jlgreco

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by jlgreco 13y ago
The most credible explanation for the lack of evidence is simply that no evidence has been found. You are literally working science backwards, making a perversion of the scientific process. This very literally is what many religious peo
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Oh, I get that. What I am saying is that just because two concepts are irrational does not mean that the language we have constructed to talk about these concepts plays into the shared root cause. As a concrete example: Tea leave reading a
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by jlgreco 13y ago
I do this with other people who aren't kids, though I try to keep it to family and close friends so that I don't thrash my reputation too much. Typically I'll pick a theme (say, "citrus fruit, and related topics&quo
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Both of us have just as much evidence. A baseless suspicion is all that I intended to give.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
> Why doesn't google treat non-logged in users the same as those w/o an account? I wager what they actually want to do is treat those without an account the same as those who are not logged in, but realize they can't get
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Rangers are technically law enforcement right? They are probably "essential personnel".
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by jlgreco 13y ago
I am saying people scoff at the idea because space is big. Come back with actual evidence and the off the cuff dismissal will stop. (though even then, expect some resistance since UFOists have been crying wolf so often)
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by jlgreco 13y ago
You're stretching. Both can be irrational beliefs while not being particularly similar to each other.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
> "I was trying to find an explanation for the immediate rejection of the subject as silly." "Space is big", "boy who cried wolf", or a combination of both.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
I think he is saying that a letter an no money would be better than a letter and a pathetic amount of money. Getting a pathetic amount of money is more insulting than not getting any money.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
> or really belive we are alone in this vast universe. ...or understand that space is big. Really big.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Yeah, as I wrote that I actually began to think that it would be a pretty neat idea. I think maybe you could do it by actually filming in Central Park with some sort of structure with white balls on it, in a certain known arrangement, tha
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Seriously. If we were to accept that sort of bullshit nonsense as evidence then we would also have "evidence" for widespread organized "Satanic ritual abuse" in the 1980's, devils which sit on the chests of sleepin
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Sightings of other assorted sea monsters are common, but the frequency of sea monster sightings is still not as concerning as the frequency of bigfoot sightings because we typically expect evidence of shit in the sea to be less forthcoming.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
"Yes, it would, but that's not a very popular definition of science these days. If it were, psychiatrists and psychologists would be immediately excluded -- they make plenty of predictions, but the predictions don't work out
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by jlgreco 13y ago
If you see one video of aliens visiting Central Park^, then you can probably be sure that it is fake. If twitter is suddenly flooded with reports about aliens in Central Park^, and dozens to hundreds of people all upload different cellphon
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by jlgreco 13y ago
I think the article addresses your point nicely. People reportedly see bigfoot everywhere , all the time. For so many citings, we really should have an abundance of physical evidence, but we just don't. Giant squid citings however a
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by jlgreco 13y ago
I agree, this device looks neat but I fear it would be very difficult for me to use. I could probably get use to it eventually, but it would almost certainly have me throwing the first few times and just gagging long after that.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Huh, that makes sense at least; I'll have to look into that.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
If they would make the tree-style tabs very aggressively swap to disk, or even discard state entirely and seamlessly become a bookmark that would reload when clicked (perhaps this behavior could work only for white-listed domains, like wik
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by jlgreco 13y ago
> Use bookmarks. Who said he doesn't?
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Probably; all I know is that my dentist always tells me I should brush after all meals. However that is probably assuming the standard "3 meals a day" instead of the modern American "continuous meal throughout the day, with
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Agreed. At that point it becomes something I could actually see myself doing after every meal.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Here are two: 1) Cool it with the CGI, it doesn't hold up well if you abuse it and will look like ass after a year or two. 2) Let merchandising do whatever they want except influence the film in anyway way. Those are the things t
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Doesn't mean it isn't accurate. It is inaccurate to say that casinos and insurance are dissimilar in that regard. If casinos find themselves paying out too often, they change the size of those payouts with respect to how much i
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Uh... okay. If you want to call it that, that is fine. Not sure how that is relevant though.
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by jlgreco 13y ago
Your passing wouldn't cause it; and it could happen to anybody. However having it happen after you die is going to have an emotional impact on those who are still alive. How would it feel to open up facebook and see that you have a
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by jlgreco 13y ago
It concerns me because there is typically little to no evidence that there is are shared ideology, or a shared anything besides "(probably) being Muslim, and shooting at us" . Specifically why this concerns me I explained her
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by jlgreco 13y ago
> "I don't see how you've proven the illegitimacy of my analogy." Simply put: there are established and agreed upon ways of determining whether somebody is a member of North Dakota; it isn't an association that
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by jlgreco 13y ago
That may be the case. My fear and suspicion however is that "Al Quaeda" has become a term that is applied whenever there are "people, who happen to be Muslim, who shoot at 'us'." That may not seem like someth

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