Everything posted by imatfaal
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Discussions on Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition. (Split requested by Phi for All)
Insane delusion is a part of the law of probate (IIRC) - if you make a will that is completely bat shit crazy it can be claimed you are suffering insane delusions. More seriously being delusional is a psychiatric condition in which clearly false (but not necessarily bizarre) beliefs are held to be true. This would often fall within the common usage of the word insane - and there is no real medical usage of the word insane. Delusional is clearly, in common usage, included in the wider term insane. To be honest I would not class the utter idiot on sky news as delusional - just unbelievably stupid, ill-informed and ready to say anything to get his few moments of air time. Dishonest - yes without doubt. But the speed of his volte face and apology would say to me that he was a mendacious bullshitter rather than a mentally ill believer. Although he did apologize to the people of the "beautiful city" of Birmingham - which is quite frankly mad.
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Political Humor
Two sides of a true conversation - the red is the journo and the black is their target. This is not a fiction - the name of the target will be revealed after the depths of his idiocy have been shown Look around us, I said, spreading my arms wide. There are thousands of intelligent and well-meaning people in this gigantic conference center: scientists, heads of state, government officials, policy experts. They believe that climate change is a serious and pressing threat and that something must be done soon. Do you believe that they have all been fooled? Yes, he said, grinning. That these people who have traveled from all points of the globe to be here are victims of a well-orchestrated hoax? Yes, he said, still smiling. That's some hoax, I countered. But who has engineered such a scam? Hollywood liberals and extreme environmentalists, [he] replied. Really? I asked. Why would they conspire to scare all these smart people into believing a catastrophe was under way, when all was well? [He] didn't skip a beat: To advance their radical environmental agenda. I pressed on: Who in Hollywood is doing this? The whole liberal crowd, [he] said. But who? Barbra Streisand, he responded. Press reveal for the scary bit...
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Dividing a sphere into twelve "identical" shapes.
Well pentagons would clearly work - imagine a bloated dodecahdron. And if you read through the thread you will see that Tar has shown another version - it has also been modelled by a few members
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Block at half its final speed
What's the relation between v and x in your equation? What shape would a graph be? Hint: by saying look for the shape of a graph and the relation I mean that you concentrate on the fundamentals - the initial velocity is zero the acceleration is constant so you can basically ignore them
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Banned/Suspended Users
Dekan has been banned for continuing to hijack threads, posting offensive comments, and keeping up a gentle stream of bigotry and abuse; multiple warnings were given and even two suspensions failed to convey the seriousness of the rule breaches.
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Banned/Suspended Users
==== 30Dec2014 I spoke too soon - more socks were obviously provided liquidspacetimes was banned as yet another sockpuppet of mpc755
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What are you listening to right now?
Cos I just finished watching The Interview (meh - OK but not worthy of the fuss. It ain't no Dr Strangelove)
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Banned/Suspended Users
from May 2011 from December 2011 from December 2012 from June 2013 and finally bringing it up to date s_luke52 and leia have been banned as sockpuppets of mpc755 (Did he get more socks for Christmas? Let's hope not)
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The Official JOKES SECTION :)
Lovely joke - but I think I will call hoax. Great job though. Oh well Although they do have some great ads
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Banned/Suspended Users
Syn5 has been suspended for a week for hijacking numerous threads after being asked and warned not to.
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ChinesePower has been banned and his bigoted racist screed hidden from view.
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Dividing a sphere into twelve "identical" shapes.
Go to bed Tar! I know it is fascinating but a man needs to sleep. Unless you are working nights in which case welcome to Greenwich Mean Time. Will try and figure what you are getting - but I am working today and gonna log of soon
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kramer has been suspended for three days for repeated hijacking
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What problems does philosophy solve
"We solved gravity by dismissing Newton." "We can solve philosophy by dismissing all the philosophers who have failed to solve it"
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Dividing a sphere into twelve "identical" shapes.
Tar - this thread is so long you are forgetting what was discussed six months ago regarding joining diagonals to make cube and octahedron http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/82363-dividing-a-sphere-into-twelve-identical-shapes/?view=findpost&p=799542
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Soft "Science" and Evidence of Your Own Eyes.
What do you mean by this? It isn't common usage. You have stated it on multiple occasions. Can I just check that you are asserting that the word did not exist - or merely that the word is not used in extant texts? Would a use in the Pyramid Texts count?
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Soft "Science" and Evidence of Your Own Eyes.
! Moderator Note Cladking - you have made bold assertions that have been countered, and you have been asked to back up your argument. Please do so. Being wrong is not against the rules - I am still here aren't I?
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Discussions on Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition. (Split requested by Phi for All)
! Moderator Note Can we ensure we keep this discussion fairly dispassionate and disinterested? It has the potential to descend into a morass of gross stereotyping and bigotry; any hint of an "us v them" slanging match will be frowned upon.
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Banned/Suspended Users
Jaya Jagannath has been suspended for insulting other members after an explicit warning.
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HoneyRazwell has been banned for an epic meltdown occasioning numerous rule breaches including but not limited to abusive behaviour, insulting language,http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/29763-bannedsuspended-users/page-17#entry813777 preaching, hijacking which is almost a full set. ===== Someguy1 has been banned for use of foul and abusive language within PMs when challenged about a rule breach.
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What are you reading?
Ooh - didn't know there was a new one. Time to take my Amazon account for some exercise.
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The Official JOKES SECTION :)
He got 5% of the vote!!! and I found my new favourite "quote" The thing about quotes on the internet is you cannot confirm their validity. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Evidence of Human Common Ancestry
! Moderator Note thinhkbseea Stop posting other people's videos without any regard to the discussion at hand. I have hidden your latest post here. You will be flagged as a spammer if this continues. Do not respond to this modnote and derail the thread. You can report this post if you feel it is unfair - but first I would recommend you reread the rules you agreed to upon sign up
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Banned/Suspended Users
ADVANCE has been suspended for 7 days for continued abusive behaviour, throwing tantrums, and various other rule breaches.
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Frank_Baker was banned as a sockpuppet of BlueSpike.