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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Do white holes exist? |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 7:04 pm
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Mathematical constructs only. No evidence for their actual existence.
Not saying they don't exist, just saying they haven't been proven to exist. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Compliment Yourself |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 5:05 am
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Replies: 59
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| I'm not as stupid as I look. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think about evolution? |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 5:03 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,125
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| There are Christians who believe the ark and the flood were a metaphor rather than literal. There are "Christians" who treat the Bible as a smörgåsbord of beliefs from which they can pick and choose verses as they see fit -- interpreting those very same verses as either fact or metaphor (... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: It's "I pledge allegiance" not "I pledge of allegiance". |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 4:41 pm
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Replies: 22
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| "Ay plegli ianectu flaggen, tupep like for stahn . . ." -- Cloud William |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: It's "I pledge allegiance" not "I pledge of allegiance". |
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Posted: 22 May 2024, 10:03 pm
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Replies: 22
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"... a toothy republic, four witches' stand..."
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think about evolution? |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 42
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TheNet wrote: I have heard people say usually jokingly that the reason the dinosaurs went extinct was because Noah couldn't fit them on the ark. I have also heard people tell similar jokes. The jokes get old quickly. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Experts Finally Crack Mysterious Code in Assyrian Temples |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 8:44 pm
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Replies: 1
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Not so much a code as a cypher, sort of.
Still cool, tough. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Louisiana putting 10 Commandments in School Classrooms |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 8:26 pm
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Replies: 29
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Are they going to make it mandatory for the kids to recite the Pledge of Allegiance AND the Ten Commandments?
Theocracy marches on . . .
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism and the Video Game Industry |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 53
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| Capitalism is just an economic system wherein the means of production are not owned by the workers. It is neither evil nor good, but only a means of making value-added profit for those who DO own the means of production -- the Capitalists. So basically, if you want the capitalists to solve the wo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell? |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Is it true that if you swear something to God and it's not true that you automatically go to Hell no matter what? I have heard people say that this is the case. Jesus Himself said, "Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the L... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism and the Video Game Industry |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 1:29 am
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Replies: 53
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| When will Socialists learn that the idea that "perpetual growth is a myth" is itself a myth? * :roll: ( * Actually, it is more like wishful thinking on the part of the Socialists.) Enough. Stop defending corrupt capitalists. No. Are you willing to stop defending deceitful Socialists? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does evolution violate the second law of thermodynamics? |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 9:34 pm
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Replies: 9
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| The Second Law of Thermodynamics is a physical law based solely on universal empirical observations concerning heat and energy inter-conversions. A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter (or 'downhill' in terms of the temperature ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think about evolution? |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 42
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TheNet wrote: Evolution is the alternative to creation. If the Earth didn't originate through creation, it formed through evolution which makes less sense Again, this is a common misconception among those who do not understand science -- religious fundamentalists, for example. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does evolution violate the second law of thermodynamics? |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 5:33 pm
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TheNet wrote: . . . general relativity and quantum mechanics. Trying to fit them together has long been a challenge. Being a challenge does not negate the effort. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism and the Video Game Industry |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 5:31 pm
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Replies: 53
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[quote="Aspiegaming"]When will socialists learn that the idea that "perpetual growth is a myth" is itself a myth?*
(*Actually, it is more like wishful thinking on the part of the Socialists.) |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does evolution violate the second law of thermodynamics? |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 5:25 pm
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| They also say that the Big Bang violates the second law of thermodynamics and Newton's laws of motion. The only thing the "Big Bang" (a.k.a., the "Quantum Coalescence") violated was the Void. To paraphrase Douglas Adams: "In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the &quo... |
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