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Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: A skeptics guide to the ga...
Last post by zorkan - Today at 03:17:09 PMFor my holidays in 2026 I hope to visit the nearest star.
In my Blue-Sky Voyager I'll refuel at the sun, then take the ride to Proxima Centauri.
Hoping that by the time I get there, Alpha Centauri has not become closer.
Depending on the speed I'm going it could take 83,000 years, but if I manage near light speed I won't get any older and it will only take just over 4 years.
I could bridge the gap by travelling by wormhole, should technology be available to push matter through by then.
Another possibility is teleportation which again should only take 4 years.
In the teleporter, my body will be broken down into probability waves and then reassembled on arrival.
Only danger is I might end up dismembered.
Coming back also has its hazards.
To quote Douglas Adams, "I teleported home one night with Ron and Sid and Meg. Ron stole Meggie's heart away and I got Sydney's leg."
In my Blue-Sky Voyager I'll refuel at the sun, then take the ride to Proxima Centauri.
Hoping that by the time I get there, Alpha Centauri has not become closer.
Depending on the speed I'm going it could take 83,000 years, but if I manage near light speed I won't get any older and it will only take just over 4 years.
I could bridge the gap by travelling by wormhole, should technology be available to push matter through by then.
Another possibility is teleportation which again should only take 4 years.
In the teleporter, my body will be broken down into probability waves and then reassembled on arrival.
Only danger is I might end up dismembered.
Coming back also has its hazards.
To quote Douglas Adams, "I teleported home one night with Ron and Sid and Meg. Ron stole Meggie's heart away and I got Sydney's leg."
#2
Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: A skeptics guide to the ga...
Last post by zorkan - Today at 02:45:35 PMAbove does not mean I won't participate in the yoga industry.
It's worth over $200 billion in the global economy.
Yoga is so good, you will feel like a new person in just a few sessions.
You will feel like a microcosm of the universe.
It will stimulate your hormones, grow your telomeres, make your body elastic.
It's so good I probably shouldn't mention you are more likely to get pain in the back, the neck, the wrists, the knees and shoulders. So keep your doctor's phone number handy.
Best to forget the great guru of American yoga, Richard Hittleman only lived until he was 64, and Larry Shultz the inventor of Rocket Yoga died at 60.
I've also known plenty of people who never did yoga and lived into their 90's and 100's.
Tired with yoga teachers who can't demonstrate the headstand, because they can't do it, I embraced the idea that maybe our bodies work off energy centres called chakras. These are stimulated by yoga poses (asanas) and are colour coded. There are 7 of these, or is it 14, or even 21?
Go into the next room at the sports' centre and someone is talking about the meridians in our bodies.
These are channels connecting our internal parts through which the chi flows.
Freeing up these connections will free you of disease. It's also how acupuncture works.
If only. Would save trillions in global healthcare.
It's worth over $200 billion in the global economy.
Yoga is so good, you will feel like a new person in just a few sessions.
You will feel like a microcosm of the universe.
It will stimulate your hormones, grow your telomeres, make your body elastic.
It's so good I probably shouldn't mention you are more likely to get pain in the back, the neck, the wrists, the knees and shoulders. So keep your doctor's phone number handy.
Best to forget the great guru of American yoga, Richard Hittleman only lived until he was 64, and Larry Shultz the inventor of Rocket Yoga died at 60.
I've also known plenty of people who never did yoga and lived into their 90's and 100's.
Tired with yoga teachers who can't demonstrate the headstand, because they can't do it, I embraced the idea that maybe our bodies work off energy centres called chakras. These are stimulated by yoga poses (asanas) and are colour coded. There are 7 of these, or is it 14, or even 21?
Go into the next room at the sports' centre and someone is talking about the meridians in our bodies.
These are channels connecting our internal parts through which the chi flows.
Freeing up these connections will free you of disease. It's also how acupuncture works.
If only. Would save trillions in global healthcare.
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Current Events / Re: At a Public University, Ch...
Last post by billy rubin - Today at 02:34:55 PMhaving spent years and years in oklahoma, this is how the place works.
lots of piety but lots of southern baptists violating the instructions of the christ, too.
most recently at my aunts church a deacon and an assistant choir director were caught banging in the choir loft. typical stuff
lots of piety but lots of southern baptists violating the instructions of the christ, too.
most recently at my aunts church a deacon and an assistant choir director were caught banging in the choir loft. typical stuff
#4
Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: A skeptics guide to the ga...
Last post by zorkan - Today at 02:05:17 PMAfter the decline in spiritualism, popular in the 19th century, we now have the idea that science can keep us alive for many extra years.
Religion still believes we can have immortality.
Animals can't, but humans can if they have faith.
Living to 150 sounds great, but it doesn't mean we will have good health and freedom from pain.
As the author John Gray puts it in his book The Immortalization Commission:
"What could be more deadly than being unable to die?"
This is like the Greek legend of Tithonus.
He asked the gods for immortality but forgot to tell them to preserve his youth.
He grew older and older in ever increasing pain and became envious of others who had the privilege of dying.
Even the universe is dying faster than we thought, but humans still believe they might be exempt.
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-universe-is-dying-much-faster-than-scientists-thought-new-study-suggests
I will be glad to get out of the pain of living one day, and not preserved like Lenin.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-the-quest-to-preserve-lenins-body-helps-the-living
Religion still believes we can have immortality.
Animals can't, but humans can if they have faith.
Living to 150 sounds great, but it doesn't mean we will have good health and freedom from pain.
As the author John Gray puts it in his book The Immortalization Commission:
"What could be more deadly than being unable to die?"
This is like the Greek legend of Tithonus.
He asked the gods for immortality but forgot to tell them to preserve his youth.
He grew older and older in ever increasing pain and became envious of others who had the privilege of dying.
Even the universe is dying faster than we thought, but humans still believe they might be exempt.
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-universe-is-dying-much-faster-than-scientists-thought-new-study-suggests
I will be glad to get out of the pain of living one day, and not preserved like Lenin.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-the-quest-to-preserve-lenins-body-helps-the-living
#5
Current Events / Re: At a Public University, Ch...
Last post by Recusant - Today at 03:31:18 AMWell said Icarus. I sympathize with your pessimism regarding respect for the life of the mind (lack thereof) we see in too many people in America. Also I agree with your noting of certain states as prominent endorsers of institutionalized ignorance. On the other hand, anti-intellectualism has been an American trait since forever. As you know, that doesn't mean America lacks for talent and intellect. If a place rejects folks like that, many of them will find homes elsewhere.
Regarding the poor oppressed Christian in the OP, I think she was poorly advised. Rather than free speech she should have cited religious freedom as her guiding principle. The Christian zealots sitting on the bench of the US Supreme court cannot get enough of that.
Regarding the poor oppressed Christian in the OP, I think she was poorly advised. Rather than free speech she should have cited religious freedom as her guiding principle. The Christian zealots sitting on the bench of the US Supreme court cannot get enough of that.
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Current Events / Re: At a Public University, Ch...
Last post by Icarus - Today at 01:50:46 AMOklahoma is one of the more religious parts of the U.S. That the student used biblical claptrap on her essay paper is not in the least surprising. That the university took issue with the grade issued by the instructor, is also not surprising.
Had the student described the roles of men and women by authority of the Koran, she'd have been in deep trouble, not the instructor.
When I was in college, lo those many years ago, part of the required studies included world religions and how the specific religion influenced the society that adhered to that religion. The course title was "The Humanities". I still have a dog eared book from that required course, titled; Three Ways Of Thought In Ancient China.
I was in engineering school at the University of Florida. My university was, at that time, dead set on arming the students with an education as opposed to mere training. I fear that those days may be gone forever.......especially in Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia and several other states where Jesus of the bible rules.
Had the student described the roles of men and women by authority of the Koran, she'd have been in deep trouble, not the instructor.
When I was in college, lo those many years ago, part of the required studies included world religions and how the specific religion influenced the society that adhered to that religion. The course title was "The Humanities". I still have a dog eared book from that required course, titled; Three Ways Of Thought In Ancient China.
I was in engineering school at the University of Florida. My university was, at that time, dead set on arming the students with an education as opposed to mere training. I fear that those days may be gone forever.......especially in Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia and several other states where Jesus of the bible rules.
#7
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Happy New Orbit Day to Our...
Last post by Icarus - December 03, 2025, 11:02:26 PMMay the force be with you Chris.
#8
Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: A skeptics guide to the ga...
Last post by Dark Lightning - December 03, 2025, 06:31:56 PM^ 
So true!
So true! #9
Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: A skeptics guide to the ga...
Last post by zorkan - December 03, 2025, 04:32:35 PMGive thanks for the influence of the British royal family.
King Charles believes in homeopathy:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/17/king-charles-has-appointed-homeopath-why-do-elite-put-faith-in-snake-oil
In his first speech as president of the British Medical Association he told the assembled crowd of doctors that modern medicine was "like the celebrated Tower of Pisa, slightly off balance".
He also believes in talking to plants.
"I just come and talk to the plants, really — very important to talk to them. They respond." (1986 BBC interview)
Should he require urgent treatment he might select this option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA
King Charles believes in homeopathy:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/17/king-charles-has-appointed-homeopath-why-do-elite-put-faith-in-snake-oil
In his first speech as president of the British Medical Association he told the assembled crowd of doctors that modern medicine was "like the celebrated Tower of Pisa, slightly off balance".
He also believes in talking to plants.
"I just come and talk to the plants, really — very important to talk to them. They respond." (1986 BBC interview)
Should he require urgent treatment he might select this option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA
#10
Current Events / At a Public University, Christ...
Last post by Recusant - December 03, 2025, 03:36:16 PMIt's being framed as a "free speech" issue, but the fact is that free speech rights aren't involved when a student fails to complete a class assignment properly and instead spouts their personal interpretation of religious dogma. Or that was the case formerly. In MAGA America, Christianity is the sword and shield of bigots and assorted arseholes, academic rigor be damned.
"Student's Bible-Based Essay Grade Leads University to Put Instructor on Leave" | New Civil Rights Movement
"Student's Bible-Based Essay Grade Leads University to Put Instructor on Leave" | New Civil Rights Movement
QuoteThe University of Oklahoma has placed a graduate student instructor on leave after they gave a student a failing grade for a gender-roles essay that appeared to be based on an interpretation of Christian Bible theology.
The student "publicly contested" the grade and "filed an illegal discrimination claim," according to OU Daily, the university's student-run news outlet.
She "says the failing grade she received on an essay where she cited the Bible was a violation of her right to free speech," The Oklahoman reported. The news outlet also published the essay, which read in part:
"God made male and female and made us differently from each other on purpose and for a purpose. God is very intentional with what He makes, and I believe trying to change that would only do more harm. Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered 'stereotypes'."
The University of Oklahoma has placed a graduate student instructor on leave after they gave a student a failing grade for a gender-roles essay that appeared to be based on an interpretation of Christian Bible theology.
The student "publicly contested" the grade and "filed an illegal discrimination claim," according to OU Daily, the university's student-run news outlet.
She "says the failing grade she received on an essay where she cited the Bible was a violation of her right to free speech," The Oklahoman reported. The news outlet also published the essay, which read in part:
"God made male and female and made us differently from each other on purpose and for a purpose. God is very intentional with what He makes, and I believe trying to change that would only do more harm. Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered 'stereotypes'."
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The student also wrote that "Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men. God created men in the image of His courage and strength, and He created women in the image of His beauty. He intentionally created women differently than men and we should live our lives with that in mind."
In notes to the student, also published by The Oklahoman, the instructor wrote:
"Please note that l am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead l am deducting point[s] for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive."
"Additionally, to call an entire group of people 'demonic' is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population," the instructor added.
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