MrMcCall

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by MrMcCall 2y ago
No, our current models (the basis for the calculations) do not incorporate dark energy. Sure, the Schoedinger Equation describes the electron cloud, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't account for why it is moving, and not spiraling in
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Sorry to have confused you, but the force that keeps atoms from imploding is (IIUC) of a different nature than that which keeps the universe expanding. They are both "dark energy", but I do not think they are the same "force&
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Transmitting the written-in-arabic Quran is different than copying hadith. It carries a different level of purity. That doesn't mean that all hadith are wrong, but the key is that if there is a discrepency between hadith and Quran, the
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
"The Way goes in." --Rumi Many of the people in this world don't have the balls to take that leap. ahem
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
So ask me questions, and then read my answers. I'm not going to have an argument with myself, that's absurd. I've answered your questions to the best of my ability. If you think there's something missing, ask for clarifi
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That's funny! And true. Fair point. But would they be jumping up and down when the dude came into the lab if they weren't looking for that next hit? Or were they starving those poor creatures? I wouldn't doubt it. I'll h
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An upward spiral – how small acts can change the world(theconversation.com)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Full Title: An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection really can change the world, according to psychology research
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
You are bang on correct and complete. But it's an absolutely sadass commentary on the commentariat here that you have been downvoted. I feel for dang and his cohort, but there are a great deal of trollholes on this internet. (Yeah, I j
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I'm glad at least one person likes that "feature". I guess folks who rotate their monitors to portrait mode would appreciate not wasting the entire height on a permanent scroll bar, but I like knowing how far I am into the pa
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Amen! I've been on the internet since the dang Gopher days (so, pre-HTML), and I appreciate the bare HTML aesthetic's minimalism. As well, their link at the bottom to the website that inspired this opinion piece page is chef&#x27
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I wonder if the 'Froot Loops' used in the study contained American-style levels of refined sugar. Maybe the rats just learned that driving the car gets them that sweet, sweet hit of the crack cocaine version of the delicious and n
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I thought you wanted facts. My bad.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I never said I had it (and in fact don't) but one must learn of an expertise before one can begin the journey fromo apprentice to journeyman to and master craftsman. There are various studies to undertake and many serieses of tests to
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I don't doubt it, but I don't count it for sh_t because, using some words from the great Suzi/Eddie Izzard, they were in the service of "a mass-murdering f_ckhead." Every culture has a moral compass, because each is
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I agree that what most people call respect falls far short of what is required by universal compassion. What Wisdom calls respect has to be doled out by the person such that it does not violate the Paradox of Tolerance. This ability is call
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Certainly. That's where honest introspection and humility must be utilized to develop a more positively moral moral compass, and then use it to choose our desires very carefully. Self-evolution can go in any direction we choose with ou
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I was fully ready to have my mind blown, but am kindof perversely happy that no one's that damn smart :-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Sure, but as Thomas Kuhn states (I only read the first chapter or so), there are critical levels whereby breakthroughs occur. It's also in Gleick's Chaos, IIRC. What matters is that compassion becomes even slightly more operant in
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes, indeed. We can only endeavor to level ourselves up (as both positive contribution and social example), and then educate those around us who are willing to open to learning.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes, absolutely, but it is every person's choice to become, should they (and their culture) wish. It also damages our perceptual clarity. When Jesus said to "Love your enemies", there is a very pragmatic aspect to this beyond
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The speed of light has put a severe limit on what we can "know" about life in the other 1+ trillion (?) galaxies, or even in the other hundreds of billions (?) of stars in our own Milky Way. And it was all apparently very difficul
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I didn't say I expect anything from anyone, but we all have the choice, with the very rare exception for those that are developmentally disabled and incapable of rationally choosing. For the vast majority of those of us who have the
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The averages vary from culture to culture and are different as the gradients change over time, sometimes up and sometimes down. The important point is that every person has a conscience (however much they choose to ignore its suggestions) a
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Bingo! That's where the ego lives and breathes and exerts its influence. And our ego is a direct descendent or our underlying mammalian brains who work hard to grok hierarchies and develop strategies to ascend within, with or without r
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The other way to avoid it is to just respect everyone at your table, like Guru Nanak and those like him who have trod the road to universal compassion, and just keep things as simple as possible. Hierarchies are great for govt, militaries,
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Only human-level organisms can contemplate the grandeur of this vast, vast universe and its Unfathomable Creator. We Earthlings required billions of years of cellular evolution on our planet before we were even possible, so, yeah, the seeds
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
He also refused to take a plea agreement that would've spared him most of this (IIUC). They don't like it when a person doesn't "play ball". And it certainly doesn't help that he's Black.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Cannabis is a medicine, and, as such, must be used as minimally as possible, and never in combination with alcohol. And, of course, cocaine is no damn good for anyone, and lsd has been known to really wreck some people. All that said, being
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I understand. Sadly, the level of despicable ethics goes far deeper than that, my friend. But I never hate, because hate is a poison to one's own soul, and must always be avoided. I do, however, feel a hot righteous anger at those that

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