Phi for All

I have the wealth of accumulated human scientific knowledge to help me trust in the best supported explanations for various phenomena. What do you have, some Iron Age mumbo jumbo guesswork you've chosen to put your faith in, rather than trust? You sound as though you think the universe is 6000 years old.

You made a statement of incredulity, and incorrectly put a question mark after it. There is a difference between breeds of dogs and species of birds, and studying it might help you overcome this gap in your learning process. You may not trust the Theory of Evolution to describe the process we observe on a daily basis, but evolution itself is a fact. Nothing you say changes that. We observe it in nature every day. Don't you have some of your parent's traits?

The Argument from Incredulity is especially dangerous, imo. Those who use it THINK they've asked a question, and usually expect an answer, but all they've done is stop the discussion (and thus their learning) with a non-supportive statement that can't have any meaningful replies.

The Germans I know acknowledge evolution as fact. And the theory of evolution describes the process. You sound as though you've only studied it a little and decided it was wrong for some reason. That's not a well-reasoned learning strategy.

Which is blogging. A discussion is when you say what you're thinking, and then listen to what others actually think, instead of guessing. This is a discussion forum.

The people who told you this ranting style makes your arguments more interesting were wrong. Even poetry is obnoxious when it's always turned up to 11.

No, but I'm going to question why you think it's OK that a woman is going to have to do much more than that to meet the same standards. I'm willing to bet she'd have to behave differently as well before you'd consider her wallet safe.

I like some of the new fibers that wick moisture away from the body and dry in seconds. Covers the skin, but lets it breathe. They've come a long way since polyester leisure suits. These are people who think their clothing affects sunlight at night. We can lose a few.

So the ends justify the means? It's OK to be unfair to women in this instance because nice guys finish last? Wasn't it this behavior that kept women out of the White House to date? You've chosen the "dance with who brung ya" strategy, or as I like to call it, the Sunk Cost Fallacy. It's time to stop hating women.

! Moderator Note Unfortunately, your posts inherently fun afoul of our rules requiring clarity and reasonableness. You seem more interested in asking questions about impossibilities than in having a discussion about science. Perhaps another forum would be best for you?

Premises rejected. Interest fading fast.

fredreload has been suspended for two weeks for soapboxing about speculative topics. If you can't support your ideas, you aren't doing science.

! Moderator Note Enough! You can't just throw wild-ass guesses around and call it science. fredreoad, you aren't reading what's being shown to you, you ignore established science in favor of your hand-waving, and you don't seem interested in fixing your ignorant misunderstandings. You push back against people who are trying to help, and that's not the way discussion works. I think you need a less rigorous science forum for your posts. We have rules requiring members to focus on mainstream application of science knowledge, and the last thing we need is your pushback on the basics. Take a vacation for a couple of weeks, and search around for some sites that don't mind your approach to knowledge.

Only if you want to perpetuate the behavior. Once it's pointed out (the way we're doing in this thread), isn't it a thinking human's responsibility to change? We should always consider the smart option first, which almost always involves overcoming our more primitive thinking in favor of what's best or right or just. I'm not sure why you approve aren't convinced of this double standard.

Let's wait and see. Did you send in the warranty card? Oh well.

One of the worst is one we should be seeing quite a bit of in the next few months. Watch how the men will be allowed to yell over one another aggressively without complaint, but if Harris interrupts a man or raises her voice, she'll be painted as rude and demanding. Or worse, hormonal.

I'll let the point go if you can show me the thread you started to complain about Trump's bizarre facial expressions.

Interesting strategy for never coming back EVER! Showing remorse about the meltdown that got you banned was a good touch.

That's advice men rarely get or seem to need. Along with how to respond to questions about how they balance work and family. I find it extremely sexist.

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Oooh, I hadn't thought of that! And some of those hairworms have mind-controlling toxins that can make insects do bizarre things. Perhaps there's a correlation between bites like these and recent bizarre human behavior. We should check for bites before letting folks vote, or when they don't want to wear a mask in public. /jest

How do you know it's a "bite"? Could it be a small rash that keeps getting scratched open? Or perhaps a wound in a place on your leg that gets a lot of movement, or rubs against clothing, or something else that delays healing? In 6+ years, why haven't you mentioned this to your doctor? It seems odd that the tissue hasn't healed completely in all that time, even if you were interrupting the process somehow. After hemostasis, there's a step where the wound is cleansed by fluids and coagulating platelets before the real repairs can begin. It sounds like your wound is stuck in that phase somehow. We can talk about what it might be, but we can't advise you what to do about it, other than ask your doctor. I hope that makes sense.

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Learn what censorship is. ! Moderator Note DON'T START A POST ABOUT FUNDRAISING FOR YOUR IDEA.

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