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Gregg R Thomas posted an update in the group Atheist Cats 9 years ago

My Cat Lil’Shit has gone to Kitty Heaven. I do miss him.

private replied 9 years ago

Sorry about your cat, Gregg.

tom sarbeck posted an update in the group Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years ago

RIP the Standard Model–the Big Bang with Its Many Untested and Untestable Hypotheses

“It’s a mystery to me how comets work at all.”
–Donald Brownlee, principal investigator of NASA’s Stardust Mission

Nothing in the observed Universe has surprised astronomers and astrophysicists more than comets. Their “dirty snowball” hypothesis, for decades the…[Read more]

Strega replied 9 years ago

Thanks, Tom – you always seem to give me a healthy skepticism for ‘scientific announcements’.
- Tom Sarbeck replied 9 years ago
  
  Strega, when government departments have done what Congress funded them to do, Congress cuts their budgets and they have to reduce their payrolls. This time it’s NASA’s turn.

Tom Sarbeck posted an update in the group Atheist Humor 9 years ago

Donald Trump. Because there is no god.
Nerves in teeth. BTING.
Aging. BTING.
Hollywood makes movies for 13 yo boys. Because there is no god.

tom sarbeck replied 8 years, 1 month ago

Brett Kavanaugh. Because there is no god.
tom sarbeck replied 8 years, 1 month ago

The Big Bang (not the tv show). Because theoretical physicists need a god.

A. T. Heist joined the group To Do or not To Do 9 years ago

To Do or not To Do

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MsBrenda joined the group Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years ago

Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason.

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Tom Sarbeck replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

Singing?

That’s miles better than later telling him she has a headache.

Strega replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

@davis In Fiji, at the tribe gatherings the men speak and the women are not permitted to address the meeting, other than by whispering into their husbands ear and having him speak. Sometimes the men do not convey their woman’s words. If this happens, the woman starts to sing. Men are not permitted to speak whilst a woman is singing. Som…[Read more]

Davis replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

Why do humans have their particular social norms regarding sexuality and gender?

There is no social norms rearding sexuality and gender for humans. They vary greatly from place to place and over time. Even within the same country there are enormous differences per culture, class, education, profession etc. In some parts of the world women…[Read more]

Simon Paynton started the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

How does this stack up?

Why do humans have their particular social norms regarding sexuality and gender?

monogamy
control and dominance of females by males at a cultural and societal level, and double-standards between male and female norms
widespread prohibition on (especially male) homosexuality

Human sexual behaviour differs from…[Read more]

Simon Paynton joined the group Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason.

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stuartmitchell joined the group To Do or not To Do 9 years, 1 month ago

To Do or not To Do

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stuartmitchell joined the group Atheist Humor 9 years, 1 month ago

Atheist Humor

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stuartmitchell joined the group Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason.

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Mriana joined the group Atheist Cats 9 years, 1 month ago

Atheist Cats

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tom sarbeck posted an update in the group Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 9 years, 1 month ago

How did astronomy become a religion?
A short answer is that during the USA/USSR Cold War, a few astronomers became addicted to taxpayer money. Their addiction repeated that of dam builders in the early 1900s, and of highway builders in the 1950s. A lesson is that starting taxpayer subsidies is difficult; stopping them is more difficult.
A longer…[Read more]