Phi for All

LOL Conspiracy Theory of Everything.

The de Beer quote (15) is one that's from a credible source, but was taken from something written in a high school reader and not in a peer-reviewed paper. There's a pretty good debunking here, from a debate the ICR conveniently forgot to mention.

Why do you think these quotes are from "Evolutionists"? The few I searched led right back to the ICR or other anti-evolution sites.

It seems like one of those conditions that has a broad array of definitions and causes, depending on which source you use. You didn't cite your source, so I have no idea how reliable it is. And my experience was with a much more strenuous physical activity, and is likely to be outdated for use as a modern diagnosis. If the same injury definition can be used for racquetball AND surfing the web, it does seem very odd.

Then you have to ask yourself why cultural normality is at odds with natural phenomenon. Homosexuality is one of the natural states of being.

He didn't. His comments were about hypotheses, not prediction, and it was about experimental philosophy, NOT experimental science. The full quote is, “For whatever is not deduced from the phenomena must be called a hypothesis; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, or based on occult qualities, or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy”.

That's doubtful. Tennis elbow is normally associated with overexertion, true, but also with overextension, with the arm fully extended out. That doesn't sound like a normal mouse hand/arm position. The pain is usually just above the outer part of the elbow. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the one I usually think of when someone mentions repetitive keyboard/mouse use. Is this your pain? If so, where do you feel it most?

If you can borrow a variable speed hand drill from a gullible relative, I'd drill a hole in that empty can, run a machine bolt through the hole using rubber washers and a matching nut on the bottom of the can. Put the end of the bolt into the drill's chuck, tighten and now you don't have to stand there rotating it by hand.

! Moderator Note I removed your email address so you don't get spammed to death (this is part of our rules). Also, introducing God into your post means this thread can't stay in the Physics section. Moved to Religion.

My wife and I have come up with a surefire cure for when those evil soft pop songs (or kid's show theme songs) become parasitic and won't leave. The opening bar of Jethro Tull's Aqualung will take any Natalie Cole/Loving You - type ditty that's currently lost between your prefrontal cortex and your hippocampus and show it the door, while simultaneously ripping said door off its hinges and beating the alleged song to death with it. Go ahead, try it: ♫ ♬ Loving you, is easy 'cause you're beautiful.... la la la la la, la la la la la.... ♯ ♪ ♫ DAH na na na NAH NAH!!!

You seem very eager to force this association. Are you claiming that the US is the only place where names can be associated with certain ethnicities? Are you wondering why someone of your acquaintance named Sidney isn't an older Jewish gentlemen?

Oh no. Definitely not. This song was designed to burrow into the brain and hide there until it manifests itself while showering, destroying lives and the credibility of 70s rock lovers everywhere. Karen Carpenter = Satan.

! Moderator Note illuusio, that information led us NOWHERE in a discussion which is now locked. Do NOT bring it up again in other threads since we know exactly how unproductive it was.

My answer is that there happen to be a lot of folks who take shelter under the conservative tree, but for completely different reasons, not all of which are complementary with the rest of their views. Conservatism seems stable, trustworthy, traditional, solid, knowable, predictable and secure. But it can't be applied to every situation, every problem. To remain vital, we need change, we need progress, we need forward thinking. rigney seems to object to change because he feels we're compromising our integrity as the country he's proud of. Conservatism to him is like an anchor that says "here is where we need to stay to remain great". But he loves people who stand up to absurdity, corruption and inefficiency like Dennis Kucinich, and that puts him in conflict with political conservatism. Corporate conservatism wants things to remain the same because they spent a lot of money getting things the way they are. Oil doesn't want sustainable alternative energies to become successful, so they do what they can to make us fear change. But our economy is a living, progressive thing and it needs progress so outdated ideas are succeeded by new ones, and that puts corporations in conflict with political conservatism. Religious conservatives like things to remain sacred and unchanging, seeing tradition as comfort food for the soul. But religion needs to progress in order to remain relevant in the lives of modern people as new knowledge squeezes God out of the gaps in which He used to reside, and that puts religion in conflict with political conservatism. The one thing the right wing all seems to have in common is a heavy-handed application of their stance and a hatred of all things liberal. This is an extreme view, imo, and can't possibly be right more than half the time, ever, any more than liberalism is the answer to everything.

This country has NOT been what you think it has for the past 200 years. I think you have this image in your mind of how it once was for you and you think conservatism will somehow bring it back so it can be preserved like some kind of sacred pot roast dinner with corn on the cob and apple pie. But what you've got is baloney on white bread. We can hold on to our ideals, stay true to what makes us great, and still progress as a society. In fact, with new knowledge and technology it's very important that we hold our values as we move forward. But we MUST move forward. We can't wish for things to be like they were because they never will be. That time is gone and it's up to us to make a better time. We need to stop letting liars make us fearful of progress so they can profit from keeping things static and stagnant. As the people before us created great things for the general welfare, we need to not only carry that torch but make sure the torch is a better one than the one that was handed to us. Sometimes I think that's the only thing that really matters, making the world better for the children who come after us. Unfortunately, I think too many people just want a better world for their children. And that's when the system starts breaking down.

I don't believe this is true. I think the GOP knows it's trying to serve too many masters with conflicting positions. Neocons and religious conservatives don't belong in the same party with Reagan Republicans. Especially after the Bush fiasco, if Obama comes in and makes the changes necessary and pulls the country out of the nose-dive it was in, the Democrats would have had a dynasty in the making. So the GOP has fought Obama on everything, even legislation they wanted themselves (which they will of course reintroduce and claim as their own should they win in November), and they were very clear about doing anything they could to make sure Obama didn't get a second term. They can't allow "change" to be successful because they've put all their efforts into radical conservatism, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Because he didn't remember that we invaded Afghanistan before we invaded Iraq? I think that's mostly because Bush failed to find bin Laden and so had to make a huge justification to invade Iraq, and the press at the time reflected that. Much more was reported about Iraq and the second invasion of Afghanistan. rigney may have genuinely forgotten about the October 2001 attempt to find bin Laden, and we know he doesn't check facts before he posts. I define trolling as a premeditated act, and I just don't see that in his posts. I could be a huge fool for not seeing what you see, but I don't think rigney's intent is malicious as much as ill-formed.

I think you're both right, but you're both wrong, and that's exactly what's happening with the US right now. People are being repelled by what they don't want and are gravitating to whatever seems opposite that. I don't think the Democrats are the opposite of the Republicans right now, but they seem so much more attractive because they're NOT the Republicans. uncool is right, we can't dismiss the opposition, because there's more common ground than we're willing to dig for. We start town hall meetings with all the gripes instead of starting with where we agree and moving on from there. It's not productive. iNow is right, rigney isn't a troll, he just comes off that way because we think he's intentionally screwing with us to get a negative reaction. He's probably genuinely scared about what's going on and has simply been fanning an ember of dislike for Obama, based on what he chooses to listen to. I can't believe anyone who is a Dennis Kucinich fan could EVER truly back a Romney/Ryan ticket, but someone who is repelled by Obama is naturally going to gravitate the other way.

Many years ago, an acquaintance of mine was studying acupuncture and I volunteered to be a test subject. He put one of the thin 3/4" needles in the skin between my left thumb and forefinger, and another just above my left elbow. After about 30 seconds, he took another needle and poked my left forearm, asking me if I felt any pain. I couldn't, and he explained that he'd used chi lines to make that part of my arm numb, claiming this technique could take the place of anesthetics. I was impressed at the time, but a few days later I realized that I hadn't felt pain when the first two needles went in either, so it really wasn't evidence that my arm had been made numb. One thing he said did stick with me though, and I've always wondered about it. He claimed the chi lines connected seemingly unrelated parts of the body, and that's why we sometimes feel a twinge, say, on our right thigh, when we scratch our left ear. Through personal experimentation, I've found that this phantom connection isn't consistent. I can't make the twinge happen in the same place every time I pinch my earlobe. But I have noticed that this does happen quite often, scratching one place and feeling an acute sensation in another place. It usually starts with a touch, pinch or scratch someplace on my head or neck, and creates the sensation on my arms or legs. I know it isn't chi lines but I've often wondered what this connection was from my head to my limbs. Is it just the mind or is their some physiological connection? I'm fully prepared to believe it's just my imagination.

Conversations ≠ discussions. You've already been asked to expand a bit more in your opening post to allow for more productive discussions. Please don't keep making us ask you what you mean, OK?

I'm talking we, the members of this forum, since that's the position I have in this particular thread. We have rules that guide discussions to keep them intellectually honest. We have rules to keep them meaningful and productive. We have rules to keep them from devolving into the kind of deceitful exchanges that attempt to avoid the truth and dance around the issues. We're asking very specific questions here and you keep throwing dirt in our eyes to distract us from the statements you've made. I'm not falling for your cheap red herring about this extremist religious zealot and his unfounded allegations. I don't care about his "status" as a preacher, but his desire to keep Harlem from progressive renovations to maintain it as a "drought zone" because of Elijah's warning to Ahab in the Bible seems to paint a fairly good picture of where this man is coming from. Instead, I'd like to remind you that we're asking, pleading with you to tell us why you think Romney/Ryan, as representatives of a failed and fractured Republican party whose policies have crippled this country, could possibly use those same policies to make things better?

You know, if this was a USA Boxing event, you wouldn't be allowed to throw dirt in your opponent's eyes just because he's kicking your ass in the ring. We have rules too.

But you have steadfastly refused to tell us WHY, even when asked repeatedly. I conclude that you have no valid reason, only misguided and unfounded hatred for Obama. I get so sick and tired of all the out-of-context garbage you try to serve up as evidence that Obama is the boogie-man. Every single one of those supposed Hannity clips are hack jobs snipped from larger segments, and if you even bothered to check a source like Snopes on the My Muslim Faith clip, you'd see for yourself what a farce that whole video is. There's a real reason behind why FOX won't air it, because even they couldn't get away with such deceit. That's why it got placed on the internet, where uber-right wing non-thinkers can pick up on it and stick it with the rest of the crap they pull out of their ass.

Well, I feel a little stupid defending packaging so fiercely, especially when I actually support measures aimed at reducing as much packaging as possible. But in this instance, I think the marketing angle is merely a by-product that's capitalized on and the main goal is to insure that people take their meds in a timely and safe manner. The only viable marketing angle I can see is that flat packaging allows for a better composition space for ad graphics than a label on a rounded bottle surface. But that's offset engineering-wise by the fact that flat packaging is easier and more economical to pack and ship, so again it seems like the marketing perks are secondary to the practical ones. Perhaps my defense was an overreaction to Dekan's flippant remark, "Pure placebo effect - which is all the pills probably do anyway". I don't take many medications, but the ones I've taken have all been exceptionally effective at alleviating the symptoms I took them for in the first place.