controlled experiments by thousands of investigators around the world, it fits with all of out past observations. Evolution is the thermodynamics of biology. Creationist "theory" is nothing but handwaving trying to tell us that the sky is purple polka-dotted (because they read it in a Dr. Suess book, and he's a DOCTOR!), even after a century of continuous observation that it is in fact never that color.
Real anarchism at its core is about the recognition of the basic rights, ie the right to self ownership of one's own body, and the descendent right to property. All other rights spring from those two rights.
These so called "anarchists" recognize no rights, and as such have debased themselves to the level of wild animals. I can't put into words the depth of my contempt for such "people".
Right. Sure. We could have gotten 100% of Europe's electricity, shipped it with a 50% loss across half the globe and it would have cost less than a quarter trillion dollars.
LO fucking L.
The mods who deemed the above post "insightful" are blithering idiots. You might have been able to provide enough power for Berlin for as much, but not all of Europe. Nevermind that the first time the cable gets cut by some idiot or terrorist the whole continent would be in the stone age.
I didn't say anything about sex, only about attraction. You would lose out to a 500 pound billionaire any day. You might get some on the side during the peak of their reproductive cycle, when their attraction changes, but 97% of the time, they will be sleeping with Fatty McMoneybags, if they have a choice.
Straight women find status, power, and money attractive. Straight men care about looks.
Sorry, that's the way it is. "Lowering his standards" would most easily mean finding an attractive woman in a third world country via some international "dating" service, ie mail order brides.
She supports Newt. Clearly not Tea Party. But hey, it's fun to characterize an entire group of people based on the words and actions of a single tangentially related individual, isn't it? Makes you feel real superior. Awesome.
This is a good study, and it gives me some real numbers to work with, and an alternative to the human production of water from combustion as a significant contributing factor to global warming. If humans are raising the ocean levels beyond simple thermal swelling, we have enough data to calculate the change in equilibrium between water vapor and water. I had never thought of fossil water as a major source of water vapor, but it makes perfect sense, and explains why areas far from manufacturing, city pavements, and heavy traffic are warming, while remaining consistent with the observation of a lack of warming in the highlands of Asia.
Note that ocean evaporations rates are unlikely to change as a result of this, since evaporation is a function of surface area. Even it AGW were caused by CO2, and the weather was getting warmer, the oceans would evaporate at approximately the same rate (controlled for temperature) as they would if they were a few millimeters deeper as a result of fossil water use. That is, the only real impact of fossil water use is during its use. It won't lead to any more than a short increase in precipitation as the vapor/runoff makes its way to the sea.
If a single borehole into a magma chamber were all it took to trigger an eruption, we wouldn't have supervolcanoes, as they would have all bled out their pressure long ago. You might get a tiny earthquake, or an explosion large enough to collapse the borehole, but the it is very unlikely that anything worse than that would happen. If something that small could cause it, it would have been triggered naturally.
You might as well go tell your local baseball team that stealing bases is cheating. It isn't. It's in the rules. You don't like the rules, change them! Don't blame the people who follow them (as opposed to Romney and Co who flout them whenever they are inconvenient).
Next year you will be in here bitching about how you hate President Romney. This will be even more ironic because he will be maintaining the same policies as BO, which are the same policies of GBII.
You would prefer "we get more money from JPMorgan than you, we should get to pick our country's economic policy!" as they continue to lead us off of the cliff that is the Greater Depression?
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Which missing parts?
I love it when people handwave about "doubts" and "missing evidence", and then can't name any.
The group is not as large as all that, and it will be gone when the current generation dies out. That is a part of the mechanism of progress of ideas. Loads of bad ideas have disappeared this way. Good thing to, as I would hate to see a persisting cult of bloodletters fouling up modern medicine.
What? Did you miss the whole "evolution" part of the theory of evolution?
If sexual reproduction didn't help organisms to survive (it does, by decreasing the propagation of malformed genes while promoting the propagation and intermingling of superior genes), then we sexual reproducers would be overwhelmed and be out-competed by non-sexual reproducers as a matter of course.
As for light sensitive cells, those could have evolved a billion times before they were hooked up to a pain receptor. The previous billion imparted no advantage (and if there was no disadvantage, then they would perpetuate linearly until they were hooked up to a pain receptor), but the billion and first did, and that created an advantage.
This is not rocket science. Saying evolution isn't the whole picture is like saying that thermodynamics isn't the whole picture of physics. So what? Evolution is real, it has been observed countless times with controlled experiments by thousands of investigators around the world, it fits with all of out past observations. Evolution is the thermodynamics of biology. Creationist "theory" is nothing but handwaving trying to tell us that the sky is purple polka-dotted (because they read it in a Dr. Suess book, and he's a DOCTOR!), even after a century of continuous observation that it is in fact never that color.
Satan continuously changes DNA in bacterial cultures exposed to new environmental challenges.
That wily bastard!
Only terrorists get married and/or live in what the US deems a combat zone.
Also, the entire face of the Earth is now a combat zone. Please report to your local death camp immediately. Did I say death camp? I meant happy camp!
Real anarchism at its core is about the recognition of the basic rights, ie the right to self ownership of one's own body, and the descendent right to property. All other rights spring from those two rights.
These so called "anarchists" recognize no rights, and as such have debased themselves to the level of wild animals. I can't put into words the depth of my contempt for such "people".
My Dilbert calender says today was a holiday in the UK as well. DAMN YOU SCOTT ADAMS!
Right. Sure. We could have gotten 100% of Europe's electricity, shipped it with a 50% loss across half the globe and it would have cost less than a quarter trillion dollars.
LO fucking L.
The mods who deemed the above post "insightful" are blithering idiots. You might have been able to provide enough power for Berlin for as much, but not all of Europe. Nevermind that the first time the cable gets cut by some idiot or terrorist the whole continent would be in the stone age.
Germany is not Texas. Much less AC in Europe in general.
Sure, if you will issue me a permit to burn it up in a LFTR reactor. Hell, I'll pay you rather handsomely for your energy dense nuclear waste.
I didn't say anything about sex, only about attraction. You would lose out to a 500 pound billionaire any day. You might get some on the side during the peak of their reproductive cycle, when their attraction changes, but 97% of the time, they will be sleeping with Fatty McMoneybags, if they have a choice.
Straight women find status, power, and money attractive. Straight men care about looks.
Sorry, that's the way it is. "Lowering his standards" would most easily mean finding an attractive woman in a third world country via some international "dating" service, ie mail order brides.
One legal threat--fine. Crazy lady escalating over and over again with no further interaction without ever stopping--not so fine.
She supports Newt. Clearly not Tea Party. But hey, it's fun to characterize an entire group of people based on the words and actions of a single tangentially related individual, isn't it? Makes you feel real superior. Awesome.
The ones she saves, well, she's saving them for later.
I'm pretty sure she just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
If you don't like waterboarding, you can move to Somalia as well.
Merika, fuck yeah!
This is a good study, and it gives me some real numbers to work with, and an alternative to the human production of water from combustion as a significant contributing factor to global warming. If humans are raising the ocean levels beyond simple thermal swelling, we have enough data to calculate the change in equilibrium between water vapor and water. I had never thought of fossil water as a major source of water vapor, but it makes perfect sense, and explains why areas far from manufacturing, city pavements, and heavy traffic are warming, while remaining consistent with the observation of a lack of warming in the highlands of Asia.
Note that ocean evaporations rates are unlikely to change as a result of this, since evaporation is a function of surface area. Even it AGW were caused by CO2, and the weather was getting warmer, the oceans would evaporate at approximately the same rate (controlled for temperature) as they would if they were a few millimeters deeper as a result of fossil water use. That is, the only real impact of fossil water use is during its use. It won't lead to any more than a short increase in precipitation as the vapor/runoff makes its way to the sea.
Perhaps increased evaporation from human use causes greater rainfall at sea, leading to the rise?
If a single borehole into a magma chamber were all it took to trigger an eruption, we wouldn't have supervolcanoes, as they would have all bled out their pressure long ago. You might get a tiny earthquake, or an explosion large enough to collapse the borehole, but the it is very unlikely that anything worse than that would happen. If something that small could cause it, it would have been triggered naturally.
"If you disagree with me, then you are uneducated"
lol
You might as well go tell your local baseball team that stealing bases is cheating. It isn't. It's in the rules. You don't like the rules, change them! Don't blame the people who follow them (as opposed to Romney and Co who flout them whenever they are inconvenient).
Next year you will be in here bitching about how you hate President Romney. This will be even more ironic because he will be maintaining the same policies as BO, which are the same policies of GBII.
You would prefer "we get more money from JPMorgan than you, we should get to pick our country's economic policy!" as they continue to lead us off of the cliff that is the Greater Depression?
Reagan ran before in 1976 (also once before that, in 1968). That is when he employed the delegate strategy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan#1976_presidential_campaign
He came within 120 delegates of unseating a sitting president.
Khmer Rouge worked pretty well. Most everyone there was equally miserable.
Oh, you said SUCCESSFUL. Nevermind.