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They’re two of the best people on the planet at having a discussion. Those are lofty expectations of the rest of us.
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I'm about to take a Sunday morning coffee dump. How's that for discussion
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Speaking of morning dump… lots of people dumping on Rodgers last night.
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His last point about destroying a religious book and destroying science book was an excellent point.They’re two of the best people on the planet at having a discussion. Those are lofty expectations of the rest of us.
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The easy out there, though, is that the religious book is the direct word of god and would be rewritten exactly the same as it’s directly from god.His last point about destroying a religious book and destroying science book was an excellent point.They’re two of the best people on the planet at having a discussion. Those are lofty expectations of the rest of us.
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It's not like anyone's actually "scientifically proven" the origin of man.
I believe his point stands on micro-level science stuff but at a macro level there's plenty of room for interpretation
I believe his point stands on micro-level science stuff but at a macro level there's plenty of room for interpretation
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He wasn’t trying to say that. Of corse science hasn’t proven where/how/mechanism of life and man. Lots of good ideas, but not enough evidence to get there.It's not like anyone's actually "scientifically proven" the origin of man.
I believe his point stands on micro-level science stuff but at a macro level there's plenty of room for interpretation
What he’s saying is the math, physics, chemistry, biology… the stuff that is pretty locked in as being fact: if we were to delete all that knowledge from the earth and start over, those things that were proven would be proven again eventually. If we erase all religious books and knowledge from the earth, they wouldn’t come back the same. Maybe similar, but not identical.
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Loves the Rodgers put downs.
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I can’t decide which is my favorite, but probably Olbermann
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The Rodgers tweets are delightfully petty.
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I'm sure he's going to cry about it and being canceled on Pat's show this week.
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Would anyone really be upset if the entire population attending the anti vaxx rally in DC yesterday got wiped out? Those speeches were absolutely insane
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It’s like a jackass drain, all the obnoxious people move that direction
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God willingWould anyone really be upset if the entire population attending the anti vaxx rally in DC yesterday got wiped out? Those speeches were absolutely insane
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Religious books contain quite a bit of history, and use knowledge at the time they were written to tell stories/parables of the religion they are teaching. So yeah, he's right but....so?He wasn’t trying to say that. Of corse science hasn’t proven where/how/mechanism of life and man. Lots of good ideas, but not enough evidence to get there.It's not like anyone's actually "scientifically proven" the origin of man.
I believe his point stands on micro-level science stuff but at a macro level there's plenty of room for interpretation
What he’s saying is the math, physics, chemistry, biology… the stuff that is pretty locked in as being fact: if we were to delete all that knowledge from the earth and start over, those things that were proven would be proven again eventually. If we erase all religious books and knowledge from the earth, they wouldn’t come back the same. Maybe similar, but not identical.
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Perhaps this is better suited for the religion thread, but the point being that if you were to hit the reset button on humanity ala The Good Place judge:Religious books contain quite a bit of history, and use knowledge at the time they were written to tell stories/parables of the religion they are teaching. So yeah, he's right but....so?
When you start over, 2+2 is still going to be 4. The Pythagorean theory will still be valid. When you have a pure substance that has three atoms, one with 8 protons and the other two with 1 proton covalently bound together, they'll be in a bent formation, and if you have a bucket of them they'll be liquid between 0°C and 100°C. A ball will accelerate toward earth at 9.8 m/sec^2. These things will all still be true, and will all be rediscovered.
Will all the Roman gods be rewritten exactly as they are? Will the Christian bible be rewritten exactly as is and will the interpretations of those writings be exactly as they are? Will Scientology still be a thing? Maybe... but most likely only if you go with Shmenguin's no free will theory which sort of violates what most Christians believe anyways.
The point is that science proves itself over and over. Multiple people do the experiments and they come to the same results over and over. So the idea that it takes "faith" to believe in science is a stretch at best, certainly not the same faith that it takes to believe in a religion.
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Which is why I do not think it's appropriate to grant religious exemptions for things. You're choosing that set of beliefs, it is not an immutable trait or characteristic.
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With the new governor of VA pulling a DeSantis with overriding local school boards on masking mandates, the GOP's "local control is always better" argument has been completely cast aside.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-p ... 1643051349
The Pentagon hasn’t said under what circumstances the U.S. would deploy the troops, nor what NATO’s threshold would be for requesting them, but officials said it could send a signal to Russia that the U.S. would quickly bolster the defenses of NATO allies in the event of a Russian incursion into Ukraine. The troops could also be on standby should the U.S. decide they are needed to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans now residing in Ukraine, the officials said.
The forces won’t be authorized to enter Ukraine, U.S. officials said, but they could be used to support any such contingency. Many of the forces must be prepared to move within 18 to 36 hours, U.S. officials said.
The U.S. decision comes as North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, including Denmark and the Netherlands, began moving ships and aircraft to northeastern and southeastern member states ahead of an expected move by Russia.
U.S. officials have said they have yet to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a decision to invade Ukraine, but U.S. officials said a sense of inevitability has beset the Pentagon as diplomatic negotiations have failed to narrow the gap between Moscow and the West.
Russia has amassed 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border and tanks, equipment and other support are moving eastward regularly. In addition, Moscow is moving troops and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems into Belarus, which borders Ukraine and NATO members Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. Russia also has moved several ships near Ukraine’s shores in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
President Biden met Saturday at Camp David with his national-security team to discuss the Russian military threat to Ukraine and efforts by the U.S. and its allies to deter an attack, and the Pentagon presented several military options, U.S. officials said.
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The Dutch navy is on it.
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I’d love to see the mental gymnastics of how “state rights > federal rights” yet “municipality rights < state rights”
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I think they are saying parent's rights trump local school board's rights. Hey, I don't like lots of local laws so can you make them optional?I’d love to see the mental gymnastics of how “state rights > federal rights” yet “municipality rights < state rights”
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The Russians are suggesting they may use tactical nukes.
The whole situation is crazy. We've been fighting an insurgent war for the last 20 years with a military designed to meet the Soviet Pact forces in the Fulda Gap. Now, we're drawing down to fight a similar Cold War style armored fight with a military adapted to fight small unit battles against insurgent.
The whole situation is crazy. We've been fighting an insurgent war for the last 20 years with a military designed to meet the Soviet Pact forces in the Fulda Gap. Now, we're drawing down to fight a similar Cold War style armored fight with a military adapted to fight small unit battles against insurgent.
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On another note,
It's apparent to me (and a consensus of economists seem to agree) that the current inflation woes are a direct result of rampant consumer spending driven by pandemic stimmies over the last several years. Yes, other pandemic macroeconomic concerns like supply chain disruptions are a prominent factor, but government policy was the biggest.
So now, all Americans are going to end up getting rammed worse in the long run.
It's apparent to me (and a consensus of economists seem to agree) that the current inflation woes are a direct result of rampant consumer spending driven by pandemic stimmies over the last several years. Yes, other pandemic macroeconomic concerns like supply chain disruptions are a prominent factor, but government policy was the biggest.
So now, all Americans are going to end up getting rammed worse in the long run.
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