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  1. I always thought people were aware of the ice baths and endless meetings where the Great Leader would explain in detail why it was in their best interest if they all had sex with him and gave them all of their money. I just assumed they were too dumb to realize they were being manipulated.
  2. GOOGLE the techniques employed to brainwash people. IF those techniques were ever used on you THEN you were brainwashed ELSE you were not
  3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-of-human-height/?redirect=1
  4. Unfortunately from our perspective, we have no idea what other information exists. It is certainly possible that one subset of the military was testing something and using another subset of the military (the group out on exercises) to determine what response might be expected. Information is not uniformly shared within the military and the people on the video may have been part of a larger exercise they were not aware of. The military and government usually have an objective, and using information and misinformation to achieve that objective is common practice. Just as we could remain completely unnoticed by the Sentinelese. But for various reasons we choose the level of stealth that we do.
  5. I think you are right about that. Most people either dismiss out of hand or believe everything they hear. You are one of the few people I know who want to take the subject seriously. You neither fall prey to hype nor take it as a subject not worthy of discussion. From my own perspective I think it is unlikely UFOs are alien (although what do I know?), but seriously investigating observed phenomena is always a good idea.
  6. Perhaps they, like us, are interested but trying to do no harm. I imagine the Sentinelese are curious about these unidentified flying objects that occasionally buzz their island. https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/sentinelese
  7. “If swimmers swim and runners run and skiers ski, it follows that golfers golf.” - Lisa Osterheld
  8. You are dancing around the point I am making.
  9. But it didn't used to. So which vote is final? Wasn't there a vote to join the EU? If no "do overs" should be allowed, then why did they get to vote to leave?
  10. What exactly is a "modern" law? The most recent one?
  11. QM is mostly a mystery to me, but my understanding is that QM allows only discrete, and non-zero, 'sizes'. Hence for example an electron cannot appear halfway between two orbitals. Relativity on the other hand does not have this limitation and thus the unlikely possibility of a singularity. At the size of a singularity, Relativity is in conflict with QM. Hence the need for a Theory of Quantum Gravity in order to understand black holes. Hope someone corrects any misunderstanding I might have expressed here.
  12. All you did was substitute "PrimalMinister did it" for "God did it". If those are my only two options I'll choose God (and I'm an atheist). MigL's explanation is as likely as yours. And I really doubt you've looked at 'modern physics' in any meaningful way.
  13. So ultimately you believe we are in a virtual reality machine? And if you are right, it is possible to find evidence of this machine? Did I understand you correctly?
  14. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Yes, you've shown that to be the case.
  15. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Faith is belief without evidence. Are you sure you have "faith" in our scientific methodology, or is it possibly "trust/confidence" based on actually seeing its success?
  16. I've thoroughly enjoyed the dialogue associated with court intrigue, politics, etc. Using magic to solve problems feels like cheating to me, as it is much easier than solving problems in real life. I've also never been a fan of dragons and dead people walking around. Season 8 feels like they realized they couldn't possibly wrap up all the open threads and so just decided to kill everyone off in the easiest manner possibly and call it a day.
  17. zapatos

    What is faith?

    I asked for evidence of your assertion that faith does not inspire suicide bombers. The idea that "not all hate is the result of faith" is so obvious as to not be worthy of discussion. Your dishonest approach to this discussion makes it a waste of my time.
  18. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Yes, I am suggesting that an anecdote is not what is considered evidence in any meaningful way. My father smoked for 50 years and never developed lung cancer. Do you also believe that anecdote about him is evidence that smoking does not cause lung cancer?
  19. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Nice anecdote. Thank you.
  20. zapatos

    What is faith?

    While I appreciate the humor I was hoping for something a little more worthy of a science site.
  21. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Perhaps it would help me if you could provide some evidence that it...
  22. https://www.businessinsider.com/black-hole-how-big-largest-universe-2019-5?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral
  23. zapatos

    What is faith?

    Sure you did. Moon: "Possibly, but faith also inspires suicide bombers..." dim: "Faith doesn't do that..."
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