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@CharonYThanks. @Endy0816 Good thinking, Batman. @CharonY Thinking about Endy's thought: are coronaviruses naturally zoonotic?

I haven't got a clue. It looks like they were co-dabbling in bat viruses.

Prof. Andrew Sachs (economics), who was on the Lancet's Covid 19 Commission, and Prof. Neil Harrison (molecular pharmacology) jointly suggest covid-19 may have originated in a US biotechnology lab and the technique shared with Chinese researchers, who then accidently let it out into the wild. PNAS paper by them: Do SFN biologists think they have a case? I felt this was more about politics, even though it's technically biology, so I put here because I think this conversation may well head in that direction.

Its all down to "consciousness" and our not appreciating its pivotal importance in understanding life, the universe and everything.

You don't know what you don't know, very much applies to you.

Do you need to know how a computer works at the hardware/software interface in order to use it? Why do we need to understand consciousness in order to do science?

Try actively creating or picturing in your mind what the words suggest. Words in themselves are just abstract symbols that are meant to trigger the same thoughts or pictures that the author intended. Act out or create in your mind what the contents and narrative suggests to you. With practice the words will disappear, to be replaced by images, emotions, actions etc, depending on what you are reading about. These times you will remember much more because you are applying more of yourself. Read aloud to yourself if necessary as that engages more of yourself to the task and creates more pathways for remembering in meaningful ways. This becomes a memorable experience, instead of a mindless drudge of rote learning by repetition of the abstract symbols laid before you.

I like that idea, gravity is totally reliable.

How about using the best tools for describing consciousness and start with cognitive neuroscience/biopschology. That's where the nuts and bolts are. Philosophy is only useful in the sense of how one approaches the subject.

Proof is for maths. The best can science can do is supporting evidence with varying degrees of mathematically-derived probability; confidence interval.

At least that's one position they can't shoot from.

Russia has vacated Snake Island.

Comparing Cassidy H. with Trump: Guess who's the one with the fur coat and no knickers? She's a credit to her profession.

You said it!

'Surely' is not a word we can confidently use when talking about US law.

Can the Justice Department prosecute him? Is a president not equal under the law?

What do we think of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony today?

How does forcing black women to have their unwanted babies facilitate white people, when it actually facilitates the future black vote. If I were a racist politician with a view to future demographics I would be facilitating non-white abortions.

Striking whilst the iron's hot.

@zapatos Of course. Thanks.

Don't get it.

Russian sites are getting attacked some miles across the border. They are in an unwinnable situation ultimately. They are using relentless attrition tactics atm, that attrition will be directed at them soon enough. Seiging is one thing, holding is another.

The Russians for all their gains will have long term internal resistance from guerrillas to deal with. A Russian-installed city leader was blown up in their car a few days ago.

A wise man. The present SC and GOP doesn't do his words justice. I don't think the founders of the US Constitution ever imagined it to be like the Ten Commandments.

The general standard is when a fetus becomes viable to birth and have a reasonable chance of survival... about 24 weeks. The reason for pro-choice is so that each individual pregnant woman can decide where that line is for themselves... they have to live with the consequences of their decision, not us.