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And often people choose to ignore or defend the bigoted comments/actions of others because they are of a like mind.

Being challenged seems to have no impact on him. Perhaps he'd be better off where the truth is less valued. If he had started this thread those types of comments would have resulted in the thread being closed.

Maybe when he came back he'd make his arguments in good faith, instead of making things up and presenting them as fact.

If you don't know then quit making assertions. Your ignorance is epic. Please stop it. No 'painting' is necessary. He clearly already has two coats. I cannot believe he's not been suspended. As that may be directed my way in part, can you tell me what hidden meaning I am finding? And whether or not it was hidden by the speaker or if you are suggesting I find something that is not there?

I believe not a single person in the world will talk about Rube. Including you. Why do I get the feeling that you are just having fun thinking that we are all just a bunch of rubes?

If you organized a charity event to raise money for breast cancer and someone showed up and started asking for money for lung cancer, how would you feel? You would of course recognize that lung cancer is bad too, but would probably be annoyed that you weren't given the courtesy of being allowed to focus on your cause at your event. Here you are trying to do a good thing and someone else is using your event to bring attention to their own personal cause, and taking attention away from your own. The negative feedback people receive for "ALL lives matter" comments has to do with the tone deaf or racist undertones that comment imparts. Tone deaf as in; Mom: "My son just died because he was accidentally shot by his friend who was playing with his dad's gun. I want to raise awareness to make sure it doesn't happen to others." Bystander: "Kids die from all kinds of accidents. There is nothing special about your kid's cause of death. You should not act like your kids accident should receive extra attention. You should care about ALL types of accidents." This shows a complete lack of empathy for what that mother is going through. She suffered and wants to make sure others don't, but this bystander can't manage to see it from her perspective, but rather in some dispassionate statistical manner. If this bystander wants to draw attention to ALL types of accidents they should do it in their own way on their own time, and not by minimizing what the mother is doing by implying she is selfish for only focusing on the cause of death of her kid. But of course they never will participate in a march for ALL types of accidents, they will only criticize what others do. Racist as in; Protester: "Black Lives Matter, we need to stop being worried about our kids not coming home at night just because they were driving, or shopping, or in a 'white' neighborhood, or committed some petty crime." Bystander: "ALL lives matter. If your kid had just did what the cops said nothing would happen to them. I always say 'yes sir' to cops and do what they say. If you did nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. There is no reason some particular minority has to commit a disproportionate number of crimes and murders. If you loot, we will shoot." Yeah, just a racist. Never believe that a black man didn't get what was coming to them. Just don't care, and not afraid to say it. Or, they are one of the many who are quite sure they are not racist, but they never make a similar putdown on white people, only blacks. They are in complete denial. Both the tone deaf and the racist need to be called out. It is one thing to discuss whether or not BLM should really be ALM, but to simply criticize someone for marching for BLM is, IMHO, out of line.

If a woman comes to your door asking for a donation for a cure for breast cancer are you going to question her motives because she is not addressing all cancers? Do you think she doesn't believe that lung cancer is also bad? If violence against blacks by police ends, but Native Americans are still targeted then we will have a separate slogan stating Native American Lives Matter. I am unsure why we can't have a separate slogan for blacks when we have a separate slogan for breast cancer, or smoking (why not ALL vices?), or Democrats (why not collect money for ALL parties? Don't they matter?), or Earth Day (Do you know how hot it is on Venus?!?!). I think the questioning of BLM shows a subtle racial bias. I've never heard anyone complain that women seeking equal rights is a slam against men, but if blacks ask to be treated equally there is always someone to criticize their motives. And this is not directed at you MigL, but you gave me the opportunity to rant a bit. Thanks!

You want to eradicate all mosquitos because of a particular species that is responsible for malaria in humans? Seems kind of harsh.

The ones I downvoted were untouched earlier because I only recently got around to reading them. I think you owe Ken Fabian an apology for blaming him for what I did.

Yeah but you also think you invented standing in line. 😅

Thanks everyone! That makes a lot more sense now.

Okay that makes sense. Do you think the way they use the terms pH and alkalinity is correct? Seems like "raise pH" and "raise alkalinity" mean the same thing. Or might they just be playing loose with the terms as it doesn't really matter for the average Joe working on his swimming pool?

I moved into a new home recently and am now the proud (and overworked) owner of an in-ground swimming pool. Part of pool maintenance is keeping the water chemistry in the correct balance. Two of the things I must regulate are pH and alkalinity; two separate things. Since my water test strips indicate I have low pH AND low alkalinity I had to buy two products to fix the problem. One raises the pH level and one raises the alkalinity level. The product to raise pH contains Sodium Carbonate, and the product to raise alkalinity is sodium bicarbonate. Since the pH scale is considered acid at one end and alkaline (or base) at the other, I don't understand what it means to raise both pH and alkalinity. Any help is appreciated.

If Mordred or Markus have EVER gotten pissed off in a thread on this site they sure do keep it under their hats. They never seem to react to any comments as if they are anything other than honest discussion or honest misunderstanding.

Damn! They're on to me! 👀

Thanks. I often use laymen's terms as, well, I'm a layman. 😁 Thanks again! Learning these details are why I skulk around the science threads. 😀

Yes, I agree with you. I didn't mean to imply the rights were mystically granted. I just meant that a parent should no more be allowed to sterilize a child than a state should be allowed to sterilize one of its adult citizens (under most conditions). Once born, there are (or should be) rights bestowed upon all humans, regardless of age.

Well, I wouldn't necessarily say I wouldn't have a 'problem' with it. But if the state told me that someone MUST have a fetus aborted I would find that to be unacceptable. If someone decided on their own to have an abortion and the child's handicap was the motivation, I wouldn't try to stop them. Having low IQ children sterilized would be a problem for me. Once a child is in this world they have rights of their own.

One major difference is that on the one hand you have (presumably) a government body deciding and enforcing that a particular potential person is not worthy. On the other hand you have an individual deciding what is best for her and her unique set of circumstances. The more personal the impact, the more the decision belongs to the individual.

Given that the universe experiences entropy, wouldn't it be safe to say that everything will NOT repeat itself? Since we know the universe of today is different than the universe of 1 million years ago, and since the universe can never return to the state it was in 1 million years ago, then given that different condition it seems the chances for an exact repeat are zero. Doesn't matter if the universe exists for an infinite period of time or not.

What does the term "die" mean in relation to a virus. Does that mean 'no longer able to infect' or something similar? How is that state of a virus determined?

I can't answer your question, but to save you some time, you will be requested to show what you've tried thus far before anyone works with you on this. This model here is to help the student solve the problem, not solve it for them. Welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy your stay. 😀

Wow. Great article that is spot on. And as is now so common, it seems that those with the means are taking advantage of those who don't have the wherewithal to avoid being manipulated.

Whenever I see these kinds of discussions it makes me wonder how a person gets to the point where they are out of step with reality. Is their internal compass broken? Is it organic? A lifetime of disinformation? Weaned too soon? And I'm not talking about differing interpretations of the data, but of 100 people looking at the numbers and 99 of them seeing that the numbers add up to 3,256, and that one person sees that they add up to "halibut". I should have spent more time studying psychology.