tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post232189505593174687..comments2024-03-29T08:30:13.004+00:00Comments on TPQ: A Morning Thought @ 184AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87665888328321211232018-11-23T03:34:16.092+00:002018-11-23T03:34:16.092+00:00I'll leave the physics to Daithi but the dinos...I'll leave the physics to Daithi but the dinosaur blood is an interesting curiosity, though the sensationalist headlines of the tabloids cloud the science.<br /><br />They got lucky with that find, and the process of which is laborious. That's not to say pointless, but remember; the last of the clade dinosauria were wiped out by the K-T extinction event, that big bolide (asteroid) which Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61969389827152125832018-11-22T21:50:43.104+00:002018-11-22T21:50:43.104+00:00Stevie, Daithi,...
Daithi you have a degree in th...Stevie, Daithi,...<br /><br />Daithi you have a degree in theoretical physics. Maybe you can help me get my head around something. I can't join the dots. I can get my head around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knav5DvEL0%22%22" rel="nofollow"> Hubble's Law</a> and the universe expanding into a nothingness. Hubble confirms, more or less Einstein and relativity, and the maths frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33560772810399366902018-11-22T21:08:04.854+00:002018-11-22T21:08:04.854+00:00Measure nothing Frankie!
With that you reveal yo...Measure nothing Frankie! <br /><br />With that you reveal you have fallen for the biggest conspiracy of them all, there is no such thing as “numbers”, just the illusion of plurality. There is but a single one : love.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70361750269092274702018-11-22T20:22:50.157+00:002018-11-22T20:22:50.157+00:00Frankie,
Well I can laugh at myself so thanks for...Frankie,<br /><br />Well I can laugh at myself so thanks for that! Perhaps Daithi and I have different viewpoints because he is naturally inclined to find out the mechanics behind the universe in which a 'first cause' allows for a 'creator', whereas I am more interested in 'Life' in general on this planet of which it's stark brutality destroys such notions for me.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62850974389669100042018-11-21T23:45:07.006+00:002018-11-21T23:45:07.006+00:00Stevie, Daithi..
So two 'educated men' wh...Stevie, Daithi..<br /><br />So two 'educated men' who both live on two seperate islands miles apart are reduced to a 'my dick is bigger than your dick' argument while having an online chat about life. <br /><br />Stevie.....<b>Yes I can, I've had to study evolutionary theory and paleontology as part of a hobby of mine for the past five years, so I have no intention, need nor frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42210921916517428362018-11-21T20:10:49.037+00:002018-11-21T20:10:49.037+00:00Indeed Daithi, I am sure I am not the only person ...Indeed Daithi, I am sure I am not the only person to see this exchange as I do. Let's end it now before you dig yourself further in the pseudo-intellectual quagmire.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14850941673139216122018-11-20T21:49:03.650+00:002018-11-20T21:49:03.650+00:00Steve, if understand it enough now to conclude it’...Steve, if understand it enough now to conclude it’s shite, that’s progress of sorts. Give it another day you might see where you have made conclusions.<br /><br />Well remembered quote at the end, that interaction hadn’t bothered you either I presume. <br /><br />I’m very happy with the outcome above Steve, each iteration refines it further. But Anthony has better use of time than putting up DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19382450009409054162018-11-20T20:19:15.097+00:002018-11-20T20:19:15.097+00:00"Steve, I’ve little more to add, you can quer..."Steve, I’ve little more to add, you can query the terms I’ve used and protest that without it you cannot understand what I have written"<br /><br />I thought you'd say as much. I've pulled you up on your bullshit and you've realised you cannot answer my questions (about you making assertions that somehow I stated 'conclusions')<br /><br />Keep talking shite DaithiD,Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27370580061762275342018-11-19T21:46:38.484+00:002018-11-19T21:46:38.484+00:00Steve, I’ve little more to add, you can query the ...Steve, I’ve little more to add, you can query the terms I’ve used and protest that without it you cannot understand what I have written. Others can decide if things like “I don't 'believe' in evolutionary theory...” were indicative of genuine impediments to your addressing the substance of my points or were examples of you dodging them.<br /><br /> I’ve explained repeatedly that DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69069813595098707292018-11-19T20:18:22.194+00:002018-11-19T20:18:22.194+00:00". Either you believe in evolution, or we all...". Either you believe in evolution, or we all equally capable regardless of race, its really that simple, and you dodge it for good reason."<br /><br />When did I 'dodge it'?<br /><br />I don't 'believe' in evolutionary theory, it has been observed numerous times for it to be accepted as fact. Egalitarianism has fuck all to do with race, you appear to be hell bent onSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-89675836229765148752018-11-19T18:24:09.723+00:002018-11-19T18:24:09.723+00:00Ps and remember Steve, the “white supremacists” wh...Ps and remember Steve, the “white supremacists” who constructed simple tests of IQ, show Ashkenazi Jews and North East Asians (Chinese+Japanese etc) as the population with highest average, much above Whites (we are third in the hierarchy). <br /><br />Now it is not to say there are no black outliers in the data who perform to a level several standard deviations above the average white, and it DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21580732187585992402018-11-19T06:30:58.743+00:002018-11-19T06:30:58.743+00:00Steve R, treated equally and same opportunities is...Steve R, treated equally and same opportunities isnt the same thing as equal capabilities. Either you believe in evolution, or we all equally capable regardless of race, its really that simple, and you dodge it for good reason.<br />I havent gone straight for a straw man, we can meander through all the Science we agree on, I myself did a degree in Theoretical Physics at UCL, but it wouldnt get toDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37713495004699557532018-11-18T20:17:54.731+00:002018-11-18T20:17:54.731+00:00DaithiD,
Trying to conflate what I have stated an...DaithiD,<br /><br />Trying to conflate what I have stated and your assertion of 'race realism' is a straw-man argument. I made no comment regards the different races of Homo Sapien. <br /><br />It is telling that you went straight for the racist card however.<br /><br />Usually it's the reserve of the faith afflicted to penalize other groups so perhaps that is to be expected I supposeSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85420937383955154312018-11-16T17:43:08.719+00:002018-11-16T17:43:08.719+00:00And if you are a brave common sense warrior who th...And if you are a brave common sense warrior who thinks being publically shamed would not effect them , I suggest reading Jon Ronson’s So You've Been Publicly Shamed .It covers ordinary people’s lives that were reduced to utter misery for saying the wrong thing , like evolution has effected races differently.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58435985075023462372018-11-16T17:23:24.190+00:002018-11-16T17:23:24.190+00:00Steve R, you have just agreed to the central premi...Steve R, you have just agreed to the central premise of race realism (formerly eugenics). The whole premise of social justice movements, most stark in the US, is that all humans are equally capable, therefore average black underachievement in say school exams is mainly attributed to institutional/cultural racism.Hence the quota system for admission to top colleges that penalises whites and DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52534211285915067052018-11-15T21:59:47.947+00:002018-11-15T21:59:47.947+00:00Peter, all sound inferences.
So when did evoluti...Peter, all sound inferences. <br /><br />So when did evolution stop with humans?DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6550658461050011662018-11-15T21:17:26.904+00:002018-11-15T21:17:26.904+00:00DaithiD,
Yes I can, I've had to study evoluti...DaithiD,<br /><br />Yes I can, I've had to study evolutionary theory and paleontology as part of a hobby of mine for the past five years, so I have no intention, need nor desire to 'hop off' the truth train.<br /><br />"My question, given the implication there are no heritable differences passed on to future generations...<br /><br />Eh? All dogs come from wolves, right from the Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16717748523023147842018-11-15T20:59:06.290+00:002018-11-15T20:59:06.290+00:00DaithiD
The Scientific Method investigates nature....DaithiD<br />The Scientific Method investigates nature. We don't all need to be experts in a field to have a reasonable confidence in the findings of science, given that the finest minds in the field have peer reviewed the work and will only publish "sound" work. When new data is observed then new ideas will be peer reviewed and our understanding of nature is advanced. This is not Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027470398152153427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11606410373372692942018-11-15T18:52:19.845+00:002018-11-15T18:52:19.845+00:00Ps I’ll give you one example of how quickly scienc...Ps I’ll give you one example of how quickly science train riders who proclaim their “ beliefs “ as loudly as they denounce others for theirs, will hop off at the first inconvenience. <br /><br />It goes something like this : ok so God didn’t create the earths ecosystem/ humans etc (snigger optional), rather it is all the result of differentiation through natural selection. We are also told there DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25659202148298636912018-11-15T14:50:10.752+00:002018-11-15T14:50:10.752+00:00Can you personally though Steve?
Unless you have a...Can you personally though Steve?<br />Unless you have an understanding of mathematics, you are accepting information without being able to verify: an element of faith. If for example you watch a science documentary on terrestrial tv about the origins of the universe and think that’s enough to wear those robes, it’s ignorant. I’m the one laughing in the context of the image above.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79664803094855396252018-11-14T20:24:45.150+00:002018-11-14T20:24:45.150+00:00DaithiD,
"Steve R, If you can replicate the ...DaithiD,<br /><br />"Steve R, If you can replicate the methodology, then it wouldn't be blindly following would it?"<br /><br />No....and hence it's not 'faith'.<br /><br />" Im suggesting that without a grasp of such things, the conclusions are just as opaque to both sets of people"<br /><br />Perhaps, but if that's true it then follows that either group &Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66389718351940476202018-11-14T08:16:30.608+00:002018-11-14T08:16:30.608+00:00Steve R, If you can replicate the methodology, the...Steve R, If you can replicate the methodology, then it wouldn't be blindly following would it? Im suggesting that without a grasp of such things, the conclusions are just as opaque to both sets of people. They have simply picked a different faith.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-29017990711060443692018-11-13T23:45:16.014+00:002018-11-13T23:45:16.014+00:00Difference is, you can look at how a scientist cam...Difference is, you can look at how a scientist came to his conclusion and replicate his methodology.<br /><br />Priests just spout hypocritical bollocks using a contradictory book as some sort of authority.<br /><br />I know where I put my money.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81006224928134427322018-11-13T20:04:05.758+00:002018-11-13T20:04:05.758+00:00Because a scientist assured them blindly agreeing ...Because a scientist assured them blindly agreeing with him is different to priestcraft.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com