I think creationists could argue better than they do with a bit more knowledge. For example:
-Science rules more or less say that you must be able to observe something to prove it. This eliminates the creation of life and the big bang from scientific proof. We will never be able to definitively...
Everyone more than a month old uses lesser and greater magic multiple times daily.
I define magic as an attempt to use a non-physical power or force to accomplish your Will.
I define lesser magic as attempting to influence other animals including people, using your behavior and presentation...
I think a member of a religious cult tried to recruit me. I recall the experience once in a while and wonder who it might have been. Maybe someone here can help me find out?
It was the early 90's in Long Beach, California. The crappy inland part, not the nice beachy part. I was about 14...
a play by play reading.
"Ooh, is it the military base in Okinawa? I wonder if it's Okinawa."
"It IS Okinawa! Sweet!"
"Oh, it's just part of the base in Okinawa"
"And Japan has to build 6 helicopter pads for the US military"
"...Aaand the US will still use it for military training like they...
I was listening to an interview of my libertarian candidate for US senate. Someone asked the question I hear all the time about the precedence for a libertarian state. Where has thee ever been a successful one? Without hesitation he said Switzerland, citing high personal freedom, a strong...
I like punk, hippy music, and oldies. I learned that the best way (many times the only way) to get the music I want is to have it on vinyl. My collection is up to about 30 records now.
Anyway, I got this 12-inch punk album and I assumed it was 33 1/3 rpm. I didn't suspect anything because the...
The DNA guy. Moth Radio Hour, NPR. He was angrilly and publicly resigning from Churchill College at Cambridge because he was offended that they were putting in a chapel.
Winston Churchill himself wrote Crick a letter asking him to not resign, saying that the chapel was funded entirely...
About once a week since he was one (he's 5 1/2 now), my son and I would go out for a meal, just the two of us. It's a challenge, but it's worth it. Now, his table manners are very advanced, despite otherwise having a very rebellious nature to do a Satanic daddy proud. I want to leave some...
I just saw Hardcore Henry and I loved it. The story and delivery were a breath of fresh air.
The whole thing is shot from a first person perspective and the main character can't talk, so doesn't have a single line except for a few hand gestures and a bit of writing on the wall in blood.
I...
Stop leaving reviews for a restaurant in a small town or city like "I'm from Chicago/New York, therefore this pizza sucks". We are aware that we are not in NY/Chicago. We do not believe that New York pizza is better because it came from there. I'll give you that you will find a better pizza...
I do like me some korma and general tso, but...
Indian places, the healthier south Indian dishes will sell in the West today.
Chinese places, we want to see some of your authentic stuff on the English menu.
Stop thinking we can't handle spice and make it spicy when we ask for it.
You are...
Sure, sure. We all have some junk e-mail account where we conduct our online business and don't have to read all the spam. But even then the spam gets so thick you can't even find that reciept or confirmation you need.
Tired of unsubscribing only to find that your spam is still coming or...
My superpower is non-purposely scaring the **** out of women when I walk into a room. They get startled. They jump, gasp, clutch their heart, and take the lord’s name in vain. I’ve done it once or twice a week since I was about 16: adult sized.
I’m not trying to do it, I don’t want to do it. At...
At a hub airport in the US recently I saw what looked to me like an Orthodox Jew teenage boy. Dark coat, big black hat, curly sideburns. He was pacing around and reading a book but on his forehead he was wearing what looked like a little square black tophat, maybe 2 inches per side. What was that?
I went on a dolphin sight-seeing tour in Florida. I saw about a dozen dolphins. Some of the dolphins were being unnecessarily cruel to prey. Most of the dolphins I saw were mating. Boys and girls were mating while not fertile. There were threesomes. Boys mated with boys. Calves mated with their...
To deny abiogenesis when you argue against creationists makes the scientific viewpoint look a lot worse than it really is. Anyone smart who thinks about evolution will come to the question of abiogenesis naturally. Where did we come from? Where did our ancestors come from? Where did their...
Not intended to debate, I'm not going to be changing anyone's mind, but this is what works for me.
In the genomic era of biology, we still don’t know the function of many genes. I take a look at the sequence of the gene in humans. I also take a look at the same gene in other organisms of...
Most biologists work in medicine and the justification in their grant applications is saving lives.
All biologists and most people will tell you that you need to have a balance between life and death in a population or really bad **** starts to happen.
A population biologist can show how...
I'd like to hear some confessions of fast food workers about the practices at your place. I wonder if it would be more kosher if we keep from naming names. I can start.
When I was a teenager I spent a year working at a major international fast food burger chain. I have to say that there were no...