Phi for All

I think anyone who would make a blanket hate-statement about something as broad as "religions" is automatically wrong. While I can understand someone having a bone to pick with a certain religion, condemning "religions" is fallacious in the extreme. We will need a psychological "hook" to allow this thread to remain open. Practical experience has led us to disallow threads that simply bash religion.

Saint Nick on the scene, ho-ho-hobo in red drag. Psycho-babble-fest!

Hey, watch the Flaming, ATOMIKPSYCHO! Your gayness does not go unnoticed!

If elas would like to apologize for his sad attempt to use my profession to belittle me, I will apologize for wanting to offer him a prize, otherwise my personal advice to elas is, when your IQ reaches 6, sell.

Science Forums' date=' The Original > Physics > Classical Physics>Particle structure[/quote']I see no openness to correction there. I see elas trying to push shoddy goods on customers who aren't buying. Take the above reply, are you referring to my submissions to this forum or to the forum on my work?Please try to follow along here. I was referring to the thread you pointed out (if you copy the URL of the thread, then insert a hyperlink, you can paste in the url and even type in the name of the thread so it appears like this: Particle Structure). In that thread, you state several times that you are open to correction but then proceed to argue with several experts in the field who try to offer those corrections. My personal favorite line, versions of which we get from so many people attempting to offer alternatives to concepts they find non-intuitive, was this one: You are eligible for some kind of prize for *that* sentence {unfortunately the wizard already gave the brain to the scarecrow). Now I'm very impressed that you have managed to cobble this concept together (I certainly wouldn't have been capable), given that you seem unable to learn the forum quote system, but that doesn't change the fact that you are not listening to the advice that's being given to you. You are essentially stating your concept and then plugging your ears when the criticism threatens to topple it. I've been told that this is not the only forum where you do this. I will try to get hold of the folks over at PhysicsForum today to see what they have to say about your track record there, but I have to tell you, people who aren't interested in learning from their mistakes are inconsistent with our purposes.

Like pimples? Welcome.

I like it, I like it a lot. I've felt this way ever since visiting a cousin in Germany who works for a maglev train company. I saw a video of what these trains are capable of and I think all trains should be converted ASAP. Energy efficient, no contact with car traffic, retrofits alongside highways with 15' of right of way, smooth, fast, no air pollution and the only noise it makes is the wooooooosh as it goes by. Bright green indeed.

I see no openness to correction there. I see elas trying to push shoddy goods on customers who aren't buying (to use a lowly salesman's terminology). But now I know that SM stands for Snakeoil Medicine.

As a sales professional, I understand when someone is being sarcastic. You clearly don't understand the meaning of the word. There was no sarcasm in my remark. When have you demonstrated this openness to correction? Certainly not in this thread. It must be on one of the other (non-SM) forums where you express your views on the conservation laws.

Being elusive and vague is inconsistent with our purpose. If you are asking if science is closer to discovering an actual fourth spatial dimension, please say so.

There is SO much to be thankful for today.

What idea? Who are you again?

God, that's an incredible idea for an area rug, insane_alien! I'm going to start sewing all my old socks together (after washing them) and sell it on E-bay! What a hoot! It's the perfect thing for every teenager to torture their moms with!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm thankful my computer works well and lets me reach out to people around the world. I'm very thankful I don't have to feed you all today (but please stop by for some pie).

Actually, the guys who did the "martial arts" in the helmeted suits and the guys who did the cheesy dialogue were completely different people. They weren't even in the same country, so the tree will have to choose between having a famous face (but being laughed at for his dialogue) or sweating in a plastic costume (but looking good). Mom and Dad haven't told you about Nick Enterprises yet, have they? When they do, don't celebrate by taking them to the opera.

Yeah, he could be devoutly practicing P.T. Barnumism.

TA-DA!!! The solution to the sock problem? Spray-on socks in a variety of colors. And not just paint, actual spray-on material that protects from chafing, keeps feet cozy and just peels off and evaporates when you're done with them. Joggers, crew, knee-length, whatever size you need. Just spray, delay, and walk away.

Depends on whether your country is friendly with mine or not.

I have a niece who is going to a specialty school on the US east coast for just that purpose. She always wanted to do Hollywood makeup, the really intense kind like werewolves and aliens. When she graduates this year she's practically guaranteed work since the contacts she's making aren't likely to ever get found out by someone without her training. I always wanted to act, and did quite a bit through high school and college, and had an agent after college who got me several sweet parts. The problem with acting in Denver was that you were either non-union and got terrible pay or you were union and only worked sporadically. I knew eventually I would have to go to LA or NYC if I wanted to make a living. I decided to go Hollywood, since I had relatives in LA. I knew I'd need to save a bunch of money to afford the higher cost of living out there so I took a full-time job here to start saving. That's when Life happened. I made some great money doing commissioned sales and pretty soon the thought of moving to LA to start at the bottom of the ladder again while working part-time so I could audition and living hand-to-mouth lost out to my success here at home. I wouldn't trade my life now for what I might have had, but every once in a while I wonder if I couldn't have made it in show biz. One guy I used to work with on a local cable access show went on to make a pretty good living, had a contract with NBC and did shows like Friends, Will & Grace & Fraser. He also does a lot of national commercials, and you'd probably recognize his face, if not his name. Then again, he was *way* better than I ever was.

I think, even with something as seemingly random as the weather, that if you were to know *every* factor that went into a certain pattern and recreated them *exactly* you would get the exact same pattern. That's not random. Just because we can't know or recreate all the factors in evolution or the weather doesn't mean they are random phenomena.

Always have, AFAIK. Unfortunately, anyone who asks questions about post count gets theirs set to 0.

I suspect das has earwax on his fingertips. I can almost hear him singing.... Thread moved and closed.

I'm pretty sure incest with a child, consenting or not, is still illegal under pedophilia laws. If a wife reported to the police that her husband was molesting their underage child (even with the child's consent) he would most likely be arrested for pedophilia, not incest. I brought up pedophilia mainly to show that relaxing incest laws could lead to an increase in pedophilia (a Slippery Slope argument, I know, but in law the SS arguments are often valid). I don't want us to stray off-topic though, so let's try to focus on the OP's question on incest.

Notice all the extra spaces I put between my reply to you and my thoughts on ku's OP? A quick person would know I was trying to separate them so they wouldn't be confused. I wasn't lumping pedophilia with incest, I was merely saying that, if both incestuous parties are consenting, why would anyone ever be arrested for it? I don't think it's strange that you've never heard of an arrest for incest with a consenting party. If both people agree they're not going to report it to the police.

Why is that strange? If the parties are consenting it would be strange if the police ever heard about it. My argument is the same as all the other threads ku has started about incest (a definite obsession there). Consent doesn't mean a child is ready for sex. A child who is not emotionally ready may consent to a parent without understanding all the ramifications. Incest should not be legalized because it also throws open the doors to all pedophiles (another ku obsession). I don't know why I bother with these threads. ku rarely comes back to defend his arguments.