Phi for All

Strange: Yes, and they're all impeckable.

michel123456: I don't know, and since the chicken doesn't know either, it doesn't have to account for the signal delay.

Ed Witten: To get to the dimensions compactified on a Calabi-Yau manifold on the other side.

False dilemma. In fact, I think trying to reduce complex concepts down to a single word is a big part of why people seem to do so many stupid things. One-word descriptions are lazy, entertainment-media conventions that let everyone define these concepts however they see fit, and folks who use them usually expect everyone else to agree with their definition (or they're stupid). If I say "welfare", half the folks hear something along the lines of "support for widowed mothers", and the other half hear something like "free money for the lazy". Single words can also hide various fallacious arguments. I understand the urge to dismiss these folks. I feel like this type of person used to linger on the fringes of society, but now they get to hear a whole bunch of bizarre because so many "normal" people find it entertaining, and the fringe folk feel justified. Our problems require a deeper understanding than a single word can give us. And if we're to address them effectively, step one is to be clear on terms. Alternatively, you could let me paint your house green.

The canals were debunked well over a hundred years ago. The sightings involved no instrument readings, just antique telescopes with no photography. You should study up, they've stopped using orreries at NASA.

Since your teacher brought it up (good point, too), perhaps they (and perhaps other teachers?) might be willing to award extra credit for taking your test? It's hard to come up with a good carrot for high schoolers that's appealing to all, but applying some extra credit points to grades sounds pretty basic to students.

It's a foot in the door. I know, defending against the steady erosion of regulations may seem like a Slippery Slope fallacy, but it's a LOT like burning books. Once you start, it just gets easier to justify more and more.

Make sure to wait half an hour before going out in a mask or you could lose consciousness.

We're upgrading the suspension on drumbo to a full ban due to repeated bad faith arguments. If you're trying only to prove a point, write a blog or submit a paper. Discussion is for those open to learning.

It is. ! Moderator Note We absolutely can NOT discuss alternative medications for you. ! Moderator Note This is well within our rules. I'm just not sure how much expertise we currently have within the membership wrt your situation. Always the best idea.

! Moderator Note And since the repetition, vagueness, and lack of rigor seems to be essential to this topic, I'm going to close it now.

If you can't avoid that event horizon, it's too late for you. The law should require them to wear kilts.

Ah, French Canadian.

As part of a more rigorous approach, I recommend noting the difference between country music, western music, and country-western music. Country is more hearth and home (Johnny Cash), western is about the Old West (Marty Robbins), so people who like those aren't really the problem. Country western is crying in your beer over the wife leaving you because of the dent you put in the truck when you ran over your dog. None of the people who like country western have ever ridden a horse, but they all wear pointy boots and a cowboy hat, which should make pattern recognition easier. Now if we could only figure out how to identify the bagpipe players....

I hate it when my arrogant hair stylist and my elitist landscaper flaunt their special knowledge around me. It's not my fault I didn't study the best ways to artistically arrange and manage hair, or go to school for sprinkler system design. I can almost see them rolling their eyes at my ignorant questions, and I just know I'm being overcharged. Those smug, intellectual bastards think they're so smart!

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Why, you selfish sack of crap! What does a common peasant like you need with groceries?! Thanks a lot for killing my grandmother instead of taking the subway!

Perhaps the dispute re protein's nutritional value is one of quantity. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180522-we-dont-need-nearly-as-much-protein-as-we-consume

One of the best ways to filter your ideas scientifically is to remove assumptions like this. It will force you to ask more questions before you jump to unsupported conclusions. I can use them to show that science REMOVES anxiety and stress. Science has explained a LOT of things we didn't know about sex, and even given us medications that improve the various functions of sex. Science even recommends we remove stress for better sex. Watch some Alton Brown to find out how cooking food can be made stress-free through science. Science has also increased the yield from farming and animal husbandry to a level that sustains billions of us. Science developed machines to help us increase the effectiveness of exercise, spending less time on better results. Sports medicine is an ever-expanding field. There's nothing better for measuring our contact with our surroundings than science. Observation is at the heart of the methodology. How else can we figure out better ways to maintain human contact during a pandemic than with science? Isn't this ultimately an argument that if we didn't know anything, we'd have no cause to worry about anything? Which causes more stress and anxiety, making informed decisions or guessing what to do next?

I think an emotional approach to life's problems causes far more anxiety than an intellectual one. Many folks get upset because they have no explanations for the things that happen to them, and we know that it's difficult to reason with someone who reaches conclusions based on how they feel. Being able to trust the explanations you believe in inspires confidence and comfort, so you're right, science can't be the cause of anxiety. Maybe lazy thinking causes stress and anxiety.

Anything can be stressful and cause anxiety. People aren't all alike. Science removes ignorance, which is a leading cause of stress and anxiety in intelligent humans. Science explains what we observe, and I suppose some people prefer the universe they've made up in their heads.

Or, stupid is an aspect of behavior, or cognitive choices, but NOT an aspect of humans themselves. People can do and say many stupid things without being intrinsically stupid. In fact, by labeling the whole person, you're discriminating against groups you've judged as "stupid". You should stop that. "Money so they can be happy" is hideously short-sighted, imo. We should give a basic universal income so after several generations we'll see less ignorance and more educated people. Education and improving job skills are high priorities when people get past paying for the necessities. It should be money available to every citizen over a certain age so it will be supported by every citizen. I know it sounds petty, but if you don't give it to everyone, the wealthy will eventually resent it and work to take it away from those who rely on it. That's what they do with public parks, museums, swimming pools, healthcare, social security, and libraries, because they don't use them. But tie the basic income to citizenship, and they'll defend it as their right.

I think you have a different definition of "scientifically supported". I see conjecture and vagueness and hand-waving with emphasis. Lots of belief and guesswork but none of it trustworthy. I recommend you stick to a more rigorous method of identifying where the general concept of an "afterlife" can be meaningfully supported before getting us on board with your version of it. Why do you think the concept of Heaven and Hell need to be scientifically supported? Aren't they, by definition, unobservable and therefore outside of measurement by natural means (IOW, supernatural)?

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