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Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 1 week ago
You may be wondering what evidence exists for the block universe theory. As the Gemini AI explains it:
The evidence for the Block Universe theory isn’t based on a single “discovery,” but rather on the logical conclusions we are forced to draw from Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.
If the math of relativity is a correct description of t…[Read more]
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Unseen started the topic You don't need determinism… in the forum Small Talk 5 months, 1 week ago
…for there to be no free will.
Under the current ‘standard model” of physics, accepted by the majority of physicists, we exist in a so-called “block universe.”
I asked Gemini AI to define block universe in layman terms and I got this:
In simple terms, the Block Universe theory is the idea that the past, the present, and the future all exist…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 5 months, 1 week ago
In the UK, a police chief is in trouble for banning Israeli football supporters from a match, based on an AI mistake. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgn984j9d7o
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 1 week agoJake:
I am hoping he and Net. are doing another end around fooled ya and ya don’t like it.
I wouldn’t give Trump that much credit in his second go-around. He’s gone from playing 4-D chess to playing mumblety-peg with tactical missiles.
I am sure he could not care less how much blood is on his hands but he damn sure cares about reputation and l…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 1 week agoFellow Unbelievers:
I think the fat globules and pathogens in that gallon of MAHA Milk has blocked the blood flow to Trump’s brain and got him hallucinating:
I wish they’d keep those kids away. You shouldn’t hear this, kids.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 1 week agoJake:
I have heard enough of her and that guy with the Young Jerks. I don’t even want to listen. Zero integrity. And i just do not believe they are as stupid as one might be led to believe.
Fret not. I did the hard work of watching so no one else had to. Part of the topic was contained in the article you linked. Perhaps I am too charitable i…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 1 week agoJake:
To give just one example of how the dogma of Anti-Zionism/Antisemitism has just brain-rotted people, I give you this video from the The Young Turks:
On one hand, the Israeli Mossad is supposed to be infiltrating the Iranian masses and inciting the uprising against the Mullahs and Ayatollahs…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 1 week agoFellow Unbelievers:
Not a good day for Iran’s struggle for Enlightenment and Freedom. And the toll of protesters could be as high as 20,000:
Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protest-death-toll-over-12000-feared-higher-video-bodies-at-morgue/ -
Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I must respect your beliefs?? Some chance of me doing that when I don’t even respect my own. I don’t believe things to feel safe. You don’t want your beliefs respected. You want them immunized for criticism.Someone said that people with intellectual humility are more successful, they didn’t specify in what way. …[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 4th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoJake:
Thanks for the missing link. Enco.
Cogito ergo Enco.
Well, thanks, but all I did was merely pass along the Atheist Republic link. It’s all that I can do in my position.
Armin and friends are the ones to thank more for doing happy warrior work by monitoring Iran’s uprising for hours at a time. As a Canadian of Iranian descent, Armin…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
Tribalism: How “Us vs. Them” takes hold.
“Race riot.”. Very clever. I see what they did there.
If there has to be any preferences in Universities, it should be for Sri Lankans, Rwandans, Balkans, and Singaporans to teach all the DEI Woke Eggheads and Free Palestine-ers that their way lies madness.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
Funny thing. The promoters of high-Alkaline “Kangen” water call their concoction “Restructured” water. So basically an old wine in a new bottle.
One of the promoters of “Kangen” Water approached me about it, saying that it’s anti-acidic properties might help my diabetic foot wounds. I don’t think it got though to her when I reminded her…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
World of Woo: Structured water.
Funny, I didn’t think the meltoff from Igloos had health benefits. 😁
Thank you, I’ll be here all week! Try the veal!
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 4th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoJake:
Armin Navabi’s YouTube Channel Atheist Republic has been going non-stop covering Iran’s uprising as well as the Israel-Hamas War before that.
https://m.youtube.com/@AtheistRepublic
So much to take in all at once, but well worth jumping in!
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 4th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoJake:
Inshallah
No, “الشعب الإيراني مستعد”. “The Iranian people willing.”
I just hope that there’s no more destruction than is necessary to free the Iranian people. From what I’ve seen of interior pictures, mosques could make really great dance halls and skating rinks.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School January 11th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Me, in conversation with a evangelical street preacher in Dublin last week.What did they say back? Anything? Very well put.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 4th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoJake:
Also noteworthy: There are Muslim nations that are stricter on The Muslim Brotherhood than either the U.S. or U.K. Even Muslims hate Islamism when pressed hard enough.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School January 4th 2026 in the forum
Sunday School 5 months, 2 weeks agoJake:
I’m hoping the Iranians have got this. I do know between between Trump’s sparing of the regime and restraining Israel from taking out the regime, the worse thing that Trump could do is get involved.
Trump’s half-assed handling of Venezuela and Greenland also punctuates this all the more.
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic A Formal Mathematical Model of The Holy Trinity. in the forum Atheism 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Simon Paynton wrote:
For some the cross is a plus but it’s a negative for me.Very good. It reminds me of the way to tell the axes of a graph apart: x is across.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic A Formal Mathematical Model of The Holy Trinity. in the forum Atheism 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Simon:
If the trinity is going to represent the cross, then it needs to be a 4, not a 3.
Then it would be described by some kind of word incorporating “quad.”
Look, let’s just rope off an empty space where Iyk can be King away from the rest of us, much as we should do with Orange Man Trump.
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i saw that in JP but did not read it. My assumption was that the putative basis for denying Israelis was to keep them safe and i am thinking sure let the aggressors watch and ban the targets of aggression. But no it is the zionists who are the threat!
Yet another reason not to let AI as it exists now be in charge of anything.
A really bright intelligence would say to the Constable: “Sooo…Let’s see what the 5th and 14th Amendment case law says on cases like this…Oh,wait…You Brits don’t have a written Constitution or Bill of Rights. There’s your trouble…And as for cultural ethos, don’t…[Read more]
Jake, another thing a really bright AI would instruct the Constable is to either provide adequate security for all parties or use emergency powers and tell everybody: “No nice things for you “