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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Religion and the Future.
« on: July 30, 2016, 07:38:30 PM »
Oy gevalt, I can't believe we lost another one! Feh, I could just plotz!
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Religion and the Future.
« on: July 29, 2016, 03:10:12 AM »God willing it will sooner or later disappear entirely.
Highly unlikely. Like I said, statistics indicate that the overall amount of Atheists are DEcreasing in the world population as a whole. By 2050, the number of them will be higher in the US and Western Europe, but lower worldwide. This was just in the Huffpost, which is not known as being favourable toward religion by ANY stretch of the imagination.
Aw shucks.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Religion and the Future.
« on: July 29, 2016, 02:50:07 AM »
God willing it will sooner or later disappear entirely.
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Flat Earth Theory / Re: The walls of Antarctic with Gog & Magog
« on: July 26, 2016, 08:37:50 PM »
Of course! Like you even needed to ask.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Former KKK runs for senate
« on: July 26, 2016, 04:42:06 PM »
To be fair to SexWarrior, I guess, Dave should have pointed out he's a former Grand Wizard (leader of the entire organization) rather than just saying he was a member. Obviously there's a difference.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Former KKK runs for senate
« on: July 24, 2016, 05:47:08 PM »
I remember back in the day there was an episode of Morton Downey Jr's show where he had David Duke and Al Sharpton on as guests at the same time. If I remember correctly that was one of the episodes where they broke out into an actual fight. lol fun times.
Anyone remember Morton Downey Jr? Hoppy? Markjo? Other old people from America if they exist here?
Anyone remember Morton Downey Jr? Hoppy? Markjo? Other old people from America if they exist here?
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Former KKK runs for senate
« on: July 23, 2016, 04:59:01 PM »
"I know he was with the KKK but has he ever actually done anything racist?"
This level of trolling is beneath you, SexWarrior. I suggest you abandon ship and focus your endeavors elsewhere.
This level of trolling is beneath you, SexWarrior. I suggest you abandon ship and focus your endeavors elsewhere.
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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread
« on: July 19, 2016, 09:09:00 PM »Aren't you a fucking Eagles fan?Also, the Vikings are going to win the Superbowl. Prove me wrong.
Am I saying the Eagles are going to win the Superbowl?
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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread
« on: July 17, 2016, 07:52:03 AM »Also, the Vikings are going to win the Superbowl. Prove me wrong.
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Science & Alternative Science / Re: Water from cars - check my math
« on: July 14, 2016, 05:48:54 AM »
Also it's called a meteorite when it impacts the Earth's surface.
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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Top ten flat earth thinkers? [Currently Living]
« on: July 09, 2016, 07:41:43 AM »I'd like to consider myself a ringer and/or a reserve for a top 10 position. I was one of the most influential FErs on Reddit dot com. At least until the jerk demodded me and I btfo.
Fine, you can take Tila Tequila's place on my list. Upon reconsideration, based on what I've seen of her, I can't say for sure that she is a thinker. BoB totally is though. He spits rhymes like hot fire. You don't get named "Hottest MC in the Game" by being a dummy.
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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: "Soft" Merger
« on: July 09, 2016, 05:02:10 AM »
It's amazing such software doesn't already exist.
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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Top ten flat earth thinkers? [Currently Living]
« on: July 09, 2016, 01:18:38 AM »BoB and Tila Tequila aren't even flat Earth thinkers, they are a typical flat Earther who happens to be celebrities.
If BoB and Tila Tequila are in your top 10 list of "thinkers", I think you need a deeper bench.
Frankly I find this blatant anticelebretism disgusting. Just because they're both famous doesn't mean they aren't intelligent, thinking people. They have both been able to channel their talents (for want of a better word) to become famous and make a lot of money, and both are able to recognize the Earth is flat despite the depth of their indoctrination. That sounds pretty smart to me. You should both be ashamed of yourselves for your bigotry and hatred.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: 2016 US Presidential Race
« on: July 08, 2016, 09:43:08 AM »
Okay, so at this point I'm clearly going with the lesser of two evils.
It appears that both candidates are corrupt, and both candidates are liars. All too common, sadly.
My primary issue at this point is actually Trump's antisemitism. As a Jew, I just can't bring myself to vote for someone so blatantly antisemitic. Even if I didn't think Trump was a smug and pathological liar who would drive this country into the mud if he was made president, the antisemitism would be a breaking point.
Please note that you might have your own reasons for wanting Trump; maybe you're antisemitic yourself for example (heh heh, just kidding, that's a little of that famous Jewish humor for you, you're welcome). I'm perfectly fine with that, because obviously Hillary is not an ideal choice. Unfortunately for me she's the only choice. And this is probably the worst thing she will face, because she's smart enough to not constantly put her foot in her mouth, while Trump will likely (almost certainly at the rate he's going) just fuck up over and over and over again. He won't be able to skate by on his base of supporters. He will need some of those on-the-fence moderates. He won't get them if he keeps making himself look like an idiot and an asshole and a bigot. So Hillary's almost certainly going to win, Benghazi and deleted emails and all.
I suppose I could vote for a 3rd party candidate and throw my vote away in protest of the two leading nominees, as a friend of mine says she plans to do, but assuming I go with a liberal-leaning candidate (I almost certainly would), that would ultimately be tantamount to supporting Trump (indeed, this very scenario is probably Trump's best shot at sneaking into the White House), a known antisemite. So that's not happening.
Go Hillary 2016. Sigh.
It appears that both candidates are corrupt, and both candidates are liars. All too common, sadly.
My primary issue at this point is actually Trump's antisemitism. As a Jew, I just can't bring myself to vote for someone so blatantly antisemitic. Even if I didn't think Trump was a smug and pathological liar who would drive this country into the mud if he was made president, the antisemitism would be a breaking point.
Please note that you might have your own reasons for wanting Trump; maybe you're antisemitic yourself for example (heh heh, just kidding, that's a little of that famous Jewish humor for you, you're welcome). I'm perfectly fine with that, because obviously Hillary is not an ideal choice. Unfortunately for me she's the only choice. And this is probably the worst thing she will face, because she's smart enough to not constantly put her foot in her mouth, while Trump will likely (almost certainly at the rate he's going) just fuck up over and over and over again. He won't be able to skate by on his base of supporters. He will need some of those on-the-fence moderates. He won't get them if he keeps making himself look like an idiot and an asshole and a bigot. So Hillary's almost certainly going to win, Benghazi and deleted emails and all.
I suppose I could vote for a 3rd party candidate and throw my vote away in protest of the two leading nominees, as a friend of mine says she plans to do, but assuming I go with a liberal-leaning candidate (I almost certainly would), that would ultimately be tantamount to supporting Trump (indeed, this very scenario is probably Trump's best shot at sneaking into the White House), a known antisemite. So that's not happening.
Go Hillary 2016. Sigh.
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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Top ten flat earth thinkers? [Currently Living]
« on: July 06, 2016, 08:18:45 PM »
I'm sure some of my colleagues will disagree with me on some of these names because there truly are quite a few to choose from. Top to bottom, I'd say Tom Bishop, James McIntyre, John Davis, myself, Lord Wilmore, Dr David Thork, Sandokhan, Sherry Shepherd, BoB, and, rounding out the list, the vivacious Tila Tequila.
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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: I'm sorry but what the heck is going on?
« on: July 02, 2016, 02:21:17 AM »Is anyone as lost as I am?
Yes, there are a few regulars on this website as lost as you are. I sincerely hope you are able to find something useful from your time here. Welcome to FES.
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Flat Earth Community / Re: Water down a plug hole?
« on: July 01, 2016, 04:59:02 AM »You say "the rotation of the Earth it has a rather glaring flaw within the context of Flat Earth Theory." Whoever claimed otherwisw?Are you feeling okay, rabinoz? I wasn't responding to you with that statement.I would never claim that!
According to standard FET, things fall due to a constant upward acceleration of the Earth. This is gravitation with no reliance on gravitons whatsoever.
Universal acceleration has been pretty thoroughly proved wrong on this site. Are you sure you want to cling to that explanation?
I'm not sure what you mean; I was neither affirming nor denying the existence of universal acceleration with that statement. I was providing it by way of example.
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I long ago posited the opinion that the effect is caused by subatomic particles that we are yet to be able to observe called coriolons. Coriolons apparently originate at the equator (though not necessarily from the surface) and very subtly affect the motion of fluids at or near the surface of the Earth (including high in the atmosphere, of course, and possibly deep in the very bowels of the Earth as well).
In all seriousness, it sounds like a fun theory. However, is there any reason why we should take it seriously when there is a much simpler theory (coriolis effect) that fits all observations nicely, and doesn't rely on a yet-to-be-observed particle?
What I described was the coriolis effect.
Sorry, my statement was unclear. Let me clarify. By "much simpler theory (coriolis effect)", I meant the explanation for the coriolis effect easily derived from basic Newtonian mechanics.
Okay, let's be clear; the coriolis effect is not the cause, it's the effect. It's right there in the name. That's nice that the cause you believe in is easily derived from basic Newtonian mechanics.
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QuoteNow if your "much simpler theory" involves the rotation of the Earth it has a rather glaring flaw within the context of Flat Earth Theory. I think you can probably figure out what that is.
Indeed. If you start with the assumption that the earth is flat, you must deny the simple mechanical explanation, and postulate that some invisible something-or-another is responsible.
Well, if it can be proven that the simple mechanical explanation (that assumes a round Earth) is correct, it would certainly change my entire opinion about the shape of the Earth. Unfortunately it hasn't. And I'm skeptical that it will be, because in my experience the real world is rarely simple!
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Flat Earth Community / Re: Water down a plug hole?
« on: July 01, 2016, 02:29:19 AM »So why do hurricanes rotates counterclockwise and cyclones clockwise? The dividing line is the equator, not the path of the sun.Not a myth. It is however a very weak effect, easily overcome by any number of other effects. The guys at Smarter Every Day and Veritasium have collaborated on a joint experiment, see it here.
It is just the same a myth that water goes down the drain in different directions according to hemisphere just because it requires such strongly controlled conditions (it's not something that one would observe in a normal tub or toilet, and therefore easily observable to everybody, yet that is the claim that is made) .
I long ago posited the opinion that the effect is caused by subatomic particles that we are yet to be able to observe called coriolons. Coriolons apparently originate at the equator (though not necessarily from the surface) and very subtly affect the motion of fluids at or near the surface of the Earth (including high in the atmosphere, of course, and possibly deep in the very bowels of the Earth as well).
In all seriousness, it sounds like a fun theory. However, is there any reason why we should take it seriously when there is a much simpler theory (coriolis effect) that fits all observations nicely, and doesn't rely on a yet-to-be-observed particle?
What I described was the coriolis effect. Now if your "much simpler theory" involves the rotation of the Earth it has a rather glaring flaw within the context of Flat Earth Theory. I think you can probably figure out what that is.
Anyway what you call science is full of yet-to-be-observed particles; I'm not sure why you think FET should be excluded.
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Flat Earth Community / Re: Water down a plug hole?
« on: July 01, 2016, 02:23:53 AM »gravitation (and gravity - same thing!)
Whoops, there's your mistake.
According to standard FET, things fall due to a constant upward acceleration of the Earth. This is gravitation with no reliance on gravitons whatsoever.
At any rate I do invite you to observe that I am not Tom Bishop.
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Flat Earth Community / Re: Water down a plug hole?
« on: June 30, 2016, 11:12:29 PM »Not you too? It's bad enough having Tom Bishop claim silly things like that. Gravitation is observable and measurable.rely on a yet-to-be-observed particle?
So, like gravity, then?
As is the coriolis effect. I just don't understand what point you're trying to make here.