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Phi for All

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  • Birthday May 13

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    CO, USA
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    U of CO/Communications
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  1. Ironic, considering "them" was originally used properly in context until you broadened the definition to include the us/them divide, then denounced it as divisive. It's insidious how you weaponized a pronoun.
  2. I feel your pain. Perhaps you should stop dating tennis players, Moon. Love means nothing to them.
  3. That reminds me, are you interested in joining my professional hide-and-seek team. Turns out, good players are hard to find.
  4. That sounds like my wife. The other day she told me she doesn't understand cloning. I said, "That makes two of us!"
  5. I got a chilly reception for my idea for designer underwear for scientists: Kelvin Klein.
  6. It's obviously not you. Scientists have methodologies to double check their information so they aren't so misinformed. Unfortunately, you've chosen to denigrate something you have no clue about. That's a waste of a good mind. Can you discuss some of these ideas, or are you just here to preach?
  7. ! Moderator Note This is NOT a blog. It's a science DISCUSSION forum. You need to amend your style if you want to stay here. Less preaching, less soapboxing, less lecturing. Try sitting at the table having a conversation aimed at persuading us rather than jumping up on the table and trying to shout us into submission. Also, please focus on a particular topic rather than trying to include "a little lesson on everything". It will make replies easier and help keep the thread moving along.
  8. ! Moderator Note We need more focus on the science, and less on disrespect.
  9. ! Moderator Note Lose the personal attacks, please.
  10. Please learn what logic is, and not from Mr Spock. Formal logic is an a priori study for maths and philosophy, not an empirical study for science. The word you're looking for is "reason".
  11. Do you think a decent fraction of that knowledge could be presented orally? Do you think some textbooks aren't dry and the readers have context, or do you insist on using such a broad brush? Basically I disagree. I think understanding scales more easily the more knowledge you have to work with. The amount of print directly affects the probability that understanding can happen. Do you honestly think reducing the printed word will increase understanding? Will understanding go to 100% if print goes to 0%? Perhaps you can convince me that I should wait until I meet you face-to-face to gain any knowledge or understanding from you.
  12. And now you've made several words meaningless. Conscious, breathing, alive. If stones breathe, now words like lungs, aspiration, and inspiration are worthless, as are reproduction, growth, and adaptation. This is a classic specious argument. It sounds wonderful until you realize just how impractical and misleading it would be.
  13. But oral traditions didn't guarantee understanding. We've seen that rote memorization isn't the best strategy if you want folks to "get it". But it requires knowledge in the first place, and may not happen even if knowledge is bestowed. There is no understanding without the knowledge underpinning it.
  14. ! Moderator Note Best of luck with that. We're a science discussion forum, and won't be participating in your project. Don't post any more links to it, it's against our rules.
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