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It appears that one should be wary of which YouTube physicist's explanation you should believe.  It seems that space-time diagrams showing curvature have been mistaken for space-time curvature causing some confusion as to the actual cause of gravity.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 04, 2025, 06:27:12 PM »
Why should he need to run for a third term when all he has to do is sign an executive order declaring himself president for life.  Probably wouldn't be the most illegal thing he's done.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 04, 2025, 03:26:32 AM »
Why is it unreasonable for Ukraine to want to keep Crimea, along with the rest of the territories that Russia illegally invaded/occupied/annexed? ???

Ukraine is the weaker country and beggars can't be choosers.
Might makes right, does it?  Well, never underestimate the “weaker” country.  Ukraine has been doing a pretty good job of holding its own against Russia for three years longer than anyone, especially Putin, expected.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing
« on: May 03, 2025, 03:34:53 AM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 02, 2025, 06:26:13 PM »
It appears that the problem has been identified. Zelensky appears to think that getting back Crimea is on the table. This is a clever negotiation point from Trump, since it shows that Zelensky is being unreasonable in the effort on his side to end this.
Why is it unreasonable for Ukraine to want to keep Crimea, along with the rest of the territories that Russia illegally invaded/occupied/annexed? ???

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: May 01, 2025, 09:17:15 PM »
Waltz to leave his post.
Strange as he didn’t do anything wrong.
ThisIsFine.jpg

"US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz will leave his post and be nominated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, President Donald Trump says"
I actually thought you were joking.
Genuinely impossible to tell reality from satire these days.
When in doubt, remember the old saying: truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 29, 2025, 10:55:31 PM »
Looks like another woke Biden program in the military bites the dust.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5272905-hegseth-pentagon-women-peace-security/

Thing is...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that he had begun to shutter a Pentagon program meant to advance women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention, which was created by a law written by GOP lawmakers and signed by President Trump during his first term.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 19, 2025, 11:30:41 PM »
Or, as honk pointed out, lifts in his shoes, and possibly in combination with highish heels? 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 18, 2025, 03:13:42 PM »
Trump is supposed to be 6'3", yet is shorter than Vance who is 6'2".

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 18, 2025, 12:21:36 AM »
I like this bit from the link:
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The SpaceX-led group is pitching the Pentagon on a 'subscription model' for missile defense, sources said

How would that even work?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 14, 2025, 10:32:38 PM »
If not, then cheaper foreign alternative it is.
^ The king of equitable outcomes, ladies and germs...
Maybe you don't have to live paycheck to paycheck, but a good number of people do.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 13, 2025, 07:06:41 PM »
Since you argue that more purity in US manufacturing is needed, I see that you agree with Trump in his stance that manufacturing needs to return to the USA.
Not really my point.  Just pointing out the mixed message that the MAGA leadership is sending by having patriotic merch made outside of the USA,

The way the video is presented shows that some items such as basic caps and shirts say Made in USA, but other items such as bomber jackets and mugs and golf hats say made in other countries. This is an accurate representation that some manufacturing exists, and represents a work in progress.
Which of those items cannot be currently made in the USA?  I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that every single one of those foreign made MAGA items could be made in the USA.  So why don't they?  Greed, of course.  More profit from cheaper foreign goods.

Trump says that there is a lack of manufacturing in the USA, and that this needs to change. I am happy that you looked at this video and agree with him.
As a consumer, I'm not entirely sure that I do agree.  Sure, I'd like to buy American whenever possible, but, like so many Americans, I'm also a cheapskate.  If American made products can compete on price, then great.  If not, then cheaper foreign alternative it is.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 13, 2025, 04:47:30 PM »
I wonder how much the tariffs will affect the price of MAGA merch.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tg8PQzgV4ls?feature=share

The fact that this store even exists owns the libs. I'm not sure why you want to bring it up and remind us that Trump is populist king.
What kind of message is the MAGA leadership sending to their loyal sheeple when their patriotic merch is made in China?  Why doesn't Trump insist that ALL MAGA merch be made in the USA?  To Trump, patriotism is little more than a marketing scam.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 12, 2025, 01:47:49 PM »
I wonder how much the tariffs will affect the price of MAGA merch.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing
« on: April 12, 2025, 01:42:30 PM »
Finally, a Papa that can move his jaw.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 10, 2025, 10:29:48 PM »
That's 37.5 gallons.  Mar-a-Largo must get shampoo delivered by tanker truck.   ::)

Or Trump has so much product in his hair, it literally repells water.
Hmmm...  You might be onto something.


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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Terrible Political Memes
« on: April 10, 2025, 01:03:49 AM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: April 06, 2025, 08:33:52 PM »
The thing Trump is trying to do is go back to 1895 - 1913, when there was a budget surplus and no income taxes were collected.
And when there was no Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, interstate highways, etc.

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In any rigorous evaluation, if your peer reviewers or replicators lack the means to independently recreate your findings, your work gets stamped "unreproducible."
The thing is, you aren’t a member of a peer group that is able to reproduce the results.  Neither is anyone else here.  So what?  Does that mean that you should automatically disregard the results from those who are in that particular peer group and have reproduced the results? 

Peer review means just that, review by one’s peers, not review by any schmuck on the street.

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Cool. So post some examples and I'll have a look.
There are significantly more than 500 videos and photos of the globe earth from space.

The examples are readily available, and reproducible. Your "photos of the globe earth from space" claim is not reproducible.
Of course photos of the globe earth from space are reproducible.  That you personally don’t have the resources to reproduce them yourself does not mean that those who do have the resources can’t reproduce them. 

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