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I'd pay to see Steerzo piss on Mein Kampf. Does that sort of thing fall within Kickstarter guidelines? Perhaps a better option, and which involves destruction of fewer books, however odious, is for people to piss on the Racist Pig Steersman (Piss Be Upon Him). Perhaps that should be the established...

I never realised NASA wrote a 400 page report explaining how and why Columbia's crew died when their shuttle came apart at 145k feet. The tl/dr is: depressurisation with helmet visors up, getting smacked about in the tumble, being ejected into space and then hitting the ground. So now you know. htt...

At Princeton University, we were sent out a long message titled "Response to the Tragedy Suffered by the LGBQTIA Community". I am not sure what IA means, but the very first suggested response , hold on, don't get excited, is: Break Bread with Princeton's Muslim Community All are invited to join the ...

Einstein's general relativity is also much ontologically simpler than other rival theories, such as, for example, bimetric gravity theories. Why? Bimetric gravity theories postulate a second metric tensor at each point in space-time in addition to the Riemannian metric tensor of general relativity....

Kirbmarc wrote: Einstein's general relativity is also much ontologically simpler than other rival theories, such as, for example, bimetric gravity theories.

Why?

When one understands the genius of people like Newton, Maxwell, or Einstein, and reads their truly magnificent works, one develops a sense of humility, realizing the incomparable intellectual distance separating most of humanity from them. The important thing is to never cross the line from intelle...

Completely OT, but recently I was re-reminded of the great genius of Isaac Newton. I teach my teenage niece physics and math, trying approaches which she is unlikely to encounter in school, perhaps even in college. For example, to understand the foundations of calculus, we looked at hyperreal number...

It is "scientists" who told Americans to eat a low fat diet. It is scientists who, in the 1970s, told us there would be in an ice age soon. It was scientists who said we would all starve by 1980. Scientists are often (not always) funding whores. Perhaps you are looking for an infallible way to corr...

@Shatterface Think you've missed the field Korban and Welch were specifying, as Robert Evans isn't an astrophysicist. So Korban wants to specify a tiny subset of a tiny subset of physics to dismiss the entire field of amateur science? In case you missed the context, Welch specifically mentioned "as...

To add a minor point: this argument about the word "scientist" essentially is another manifestation of the post-modern devaluation of expertise. Now, everyone can call themselves a scientist. Why not a brain surgeon or heart specialist or anything else? I suggest we all call ourselves whatever we l...

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But if you want to know why so many americans see science and scientists in such a poor light, the elitism isn't helping.

Can I ask you if you consider an Olympic runner "elite"? And, also, just so we know your stance, do you consider being elite or elitism a bad thing?

To add a minor point: this argument about the word "scientist" essentially is another manifestation of the post-modern devaluation of expertise. Now, everyone can call themselves a scientist. Why not a brain surgeon or heart specialist or anything else? I suggest we all call ourselves whatever we li...

It's probably a good thing that Astrophysics is so young. Because there's a lot of shit been discovered by "non-scientists" and luckily, the field is too young to ignore them due to shit like degree and lack of papers published. Can you point out some examples? Who are these non scientists who have...

I was thinking of going Evangelical, I'd rather they stop believing in evolution as opposed to thinking they're pieces of shit. I went to 12 years of Christian schools. First, an Anglican and then a Jesuit school. Every single day I recited the Lord's Prayer, listened to Bible verses, sermons from ...

\ Anyway, I'm going with something short and sweet, like 'Hi there, great to hear from you, how's things? Would love to have a chat soon!', I've decided ignoring the SJW crap is the only way forward. I remain extremely pissed at her approach though, so I may yet go with Tigzy's cos-play suggestion....

Terribly sad to hear about John. I did not know him well, but still it feels sad a great guy has passed away, suffering due to things not in his hands. Sad that we as humans drive other humans to despair and death over mere and unimportant things like money. RIP.

While the Great Toilet Debate rages on, I have decided to put every single person on the pit on ignore. I can't stand it any more. Some kind hearted person please PM me when this dies down.

Someone asked about good starting points for news. Drudge Report is probably the best starting point, specially if you are looking for news not contaminated by liberal madness. Here is the link: http://www.drudgereport.com . If one is used to Huffington Post, ones head may explode, but that is proba...

Fixing the link for you H. Korban. H. Korban, I read through the document that would seem applicable, but I don't see anything untoward about it. I know I will be accused of "bio-essentialist mishaps". But: its hard, for those not steeped in this, to understand the manner in which messages are pass...

I really doubt if a white Western convert really can understand the origins of Baha'ism in any meaningful manner, without spending significant amount of time trying to understand 19th century Iran and millennial Shi'a movements. But presumably a non-white Western convert can indeed understand the o...

Incidentally, if anyone wants to see the anal control which Baha'i leadership has on their followers Internet activities, one may consult: http://bahai-library.com/author/Bahá'%C3%AD+internet+agency In particular, one may read on their advice on how to deal with opposition. No more proof is needed t...

I won't answer questions about Baha'i beliefs and practices in general, or even about my own beliefs and practices, except in the context of what I want to discuss in my thread in the Bottomless pit, but I will try to answer some questions that keep coming up about my motives, intentions, attitudes...

I am not sure why people use the word "Islamist" instead of "Islamic". I get your point that under the Quran there is not separation between the political and the personal. However, not everyone takes everything written in their holy book to heart. (Which, Ill grant you does cause me to wonder why ...

So what are your cult's views on divorce, homosexuality and sex before marriage? I don't want to take time to try to answer questions about the Baha'i Faith, apart from the community building I'll be discussing in The Bottomless Pit. If you'd like to see some of the views that are being promoted by...

I am not sure why people use the word "Islamist" instead of "Islamic". There is no such thing, and this obsession with minute change in language shows an interesting psychological trait, even here, in that it indicates a singular lack of will to actually understand the problem. Let me put it this wa...

I must admit, that its very difficult for most Westerners to understand the cultural milieu of say Iran or India/Pakistan. It almost as if a particular organ of cognition is missing , and often the effort to explain what one finds extraordinary in these cultures is like trying to describe subtle co...

I feel somewhat sympathetic to the position of jimhabegger. He is correct that most of us need myth and metaphors to live a full life. Of course, I exclude racist, robotic cunts like Steersman (Piss Be Upon Him and His Rusted Diodes). I have always been fascinated by messianic Islamic movements, spe...

About the LHC results. Its hard to say what to make of it. The original idea was that LHC had detected a new particle, about 750x times heavier than the proton. However, the Guardian article is a bit hyped up, as most of these popular articles are. It seems everything is just about to change everyth...

If a group is made up of people who don't listen to reason and have an authoritarian plan to reshape society according to their ideas (which they assume to be based on unquestionable truths) and if they're willing to use every mean to achieve their goal, reasonable discussion ceases to be the best ...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:"Ania Bula"

Isn't this triggering for people suffering from bulimia?

In Hindi the word "Bula", pronounced as "bull-aa" is a gutter slang for an erect penis. Very triggering for those suffering from ED. Or those suffering from penis envy.

Fortunately I have walked in those shoes, and continue to, having also been handed the same auto-immune diseases plus another for good measure, Psoriasis + psoriatic arthritis + Crohns. And she can fuck off with her 'I'm disabled, donate to my patreon', I know many people with Crohns, who all someh...

Fuck The Orbit - boring! Peez has injected a shit ton of abject moonbattery into FTB, making it the clear winner in the yuk-yuk stakes. Frankly, who needs Nerd of Redhead when we have, for example, Siggy, who writes in 'A Trivial Knot': Ace – Here’s a brief primer! An asexual is someone who experie...

https://www.seedandspark.com/studio/ordinary-women#wishlist Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History is Feminist Frequency's new video series about challenging stereotypes, smashing the status quo, and being defiant. I already knew five of the women. The only one I didn't was the Japanese bink. Oh an...

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I wonder if Muscato is visiting Seattle?

I lived in Canberra for a year. Commiserations. Grey and freezing in winter. Scorched and stinking hot in summer. Politician central. Most miserable week of my life was observing at Mt Stromlo. The visiting astronomer cottages aren't insulated, and I was so cold I wasn't able to sleep. Main reason ...

I am sure somebody already linked to some news article about the LIGO announcement already. Below is the paper which came out in Physical Review Letters, the top journal for physics (its open access): http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 For such a highly technical sub...

Sexual harassment and the profession of astronomy: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/gender-discrimination-astronomy/422817/ Yeah, the problematic group for sexual harassment and gender discrimination is astronomers. Muslims are only poor oppressed souls reacting against oppression...

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I'm pretty sure there are people on Earth who are way sadder than us. Is Watson erasing all those really sad people in third-world countries? I am pretty sure I am the most saddest person on the Earth. Hence, Beccy, the one of Pee-Zed's Wet Dreams is correct! As usual. [youtube]OdYGnAFaeHU[/youtube]

OMG! I missed this. Carrier also says: There is in fact no way to cut these articles, without removing evidence and arguments, and it is precisely such “missing evidence” and “missing arguments” that critics then pounce on to claim an article failed to make its point. Thus necessitating that no evi...

Dr. Richard Carrier wrote: You also don’t seem to grasp that Hadith is not scripture for most Muslims. It’s commentary and advice. Just like the Talmud. (In fact they are nearly identical in structure and function: the Hadith collects oral sayings from Mohammed, not the angel Gabriel as the Quran d...

Speaking of Rebecca Watson & Elyse's forays into Stand-up Comedy, there's only one way for women to ever excel in any field: a hashtag, a public shaming campaign, loose accusations of discrimination, special benefits, quotas. http://i.imgur.com/bQmxYGj.png So Mykeru's law again, then...having made ...

On Crying and Strength and the Will to Succeed. Recently, I discovered a letter which my mother had written to her sister in 1985. I was only a little boy at that time, and we were still in India, living in relative poverty. My mom's sister, had married someone in the US, and had moved out of India ...

Tigzy wrote:Interesting stuff - someone involved in game development joins a local dev group and inadvertently ends up in a SocJus cult. Much head-scratching WTFery ensues: http://jaredburrell.com/oops-i-joined-a-cult/

The difference between "Cult" and "Cunt" is just one letter.

Random question for Pitlers: are there some nice horror books or movies you can recommend? I have read most "standard" horror fiction, and now am looking for some off-beat horror. As for movies, I am sad to say that I have seen most "good" horror flicks and even worked my way through "B" grade movie...

People keep telling me how many Muslims there are in the world. So many in fact that they should not be considered a minority. I need to get a copy of the koran. I have been burnt out because I spent years reading most of the christian books (including the book of mormon). I am well versed in chris...

People keep telling me how many Muslims there are in the world. So many in fact that they should not be considered a minority. I need to get a copy of the koran. I have been burnt out because I spent years reading most of the christian books (including the book of mormon). I am well versed in chris...

My 15 year-old niece (pretty much an anti-SJW young woman if there ever was such a creature), sent me the following link to an old (2013) article about a black student's struggles at Berkley: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-c1-cal-freshmen-20130816-dto-htmlstory.html It bears somewhat on the curr...

In regards to the student protests at Princeton. Apparently, some idiot has made a "non-specific bomb and firearm threat that made reference to a student protest on campus". This is exactly what the protestors want, and perhaps even orchestrated it. Sad it is coming to this on university campus. I m...

Wasn't there a cartoon strip here a while back showing someone looking like Danielle wanking in the Ladies change room. When someone complained they were accused of being a TERF. http://36.media.tumblr.com/ad43d6c2841272181e27829e0f0d9e4c/tumblr_nmre0mFjmM1u0r0dgo1_500.png The resemblance to Our Be...

Danielle (Dave) Muscato is now the official Pudgy, Balding Bearded Lady of the Atheist Carny Freak Show. Its amazing, what an extraordinary collection of freaks are now assembled under the Skepticon/FTB umbrella. Just unbelievable. It very likely that Muscato did this "transition" into god knows wha...

Paris. Fuck. Horrible, shocking thing. Islam is evil. Fuck all the Islam apologists. Fuck all the dhimmi SJWs. Islam needs to be reformed and secularized. I don't give a shit about "tradition". I don't give a shit about "culture". If your tradition inspires you to commit or support this evil acts, ...

It'll be interesting to see how the Lovecraft thing plays out since he's also adored by SJ leaning writers like China Meiville and liberal left figures like Alan Moore. Yeah, but they have brains enough to know that you can laud the work without necessarily having to laud the person behind it. This...

I would have thought the apposite musical quote would be 'Arrest these men they talk in maths'. I bet Billie and H.Korban have Hitler hairdos. Kicking screaming Gucci little piggies. Mathematicial rape threat: ALPHA Q B COS(U R 2 SEC©) What did the Pole tell the girl trying contour integration? Com...

If you replace the boring 1 and 0 with a and b you get: ((x*a + x*b) 1 + (x*a + x*b) 2 + ... (x*a + x*b) n ) / (2 * x * n) which goes to x((a + b) 1 + (a + b) 2 + ... (a + b) n ) / x(2 * n) which goes to n (a + b) / (2 * n) = (a + b) / 2 What justifies breaking the original series into a series of ...

At that point one could say that if now one picked say 1000 universes, about 300 of them would have a Biblical Jesus. One *can not* say that a particular universe picked at random has a probability of 0.3 for a Biblical Jesus to exist. Yes, you can, because anyone not being a jerk about it will kno...

At that point one could say that if now one picked say 1000 universes, about 300 of them would have a Biblical Jesus. One *can not* say that a particular universe picked at random has a probability of 0.3 for a Biblical Jesus to exist. Erm...why not? If it's true to say that 3 times out of 10 a giv...

Some more amusing Jesus-probability thoughts. One way to attach probability to existence of Jesus is to have a function which tells us if Jesus existed in a given universe: bool HAS_BIBLICAL_JESUS(const Universe& u); where, u is a reference to a universe object. (Note that we need to pass the Univer...

It doesn't sum to 1/2 in the conventional sense. That is, is does not pass any convergence tests (ratio test, root test, integral test, etc). It sums to 1/2 only in the sense you indicated, that the partial sums (adding up not infinite, but a finite number N of the terms) alternates between 1 and 0...

Re Math: I belong to the small subset of people who do math all day, every day. When I am not writing equations I am writing code. (I mostly write C++, Lua and Python. I hate C++, but well, it delivers the performance I need.) In any case, I find that to properly understand math (not just do blind c...

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