in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.
i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).
but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
Atheism is a crutch as well, for those who find comfort in a universe that doesn't have meaning.
Bollocks. Atheism is nothing more than what we call it when we are unconvinced by the grandiose claims of theists.
Nobody finds a purposeless universe comforting. It just is.
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.
what are people's thoughts on this?.
So why do flat-earthers propose a perfect conspiracy involving tens of thousands of experts from dozens of fields of expertise but not that this conspiracy extends to every other accepted fact about reality?
How about germ theory? Maybe it's a big scam by soap manufacturers?
What is it about the shape of the planet that attracts gullible folk like Kairos and the Robot?
I wonder if it started as a bet by somebody who boasted he could get some people to believe the craziest thing you could think of.
I posted this under Jokes & Humour.
It turned out to be fucking hilarious!
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.
what are people's thoughts on this?.
in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.
i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).
but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
It's like we don't even speak the same language.
in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.
i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).
but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
Imagine walking in a circular path a certain distance from a fixed point.
The further you are from that point the longer your path.
The length of your path increases in proportion to the distance. The ratio between the two is slightly more than three.
No woo-woo required.
Pi is the lamest argument for god I have ever heard - and I've heard plenty. You are also equivocating about the meaning of the word god.
i thought the flat earth conspiracy theory was strange but ive just read an article about a new conspiracy theory that the earth is hollow and that its a paradise there and 8 foot tall intellectually advanced aliens live there who send space ships out every so often to check on mankind.
apparently lost viking colonies and nazis that fled there after world war 2 are living there immortally 🤣🤣 .
this world just gets better and better 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Jrjw - Personally I don't believe in anything "supernatural" but not because of evolution. It is possible to have faith in god and accept the fact of evolution. "Theistic evolution" is an example of a combination of god and science. It does not resort to god to get over difficult design problems. It posits that god started the process and then left it to run its course.
I think it fails for a number of reasons but it is not unscientific in the way that creationism and Intelligent Design is.
My rejection of god is based on other reasons.
in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.
i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).
but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
Troll
i thought the flat earth conspiracy theory was strange but ive just read an article about a new conspiracy theory that the earth is hollow and that its a paradise there and 8 foot tall intellectually advanced aliens live there who send space ships out every so often to check on mankind.
apparently lost viking colonies and nazis that fled there after world war 2 are living there immortally 🤣🤣 .
this world just gets better and better 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
remember a theory is only a theory (not a truth) until proven correct
Actually a scientific "theory" is as good as it gets. They don't get the accolade of "theory" until they have been proven correct. It is the exact opposite of an idea or a hunch.
Flat earth/hollow earth etc don't even qualify to be called a hypothesis. They are more like drunken ramblings.
i thought the flat earth conspiracy theory was strange but ive just read an article about a new conspiracy theory that the earth is hollow and that its a paradise there and 8 foot tall intellectually advanced aliens live there who send space ships out every so often to check on mankind.
apparently lost viking colonies and nazis that fled there after world war 2 are living there immortally 🤣🤣 .
this world just gets better and better 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Why Evolution is True - Jerry Coyne
Your Inner Fish - Neil Shubin
The Greatest Show on Earth - Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins
Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Sean B. Caroll
Life Ascending - Nick Lane
Evolution, What the Fossils Say - Donald Prothero
Here is a link to forty short posts on the evidence for evolution...
