jakelafort
@jakelafort
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jakelafort replied to the topic Only asking questions. in the forum
The Atheist Agora 3 years, 11 months agoTumble, tumble little world
How Belle wondered what you were
Gleaning meaning
neb by neb
glancing, dreamingFacacta computa may finish it.
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jakelafort replied to the topic The Factoid Thread in the forum Science 3 years, 11 months ago
Here is a worthless fact apropos of nothin: in college i was a dog track announcer. So i wanted to make a name for myself and i observed how announcers had their pet phrases. I decided on…breaks from the gate like a cheetah in heat…so the chart writer falls out of her seat laughing but the general manager, my boss, chastised me…keep it…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Only asking questions. in the forum
The Atheist Agora 3 years, 11 months agoI don’t see much in the way of analysis.
My questions C vu play:
Preface questions as follows: I want to know your opinion. Please refrain from giving a synopsis, consensus or either side of an issue. I want your opinion.
1. What is the probability of the existence of the Christian God or any god?
2. Is the universe intelligible?
3. Will…[Read more] -
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jakelafort posted an update 3 years, 11 months ago
The poem impresses me the most. I do poems off top of my head every day and five seconds for that? Wow.
Here is a kind of cool study in re AI.
https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/essentials/making-sense-of-artificial-intelligence -
jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School December 4th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoAutumn, 60s arrive way too fast. I am nearly at that crossroads. Time feels like it is accelerating.
I don’t feel old. Not at all. But i guess that is not your worry. It is the part about getting sick of it all. That is addressed in part by the seeming celerity of time passages. It also can make us more daring to do an about-face into the teeth…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School December 4th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoI had periods where it was gym, gym and more gym. Sure there is equipment and various ways to exercise but give me outdoors. I let my gym membership lapse during the pandemic and have not renewed it. There is something so valuable being in nature. Occasionally when i walk with someone socially who is not fit i still enjoy hell out of it and see…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School December 4th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoI know of Doc F. diet. Have seen it work well short term. I do recall reading some long critique of it and it casting some doubt on the efficacy long term or was it the healthfulness?
I went from being a fit reasonably athletic kid to a twenty lbs overweight sendentary attorney. When i quit law i started a walking regimen. Just three miles out…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School December 4th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoSocial media hate speech causes violence?
Well so what as long as cherished blah blah blah is preserved and mindless customs are sacrosanct.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School November 27th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoThanks Strega. I got da music in me.
And thanks Reg for yet another sunday school.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School November 27th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoEnco’s rows:
Jake and PopeBeanie,
Why don’t you both scrape together frontal lobeage and figure out just what Autumn is complaining about? She still hasn’t said yet what the Hell her problem is.
Oh, a capital idea. A capital thought. Do you suppose i can be bought? I’d paraphrase for a raise to guide you through your haze.
Greater per…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic What about single-gender spaces? in the forum Politics 3 years, 11 months ago
Yeah i am not feeling it. Separate but equal? One for normals and the other for coloreds? If ya can’t deal with it cuz of your delicate sensibilities or your twisted prurience then go in the bushes or wear an adult diaper.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School November 27th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoPope, i would never insult a silver back by comparing him to Enco!
And perhaps Einstein the gorilla would get relativity at first blush.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School November 27th 2022 in the forum
Sunday School 3 years, 11 months agoAsking Enco to understand relevance is like asking a gorilla with diminished capacity to understand relativity.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Chinese herbal medicine in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 11 months ago
Pope, congrats on your progress.
I would like to know how the psychotropic drugs affect you. Had only read about those for PTSD and depression.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Are our attitudes toward pedos actually endangering our children? in the forum Science 3 years, 11 months ago
Unseen, if i understand the lady she is arguing long chain or predeterminism. Start at about 1:30 and just listen a wee bit.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Chinese herbal medicine in the forum Small Talk 3 years, 11 months ago
Ancient Chinese secret shrouded in mist and mysticism…
That is business!
Mint, parsley, rosemary, not so much…
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jakelafort replied to the topic Are our attitudes toward pedos actually endangering our children? in the forum Science 3 years, 11 months ago
Davis, nice critique.
I also think she speaks too authoritatively about the physics of the universe.
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jakelafort replied to the topic Are our attitudes toward pedos actually endangering our children? in the forum Science 3 years, 11 months ago
Unseen, i have had a problem with that word for a long time. It is not as slippery as spiritual, nor is it as worthless as frankly. I take the word in its generally accepted definition in treating of right and wrong. I object to its association with religion. The idea that we are born tainted or we have fucked up (sinned) and it is so…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Are our attitudes toward pedos actually endangering our children? in the forum Science 3 years, 11 months ago
Unseen: Your argument seems to be that determinism can’t be true because were it so, there would be no moral responsibility.
Not a clue where you got that notion.
There are many ways to deny free will. I can’t see how any person in their right mind and with a modicum of intelligence could believe in absolute unfettered free will. I have i…[Read more]
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