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@PopeBeanie – Yes, that is a good appraisal from Jon Stewart. The GOP no longer need Trump. DeSantis is “Terminator 2” and Trump supporters don’t have to sacrifice any of their views or opinions to move over to DeSantis who is well educated and smart. I wonder if Jeanette Nunez will be shopping for a new red dress any time soon?

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@PopeBeanie,

I agree. Fortunately hoaxes can be called out with todays investigative technologies, whereas in the 80s this was not so, however I don’t no the history of this particular video.

michael17 wrote:
@popebeanie, I’m afraid that was not me. Besides only the age will end in the future and next the Millenium of peace.

I found it, but I suppose what you wrote could be interpreted as a longer-term prognostication. Maybe we just have to wait a hundred years to see the predicted manifestation? From one of your posts: h…[Read more]

@Popebeanie,

I’m afraid that was not me. Besides only the age will end in the future and next the Millenium of peace.

@PopeBeanie –  I had my atheism confirmed when I saw an image of Big Bang in a slice of toast.

@PopeBeanie: Thanks for correcting me on Prof. Diamond’s first name.

The problem with bats, I gather, is their vast numbers and the fact that they are social and live in huge colonies facilitating the propagation of disease. I think I read somewhere that in terms of biomass, bats are at the top of the list. Despite the fact that most bats are…[Read more]

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“It’s accepted wisdom that the fewer the people who vote, the better GOP does in elections.”

Certainly that seems the intuitive position.  I can’t remember seeing any data to support that claim, but it could be true I guess.

Anyway, it’s been entertaining trying to  predict what Donald will do next.

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You would be shocked. There are a lot of people who still support him, or a lot of people who may not exactly support in but who are still either not going to vote at all or going to vote for him because they will not vote for Biden. Don’t let the polls fool you. It’s the electoral college that matters in those areas he’s still winni…[Read more]

@PopeBeanie that’s good to know….He’s asleep right now so will see when he wakes up…

Simon Paynton wrote:
Looking at @popebeanie‘s posted explanation from Quora, I think Wittgenstein was talking crap in this case, because he doesn’t acknowledge that everything has multiple causes, which Buddha knew millennia before.

Looked at that way, the notion of causality seems rather useless due to being unwieldy.

Looking at @popebeanie‘s posted explanation from Quora, I think Wittgenstein was talking crap in this case, because he doesn’t acknowledge that everything has multiple causes, which Buddha knew millennia before.

@PopeBeanie

Thanks sir! I have read your tip on posting mechanics.

@PopeBeanie – Re the side note about the infinite database. If infinite it would be impossible to do a nightly backup. Even if it was finite you would need a lot of “space” to store it. Maybe last Friday’s was restored 10 times and nobody noticed it was a Groundhog day.

Check out ARQ on Netflix.

@PopeBeanie A Chocolate Jesus should be enough to keep us satisfied. 

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Consciousness, as we humans know it, is a precursor to this kind of discussion. Even as pre-consciousness is a necessary pre-requisites to consciousness, it so happens that any changes to behaviors or attitudes we intentionally try to accomplish, e.g. to execute a plan, write on this topic, or otherwise adjust our behavior to dynamic…

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The idea that higher power spiritual force or forces pervade the whole universe does not require a big leap to accept…

Exactly, we probably know less than 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 % of what we could know about the real universe, yet all these measly 200 thousand earth year evolved apes are walking around saying…[Read more]

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‘Outlawed’ ? Do you mean as cloning human beings is presently outlawed? Right. I wish us luck in THAT undertaking..