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In Topic: Morals
Yesterday, 11:53 AM
!Moderator Note
Another mod tip aimed at everybody (but nobody in particular). We have an etiquette on this forum. For your information, I have copy pasted two items from the etiquette which seem relevant here. Not for the topic, but certainly for the style of the discussion.
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Don't be Mean
If you don't agree with someone, don't attack them. Tell them politely why you think they're wrong, and give them evidence. Insulting people won't get you anywhere but suspended.
I Hate You
Not everyone will agree with you, no matter how supergreat you are. Understand this, plus the difficulties involved in altering someone's deep-felt views over a text-only forum, and accept it. Don't try to force them into other beliefs.
doG, I am not going to answer questions related to moderation. Please use the PM, or the report button if you wish to learn more about our moderation. If any mod tips in this post are related to your question, that is purely coincidental (but hopefully useful too). -
In Topic: What makes me a genius?
Yesterday, 11:28 AM
I cannot back up the following... this post I'm about to write is speculation.
I think that some physical disabilities (like extreme short sightedness) might socially isolate kids. So, while the other kids are playing football outside for a few hours every day, the other kid has all those hours, every day again, to himself. That's a lot of study time, in which you can develop all kinds of skills by merely playing. The result of that is almost never anything extreme. I would guess that a significant part of the people I work with were socially relatively isolated as a kid... they were bullied and typically sucked at sports at a young age. That type of kid is really overrepresented in scientific circles.
And that leads me to think that most of you might be on the wrong track. It's not a disability that makes the brain compensate and develop some new prowess. I think that the social isolation - however limited or extreme - gives the brain that one thing it needs to develop new skills: lots of time.
But I am no expert. I have only one example: me. And I am no genius. I'm an engineer.
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In Topic: Morals
Yesterday, 08:05 AM
!Moderator Note
doG, Athena, you both totally failed to change your position in this discussion. You both also still use a style that, to me as an outsider, sounds like you're trying to insult each other.
doG, you said you weren't here to fight... and then 1 post later, you use a style which I think is insulting, and which shows that you have no interest to investigate the points Athena is making.
Athena, the same goes for you. The second part of your last post has a strong undertone of insult.
I propose you both just stop this thread. I don't wish to close this. But if you two cannot behave, you might as well stop it altogether.
You're still completely stuck in your trenches. If your primary goal in this discussion is to win it, then I propose we close this thread. Are you here to win, or to discuss and learn? -
In Topic: Is the al Qaida Networlk doomed to failure?
24 May 2012 - 02:40 PM
Phi for All, on 24 May 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:Isn't it bizarre the way most attribute winning the Cold War to forcing the old USSR to overspend resources keeping up with the West, yet we don't see anything wrong in spending trillions to outwit small cells of uncoordinated zealots with homemade bombs, videotape technology and fractured leadership?
There are lots of people who think it's crazy. But unfortunately, there are lots who think it makes sense too.
We've moved our public opinion towards thinking that each and every death must be prevented at all costs. It's the idea of "safety first" gone over the top. In addition, the actual threat of terror has been greatly exaggerated. If the price of a human life is overestimated, and the chance of something going wrong is overestimated, then in a risk analysis, the current course of action makes sense.
Also, it's obviously a brilliant lobbying that weapons manufacturers are able to sell airplanes that cost a billion each... or that they've convinced so many governments that they need a jet fighter that can take off and land vertically. -
In Topic: Sleeping when its hot
24 May 2012 - 12:59 PM
mwaceu, on 24 May 2012 - 12:35 PM, said:The reason why I considered adapting my body is because I find, if I have a shower before bed and do not dry myself completely, I can sleep better. Im not sure if this is actual science, coincidence or imagination. If its science then I could alter conditions in my favour.
Oh, yes, that's science alright
The water will evaporate, and that costs energy (which you provide in the form of heat). So, when you evaporate water, you're cooling down. That water will function exactly like sweat does in cooling you down. Sweat also evaporates, and thereby cools you down. If you are not completely dry after a shower, you basically leave some "artificial" sweat (water) on you. And incidentally, it smells better than regular sweat too. Normal water and sweat will work equally well in cooling you down.
It's my opinion (this bit is not really science, or at least I am not so sure) that if you shower too cold, your body will heat itself up. Your heartbeat will go up, and you are not so calm anymore. So, if you go to sleep in that state, you generate so much heat that you will feel warm quite soon again, despite the cold shower.
mwaceu, on 24 May 2012 - 12:35 PM, said:The other thing that make wonder about conditioning my body, is that my partner always feels cold and I always feel warm. I assume that this is because over time from our younger years, she preferred the warmer environments and I preferred a cooler ones. If this is the case then surely this can be reversed. I don't have medical supervision but I am not talking about extreme changes, just subtle changes over time.
I'm no biology expert, but I believe I heard that men have a higher metabolism (we burn more fuel, create more heat) than women. But hopefully someone with more knowledge about that will reply here too.
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