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"Since the dawn of rational thought, the advancement of science has been retarded by the minions of mysticism, and profound revelations have often been opposed or suppressed by the greater part of the dominant religion, because dogmatic faith is not based on reason and zealots will not be reasoned with." AronRa

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

The politics section here has become a ridiculous waste of bandwidth. Logic and accuracy don't seem to matter among the most active

"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error." ~John Stuart Mill, On Liber...

Where's Bascule been? Did he finally just get sick of it here?

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity, but be sure not to completely rule out stupidity, either.

I must be habituated to it. I hardly noticed.

Thanks for your vote. We haven't seen you around much lately. There must be a boy involved.

Interesting idea. Truly, I'm not that interesting. I am good at responding to stuff, and answering questions. If I had one, it would be boring, of that I'm relatively certain. I'll consider it though. Thanks for the incentive.

Thanks for your nomination as the most knowledgable member. While I, for one, know that is patently false when compared to the posts of so many other members, it's nice to know that my contributions here are appreciated on some level. Cheers mate!

(btw... Eagle Nebula is one of my favorites, too)

Happy Winter Solstice!

I played some disc golf years ago when I was in college. Do you have a whole set? Different drivers, chippers, and putters, or are you like me who had only one disc and still was the Bagger Vance of the course?

You mentioned single malt jokingly in a recent post. Any fan of single malt is a friend of mine. Cheers, friend.

Yes, it's pretty damned impressive that you can grow coral in a shot glass. That most certainly makes you an expert in my book.

It's good to see you, mate. I missed responding to your posts. The members here are much more science savvy and focussed. Just avoid the religious talk, as that's not welcome, but would be okay in the context of a study or an article on the topic. Anyway, thanks for the friendship request. Like I said, it's good to see you. Cheers.

I've learned a lot from your posts, and I'm glad you participate here at SFN. The community is better for it. Keep it up.

Glad you liked it. I'd forgotten I wrote that.

Thanks for the note. Your words were very kind. I have my flaws, and certainly have holes in some of my positions, but I think my strength is in the fact that I'm constantly trying to fill those holes, and am quite willing to abandon the position/change my mind if I cannot. Cheers.

I meant it.

TAR - You are a very kind soul, and I appreciate your words, but I want to make clear that the closure of the "How Religion Hijacks Neocortical Mechanisms and Why so Many Believe in a Deity" thread was unrelated to you. Your contributions always challenged me to think in new ways, and (while it may not have been clear) I appreciated that tremendously. Again though, the thread closure was a result of my own impatience and frustration with the staff, and not a result of anything you contributed. Please know that, it was my fault, not yours. Take care, friend.

I appreciate that you like me so much you'd copy my account and pretend to be me, but you'd really be even MORE impressive if you'd create your own.

I use an insulin pump with short acting insulin. That's about all.

Thanks. Happy Leap Day.

Thanks for your nomiation as best debater. I personally don't think I'm very good at debate, I just have the good fortune to frequently be arguing the side which is correct more often than not. Cheers dude.

Thanks for your nomiation as most helpful member. In all honesty, I think I'm too much of an a$$hole to really be seen that way. Either way, congratulations also to you for your well deserved recognition in multiple categories. Imagine what we can accomplish together... bwa hahahaha