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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th October 2023, 06:09 PM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,970
Posted By lomiller
Gutsick Gibbon takes some time off from debunking...

Gutsick Gibbon takes some time off from debunking YEC to talk about the link between disrupting the Carbon cycle and previous mass extinctions.

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Forum: USA Politics 10th October 2023, 04:14 PM
Replies: 592
Views: 19,246
Posted By lomiller
Again the Democrats have nothing to do with it,...

Again the Democrats have nothing to do with it, the Republicans are the majority party and have the power to pick a Speaker. If they don't, that's 100% on the Republicans.

It's not the...
Forum: USA Politics 9th October 2023, 06:30 PM
Replies: 592
Views: 19,246
Posted By lomiller
All we need to do is look at who is calling for...

All we need to do is look at who is calling for the shutdown. In every case what's happened is that Republicans have tried to use shutdowns and the damage they cause as a tool to extract concessions...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th October 2023, 06:04 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,696
Posted By lomiller
The problem is that relative military power skews...

The problem is that relative military power skews the results.

Hamas is doing exactly what it's always said it wants to do to Israeli civilians, it just lacked the military capacity to do so. ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th September 2023, 10:10 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
Race isn't a taxonomical concept and doesn't...

Race isn't a taxonomical concept and doesn't exist within any standardized taxonomical ranking. Species are not, nor have they ever been divided into "race".



Of course it's within Africa,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th September 2023, 07:53 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
The differences between human population groups...

The differences between human population groups are insignificant when compared to other large mammals.



That isn't how it works. Alleles radiate outwards from where they first arise and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th September 2023, 07:22 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
Did you seriously just suggest race is a factor...

Did you seriously just suggest race is a factor in blood transfusions and organ donations?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th September 2023, 10:33 AM
Replies: 342
Continuation Brexit XII
Views: 19,632
Posted By lomiller
Trade deals are almost never the issue for small...

Trade deals are almost never the issue for small and medium sized companies. I'm not talking about just the UK it's true no matter where you are. The real issues for these smaller companies is...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th September 2023, 04:01 PM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,970
Posted By lomiller
It depends on the street obviously, but in my...

It depends on the street obviously, but in my case the road is wide enough that I can get 2.5 feet of clearance without the car even needing to go out of it's own lane. Also, no parking during rush...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th September 2023, 02:54 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Well, I for one fully understood what you said. ...

Well, I for one fully understood what you said. The problem is that you were clearly and objectively wrong. Again.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th September 2023, 10:30 AM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,970
Posted By lomiller
There is only so much you can do to make...

There is only so much you can do to make protective bike infrastructure. There are cases where I feel safer on a sufficiently wide 60Km/h roadway with no bike lane than a protected bike path because...
Forum: USA Politics 11th September 2023, 05:45 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 7,383
Posted By lomiller
This seems to be something you have invented...

This seems to be something you have invented yourself. The actual criticism levied at him was regarding was about his cultural status. Yes this cast is ostensibly created by the religion but it was...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th September 2023, 04:22 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
No credible scientist uses race as a synonym for...

No credible scientist uses race as a synonym for population group.

Again, there is some acceptance for the term in the context of ethnocultural groups, but these are as more about cultural...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th September 2023, 04:16 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
"Historical" dates back 2 whole years before the...

"Historical" dates back 2 whole years before the nutbars in the right wing media started telling their sheep that "woke is bad" without ever telling them what woke meant.

No one other than racists...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th September 2023, 01:17 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
How so? The fact that you won't tell us how you...

How so? The fact that you won't tell us how you are defining a word gives us every right to define that word for you.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 11th September 2023, 09:33 AM
Replies: 3,638
Views: 314,242
Posted By lomiller
Clearly your hope was that people forgot what's...

Clearly your hope was that people forgot what's already in the thread and you could sneak your dishonest revisionist claims in somehow. You failed, as you always seem to do.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th September 2023, 09:06 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
Why wait? If jt512 won't give a definition they...

Why wait? If jt512 won't give a definition they want to use, simply use the historical definition and ask why anybody but a racist would be against woke.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 11th September 2023, 09:01 AM
Replies: 3,638
Views: 314,242
Posted By lomiller
We obviously haven't run out of idiots who can't...

We obviously haven't run out of idiots who can't tell the difference between "eventually" and "any second now". Or maybe they are just liars, trying to re-write the past because the real thing isn't...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 11th September 2023, 09:01 AM
Replies: 3,638
Views: 314,242
Posted By lomiller
We obviously haven't run out of idiots who can't...

We obviously haven't run out of idiots who can't tell the difference between "eventually" and "any second now". Or maybe they are just liars, trying to re-write the past because the real thing isn't...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2023, 08:51 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
This is simply not true. The uncertainty within...

This is simply not true. The uncertainty within any given scenario is fully documented.

There is a good deal more uncertainty around how much CO2 humans will actually emit, but this isn't a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2023, 08:05 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
It's really important to separate climate...

It's really important to separate climate forecasts from emission scenarios. Climate scientists make forecasts based on the amount of CO2 we emit so the only forecasts that we expect to be accurate...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th September 2023, 04:26 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
Europeans have plenty of differences that they...

Europeans have plenty of differences that they have used to segregate themselves, including language and physical appearance. it's less pronounced now, but 500 years ago in Europe you could easily...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th September 2023, 03:11 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Actually most of the forecasts you see are closer...

Actually most of the forecasts you see are closer to best case scenarios. The forecasts you usually see are for CO2 emission scenarios in which assume large cuts in CO2 emissions.

The forecasts...
Forum: USA Politics 8th September 2023, 12:57 PM
Replies: 404
Views: 18,921
Posted By lomiller
Narrower not stricter. They also have an equally...

Narrower not stricter. They also have an equally serious designation for the crime Trump committed. It's not a lesser crime to a similar offense that gets classified as "rape" in other...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th September 2023, 04:04 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
No. As I said above, number comes from...

No. As I said above, number comes from historical temperature and CO2 levels, this isn't just some number someone has pulled out of their ass, it's where climate scientists expect sea levels to go...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2023, 10:23 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Gigatonnes. For visualization purposes 1...

Gigatonnes.

For visualization purposes 1 gigatonne of water is 1Km^3
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2023, 10:12 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 6,942
Posted By lomiller
Detroit Michigan is due North of Windsor Ontario....

Detroit Michigan is due North of Windsor Ontario.


https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332199,-82.944116,12z?entry=ttu
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2023, 09:30 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,081
Posted By lomiller
It doesn't even really say that. The author made...

It doesn't even really say that. The author made a clear choice to focus on one specific factor that has a high cross-discipline interest factor. A more generalized analysis would have been more...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th September 2023, 09:21 AM
Replies: 674
Views: 57,984
Posted By lomiller
Repeating my position back to me and trying to...

Repeating my position back to me and trying to imply you are coming up with a new observation is "relevant"? I've made it very clear China's nationalistic ambitions are a major source of failure for...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2023, 09:13 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,081
Posted By lomiller
Dumb article is dumb. As noted above a paper...

Dumb article is dumb. As noted above a paper isn't a book. In a paper you make a specific claim, usually 1 specific claim, and back up that claim with evidence. This is especially true of high...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th September 2023, 08:46 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Nope, at no point in the movie does he give a...

Nope, at no point in the movie does he give a timeline for when that 20 feet of sea level rise will occur.



The point at which ice sheets collapse isn't well understood. We know that it can...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th September 2023, 11:35 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
The last time temperatures were this high sea...

The last time temperatures were this high sea levels rose to 6-7m above present day levels, so there is solid scientific evidence for the claim.

Note that Gore did not include a time frame for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2023, 10:39 AM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,351
Posted By lomiller
I get a certain satisfaction from US video's of...

I get a certain satisfaction from US video's of Sovereign Citizens being dragged out of their vehicles and arrested.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th September 2023, 10:15 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
He's probably referring to Richard Lindzen's...

He's probably referring to Richard Lindzen's "Iris hypothesis", under which there is more cloud formation in a warming climate, and this increase in cloud formation would prevent any further warming....
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 3rd September 2023, 11:20 AM
Replies: 674
Views: 57,984
Posted By lomiller
Do you think you are making some sort of astute...

Do you think you are making some sort of astute observation? Of course they are nationalist, this is one of the main reasons I think China is more Fascist then Communist.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd September 2023, 07:15 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
This is tied in to liability for work that...

This is tied in to liability for work that doesn't meet generally accepted standards and practices.

I'm not sure forcing scientists to conform to current theory as either necessary or desirable....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd September 2023, 09:45 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
Past as in 2 years ago. If right wingers are...

Past as in 2 years ago. If right wingers are continued to be allowed to change the meaning of words willy-nilly, just so they can vilify anyone who says racism exists how can you expect anything but...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st August 2023, 10:55 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
I wonder how those Nobel prize winners would feel...

I wonder how those Nobel prize winners would feel if 2 prominent climate scientists were weighing in on their specialization and telling them they were liars presenting false science to the masses...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st August 2023, 10:45 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
"Woke" has and had accrual log before racist...

"Woke" has and had accrual log before racist right wing pundits decided to redefine it. It means to be aware of the racism and discrimination that goes on around all of us all the time and how this...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 31st August 2023, 10:31 AM
Replies: 674
Views: 57,984
Posted By lomiller
If the answer they want is "how do I hold on to...

If the answer they want is "how do I hold on to power" the answers they get will be aimed at telling them how to hold on to power. Quality of advice is never prefect so the answers may be wrong, but...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th August 2023, 08:46 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 10,082
Posted By lomiller
I don't see much difference in the original...

I don't see much difference in the original definitions of racism or white supremacy and the current common usage.

Fascism however was always kind of vague and most people don't know what it's...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th August 2023, 08:20 PM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,672
Posted By lomiller
In other news Ukrainian Nazi war criminals have...

In other news Ukrainian Nazi war criminals have attacked 4 Russian fishing boats. Fortunately the drugged up and incompetent attackers all missed their targets by wide margins.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 08:10 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
None of this is relevant to what I posted. ...

None of this is relevant to what I posted. Externalities are one type of market failure. Like all market failures they undermine the efficiency of the free market and ultimately damage the economy....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 02:33 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Regulate the externalities. Contrary to right...

Regulate the externalities. Contrary to right wing dogma exploiting externaliteis isn't a right and should not be a right so it's not "authoritarian" to eliminate them.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 02:29 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Without immigration the population of all wealthy...

Without immigration the population of all wealthy western countries would already be shrinking. This doesn't do much good if population growth elsewhere in the world leads to immigration that drives...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 01:59 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 2,574
Posted By lomiller
If it does then you probably missed the point of...

If it does then you probably missed the point of what Descartes was trying to do. He wasn't suggesting the universe was an illusion, rather he was trying to build the true nature of the universe...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th August 2023, 01:00 PM
Replies: 674
Views: 57,984
Posted By lomiller
Not necessarily. Dictators tend to get the...

Not necessarily. Dictators tend to get the answers they are looking for. In the absence of religion or nationalism they want to know how to hang onto their own personal power, and can very often...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 12:40 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 5,270
Posted By lomiller
Just giving women reproductive choice worldwide...

Just giving women reproductive choice worldwide would be more then sufficient. Anywhere women have access to birth control the power to chose to use it, population declines.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 12:22 PM
Replies: 1,345
Views: 161,970
Posted By lomiller
If you have regulation to control market failures...

If you have regulation to control market failures the free market excels at answering these types of questions
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th August 2023, 07:40 AM
Replies: 813
Continuation Origins of Covid (2)
Views: 24,171
Posted By lomiller
No such "colony has ever been found for SARS,...

No such "colony has ever been found for SARS, AIDS, Ebola, the 1918 spanish flu, etc yet no one is claiming this is "evidence" that these are lab leaks not zoonotic crossover



Literally no on...
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