Gregg R Thomas

Ballymena has historically been known as part of Northern Ireland’s “Bible Belt”, with strong Protestant churches and Unionist figures like Ian Paisley having deep roots in the town. It is very much a Unionist stronghold, culturally and historically aligned with British political identity. The recent unrest has been largely driven by Bally…[Read more]

I know about 8 people who work for multinational companies who have turned down opportunities to work in the USA recently and opted to  stay in Ireland or go to a different country instead. 4 of them are US citizens and said they will reconsider in 3.5 years’ time. But will it be too late by then for President Newsom and VP Buttigieg to repair the damage?

If this was really about “illegal immigration” and not simply “we just don’t like swarthy people,” a simple and obvious guest worker program such as some European countries have would be on the table.

It’s not.

On to a Plan B.

Did you know that The Netherlands, about the same size as the state of Maryland, comes in as #2 behind the U.S. among…[Read more]

Mine will be beryllium mirrors with a gold coating, just like the ones on the JWST. But it all depends on the wavelengths. Keep them varied and have fried goy for sure..

I will cover the outside of my spaceship with mirrors. Take that, space lasers!

Thanks, Reg!

Have great week!!

“If god doesn’t like the way I live, Let him tell me, not you.”

“Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence”.

Simon Paynton wrote:
I put it down to the sexual competition between males. That’s why they are slightly larger.

I’ve shown this before.  Pre-human australopithecine males had enormous canines compared with females, until they abruptly became almost even when the human ancestor arrived, 4-6 million years ago.

Human males are a lot le…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
The great bulk of violence, gun violence included, is perpetrated by the male gender.

That’s true.  Most violence comes from men.  I put it down to the sexual competition between males.  That’s why they are slightly larger.

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

Do you mean a Y chromosome? XX, XY? I see your point: gun violence is almost exclusively male.

You’re right. I didn’t flunk genetics in college ’cause I never took the…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Occam’s Razor cuts those strings easily. One Universe with lots of unknowns is the best catch-all.

I don’t buy Occam’s Razor all the time.  I think it’s artificial.  Something’s the way it is, not necessarily the simplest way.

Unseen wrote:
You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

Do you mean a Y chromosome?  XX, XY?  I see your point: gun violence is almost exclusively male.

Unseen wrote:
You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

Did someone hack your computer?

You could elimlinate almost all gun violence in America by simply forbidding anyone with an X chromosome to own or have access to firearms.

jakelafort wrote:
So hypothetically a scientific theory emerges and a consensus forms that a many worlds ‘reality’ is as solid as Darwin’s game changer.

Surely we can never know.  But wasn’t there a story about another universe that had bumped into ours?

When I bring up this point in William Lane Craig Facebook discussions, Christians say it’s a…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:
Umm, I know it sounds hokey, but like worm-holes abide in another dimension, dude.

Is it not possible to connect two points by travelling in a higher dimension?  I’m not sure.  A two-dimensional plane can be folded within three dimensions, we can connect two 3-d points by travelling in time.  I’m pretty sure that if you go up a…[Read more]

I am not sold on the multiverse theory. Too many strings attached.