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Why call that a 'bias'? If anything the acquisition of more knowledge via scientific methods is itself the prevention of a bias. This might be worth a...
October 24, 2020 at 10:13
... and this: /uploads/resized/files/7p/a2nq86skjz73fw4a.jpg
October 24, 2020 at 10:08
Indeed... and that sort of 'thinking' is not the realm of scientific method, but is the cornerstone of religious belief.
October 24, 2020 at 10:02
For most scientific studies published in journals it requires a link (or a subscription). Not everyone can access these links (or subscriptions)... th...
October 24, 2020 at 09:59
If the outcome is 'chaos' (assuming we don't have chaos prior to the 'addition of chaos') why blame the car? This kind of reads like 'why not ban hamm...
October 24, 2020 at 09:19
Exactly... and science does this on a regular basis. That's what is completely missing in religious belief. Science (which is a process... it's not a ...
October 24, 2020 at 09:04
That is somewhat helpful, but isn't it running the risk of cherry picking the premises and hinting toward pleading a special case (as you probably kno...
October 24, 2020 at 08:50
Minds opened or closed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=RFO6ZhUW38w If anyone can show me one example In the history of the world Of a sing...
October 24, 2020 at 08:34
Is the answer supposed to be something easy to understand, perhaps a list of a few factors or a single factor? What if this is an answer that continue...
October 23, 2020 at 13:16
Wouldn't the answer depend a bit upon which thoughts one has in mind and when one asks the question?
October 23, 2020 at 12:34
This was easier (and perhaps 'nicer') to portray it in this manner than attempting to post a can of farts to represent a series of unrelated premises ...
October 23, 2020 at 12:28
FYI... MSC has been banned, so don't expect a reply anytime soon.
October 23, 2020 at 12:07
I cannot begin to say how much I love this band and wish they still made music... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewQ14eyFPto
October 22, 2020 at 16:35
This basically explains all of my interactions in social networks... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJ6ZVSQJwM Tending my fruit, tending my fruit Ah...
October 22, 2020 at 12:39
I totally understand. My wife looks at what I'm doing here in PF and her reactions are usually as follows. "Why are you bothering replying to this obv...
October 22, 2020 at 12:34
I find this to be a bit odd. If I want to be lonely all I need to do is attend an event that my sister hosts or attends. These are usually events with...
October 22, 2020 at 10:10
Have you watched 'The 39 Steps' or 'The Trouble with Harry' or 'Notorious'? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBcNfAcU-Lc https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
October 22, 2020 at 08:44
If so, then these current movie gods resemble the Greek, Roman and Norse gods.
October 22, 2020 at 08:39
At 2:38... probably one of the best laughs I've heard. SMOOTH... best with the company of la fée verte (in spite of it coming from the Austrian Alps),...
October 21, 2020 at 21:26
That's great! It seems familiar, but I can't remember the band or the track. Reminds me of a bit of Siouxsie Sioux with Soft Cell mixed in, so I guess...
October 20, 2020 at 22:00
Yes, but limiting it to an introduction to logic, focus on the first 9 rules of inference, an introduction to common fallacies and possibly branch int...
October 20, 2020 at 09:46
OH... and I have a copy of this one too, but I bought it in Paris in 1979. My first trip to Europe with the High School Art Club. /uploads/resized/fil...
October 20, 2020 at 09:14
... then 18 years later, for those who just like songs without lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2aVQBU3p1w
October 20, 2020 at 08:51
Something a bit more recent, but still from the land of beer, pommes frites and chocolate: If only for this few lines: "I seem to have a history At mi...
October 20, 2020 at 08:49
Indeed the LP. One of the few windows to the world where I grew up was a record store that had kind of a 'High Fidelity' vibe that was 40 kilometres a...
October 19, 2020 at 21:03
Believe it or not this 'North American redneck' has an American Import copy of 'Dure Limite'.
October 19, 2020 at 18:03
I just saw Kraftwerk last year. Excellent concert!
October 19, 2020 at 17:36
That's just super! I love this sort of thing, but I fear it really isn't exactly 'deep', but I don't mind. I'm nearly inspired to post something from ...
October 19, 2020 at 17:35
You just made my day! (and my wife will probably want to kill you) For me Belgium is a hot bed for music I love that I feel no one I know has ever hea...
October 19, 2020 at 17:23
I posted a Mashup with Led Zeppelin in the other music thread (to anger the purists probably), but I do have one more that I find to be brilliant... ....
October 19, 2020 at 17:19
Clearly one of the best things and clearly one of the worst things I've ever heard in my entire life... ... how to be brilliant and stupid that the sa...
October 19, 2020 at 17:14
My version had the same conviction, but the comic element of simply the wrong accent through and through... like this version: I apologize for this, b...
October 19, 2020 at 17:12
BRILLIANT!!! Oh, how I wish I was a polyglot, but I do have moxie. True Story: This doesn't belong in this section, but once in a Karaoke bar in Paris...
October 19, 2020 at 16:59
I'll check into this, as I have always been a bit intrigued by futurology. Be it Asimov, Huxley, McLuhan, Roddenberry, Orwell, Philip K Dick, Tesla, S...
October 19, 2020 at 08:44
It makes me wonder if the only change that has occurred in recent times is that the pretense of concern for the sick and elderly has been dropped? Ind...
October 18, 2020 at 10:12
I have really nothing to add, but it makes for a great punch line in and of itself, even if nothing goes over your head.
October 17, 2020 at 16:39
WOW! If I have to explain it... well... ... that might explain it. There are cases in which folks become so full of themselves that there really isn't...
October 17, 2020 at 16:01
The 'me' of metaphysics... no matter how much happens in the universe... it's all about 'me'. It should be called 'ME'physics. OH... the humility! ;)
October 17, 2020 at 14:19
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October 17, 2020 at 13:57
A long time back I had a short bout with this sort of torture. It's difficult to believe but up until 33 years ago I was on my way to become a Christi...
October 17, 2020 at 13:49
XTC began more in New Wave and a bit of 70's post-punk bridging into psychedelic pop and art rock ended with a symphony orchestra. This band has proba...
October 17, 2020 at 13:07
I believe that Europe as well as the rest of the world needs to place a travel ban for the 'Typhoid Mary of Stupidity' immediately.
October 17, 2020 at 12:30
I thought about putting this in the 'deep' section, but maybe it's only me... I just love how Danny Elfman can bash both sides at the same time. https...
October 17, 2020 at 12:26
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October 17, 2020 at 12:08
From the band who gave me my user name... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dtQIzZ4Ko The last balloon is leaving The last balloon from fear The last ...
October 17, 2020 at 12:01
Music I played to death as a youth... that pissed off my sister and she'd leave me alone. At the time that made it work for me twice as well as hoped....
October 17, 2020 at 11:56
Good to hear, as it's usually just me. OK... I can work with that in this context. What if one has reached a point that a paid job is unnecessary, as ...
October 17, 2020 at 11:41
Funny thing here is that we totally agree, yet differ in many aspects. Quite curious... I'm curious as to what you see the cause(s) for this shift mig...
October 16, 2020 at 09:57
This is very interesting. Question that immediate hit me are: - How do we define productivity? - At what point can we consider a youth to be productiv...
October 16, 2020 at 09:42
To apply logic doesn't one need premises? Aren't premises the content from which one works with (like the raw materials to build something) by applyin...
October 15, 2020 at 17:46