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tom sarbeck replied to the topic When are thought experiments valid…and when not? in the forum Science 8 years, 8 months ago
@Simon — what if you’re facing East-West? Then, the rotation of the Earth must have some kind of effect.
Do the forces acting on (pulling on) the bullet differ?
Have more fun(?). Shoot straight up and explain the effect of the Coriolis force.
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic How cold will it be tomorrow? in the forum Small Talk 8 years, 8 months ago
@Simon – I did NOT say it’s wrong to ask a question. I did say to ask about the questioner.
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tom sarbeck posted an update 8 years, 8 months ago
@Simon – And also about the context.
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic Sunday School August 20th 2017 in the forum
Sunday School 8 years, 10 months ago@Simon; “Dr Bob falls into this category – he’s got his shit together.”
I disagree, Simon. Dr. Bob is intelligent and has built defenses too strong for most of us to penetrate. His defenses serve him well; they cause him to ignore serious challenges.
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic You can believe in evolution. You can believe in human rights. Not both. in the forum Politics 8 years, 10 months ago
@Simon, @notsimple: The Civil War freed approx 2.3 million slaves. it killed approx 750 thousand combatants.
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caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the… in the forum Politics 8 years, 11 months ago
@reg ,@simon—when I refer to spirituality, I am talking about a belief in a supernatural dimension (one that does not obey the laws of matter and energy), usually which is thought to provide order to the universe, but, in the past, this may have been restricted to one’s local environment (e.g belief in the supernatural powers of local plants an…[Read more]
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Tom Sarbeck replied to the topic Is belief toxic for your brain? in the forum Small Talk 8 years, 11 months ago
@simon, you don’t see why not?
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the… in the forum Politics 8 years, 11 months ago
@Simon – I hope you will explain how I verily transgressed a rule of rationality.
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Tom Sarbeck posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
@Simon – I did four years of political battle with people who wanted to keep their taxpayer subsidies (as the Bangers have been doing since the 1960s) and the battle became ugly. It’s the kind of thing in which very few atheists will be interested. To see a bit of that story, go to Wikipedia and search on “Don Bolles”, the newspaper reporter.
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lebneni-murtad replied to the topic Why I left Islam in the forum Introductions 8 years, 12 months ago
@Simon I don’t really know why never really thought about it, but I will give my stock answer.
Islam originated from a medieval hot desert with temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius, and of course Muhammad will promise desert people heaven with lots of food, water, cool temperature, and unlimited sex (That’s why sex is repressed). And in order to…[Read more]
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Tom Sarbeck replied to the topic Sunday School June 18th 2017 in the forum
Sunday School 9 years ago@Simon – “Who said philosophy is dead?”
Google “is philosophy dead?” I did and the controversy’s size surprised me. Hawking remarked on its demise.
BTW – “dead” is metaphor. What say you to the hypothesis that every word in a language is metaphor?
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Tom Sarbeck posted an update in the group
Sunday School 9 years ago@Simon: “Facts cannot be simultaneously one thing and another.”
Any fact can be understood or interpreted, differently by different people. it can also be understood or interpreted differently by any one person at different times.
Cats are not easily herded.
