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Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 01:25 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
I'm not convinced, but that was a short...

I'm not convinced, but that was a short presentation. Someone recommended me a book from his called something like From Bacteria to Bach -the History of the Mind-. I had started reading Darwin's...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 12:58 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Are you done with hand-waving yet?

Are you done with hand-waving yet?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 12:53 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Are you done with smoke screens and gaslighting...

Are you done with smoke screens and gaslighting yet?

What Darat was saying is that the only two believers in the Abrahamic goddevilthingy in this thread, Enre and yourself, have opposite positions...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 04:09 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Question Well, if that individual discussed the topic...

Well, if that individual discussed the topic bonafides it would be true, but exploiting that very same incoherence for the sake of forum brawling seems to be her/his goal.

But I certainly share...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 04:02 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
And, shuttlt, if you need any evidence of that, I...

And, shuttlt, if you need any evidence of that, I can offer this. Apparently what matters is "imagination"...:rolleyes:



ftfy.

Whether free will can exist or not in a deterministic universe...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 03:52 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
You're absolutely right in that. Emre linked...

You're absolutely right in that. Emre linked their long-winded op'ed named "destiny and free will" within the solitary forum post they're offering here for discussion.

But I mainly meant free will...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th August 2022, 03:36 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Don't be so hysterical and try to articulate your...

Don't be so hysterical and try to articulate your replies.

I know you think you are the centre of the universe and the godthingy exists just because there's a tradition with people believing it...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th August 2022, 02:17 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
The theist side of this discussion has chosen to...

The theist side of this discussion has chosen to call free will the ability to choose. Goddygod gave free will to Montoto and Montoto freely chose to be a child rapist.

That's not the way it...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th August 2022, 01:48 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
How convenient! As a matter of necessity you now...

How convenient! As a matter of necessity you now invented a godthingy that "creates" hollow people ready for them to program their own nature through a now convoluted process called "free will".
...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th August 2022, 09:40 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Hence, either the godthingy sends a child rapist...

Hence, either the godthingy sends a child rapist or says "go ahead and rape that child away, I'll punish you afterwards". If a decent person took that stance the rest of us would consider them a...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th August 2022, 08:31 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Oh, my darwiness! How to deal with such an...

Oh, my darwiness! How to deal with such an intelligent retort!?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th August 2022, 08:29 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
That, if you deal with the free will of all...

That, if you deal with the free will of all mankind but Noah's to remain alive as one single example.

Gee! I wonder which is the other example and how many books it encompasses.

Don't worry,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th August 2022, 08:13 AM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Artificial X'ian/Islamic Free Will only exists...

Artificial X'ian/Islamic Free Will only exists with the sole purpose of allowing their godcharacter to get away scot-free for every wrong in the world hard to fit in the category "he"-is-testing-you....
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 5th August 2022, 10:51 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
Adding to what bruto said, malevolence is the...

Adding to what bruto said, malevolence is the conclusion of judging the god character in the bible/quran as if it were a fellow man.

But you put there a non sequitur with backflips and fireworks...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 4th August 2022, 01:04 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
It's just another example of how the god virus...

It's just another example of how the god virus work, as explained by Darrel Ray in his book: You take a basic human need and make it something controlled or forbidden by religion. People will break...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 4th August 2022, 12:37 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,506
Posted By aleCcowaN
You don't understand Emre, you infidel! He...

You don't understand Emre, you infidel!

He posts here a link to another post of his nobody is paying attention to and whatever you ask or challenge him he'll post a link to some other random post...
Forum: USA Politics 29th July 2022, 06:51 AM
Replies: 260
Views: 9,275
Posted By aleCcowaN
The system of having: a) constituencies...

The system of having:

a) constituencies electing just one bloke or blokette
b) only a senator per state per election
c) an electoral college with the corrupt rule of who they win gets all the...
Forum: International Skeptics 28th July 2022, 11:27 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 14,840
Posted By aleCcowaN
It's the animémosnos y vayan approach ("let's...

It's the animémosnos y vayan approach ("let's gather courage for you to confront it").

Also the muchos caciques y pocos indios syndrome ("many chieftains and a few ordinary indians").

Where...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2022, 12:31 PM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Guess who's not paying attention...

Guess who's not paying attention...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2022, 11:53 AM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
He should have stuck to the classic ones, like...

He should have stuck to the classic ones, like the Sun rising from the west because of the swap of the magnetic poles.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2022, 11:44 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 4,985
Posted By aleCcowaN
Are you talking of Mohammed? I know several...

Are you talking of Mohammed? I know several Muhammads and none of them raped a 9 yo girl, but Mohammed married one.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 16th July 2022, 09:58 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 4,985
Posted By aleCcowaN
Linguistic dissonance?

Linguistic dissonance?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th July 2022, 05:30 PM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Like the proverbial elephant, the best way of...

Like the proverbial elephant, the best way of hiding a piece of cognitive dissonance is placing it in an ocean of cognitive dissonance from exactly the same source.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th July 2022, 03:14 AM
Replies: 2,856
Views: 237,942
Posted By aleCcowaN
Yet you didn't. Why don't you admit you are with...

Yet you didn't. Why don't you admit you are with no answer to that? It's pretty clear you episodically post here your whim of the day.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th July 2022, 02:14 AM
Replies: 2,856
Views: 237,942
Posted By aleCcowaN
Neither Allah nor Santa Claus would get Emre to...

Neither Allah nor Santa Claus would get Emre to reply properly even if they existed. I mean, the two former. There's some scarce evidence Emre exists.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th July 2022, 02:01 AM
Replies: 1,375
Views: 109,372
Posted By aleCcowaN
Please, stop touting that you're suffering COVID...

Please, stop touting that you're suffering COVID and still parading yourself around in parties with elder people, wishing it's not it by using tests with who knows what rate of false positives and...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th July 2022, 11:39 AM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Are you trying to derail the thread? This is not...

Are you trying to derail the thread? This is not your personal chatroom. Do that again and I have you reported while I formally ask for this fake thread to be definitively closed.

You have...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th July 2022, 11:27 AM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
That's a complete lie. How you dare to change the...

That's a complete lie. How you dare to change the subject with such a puerile pseudo-spirituality.

I've been reading the claptrap you have been posting here and it looks you're dangerous flirting...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 13th July 2022, 05:46 PM
Replies: 2,856
Views: 237,942
Posted By aleCcowaN
Who is this Holy Quran? Do you have a picture of...

Who is this Holy Quran? Do you have a picture of her?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 13th July 2022, 11:09 AM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
First, he should provide the document promised in...

First, he should provide the document promised in the OP. Otherwise this thread is a subjectless fake and should be closed. All of his preach and the sundry nonsensical insuciance he provided instead...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd July 2022, 02:55 PM
Replies: 2,856
Views: 237,942
Posted By aleCcowaN
So far you have succeeded in proving that the...

So far you have succeeded in proving that the Quran is as false as the Bible, what is not surprise at all.

Besides, it's very infantile on your part just say "the Bible is false because the Quran...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd July 2022, 07:47 AM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Oh, golly, does it mean that the promised 700k...

Oh, golly, does it mean that the promised 700k PDF file wasn't his or simply didn't exist? You know, the one that set in motion a bit of a screwball comedy when he tried to upload it.

What about...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 1st July 2022, 09:54 PM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Did that article about a scientific proof of the...

Did that article about a scientific proof of the supernatural promised in the OP ever showed or was it just a publicity stunt to build an audience?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th June 2022, 05:49 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 933
Posted By aleCcowaN
So many percentages and no mention of how many...

So many percentages and no mention of how many original owners got benefits and how many tenants got displaced. How curious!

I'll include that article in the category botch press release found...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th June 2022, 12:04 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 933
Posted By aleCcowaN
In my country, only in some focal areas. But...

In my country, only in some focal areas.

But let's be frank: gentifrication is business and as such it relates to its capitalists and their prospective clients who will be able to afford such...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th June 2022, 12:25 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,765
Posted By aleCcowaN
Is this thread another part of the One Thousand...

Is this thread another part of the One Thousand and One Nights franchise that our fellow Middle East members are so fond of?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 21st June 2022, 01:06 PM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,967
Posted By aleCcowaN
Can't we? Carbon dioxide from fosile fuels thrown...

Can't we? Carbon dioxide from fosile fuels thrown into the atmosphere in 1985 enters entirely into the oceans this year, so to speak. Why does old carbon dioxide from the US and the UK have a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th June 2022, 12:30 PM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,967
Posted By aleCcowaN
This may help Source: ...

This may help


Source:
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/05/04/cryptocurrency-energy/
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th June 2022, 10:40 AM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,967
Posted By aleCcowaN
Yet, having 17% of the world's population, India...

Yet, having 17% of the world's population, India only contributes 8% of global GHG emissions yearly, adding up in two centuries to a 3% of the whole problem. How much did and do contribute the US and...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th May 2022, 02:18 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 5,454
Posted By aleCcowaN
Potato and potatoe are exactly one and the same...

Potato and potatoe are exactly one and the same tuber.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2022, 12:26 PM
Replies: 1,375
Views: 109,372
Posted By aleCcowaN
Next time try to say it in a way it doesn't sound...

Next time try to say it in a way it doesn't sound like there's some circus music playing in the background.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th May 2022, 01:58 PM
Replies: 1,375
Views: 109,372
Posted By aleCcowaN
Are you going to apologize for the piece of ......

Are you going to apologize for the piece of ... misinformation you posted?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 10th January 2022, 03:49 PM
Replies: 3,457
Views: 213,282
Posted By aleCcowaN
Oh my Darwin!!! You may be thinking about...

Oh my Darwin!!!

You may be thinking about porn stars with meteoric careers.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th September 2019, 11:32 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,122
Posted By aleCcowaN
By August 31st the Arctic sea ice volume had...

By August 31st the Arctic sea ice volume had dropped to only 4,170 cubic kilometres (there only was less ice during record year 2012). The sea ice extent was yesterday barely 100,000 km2 above the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th August 2019, 04:17 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 5,711
Posted By aleCcowaN
I've watched that talk and I'm not sure what to...

I've watched that talk and I'm not sure what to make of it. Like you, I'm very curious about the nature of his simulations, and most importantly, what he did to input "reality" in them.

In one...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th August 2019, 01:26 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,122
Posted By aleCcowaN
The Arctic sea ice extent dropped today below the...

The Arctic sea ice extent dropped today below the 5 millions square kilometres mark. With some 30 days of melting left, that value is already below the yearly minimum for years 2014, 2013, 2009, 2008...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th August 2019, 05:57 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,122
Posted By aleCcowaN
Salty water and saltier water plus sea ice both...

Salty water and saltier water plus sea ice both coming from the first one don't occupy the same volume. But the difference in sea level is negligible, roughly in the order of 0.1mm for those 14,000...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th August 2019, 03:05 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,122
Posted By aleCcowaN
With almost a fourth of the melting season still...

With almost a fourth of the melting season still ahead of us, the Arctic sea ice extent was yesterday covering an area smaller than the yearly record low for every year from 1979 to 2004.

That...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th July 2019, 08:42 AM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,967
Posted By aleCcowaN
I wrote in in Spanish (Sídney) and let the...

I wrote in in Spanish (Sídney) and let the spelling checker "correct" it .... sorry, dude </ahem>
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th July 2019, 08:49 AM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,967
Posted By aleCcowaN
A paper published last Monday, which authors...

A paper published last Monday, which authors belong to the Institute of Integrative Biology of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; (École polytechnique fédérale) ETH-Zürich, published in...
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