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So, contrary to your original point, NOT “beyond time and space.” If this is the case, why did you argue when I suggested it only existed in one’s imagination? Now you’re agreeing with me.

And you’re suggesting that’s NOT imaginary? Will you please drop a pin there on google maps so I may better locate it? There’s nothing silly about those quotes. They’re very insightful comments about the human condition. They’re also unsupportive of and irrelevant to the assertions you’re making here. Agreed

Sorry, how warm is that in Fahrenheit though? /rimshot

Unroll a package or two of paper towels across the lawn and walk across them? See where the water soaked in most? Curious to hear your report.

The imaginary parts?

How so?

I'd say it a different way: Science is a process to systematically remove bias from what we believe. Religion is a tool that codifies that bias and ends the search.

Fair. I’m no expert on moisture meters, but I bet there’s a tool or process beyond divining rods to figure out which areas around the drain line are wettest relative to the surrounding vicinity. With that knowledge in hand, you could then focus your dig on a smaller section of yard. Otherwise, just redo the whole line and move on with your life.

Depends on the topic, intent, and channel. YouTube is an amazing resource for learning how to DIY stuff in the home or for fixing autos, for example. User critical thinking still required, but mention of “any topic” made me bristle

Grab a soil moisture probe and start poking around in a grid pattern. Record measurements taken within each cell of your grid and see where it’s wettest https://www.bestbuypick.com/elite/best-5-soil-moisture-meters-of-2024-2/ Do it every foot or 2 for more granular precise measures https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-soil-moisture-meter/

He is not a practicing scientist

QFT

It doesn’t always though, not by definition, and you’ve already been provided counter examples

There’s no “might” about it. Gemini summary below to the query “percent of US residents who avoid healthcare due to costs.” Supporting links available for each. One such link here: https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/ —— A significant number of Americans avoid or delay healthcare due to cost, including: Uninsured adults In 2023, 46% of uninsured adults skipped medical treatment due to cost. Uninsured adults are also less likely to have a primary care provider. Working-age adults In 2023, 38% of working-age adults delayed or skipped healthcare due to cost. Adults with employer coverage In 2023, 29% of adults with employer coverage delayed or skipped healthcare due to cost. Adults with marketplace or individual-market plans In 2023, 37% of adults with marketplace or individual-market plans delayed or skipped healthcare due to cost. Adults with Medicaid In 2023, 39% of adults with Medicaid delayed or skipped healthcare due to cost. Adults with Medicare In 2023, 42% of adults with Medicare delayed or skipped healthcare due to cost

We know things change. If there were no time, that would be impossible. Essentially all concepts are made up in our mind. Length and weight and density and brightness are similar examples. Some concepts are more useful than others, but just because we’ve created words to describe them doesn’t make them any less real. They’d still exist even if we did not.

What else does your crystal ball tell you? Do you also already have next week’s lottery numbers? Please start sharing those instead. They’re far more valuable.

Much like the obfuscation around cigarettes causing cancer or CO2 leading to climate change, the “socialism is always bad” narrative was a successful well executed marketing campaign by the insurance companies (who do literally nothing but leech money out of the pockets of patients) and for-profit hospitals (who prioritize shareholder value over patient outcomes). Healthcare costs remain the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US and too many people cannot afford the basic care or medicine they require to survive. Yes, Obamacare made it better, but it didn’t do enough and was the best he could achieve in the face of (literally) violent opposition.

I didn’t ignore it. I argued the same thing a decade before you even joined the site and before Obamacare (not what he wanted, but what he had to settle for) passed In my state, public funds are being siphoned away from public schools and given as vouchers for private schools and that RW ideology you mentions continues to ascend while our reading and test scores fall.

Oh, thank goodness. Only 27.1 Million people in one if the richest countries in all of history lack even basic access to healthcare. Phew. And here I thought there was a problem.

The issue is more around ERs being the sole and only option available to too many. By law, ER must treat, but the treatment provided will tend to be minimal to the point of ineffective and commonly for things which could’ve been far better addressed easily in earlier months for lower cost with better outcomes. The problem isn’t just the profit of insurance companies, but profits of the hospital conglomerates. The wealthy don’t have this problem, but more and more “middle class” do and those in poverty or homeless only see amplified versions of the same thing.

That’s fair

I posit neither. Seems more likely the exploration is in ways to further divide and sow distrust more generally.

Mike Johnson was just re-elected speaker.

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