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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st January 2017, 09:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,052
Posted By Pup
LOL! Okay, now I have to invent a game called...

LOL! Okay, now I have to invent a game called that, because I've got first dibs on the name. :D
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st January 2017, 08:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,052
Posted By Pup
I predict there are going to be some crazy cancer...

I predict there are going to be some crazy cancer risks discovered in the next 20 years. A combination of genetics and exposure. Like people with certain genetics who play cancer on artificial turf...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 31st January 2017, 07:30 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
I think you nailed (no pun intended) the reasons...

I think you nailed (no pun intended) the reasons that people do it. Christianity dominates the US, and maybe other areas where this takes hold. I really do find it amazing, the amount of hold that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th January 2017, 08:26 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
I like your advice. Makes sense, too. As you can...

I like your advice. Makes sense, too. As you can see, I'm doing real good at the part about keeping your mouth shut, as much as I'd like to help others.

We're talking a fraction of that, probably...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 28th January 2017, 08:08 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 8,569
Posted By Pup
My father was a paranoid schizophrenic. He became...

My father was a paranoid schizophrenic. He became so while I knew him. I mean I watched him go from sane to insane, while I stayed sane. This is just so incredibly obvious and impossible to stop. I...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th January 2017, 07:58 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 9,805
Posted By Pup
The answer seems obvious. The experimental set is...

The answer seems obvious. The experimental set is too small.

I could see an argument for just dividing the teams into live or die, to keep it simple, but one needs tests with dozens of teams. If...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th January 2017, 06:19 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
It really is too good to be true. I was so...

It really is too good to be true. I was so desperate, I was going to schedule an appointment at an accupuncturist if this didn't work, but this was about 1/10 the cost for a test size from the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th January 2017, 07:50 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
I don't know how I'd feel if I were a Christian...

I don't know how I'd feel if I were a Christian (whatever that would mean) and an atheist, rather than just being an atheist, but I don't see as big a problem there. Everybody makes mistakes; this...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th January 2017, 09:39 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Yeah, it's not really much of a discovery on my...

Yeah, it's not really much of a discovery on my part. I mean, I read a few articles on my condition, found one that mentioned a different treatment, found the treatment was being sold by some guy,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th January 2017, 10:47 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
Yes, all those could be and are inspiring too....

Yes, all those could be and are inspiring too. But I think it's especially inspiring when someone says: this is what I try to do, in this book here, and then comes close to actually doing it. That's...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th January 2017, 10:31 AM
Replies: 1,215
Views: 196,741
Posted By Pup
According to Einstein, there's no way to tell...

According to Einstein, there's no way to tell which is the better hypothesis. :boxedin:
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th January 2017, 01:35 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
I agree. Worded that wrong. I mean many more...

I agree. Worded that wrong. I mean many more Christians could be inspiring if...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th January 2017, 10:13 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 14,014
Posted By Pup
Good point, and I don't recall seeing it....

Good point, and I don't recall seeing it. Blackface became increasingly stereotyped in the US, with the large lighter lips especially, and the emphasized eyes. Blackfaced performaners didn't look...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th January 2017, 09:04 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
I agree. Love it. Christians could be inspiring,...

I agree. Love it. Christians could be inspiring, because what they believe overlaps with a lot of what I believe, depending on the sect.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd January 2017, 10:49 AM
Replies: 240
Views: 21,165
Posted By Pup
Didn't they make a movie about that? There was...

Didn't they make a movie about that? There was this kid that could see the Dunning-Kruger people and he gave the quote that's been the tagline in longer or shorter forms for the movie: "I see dumb...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd January 2017, 10:06 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
That's the problem with all religions, isn't it?...

That's the problem with all religions, isn't it? There's another different one, and they both can't be right, so they both must be wrong. The religious people, or course, would say that their version...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 21st January 2017, 10:24 PM
Replies: 240
Views: 21,165
Posted By Pup
We had a fellow (or gal) post something similar a...

We had a fellow (or gal) post something similar a few weeks ago. Here it is: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=314326

It was his/her description of what he/she (oh, the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 21st January 2017, 09:37 PM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
Fast-moving thread, so I'm way behind, but yeah,...

Fast-moving thread, so I'm way behind, but yeah, that's the problem. Jesus is said to have said something, and then someone else says something that contradicts it. Who you gonna believe?

The...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st January 2017, 09:19 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 14,014
Posted By Pup
Is there even a tradition in Australian of...

Is there even a tradition in Australian of putting on blackface shows of whites dressed up as, and pretending to be blacks or slaves in some area similar to the US antebellum south? If there were...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 21st January 2017, 08:50 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
From that one link that was the more colorful...

From that one link that was the more colorful ones (http://www.precious-testimonies.com/Exhortations/u-z/WhatDoesItMeanToBeInChrist.htm)came this:

"And what of sin? When sin accuses we say, ‘Yes,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 21st January 2017, 08:24 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,237
Posted By Pup
Helminthiasis would be any worm infestation from...

Helminthiasis would be any worm infestation from the soil, including hookworm but anything else too.

http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/STH_2013.png

I'm not from Africa or Central...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 21st January 2017, 08:05 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Not callous at all. That's what I was hoping!...

Not callous at all. That's what I was hoping! :thumbsup:



That's what I wondered (the pitchman thing) but unfortunately, I posted about his product and how I learned to make it myself on...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 17th January 2017, 12:34 AM
Replies: 375
Views: 41,016
Posted By Pup
"Brothers in Arms" works well when a group of...

"Brothers in Arms" works well when a group of people implies that they are brothers fighting for the same cause. But does it work when it arrays all those on one side with all those on the other...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th January 2017, 07:48 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,669
Posted By Pup
I've never been to the bigtime Ringling/Barnum...

I've never been to the bigtime Ringling/Barnum circuses but I went to a smallltime one-ring back when I was a teenager, and it was what it was. I wasn't over-impressed, or under-impressed either....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th January 2017, 07:04 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,237
Posted By Pup
Cetaceans too.

Cetaceans too.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 07:01 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Yeah, I know what you mean. As I told the...

Yeah, I know what you mean. As I told the chaplain, being dead is easy--you're just dead. No instructions needed. Going on living is the hard part. I feel bad for her. We always thought she'd die...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 06:39 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Nope, not correct at all. Horatius nailed it. ...

Nope, not correct at all. Horatius nailed it.



The reason I didn't want to elaborate on it, is because it could give away the patented medicine I'm talking about. There's just one sort of thing...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 11:22 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,237
Posted By Pup
It's not unpawsed, it's just doggedly clinging to...

It's not unpawsed, it's just doggedly clinging to activity.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 11:15 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Thanks, and I'm sorry for you and your family....

Thanks, and I'm sorry for you and your family. But you made it through, and that's what I plan we'll do! I figure it'll be rough for my wife, and I do keep encouraging her to ask for whatever she...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 10:59 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Wait... I was just going through my watched...

Wait... I was just going through my watched threads. You bumped a 2008 thread of mine to post the exact same thing today. Are you doing okay? No offence, but I don't recall that we've interacted...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th January 2017, 10:49 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,237
Posted By Pup
Wow, a blast from the past! That dog has died,...

Wow, a blast from the past! That dog has died, we've moved to the city where we can't let the new dogs or the cats outside of our fenced yard anymore because of traffic, and there's no place to go...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th January 2017, 10:20 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Yeah, there's a lot of suckitude. I figure even...

Yeah, there's a lot of suckitude. I figure even if he did find out who I am, he's not going to care if I just use the medicine on myself, and it would do him a lot of harm to the brand, to sue a poor...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th January 2017, 07:01 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Oh, yes, I love selling stuff. Writing...

Oh, yes, I love selling stuff. Writing advertising copy is what I used to do. I would definitely try to work with him and see if I could work out some sort of sales deal, where I get a cut of what I...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th January 2017, 10:42 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
It's so simple to make--one active ingredient,...

It's so simple to make--one active ingredient, one inactive ingredient--that my dog could almost do it. Good question about the patent age, but it's less than ten years old. I'd give a link to the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th January 2017, 06:51 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
Bingo. So it's an infringement. :( And thanks to...

Bingo. So it's an infringement. :( And thanks to everyone who offered information, help, etc. :thumbsup:



It's so hard not to point out how easy it would be to make up yourself with just two...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th January 2017, 01:26 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 6,045
Posted By Pup
If a Medicine is Patented...?

Question concerning USA laws. Let's say a medicine is patented in the US. I'm in the US. I look at the patent and say, "That looks easy. I could make that up myself at home with a few simple...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th January 2017, 10:57 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 13,003
Posted By Pup
When was that era?[/QUOTE] Late 1960s-1970s....

When was that era?[/QUOTE]

Late 1960s-1970s. Typical book: What Society Does to Girls by Joyce Nicholson, 1977
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th January 2017, 07:12 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 13,003
Posted By Pup
I agree. I had to take a medicine that was known...

I agree. I had to take a medicine that was known for lowering testosterone, and my libido decreased right along with it. Took a testosterone test and my T was indeed far lower than normal, so it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th January 2017, 08:04 PM
Replies: 572
Views: 73,027
Posted By Pup
You (I) can walk another route to avoid the...

You (I) can walk another route to avoid the homeless dude, or can tell off the ugly paperboy as loudly and soundly as desired.

A waitress has to be there, in a known location, every day, where the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th January 2017, 12:12 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
I wholeheartedly agree. It just makes no sense to...

I wholeheartedly agree. It just makes no sense to tell me I should pretend people don't have groups--subpopulations, races, whatever they're called. We can talk about the most useful way to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd January 2017, 11:37 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
I don't see why I'm supposed to reject something...

I don't see why I'm supposed to reject something like that chart. It shows the basic movements of humans (before the slave trade, probably in imprecise, somewhat overlapping eras). It's not meant to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd January 2017, 12:42 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
I've combined two posts and skipped some...

I've combined two posts and skipped some questions, to try to keep things to a manageable length. If I've missed something important, my apologies; please repeat it.



That's why I think...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd January 2017, 06:30 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
Well, a subpopulation could be "people I don't...

Well, a subpopulation could be "people I don't like." But I expect that scientists would be a bit more scientific than that, and say "individuals with African ancestry" is useless for their work...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st December 2016, 05:38 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
Bingo! That's what I'm talking about. It would be...

Bingo! That's what I'm talking about. It would be so helpful if--when I describe what I think a race is in words and it's called a subpopulation, others would say, "That's not called a race today,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st December 2016, 01:27 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
They rant against the old race definitions, as...

They rant against the old race definitions, as shown by the concluding sentence, "Racist political doctrines find no foundation in scientific knowledge concerning modern or past human populations."...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 31st December 2016, 12:37 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 9,809
Posted By Pup
If an oath involves cupping anyone's testicles...

If an oath involves cupping anyone's testicles but my own, I want to join one of those religions that bans oaths. Now I see why. "You want me to do what? Ew, no." :eye-poppi

It occurs to me,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 30th December 2016, 07:59 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 9,809
Posted By Pup
I pictured the person sitting down, so under the...

I pictured the person sitting down, so under the thigh was the back of the thigh. I'm still having trouble picturing where it means literally. Must be a euphemism and everybody knew what it meant in...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th December 2016, 08:40 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,090
Posted By Pup
This works! I've had a magnet on my desk for...

This works! I've had a magnet on my desk for years, and no sharks have ever come near it.

Edited to add: I wonder if there's a natural understanding of this phenomenon buried somewhere deep in the...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th December 2016, 08:37 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 9,809
Posted By Pup
I asked the handy theist in the house, and she...

I asked the handy theist in the house, and she said putting her hand on the Bible wouldn't make any difference to her because if she swears an oath, it's in front of God with or without a Bible. Of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th December 2016, 08:17 PM
Replies: 329
Views: 42,080
Posted By Pup
http://physanth.org/about/position-statements/biol...

http://physanth.org/about/position-statements/biological-aspects-race/



That pretty much fits with what I said. Everything is too much in flux today among humans for a race to be identified.
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