Comment Re:Why has it taken 50 years? (Score 1) 585
Actually, no. I don't really care what you think. Just stop trying to use science or logic as your excuses for your delusions of grandeur.
Actually, no. I don't really care what you think. Just stop trying to use science or logic as your excuses for your delusions of grandeur.
... And it must be demonstrably true to be scientific.
It must be demonstrably true to be considered true; but it also must be demonstrably false to be considered false. Perhaps there are people who have found what they consider demonstration of its veracity? Even if you doubt that, you cannot call it false until you have demonstrated it to be false.
Ah, my only gripe really is that atheism is neither the obvious solution, nor a scientific one. It's just another (minimised) system of faith.
That we as a group are living our lives more and more through screens and by dilution less and less in the sun.
Interestingly, I was out of the city with a bunch of mates recently and we took the opportunity to do a bit of star-gazing given that there the stars were visible. Most of them were city kids, and had never seen the stars. I did my best to point out a few constalations I remembered before a couple of them realised they had a star-finding app on their phone. This quickly turned into a planet hunt, but after scanning the skys for a while we were disappointed to find that the only celestial body above the horizon was Saturn; all the rest were on the other side of the Earth. Nevertheless most of the group was excitedly pointing out when they found the location of a planet until one guy excitedly yelled 'Hey, the Sun is on the other side of the planet too!'
He still hasn't lived that down.
Thanks a lot America! Jerks!
As for what the body can detect, I bet that study was 'ok, let's change the temperature by 0.5 F and see if he notices', not 'let's change it by 0.40568 F and see if he can tell us that's what the change was'. If so, had they had done the study with 0.5 C, then their conclusions would be 'people can detect half degree celcius changes!'
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