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Yeah, it's often the case that sequels get worse the more there are. I really liked "The First Man." "The Second Man" was ok. They should have quit wh...

I appreciate the effort. I don't envy you the balancing act you have to perform.

Here are links to a couple of my favorite of Streetlight's threads. As you can tell from the list I provided, his interests were eclectic. I especiall...

@"Hanover" Thought you might be interested:

I guess you must have recommended it in one of the other branches of the multiverse.

Thanks Javi.

An odd question and an odd post. I am drawn to competence, subtlety, intelligence. There are a few people on the forum who have meant a lot to me. At ...

I was looking for an old post and went looking through @"StreetlightX"'s list of discussions. Here are some of them: Carlo Rovelli against Mathematica...

Just finished "What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology," by Addy Pross. I think @"Wayfarer" recommended it to me, but I can't find the post. I li...

An interesting article. Looks like the downed balloon in Canada had nothing to do with China. https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-do...

Good post. TIL about the roots of World War I. "TIL" is what all us hip youngsters say instead of "today I learned." One thing that I keep thinking ab...

Are you saying that any time someone is threatened, extorted, or coerced they should give in to avoid harm? Are you saying that the harm the Ukrainian...

Sometimes I think I'm funnier than I actually am. Don't tell @"Hanover" I said that. And sometimes I step over a line that means something to me even ...

I think our different ways of seeing things are probably a matter of temperament, i.e. a way of thinking we're born with rather than the result of lea...

That could explain a lot. Perhaps the Chinese were just wishing us a Happy Valentines Day.

It's my understanding that the balloon included antennas for electronic surveillance. Perhaps that's not something that can be done from space. Which ...

Thanks. Interesting article. I am generally suspicious of articles about poets, poetry, and poems. Writers like to pick them apart and turn them into ...

Even if he would have been a dick for taking it personally, I shouldn't have said it.

You started this discussion but haven't participated after the first post. That's considered impolite.

An even-handed and generally reasonable post. I agree with a lot, but not all, of it.

I can understand why someone wouldn't care. I wouldn't care myself except for all the people who hate religion and care very deeply. I don't include y...

It's always satisfying when poetry does philosophy well.

Even if you didn't take it personally, it doesn't mean I wasn't a dick for saying it.

You and I see things differently.

It is not true that particles have been superseded.

Someone, something, somewhere deserves thanks for this wonderful world.

I'm convinced.

If I intended to bite a bullet, which I don't, it wouldn't be for either of the choices you've offered. Convince me it is worth convincing you.

Thank you. I appreciate the help.

Yeah, I struggled with the right way to say it. Conscious but impersonal? Not even that really. It's that reality can't be separated from human involv...

Do you mean 300,000 feet or indefinitely. I think just about everyone would disagree with that. I guess it's obvious from what I've said earlier, but ...

I guess I misinterpreted you. I thought you were saying that the US's loss of hegemony would be a bad thing. That assumption on my part was what I was...

Thanks for the response. It's not a big deal, but I thought if there was a simple fix I could do it. Apparently the picture shows up for at least some...

I do enjoy your amusing, ironic fantasies about your own past or present coolness, but, as moderator, do you have anything more substantive to offer? ...

I don't agree with this. The recognition that it is worthwhile to see the universe, reality, as something living is an important one. It changes how y...

Well there you go. "Objective reality." It's just a word. Well.. two words. I don't want to distract your thread from where you're aiming it, so I won...

I think we're already in that period. I'm very worried about where the war in Ukraine will lead. On the other hand, I think the idea that Russia and C...

I disagree with your position. Saying "Substance is just a word" is as much deepity as your examples except, perhaps, with a bit more subtlety. Maybe ...

Thank you.

Sometimes an opportunity to use a favorite word, phrase, or quote is the best thing about a discussion.

Of course, but it is my understanding, based on 15 minutes on the web, that most do not consider the Bible infallible or inerrant. If you want to go a...

I sometimes upload picture files into my posts. Then, I often reuse those pictures by linking to their location in my Uploads section. That generally ...

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I made a couple of simple statements back at the beginning of this thread in response to the OP and a post from @"Wayfarer". Since then, I've just bee...

I hate it when I'm the calm, understated poster in a thread. It means something is out of whack. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.

Again, all I said was: Note - I added "often" to soften the claim a bit.

Yes. I read about that today. It's one of those exascale parallel superblenders.

Yes, well 180P, you're such a good boy.

I wasn't talking about intentional mischaracterization. I think many atheists don't think twice when they say things like that. But that's not what we...

All I ever said was 1) Atheists put theist ideas in boxes, by which I meant they mischaracterize their beliefs based on their own biases. 2) Claiming ...