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by think-large 14y ago
OK so what I'm attempting to say here is that it is not possible to compare scientific discovery with that religion. Science grows from its failures. I understand that. While I'm not a scientist, I am an Engineer and I have a solid (albei
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by think-large 14y ago
As per the senses, yes you are correct testable. But in order to verify those tests we have to be able to sense in some way shape or form the results. The natural sciences are limited in that nature. I can't feel, I'm using the abstract i
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by think-large 14y ago
I was just making a statement based on the opinion I saw in the statement you made. I'm going to assume that most of your friends are Christian, and in modern Christianity fighting for your God is done with non-violence. Also many Christia
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by think-large 14y ago
An escape mechanism for what? To escape the fact that you are a package of meat spinning on a rock, spinning about a ball of burning gas, spinning about.... It is an escape, a hope a dream that at the end of this day in day out life to wak
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by think-large 14y ago
Wow, very well written. I have a lot of respect for you. Scientific models are man made abstractions on a reality that we cannot prove. You obviously put a lot of faith into those man made abstractions. To say that a theistic god is a man
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by think-large 14y ago
There are two very different whys here. One is based in the human psyche (God/philosophy) the other is based in our observations of the physical world. Also, that statement that most of us prefer democracy is not backed by any facts here.
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by think-large 14y ago
So the failure of religion is... its inability to perfectly predict the future (i.e. after death)? Yes, science is imperfect, there are no proofs. Only disproofs. Would you consider a model that does not perfectly predict the future to be
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by think-large 14y ago
I'd have to say that they are different sorts of food. Science is a food for your brain. It stimulates you and helps you to doubt everything. Religion is a food for your "soul" or inner well being. It is meant to make you into a better p
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by think-large 14y ago
You realize that much of what you have to say in this is based on a leap of faith. You've limited your view to what you can learn from only your 5 senses and that nothing else exists. If anything science DENIES that as a truth with the dis
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by think-large 14y ago
Science is constantly failing us. I remember when I was taught the basic structure of an atom and all I needed were protons, neutrons, and electrons. And while quarks can be chalked up as an expansion pack for an high school teacher so ca
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by think-large 14y ago
I applaud this author for having an open mind on this topic. I think often times in science there is an ego that we can and we will uncover all the secrets of the universe, but that in an of itself is something taken on faith. It is actuall
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by think-large 14y ago
I think that what he is getting at is that you are taking it on faith that the logic is solid behind the theory. One of the things about science is that it is an observation about the reality that we can see. I think religion is about the
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by think-large 14y ago
I'd just like to point out that bias feeds into written reviews as well. I may think good service is someone not refilling my water every 5 seconds where as you might think it's that your food didn't get out in under 10 minutes. While word
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by think-large 14y ago
You can't rate the rater's because that's all subjective. This is where a nice machine learning algorithm that looks at your scores and find people who have similar rating trends. It would then give weight to other peoples ratings based o
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by think-large 14y ago
I would be very interested to see this implemented in a side by side comparison. I think it would be great to see the type of content that would float to the top of HN. I also have to say that I love this site. I feel that the content of
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by think-large 14y ago
My friend just had a kid and they are training the baby on this exact thing... So I guess it isn't intuitive after all. There are even experts on how to train your baby to "interface" with a nipple. Weird!
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by think-large 14y ago
I just did for the first time.
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by think-large 14y ago
Steve, I'd hate to see you leave the community after such a thoughtful post. I think some of the best ideas here support your plan and that this is a call to action. We as a community need to support positive comments and refrain from name
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by think-large 14y ago
I think you have a great point. This is a reminder that we do need to be a more proactive community as a whole.
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by think-large 14y ago
Awesome and insightful comment. Thank you.
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by think-large 14y ago
Thanks soo much for posting your code. Just starting out with python and it's nice to be able to learn from someone else's exploits.
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by think-large 14y ago
Can you give solutions after the week is up? I really want to become a better programmer and I think this would really help me learn.