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Comment on Double meaning – “Putting a hat on a hat” by Justin Kegley

Justin Kegley — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 08:32:00 +0000

That is literally the best explanation of what hat on a hat means in comedic terms and also in football terms. Well done.

Comment on “I would have expected a big religious revival to explode any minute now” by Julie

Julie — Sun, 26 May 2019 14:10:35 +0000

Religion is not the answer.

Comment on Need to entertain a 3-year-old? Try Pina Bausch by jft_timderoche

jft_timderoche — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:39:41 +0000

Love it!

Comment on Incredible Christian funk from a guy who ran a flour mill in Nigeria by jft_timderoche

jft_timderoche — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 06:25:37 +0000

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Comment on “The laws of nature don’t have exceptions.” by euanspalding

euanspalding — Wed, 07 May 2014 17:32:56 +0000

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Comment on Bill Nye: Without evolution, “your worldview is crazy, untenable.” by timderoche

timderoche — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:38:38 +0000

Mark – Of course. My point is that they were perfectly capable of doing science, regardless of their beliefs about the origins of human life. Being a scientist is domain-specific. You look at some micro phenomenon and generate hypotheses, tests, and ways of accurately measuring the results. It\’s a craft. More accurately, it\’s a whole bunch of different crafts, since the methods of ecology will be completely different than the methods of particle physics or cognitive psychology.
The ability to be a good scientist has absolutely nothing to do with where you stand on the big political issues of the day or what you believe outside your own tiny domain.
More importantly, why are we going around telling people that their belief systems are garbage? It\’s impolite, and futile. Draw them in with promises of mysteries revealed. Wow them with tricks. (Like my HS physics teacher did.)
Calling them stupid isn\’t a winning strategy.

Comment on Bill Nye: Without evolution, “your worldview is crazy, untenable.” by marksackler

marksackler — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:06:09 +0000

Um, the main thing regarding all the men you mentioned was that they were all born long before, and lived most of all their lives, the theory of evolution existed. Kind of hard to believe in something that hasn\’t been discovered yet. Galileo didn\’t believe in electricity either, because nobody knew about it in his day.

Comment on Bill Nye: Without evolution, “your worldview is crazy, untenable.” by timderoche

timderoche — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:47:18 +0000

Agnophilo – Your hypothesis is that – in areas where more people believe in creationism – the economy will grow more slowly, since the average intelligence will be lower and fewer kids will grow up to be scientists. Fair enough, might be true.
But some of the healthiest economies are in the South, where creationism is presumably more prevalent.
Again, I\’m on your side. I believe in evolution. But I\’m not sure that it\’s as important *as a belief* as you think it is. And we pro-science people should be very careful about throwing around unproven hypotheses as if they are obvious facts.

Comment on “I love birds because they provide the perfect point of entry to the natural world.” by Mona

Mona — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:57:05 +0000

Beautiful Birds………..

Comment on Is Your Brain Really Necessary? by Rachel Sabbagh

Rachel Sabbagh — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:05:43 +0000

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