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Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum
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Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum
Random Posts 11 months, 1 week agoWhat makes a bicycle stable. I always assumed it was the rider. However, it turns out that a moving bike (given even a little forward speed) is ridiculously stable on its own, no rider needed.
(Looks like the nondisplaying thumbnail problem strikes again.)
Also, how you execute a turn on a bike has been discovered…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 11 months, 1 week ago
I know Trump would like the USA to be a dictatorship, because that would please his “ego the size of a planet”. But he’s probably not able to pull it off in the United States of America, because its defences are too strong. It remains a democracy, albeit he is busy politicising the machinery of government in his favour.
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Unseen started the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 11 months, 1 week ago
This highly-researched article maintains that there is no example in history of a peaceful throwing off of a dictatorship.
The article: I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
The opening paragraphs:
In 1933, German conservatives thought they could control Hitler. Two years later, they were being…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
All this time I thought pig’s lungs were only good for musical accompaniment for the Paul Henning “Hooterville” TV trilogy.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoReg and Jake:
I’ll trust a Secular Israeli Medical AI before I’ll trust Peter Thiel’s:
Why the tech gods of Silicon Valley have turned to Christianity
Peter Thiel is among the tycoons touting their faith and messianic attitude — while building ‘superintelligence’ has prompted deep philosophical questions
Louisa Clarence-Smith
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
Middle East Forum has revealed that it isn’t just USAID that is funding our enemies, but even Homeland Security in multiple Administrations, Obama, Trump 45, and Biden. Talk about mission creep!
DHS yanks funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties,’ vows more vigorous vet…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoJake,
Thanks, I’ll read that in greater depth soon. After initial disappointing encounters with AI, some good news is definitely welcome.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Reg:
Top 15 Organizations That Benefit from USAID
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/15-top-organizations-that-benefit-from-usaid-where-the-money-goes/ar-AA1yoKMyAlso, what are Catholic Relief Services and World Vision doing in the pay of USAID, on top of their tax exemption? The Catholic Church alone could hold an art and real…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 11 months, 2 weeks ago
According to Joseph Henrich (“The Weirdest People in the World”):
The higher the percentage of people who believe in a contingent afterlife (hell and heaven) in a country, the lower the murder rate. By contrast, the greater the percentage of people who believe only in heaven, the higher the murder rate. That’s right, believing only in heaven…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoPopeBeanie,
You are not alone in your thoughts, though others have broadened those thoughts to the USA and de facto globally:
Giant Meteor for President 2028
https://giantmeteorforpresident.com/about-giant-meteor/Sweet Meteor of Death 2028
https://sweetmeteorofdeath.com/I don’t know if these two are rivals, but Giant Meteor ran in 2024…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Reg:
I meant to say “benefactor of humanity” instead of “generator of humanity”, though, of course, USAID isn’t either if it bankrolls terrorism. This isn’t “soft power” but soft-headedness.
Regarding John Bolton, it is funny that Trump called him a “low-life”, when Trump hired him during his first Term. Trump is essentially showcasing his…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Reg,
Lots to process here, but USAID is no generator of humanity if it does things like this:
Terror Finance at the State Department and USAID
MEF research finds that the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development have provided hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations involved with designated terrorist…[Read more] -
TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
Science Is Not “Truth” but can it be “Holy Shit” still?
Jim Horgan forgets that it is precisely the “impure” practical uses of “pure” science that makes it “Holy Shit” science. We need more science channelled toward “Holy Shit” purposes like healing diabetic foot wounds with the speed of Dr. “Bones” McCoy on Star Trek.
And the people…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoReg:
World of Woo: RFK Jr.’s conspiracies make it into MAHA draft report.
I’m actually glad that RFK Jr.’s report didn’t say anything about food eyes that would probably require gallons drank over long periods of time to have any I’ll effect, as with flouride and artificial sweetners.
And I’m glad the report didn’t regard guns and motor v…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 11 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m currently reading “The Weirdest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich. It’s very interesting on the formation of religions and why people in the West are so individualist.
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Or…is Mexico going to be the new United States?
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump’s tariff taxes are hollowing out America’s once world-class economy, much of the business going to Canada (and Mexico, too, to a lesser extent).
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 11 months, 2 weeks agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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Interesting. Does the sociological sampling include organizations like ISIS/ISIL, or would one’s belief in “contingent afterlife” vary across belief systems?
I’m not arguing against the premise in general, because I think it makes sense. But since the ultimate judge is most commonly considered to be God, then what people consider God/Allah to want…[Read more]
(OMG [sic], and what about the views of atheistic Jews?)
Atheistic Jews? Why Jews? Why not atheistic Greeks? Or atheists? Do Jews have to be singled out as nonhumans in every way possible?
Side-note, have to wonder if Trump considers virgins to be a perk (kinda rhymes with perp) in an afterlife.
I think it varies across belief systems, but after controlling for everything else, it’s the threat of hell and not the promise of heaven that keeps people in line.
I see what you mean. Do Isis believe in hell? They obviously don’t think it’s a sin to kill infidels.