arkey

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by arkey 3y ago
What about offering the monkey some peanuts if he bangs correct words, the more correct words the more peanuts he gets? I understand there would be limitations in the lifespan of the monkey and such, but in a hypothetical case, would that w
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by arkey 3y ago
But again you're starting with a fairly complex system already, the molecular pump. And my (limited) understanding is that changes that are not useful or helpful would get lost. And additional to that, if an organism has a pump (which
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by arkey 3y ago
> cells producing flagella because they are useful components makes perfect sense on its own. But that's the thing, this sort of implies that a complete flagellum can be spontaneously produced because it's useful, which sort of
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by arkey 3y ago
But doesn't that reduce to a point where something useful becomes from separate useless components? In your case, why would a flagella be useful if it's not propelling something? A flagella is only useful as a component of somethi
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by arkey 3y ago
Cleaning is usually relocating dirt. If either red or blue were dirt, one of the sides is dirty, and the other is clean. If neither red or blue were dirt, then nothing was dirty, it was just mixed up.
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by arkey 3y ago
His other post might help you understand the author's point of view: https://www.fortressofdoors.com/four-magic-words/
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by arkey 3y ago
> 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship th
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by arkey 3y ago
How is that bad for environment?
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by arkey 3y ago
Marriage has everything to do with values. And as the initial comment is saying, if you replace values with... lack of them? then you get confusion.
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by arkey 3y ago
i understand you might perceive bad or hidden intentions, and i agree there's plenty of that around, but in this particular case, for myself, i'm just trying to communicate that i think marriage and family are good values that hav
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by arkey 3y ago
lol, ok, never mind all the countless people the absence of these "values" are driving their childhoods, adolescence and lives into the ground or worse edit: Right, sorry, that was quite a reactive response on my side. I'll t
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by arkey 3y ago
I do believe our brains are overloaded. After removing "woke" and "communist" as specific agents, would you still really mean all that as just a joke? You don't think there's at least a bit of it that's pr
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by arkey 3y ago
I'd say marriage and family just to begin with.
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by arkey 3y ago
> Again , what changed since 2008? Why is this worse now? Because of 16 more years of a downwards trend. > were parents any better 50 years ago? Probably not, but they didn't have iPads to give. They were probably as bad as now,
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by arkey 3y ago
Not even that, he's just presenting the other side of the scenario, in a probably honest attempt to balance the perspective so one-sidedly presented by the flamewar, pre-digested parent comment.
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by arkey 3y ago
I agree with you. For one, job loss can be pretty dramatic, nothing to joke about or disregard. However, for less extreme situations I find this can be helpful. From a recent personal experience I felt that acknowledging the potentiality of
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by arkey 3y ago
> https://www.hsinvisiblechildren.org/fatalities/ This is horrific. > What are a few broken eggs to make an omelette, though? I hope my comments don't suggest that this is the perspective of my thinking. How
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by arkey 3y ago
Again, I agree with several things you're saying, and because of that I insist in the presence of faith within what you're presenting. There's usually low risk in trusting that a contractor is an expert in electrical wiring i
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by arkey 3y ago
> That's just a complicated way for: Why? Because! No, it's not. What this means is that you yourself are not the measure of reality, and that there are things that you will not understand, because they are bigger than you. And
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by arkey 3y ago
I might agree in principle on what you're saying, although not on the conclusions or consequences. However, I think you either have too high an opinion of how people go about their ideas and beliefs, or you trust too much in the power
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by arkey 3y ago
I basically agree with everything you said. I am not trying to downplay any risks here, and even less disregard very unfortunate situations and cases that for sure happen more often than they should. However I can't see how this become
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by arkey 3y ago
I fundamentally disagree. I give toys to my 1-year-old even knowing that he'll accidentally mistreat them because he doesn't know better. I love him, and I want him to live, learn, grow. This is obviously a poor comparison when sp
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by arkey 3y ago
> The public school system is the primary way the state socializes kids. Public schools socialises kids like McDonald's feeds a society. I prefer homegrown tomatoes.
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by arkey 3y ago
Is assuming "mostly likely correct" things as an absolute fact not dangerous? Evidence, when not absolute, is as useful as the lack of it. People accept evolution without having a clue about it.
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by arkey 3y ago
I'm at a loss for words. It's as if you assume that a family is by default an abuse mechanism. And that schools are a safe haven? Not sure which is worse. I have an education thanks to my family and despite public education. I was
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by arkey 3y ago
I think you're already receiving the general opinion in the form of downvotes, but for the sake of constructive debate I'll try to respond. > homeschooling has horrific and hidden outcomes Please tell me more, as a homeschooled
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Does plant breeding somehow imply macroevolution?
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by arkey 3y ago
It does not. At least not in such absolute terms. Some science is wrong, but not science in itself. And mate, you don't need to go into religion or anything to find out that governments willingly lie to you. Also scientists, plenty of
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by arkey 3y ago
> The world is in pretty bad shape if it's created by an omnipotent omniscient deity. Not like we would have anything to do with it? If I handcraft a beautiful wooden toy and I give it as a present to a 5-year-old, and they have a t
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by arkey 3y ago
> If there’s a deity, the odds that any particular religion gets it right are near 0. What if that deity has made itself directly known to, and has had direct contact with, humankind?

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