The States That Elected Trump Have Turned Against Him | The Nation

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 20, 2018:

The country is in the process of turning the bad man's picture to the wall. Someday soon we will be able to forget about him completely.

Have we been to the moon?...Cant even get 200,000 miles on the average car!!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Yes, we have been to the moon. Wag The Dog was a funny, FICTIONAL movie.

North Korea Denuclearization Plan Has Gone Nowhere Since Trump-Kim Summit : NPR

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

It was never going to go anywhere. It was only intended as distraction, as is everything this President does.

I've been on this site for awhile now and I'm kinda lost with the chatrooms. How do they work?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

It's all about posting here kid.

Hemp will save the world

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Yes, with hemp we can make ropes, lines, cables, and hawsers, and with these and a fleet of sky tractors we can drag the Earth out of the way of oncoming asteroids. Yay!!!?

I just handed some errant mail that landed in my mailbox to my neighbour, to whom it was addressed.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

I wonder how they explain human skin variation. What I have read is that all humans can trace their ancestry back to Africa. Our ancestors evolved to produce high levels of melanin (black skin) to protect them fro the tropical sun. As people migrated north they encountered less sun, colder climes, and so had to bundle up. This decrease in sun exposure led to a decrease in vitamin D production, which occurs in the skin. Vitamin D deficiency leads to a disease called rickets, in which the bones are weakened and the child becomes severely bow-legged. People with rickets in prehistory tended to die before reproducing. There was strong evolutionary advantage to having lighter skin where there was less sunlight. Those that could absorb more sunlight with less exposed skin tended to live longer and to reproduce. Any genetic mutations that decreased melanin production were favored by the environment and passed through a line of descendants to modern peoples.

Has anyone ever been involved wit a Death Cafe?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

What happens when you die? One set of chemical reactions stops and another begins. We go from maintaining homeostatic balances, keeping it all together as it were, to falling apart, rotting, and decaying. The atoms from our bodies become parts of the air and water and rocks and other organisms. Which is all as it should be, because that is from whence they came to us.

Wednesday is my birthday and I can't help but think wow I'm old.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

My birthday is in December and I feel the same about the holidays: I just want it to be over.

Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Very cool!?

Now I'm gonna think of this every time I see her...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 18, 2018:

At least she has enough sense to keep her mouth shut (most of the time). Still, I would not trust her as far as I could throw her.

Now I'm gonna think of this every time I see her...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 18, 2018:

She has thrown in her lot with a truly corrupt ass-bite, and inasmuch is birds of a feather flock together, I guess that makes her an ass-bite too.

Question: Do you accept what you have been taught about freedom in the US?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 18, 2018:

In this country freedom (and justice) is a function of how much money you have.

Okay, I'm done with this shit.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 17, 2018:

LOL!

Men Say They Want A Smart Women...Until They Date One | I Heart Intelligence.com

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 16, 2018:

The author of the link article asserts that some men say one thing and do another. This general type of behavior is so pervasive among members of all genders and in all spheres of human endeavor that we can safely place it in the realm of the ubiquitous and quotidian. That it is not uncommon in the realm of sexual relations should come as no surprise. Yup. People can be fickle. The author also acknowledges that not all men are like that. I would add that the same can be said for women. My own observations lead me to conclude that people tend to seek out people of their own intellectual and physical level. That being said, men's egos do tend to be a bit more fragile. They are less likely to tolerate being shown up. It takes a real man to appreciate and be comfortable with his intellectual equal.

Don't Let Your Expectations Fool You, the Midterms Were a Huge Defeat for Trump

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 13, 2018:

Oh yeah, Trump lost big. But we should not be surprised. After all, he is, at his core, a loser.

Truly Strange: The Secret Life of Breasts

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 12, 2018:

I read about this in the New Yorker at least 20 years ago. Chemicals similar to estrogen leach ot of many plastics, driving girls into puberty earlier and earlier. Now, thanks to the trashing of the oceans, the stuff is in the marine food chain, which means we are now eating plastic. Where will it all end?

Political Bovine Fertilizer: Congressman Louie Gohmert on President Obama.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 12, 2018:

Louie Gohmert: the guy is a wacko nut-case loser squirrel.

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson sends out mass email attacking CODEPINK and appealing to ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

How many billions does Lockheed stand to gain from arms sales to the Saudis? Ms. Hewson's opinion must NOT be a factor in the the decision-making process.

After Christian Burns $50 worth of LGBTQ Library Books Atheist Raises $1,600 to Replace Them - World...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

Obviously the first guy never read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Fires Opening Act Over Singer Wearing Trump Hat - Sofa-King-Cool - Magazine -...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

A company or band has the right to shape the message or look that they want to project. Obviously Gibbons & Co. does not want to endorse racism, lying, treason, and general stupidity. Good on them!

Scientists Discover Adorable Bird That's Actually 3 Species in One

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

If they can and do mate and produce fertile offspring then they are not separate species. Much less separate genera.

Update on the Az.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

Go Sinema! ?

[youtu.be] ted talks on how to prevent land from becoming desert

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 11, 2018:

I saw this the other day. Interesting talk! Maybe I won't quit eating beef after all, lol.

Anyone a fan of The Great British Baking Show?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 10, 2018:

I have caught a few episodes. Fun and interesting show!

It is estimated that 80% of Evangelicals vote Republican in elections.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 8, 2018:

He is already appointing their picks for judges. IDK what else he might do. Declare open season on Planned Parenthood employees? Slap an excise tax on condoms? Declare non-Christians enemies of the state?

President Trump's Job Performance

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 8, 2018:

Strongly disapprove does not really begin to describe my assessment of this presidency.

Trump’s DC Hotel Tagged With $5 Million in Unpaid Worker Liens

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Shifty bastard is stiffing the tradesmen who worked on his hotel. What an asshole.

Talk about sad Chump?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Dig the armadillo!? Trump is looking pretty ridiculous, isn't he?

Wow.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Fear mongering is cheap, easy, and it works on some voters. I don't think it will be enough to save the Republicans in this election.

Steve Bannon warns that women are going to 'take charge of society'

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 5, 2018:

That would undoubtedly be better than the present fiasco.

What Is Everyone Reading?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Under the Sea Wind, by Rachel Carson.

Dating on this site

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

See post by Dragoria.

Call me crazy(?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Ha! Yes! All the effing time.

What is to be Done? Looking Past Trump’s Tyranny

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

What's to be done? Have discussions about issues that are fact-based. No more "alternative facts."

[yahoo.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

? with Trump and his ridiculous Administration.

[usatoday.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Yes, he is lying. Again. Anyone surprised?

A Washington state lawmaker is under FBI scrutiny for writing a how-to guide on killing ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Genocide is nothing new in Christianity. Moses ordered his generals to kill every last man, woman, and child in opposing tribes. When Christians sacked Jerusalem they killed just about everybody in the city. Religious zeal at its finest.

AP fact check: President Trump’s rhetoric and the truth about migrant caravans | PBS NewsHour

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Trump is desperate to whip up fear and thereby steer attention away from his many faults. In his order to send 15,000 active duty soldiers to the southern border he is using the US military as a pawn in his political game. The Pentagon is not happy about it. Hence the leaked documents on the military assessment of the caravan: a non-issue. I think (hope) it will backfire on him.

I am at level 6.6. Do I get a date when I hit 6.66?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

The magic number is 666, lol.

Have you done the Myers Briggs?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

The Myers-Briggs test has been found not to be an accurate gauge of personality type. It's basically meaningless.

Middle class white males abandoned and disenfranchised myth.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

And those white guys better get used to it. Diversity is here to stay, and today's minorities are tomorrow's majority.

Any suggestions on how to get over the anger and feeling of betrayal from your mother and brothers ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

It may be small consolation but a there are quite a few other people who also support that piece of garbage. Not a majority of voters, but a significant number. Actually they view him more as a Molotov cocktail, an incendiary device thrown into the body politic with intent to destroy. To your family members and all who swing that way I would say "Be careful what you wish for." A vote in favor of demagoguery, dishonesty, xenophobia, racism, ignorance, fear, and chauvinism (all attributes of the fire bomb) is a vote for serfdom.

Lololololol..

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 4, 2018:

It's pretty cool, but something is not right. I think the photo has been doctored.

I want to apologize for alot of my post.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

For a son, the father's death is always a big deal, even if the two were estranged. Counseling is a good idea. Hang in there.

Here we have huge, angry mobs of Pakistanis calling for the death of a woman who has been found not ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

We could have that kind of shit right here in a heartbeat. What is the difference between the USA and Pakistan then? Average educational level. And I'm talkin about liberal, secular education, not that Sunday school bullshit. If Betsy De Voss and the evangelicals have their way, they will drop all science that conflicts with their religious beliefs from the curriculum. We let our schools and our standards slip at our peril.

I want to know how people feel about the new BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY movie.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

I'll wait for it to show up on the $5 DVD rack at Wallmart. When Bladerunner 2050 first came out the DVD was 30 bucks. Last month I saw it offered at 9.95. Give it another year or two.

Oh hey.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

LOL, Yeah Trump is sending 15,000 members of the world's deadliest military to confront an unarmed, barefoot, and bedraggled collection of refugees, including a lot of women and children, many of whom will not even reach the southern border. Way to go Donald! Stoke those fears!

It has been reported that 80% of Evangelicals are expected to vote for Republican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

We should not be surprised when people who believe in literal interpretations of a jumble of internally contradictory fairy tales (I mean the Bible) also show willingness to swallow the wild conspiracy theories of demagogues.

It's been awhile since I have been on.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Keep up the good work! ?

C-SPAN caller tells Christian leader live on air: ‘You’re a fake Christian who worships Donald ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Hypocrisy is, unfortunately, all too often an attribute of the self-identified Christian.

Don't have a whole lot of money, but I'm educated and have no debts.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

If you are debt-free the you are better off financially than most!

I'm refusing to embrace the definition of insanity and trying something new. :-)

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Don't keep us in suspense. Describe the change!

[ufos-aliens.co.uk] what do you think of this article?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Restorations are done all the time. The Parthenon is under reconstruction as we speak. I don't see anybody raising a red flag over it. As long as the work is documented, full disclosure is made, WTF? Go for it.

AmeriKKKa being ameriKKKa. [cnn.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

I think it is a mistake to equate all people who want to see our immigration laws enforced with members of, or sympathizers with, the KKK. Sure, there is some overlap, but I lumping them ALL together just ignores a lot of important nuance and sows division. As liberals we stand for diversity AND rule of law.

Alot of people hate me. i hate alot of people. seems fair to me then again i have a heart of stone

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Well that sounds like a drag. Hate is such a useless expenditure of mental energy. Who are you? Donald Trump?

What's your favourite show or channel to watch on TV?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Nov 1, 2018:

PBS.

So Trump is trying to say us atheists are responsible for the nazi terrorist bastard shooting up ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 31, 2018:

Did he really say that? Can you provide a link?

Today's hike: environmentalists vs. callous hicks

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 31, 2018:

The guys who shot the coyote and left a mess, they are just human refuse.

Today's hike: environmentalists vs. callous hicks

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 31, 2018:

The photo of the guy with the water buffalo seemed a bit out of synch with the rest of the spread. (?)

@admin.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Somebody up there likes you. ?

? marysalt ?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Call me credulous but I don't see a problem here. You think it's a case of too good to be true?

Let it be clear... cesar sayoc is a trump supporter, let it be known! [cbsnews.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Another right wing nut job. Lock him up!

What are your favorite lyrics?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Just for starters, And the last one to kiss is the first to shoot - Leon Russell You ain't nowhere 'till you can pay your own way back - Robert Hunter The one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench - Robert Hunter If you ain't got nothing, you ain't got nothing to lose - Bob Dylan ?

The True People of the Amazon help save the world - CNET

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No shit, by trying to save their forest indigenous tribes are literally doing world-saving work. Now we gotta do our part and STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS!!!!!!!

Even if all humans turned into peaceful, rational humanists like Steven Pinker or Hans Rosling, our ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

The technology to solve climate change already exists. What we lack political will. If cannot get it together then I think history will conclude that the "Greatest Generation" will have been followed by the most abjectly craven, civically retarded, piss poor generation. That is, if anybody is still around to write history.

So what are you going to be for Halloween?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I can be a cowboy in just the time it takes to get dressed. I don't put on any fake blood and there is nothing scary about my outfit except that my hat is covered in "spiders."

Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact from Opinion [theatlantic.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I am part of that over 50 white male demographic but I don't watch Fox "news" or listen to Rush Limpdick or Alex Jones or Sean Hannity or any of the many other fulminating right wing nut jobs plying their brain rot over the airwaves. I do read books and The New Yorker and Harpers (print versions) and the Washington Post and The Atlantic and Applenews (online). Is that why I don't have many friends in my demographic?

Would you consider yourself difficult to get along with, deal with, or live with?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I have no problem challenging people's assumptions. If that leads to the total collapse of their world view, oh well. More likely it leads to a burned bridge. Sigh. I think my friend who has been known to describe me as a "shit disturber" had that whole dynamic in mind when she coined the phrase. I accept the moniker not proudly but not ashamedly either. Things are what they are.

My social skills aren't exactly finely honed, so i'm wondering if I can get a few takes on this.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2018:

Sounds like your coworker is a bit of a curmudgeon.

This weekend I participated in one of my favorite fall traditions, making apple butter.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2018:

Sounds like a great community-building tradition. Rock on! ??

What is the funniest gift you have received?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2018:

I guess it would have to be the face I inherited from my parents. ?

BREAKING Pipes bombs to the Clintons, Obama, Soros, AND the White House.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2018:

It's not enough to suppress the liberal vote? They gotta commit murder too? Fucking imbeciles! We know it is Vladimir Putin's ardent wish that Americans fight each other. I would not be surprised if Russia is not somehow involved.

What is a childhood movie that still haunts you until this day as an adult?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2018:

The Blob! ?

Atheist = Depressed?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 23, 2018:

For what it's worth, I am an atheist and I am not depressed. Even after hearing another day's sad news of America's involvement in Yemen and the state of the world's ice and the corals dying and plastic in the marine food chain I am not depressed. Hearing that the President's poll numbers, even after all his inane antics over the last two years, are essentially where they were when he got elected is both scary and some would say depressing but I am not depressed. Amazed, yes. Angry, yup. Worried? Oh yeah! But depressed? Not!

So good people of the universe, how do you all handle the assumption from Christians that you ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 22, 2018:

I don't think there is any point in disputing the idea that a guy named Jesus lived and gave some pretty good talks. When it comes all the claims of supernatural acts, that's where I demand independently-verifiable evidence. Put up or shut up. What? You don't have any? Well that is revealing...

Scientists Are Urging You To Never Make Your Bed Again - Higher Perspective

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Again? When did I ever make it? ?

@HippieChick58 just made Level 9! Congrats to her!!!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Congratulations! Well done! Keep up the good work! ?

My family now knows that I don't believe in a God.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2018:

You are obviously very brave and smart. Trust your intellect. You are on a right path.

So I was just telling the kiddos about some of the most influential characters in my life.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2018:

In my lifetime, David Attenborough, Mohammed Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), Steven Hawking, Bob Weir, Nelson Mandela, Janis Joplin...

Men and Christians experience higher amounts of discrimination than other groups, Trump voters claim...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Crying foul, playing the victim at every revelation of his own malfeasance is Trump's go-to tactic. His supporters are just following his lead. Trump didn't invent the tactic though. White guys who have been left behind by globalization and/or feel threatened by the improved lot of people of color and women have been decrying affirmative action as reverse discrimination for decades. These same disgruntled white guys tend to blame immigrants for their employment woes, claiming foreigners are taking all the good jobs. (Automation and robotics have taken way more jobs than immigrants.) That the data does not support their claims is no impediment to loudly declaiming their victimhood. As a white guy myself I find it unseemly and embarrassing. Man up gentlemen! Get some training! Crack the books! Reinvent yourselves! It's what everybody else has had to do.

Today my job had a company wide meeting telling us that 200 people were getting laid off ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 18, 2018:

That sucks. What kind of work were they doing?

Well, there you go.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Wow this guy is CREEPY!

A complaint I have since adopting an agnostic position is that too much of the atheist/agnostic ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Well I really try to keep things in perspective. We are in a fight for the future of the planet; a choice between mass extinction and the end of our civilization or telling the fossil fuel industry and their mealy-mouthed minions in the usurper Administration that they can shove their coal-fired power plants and their stinky, anachronistic gasoline and diesel-powered internal combustion engines up their money-lined asses. And the pathetic religious morons who who have been duped into going along with (enabling) the fat cats because thgey pay lip service

I feel like we should have an emoji for nausea.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Try smoking a little ganja man. You will feel bettah.

What does it mean when I see I have been sent a message from a long-standing member but when I try ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 15, 2018:

I would guess that she closed her account after she sent the message.

We May Finally Know How The Mysterious Easter Islanders Survived by 'Drinking Seawater'

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

In his book In The Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Phillbrick has a neat description of a freshwater spring on a small island in the south Pacific. If I recall correctly, the shipwrecked sailors, whose ship had been sunk by a sperm whale, could only access the spring at low tide, because the fresh water emanated from the rocks offshore. A similar thing happens with the fresh waters of the Florida Everglades, which flow through underground limestone caverns to join the salty waters of Caribbean Sea.

Is the solution to "hate speech" more speech or less speech?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

More speech. We can't let the haters have the last word.

American Christians Are Special?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Yeah Christians are special.They are extraordinarily presumptuous. They are also woefully ignorant and plagued by tunnel vision. They are also driven to impose their hackneyed views on everyone else, which itself is a kind of hubris. Wasn't pride supposed to be one of the deadly sins? So we better add deep-seated hypocracy to the list. Shall I go on? How much time have we got? ?

Some Evidence for the Simulation Hypothesis The Simulation Hypothesis suggests that we don't ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

You have been watching too many Keanau Reeve movies homie.

So this hurricane brings this question to mind.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

You show up with food, water, a chainsaw, gasoline,...

I'm hoping that people here are more open minded than self described atheists.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

To say "I don't believe in a personal god or an after life. the only thing i'm certain of is that nothing is certain" is not a particularly controversial position.at least not on this site.

What is "Compartmentalization" with regard to religion?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I know of no research on compartmentalization but I would not be surprised if it exists. Speaking from my armchair I would say that compartmentalization is the ability to ignore cognitive dissonance. People can learn to tune out all kinds of stimuli: the sounds of chainsaws, jackhammers, trash trucks, crying babies, etc.. By comparison, a niggling little detail like the incompatibility between belief in god(s) and scientific knowledge is no great hurdle. We should not be surprised when emotion trumps logic.

One of the questions on this site when I signed up was if I believe in God or gods, and then it ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There is a vast interval between 99 and 100. Just start putting 9s after the decimal point and you will see what I mean. Maybe somewhere in there you will find a sweet spot that satisfies both head and heart.

New problem that just started happening.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 13, 2018:

Are you referring to the bell icon? I think that is called "alerts."

Validity of a theory

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 13, 2018:

A scientific theory is an explanation of how a set of well-established facts fit together. It is a logical construct that allows one to see individual facts as part of a bigger picture. Access to a larger perspective not only allows one to see WHY certain things are facts, but also to make predictions of FUTURE discoveries. A scientific theory is an incredibly powerful tool. A scientific theory that is supported by a MASSIVE amount of evidence is still considered to be provisional in the sense that it may be modified if new evidence indicates that a modification is necessary. The human endeavor we know as science has existed for fewer than 500 years. In the early days of science, some theories had to be completely discarded an replaced with new theories. This is what happened to the Geocentric Theory of the Universe. As evidence accumulated it became clear that the Earth is not the center of the solar system. Copernicus, Galileo, and Keppler collected data indicating that a radical change was necessary, and so the Geocentric Theory was scrapped and the Heliocentric Theory was born. Such sweeping changes are rare today. Theories like Darwin's Theory of Evolution or the Theory of plate Tectonics are continually modified around the edges but are practically impervious to big changes. This is in large part due to the nature of theories themselves. The resilient nature of scientific theories notwithstanding, there are still some that are bound to undergo some big changes. Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory, for instance, have yet to be unified. However, this in no way implies that scientific theories are remotely comparable to religious beliefs. Religious beliefs are like castles made of sand, in constant danger of being swept away by the first wave of logic and reason. Religious beliefs are based on capricious personal desire, received dogma, and doctrine handed down from imposters; as such they do not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with scientific theories. Religious beliefs represent a combination of willful blindness and childish stubbornness. Science, on the other hand, is perhaps the greatest human endeavor, a shining example of humanity's potential for good.

Why are humans so slow to learn?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 12, 2018:

The problem is that the principal way that knowledge is passed down through the generations to is through writing. But that requires people to read, an activity that is going out of fashion.

Can timestamps be displayed on posts? They can be in GMT. Please?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Not a bad idea. ?

A friend said something tonight and I Googled it.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Reminds me of Rodney King after his beating by LA cops: "Why can't we all just get along?" Well, maybe because underneath this veneer of civilization we are really just rather clever apes. And I don't mean peaceful apes like bonobos or orangutans but warlike, savage, jealous apes like chimpanzees.

Today marks my 1 year anniversary of joining this site.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Off the top of my head I cannot say when exactly I first signed up here. Is that kind of information recorded and accessible?

Are there any special purpose in our life other than eating, drinking, sleeping, making merry, ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 10, 2018:

We allow the universe to know itself.