PopeBeanie
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Why not? in the forum Small Talk 2 weeks ago
It feels to me like we are on the verge of a medical revolution
… and likely limited to the upper class, at least at first. Just like most new tech necessarily (in capitalism) begins with expensive prototyping.
Religions have simply resolved this debate, by the way. We’ll all rejoin our families, eventually, unless we end up…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie posted an update in the group
+ Welcome to Atheist Zone 2 weeks ago
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Why not? in the forum Small Talk 2 weeks, 1 day ago
There’s no way to prove authenticity, or that the producer of the artifice or whatever is reliable or is a completely benevolent agent.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Roeing Away… in the forum Politics 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Passing on things I know that could save somebody’s Life, Liberty, and Property and standing by it is just one of many skills. I could always charge for lessons. 😁
The smiley face feels encouraging to me, in light of other lessons that seem more obviously one-directional. 🙂
@asianne I can move posts on Mexico to a…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Roeing Away… in the forum Politics 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Neither side of the debate ever fully agrees on the comprehensively and logically defined core issue of exactly when during gestation a fetus attains “personhood” and has its own right to live, and it’s practically impossible to do so. Every declared line of demarcation therefore is arbitrary. End of life decisions when the patient can’t speak for…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Fighting Trumpism and Single Party Takeovers in the forum Politics 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Florida Man Demands Ban on Bible in Schools Using DeSantis’s Own Law Against Him
A political activist and atheist in Florida is using a contentious law that allows residents to object to teaching materials in public schools to request that the Bible be banned from classrooms and school libraries throughout the s…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic I'm just fricken tired of all the passionate outrage machines… in the forum Science 3 weeks, 2 days ago
I just read about research on likely climate change effects on animal species migrations that will increase inter-species spread of diseases, especially in places like south-east Asia and tropical Africa. I didn’t know this has already been proposed for years. One technical term for intra-species spread of disease is “spillover”.
Southeast Asia…
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PopeBeanie started the topic I'm just fricken tired of all the passionate outrage machines… in the forum Science 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Now for something completely different, looking forward:
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Twitter as News, and In the News in the forum NEWS NEWS NEWS!! Current Events and Favorite News Sources 3 weeks, 3 days ago
I’ve removed MSNBC from my YouTube feed, but not from Twitter. This tweet is nice and short, and is worth discussing. Wouldn’t it be ironic if Elon could contribute to the Single Party Takeover?
“You could secretly ban one party’s candidate…secretly turn down the reach of their stuff and turn up the reach of something else and the rest of us mi…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Twitter as News, and In the News in the forum NEWS NEWS NEWS!! Current Events and Favorite News Sources 3 weeks, 3 days ago
News or provocation? We live in the era of infinite anger.
Yes, both; sometimes twisted and often conflated. I was on Twitter within weeks of it starting up, handle “acme” for years until I left and neglected it for years and lost the handle to a commercial org. Only recently have I realized/admitted the importance of Twitter as a…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic (Title Censored) in the forum Politics 3 weeks, 3 days ago
[…] There’s Reddit and Youtube, for example, where Musk gets lots of criticism, and people who prefer to live under a dictatorship of anonymous censors or an impersonal AI can still find a place to hide.
Reddit is still diverse. It includes non-censored sub-reddits, and everyone has a wide choice of what kind of sub-reddit to “…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Twitter as News, and In the News in the forum NEWS NEWS NEWS!! Current Events and Favorite News Sources 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Circa 2022 APR 27
Elon’s buying twitter. Small sample of tweets from conservatives.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
@RepMTGStop the Democrat’s war on women & children.
Keep biological males out of girls/women’s private spaces & sports.
Ban all pediatric gender clinics, puberty blockers, & gender reassignment surgeries on minors.
End sex…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic
Twitter as News, and In the News in the forum NEWS NEWS NEWS!! Current Events and Favorite News Sources 3 weeks, 3 days ago
It’s become a popular source of news, as journalists and other newsmakers–especially politicians–use it as a forum, one-way at least, with tweets often amplified by other readers, and even becoming news in themselves.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Fighting Trumpism and Single Party Takeovers in the forum Politics 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Is there a question to talk about?
I can’t think of a good one. Perhaps this topic is more of a commentary on the evolution or devolution of our democracy. I feel like I’m documenting significant changes, but maybe I’m overestimating their significance as standalone observations? I even think of Think Atheist as significant history…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic
Fighting Trumpism and Single Party Takeovers in the forum Politics 3 weeks, 5 days ago
(This topic can be made broader than what the title indicates, with Populism, Nationalism, Authoritarianism, and Oligarchs on the rise around the world. E.g. Macron’s re-election is a pleasant exception. Even if you’ve already seen these news pieces, I consider some of these “iconic” to the Trump Era.)
The following…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Is causation real? in the forum Science 3 weeks, 6 days ago
I agree, this is the clearest presentation on particles I’ve seen to date. But I think researching this kind of “pure science” often does lead to further, useful invention.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic
Working Sciences, Simple to Advanced in the forum Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 3 weeks, 6 days ago
I love Universe Looking Glass presentations. A few examples:
Do we have to accept Quantum weirdness?
De Broglie Bohm Pilot Wave Theory explained
“Many Worlds” is a simplification of quantum mechanics
This calculation tells you your chances of being…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Will you trust the Covid vaccine? in the forum Science 4 weeks ago
I was looking for a good place to cite the following science & medicine story without starting a new topic, and this here topic seems appropriate, even if just as another brief reminder of the monumentalness of science & medicine. Side note, mention was made about how the vaccine will contribute to herd immunity. This has been overstated many…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic (Title Censored) in the forum Politics 1 month ago
About the use of AI in various decision making, I think it’s increasingly both useful, and risky. Ultimately, how AI is programmed and given credence will always depend on who owns and runs the AI… at least until AI is allowed — intentionally or accidentally — to take over completely, with no one able to control it or warn others about…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic (Title Censored) in the forum Politics 1 month ago
Anyone know whether natural immunity plus vaccine is better than either standing alone?
An excerpt from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/vaccine-induced-immunity.html
Substantial immunologic evidence and a growing body of epidemiologic evidence indicate that vaccination after infection…
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