Posts by alecholmesthedetective

15

Donald Trump dubbed over

by alecholmesthedetective in

comedian peter serafinowicz gave trump different voices in the videos below.

ingenious.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96iyhbhie0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qugt30ggtiihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728_lwz3nd0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ca0nm5ray0

alecholmesthedetective

Comedian Peter Serafinowicz gave Trump different voices in the videos below. Ingenious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96iyHBhIe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGT30gGtiI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728_Lwz3nD0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA0NM5RAY0

14

All Hail Our Robot Overlords

by Coded Logic in

absolutely amazing how fast this technology is advancing.

at the darpa challenge last year the robots could hardly walk up right and it took them ten minutes to walk through an open door frame.

now they're running around outside and opening doors like a pack of velociraptors!

alecholmesthedetective

It's not hard to picture some of those DARPA robots wielding a gun being sent in to clear a building.

Exactly, and there had been news reports saying the US Army had planned to use some of those robots to carry loads.

Also, if drones can be used to bomb terrorists....

32

Hello Everybody

by Thomas the Bill Engine in

jw
friends

i didn't see an introduction forum anywhere but i thought it would be weird to start posting without first introducing myself so, here we are.

i'm 15, and i've been looking for a place to discuss my thoughts on the religion that i'm pretty much stuck in at the moment.

my mom and dad divorced over their different beliefs over a year ago (my mom is jw and my dad is an very knowledgeable apostate, so you can see how they would fight over it), and since then i've stopped believing altogether.. just thought i'd say hello.

alecholmesthedetective

Hello Thomas and welcome!

34

What do you think is the source of your consciousness? Can it be copied or transferred?

by EndofMysteries in

this seems to be a question that even scientifically is still in the air.

right now your consciousness, is it the physical part of the brain?

the electrical signals in the brain?

alecholmesthedetective

Hey guys, I can fly!

Now come on, who's gonna call that 'rubbish'?

21

Evolution is a Fact #20 - Lucy in the Sky ....

by cofty in

when donald johanson and his colleagues returned to the afar region of ethiopia in 1974 they were full of optimism.

it was their second season searching for human fossils around hadar.

the previous november johanson had found a fossilised knee joint that was dated to more than 3 million years ago.

alecholmesthedetective

Hear hear.

Cofty, when are you going to start your series of posts on the sphericity of the Earth?

It'll take a lot of proof to persuade me it isn't flat.

79

What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?

by paul from cleveland in

jw
friends

i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.

i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.

i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.

alecholmesthedetective

isolated

segregated

insulated

475

What is the alternative to JW?

by Formerbrother in

i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

the the bible is word?

alecholmesthedetective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqyVrJtM7Ik

'Either the thing is true or it isn't – if it is true you should believe it and if it isn't you shouldn't – and if you can't find out whether it's true or whether it isn't you should suspend judgement.'

'Nobody can prove that there is not between the Earth and Mars a china teapot revolving in an elliptical orbit, but nobody thinks this sufficiently likely to be taken into account in practice. I think the Christian God just as unlikely.'

Bertrand Russell

90

Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

alecholmesthedetective

I cam curious if anyone noticed that the main contributors to this conversation are males?

I'm a man. So?

90

Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

alecholmesthedetective

I lost my respect for a number of so-called feminists who daily wrote Guardian articles on matters such as how Professor Tim Hunt's remarks were misogynistic and he should be pilloried and expelled from the human race, or how some poor Hollywood actresses were not paid the same as men, or how a disgusting lawyer perved on a barrister's LinkedIn photo and had the temerity to send her a message complimenting her on how stunning she looked, and then when a thousand so-called refugees attacked women in Cologne over the turn of the year, with some women being raped, and hundreds of similar incidents happened over Europe at the same period, in other words, an undeniably massive example of rape culture and a backward and misogynistic attitude towards women – as had been demonstrated in Tahrir Square during the protests in 2011 – then what was the response of those feminists? Absolute silence.

It took them eight days to come up with tripe such as this: 'Young German women thankfully enjoy historically unprecedented economic and sexual freedom, with their expensive smartphones and their right to celebrate New Year’s Eve however they want. The same isn’t always true of young male migrants exchanging life under repressive regimes, where they may at least have enjoyed superiority over women, for scraping by at the bottom of Europe’s social and economic food chain.'

So, no. The hypocritical feminism which quickly throws women under the bus when Islamists come along should not go unchallenged.

90

Where are the EXJW Feminist Philosophers?

by Luther bertrand in

i am working, more in the planning stages, where i am going to offer a commentary on the caleb and sophia cartoons that the org puts out.

i noticed a heavily patriarchal bent to the narrative that these cartoons offer.

i would really enjoy working with someone who has an academic background in feminist philosophy, or at least someone knowledgeable.

alecholmesthedetective

If it's mentioned, there are one or two prolific members that I guess, feel the need to be rude and demeaning (showing their ignorance).

I find it telling that if one dares challenge an argument from a feminist, a trans person, a muslim, a university student, a so-called liberal these days, or worse – disagree with them on something – one can be accused of being brusque, not nice, racist, bigoted, and so on.

Whatever happened to open discussion, challenging any and all ideas, and defending one's position with evidence, and by the logic and solidity of one's arguments?