@carnivorum said
The problem is not only that we don't have an explanation, the problem is that it rips the evolution theory to pieces.

Just like the soft tissue in de dinosaurs does.

Just like the C14 in all the dinosaurs does.

Just like the fossil record does.

"Oh, we don't have an explantion for the duons."

"Oh, we don't have an explanation for the soft tissue in the ...[text shortened]... totally debunked.

With all the evidence against it only an idiot keeps on believing in evolution.

You're like a tabloid reporter jumping straight to the desired, exaggerated at best, fabricated at worst, conclusions.

This is why no one takes you seriously.

@moonbus said
It is really that simple.

Only to the simple-minded.

Just because we don't currently have an explanation for something, it does not follow that the only possible explanation is "God did it," and even if it did, it still would not follow that the 'god' who did it is identical with Yahweh much less that Yahweh is identical with an obstreperous Jew who got himself ...[text shortened]... reasoning; it's chasm wide enough for the USS Eisenhower carrier strike group to reverse course in.

Completely agree.

To add one more thing, we should learn to be OK with not having an explanation for something, if in fact we don't. Just be honest and admit it.

Religion has the bad habit of feeling the need to explain everything and have all the answers. Scientific inquiry has shown us that we do much better uncovering actual truths when we proceed patiently and rigorously towards an explanation that matches experiment and evidence.

@carnivorum said
So we agree that there is no scientific explanation what so ever for the existence of duons.

So it should be clear to everybody that the only rational explanation is intelligent design.

And there we have our Intelligent Designer.

We call Him "God".

It is really that simple.

Gap identified.

God of the Gaps to the rescue.

@kewpie said
I do get very tired of people who behave badly enough to get evicted, then come back again and again under different names. I prefer people with familiar faces (even battered or disguised ones) to masked ones. And before anyone decides to accuse me of racism or religionism, I'm thinking of full-face bike helmets and ski-masks.

I think there has to be some sort of mental illness involved in repeatedly coming back to a place where you know no one wants you to be, when you know you're just going to 'out' yourself with the same obvious behavior and get banned in 24 hours.

It certainly takes more effort to keep making more accounts than for an admin to click a 'ban' button. It's a fight they must know they'll never win, yet the appetite for it does not diminish.

Aladdin got a lifetime ban from magic carpet racing!

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@divegeester said
He’s a weird perv but I gotta admit I love this guy.

Edit: the “maybe” session is friggin hilarious 😆

Yeah, agreed.

He shouldn't have done what he did, but they lumped him in with guys like Weinstein who were far worse, then tried to "cancel" him.

The "maybe" bit is comedy gold.

Here's another one that's great:

YouTube : Louis CK - Why? (NSFW)

@carnivorum said
You're getting the picture Bigdogg. Improving is a whole lot of work, with very little to no reward.

However, as you can see, traps give plenty of reward, are easy to learn, and make a man happy.

No matter how much we try to improve, 99% or more of us will never become a master, and IM, or a GM. You have to be born with a special brain for that, and most peopl ...[text shortened]... be so that traps add an enormous amount of fun to the game.

https://tinyurl.com/pity-no-traps

To be fair, Carlsen, Kasparov, etc. made millions of $$ playing, so this argument doesn't apply to them.

That was kind of my point. Most of us aren't talented like those guys so we're never going to earn any kind of livable $$ from the game. The fun is the main reward.

I place a pickup order online with my local grocery store, and they're out of the very thing that prompted me to make the order.

Of course, their website doesn't warn you about this in advance.

You're hanging your hopes on the idea that no one in-store will buy the last one before the pickup-compiler-person does.

And the order is locked down on the website, so I can't sub in some other turkey slices.

So I end up having to... having to... to... walk inside and buy turkey slices by hand, with the other common people 😲 😫 as I wait for the pickup order to come out.

Why do bad things happen to good people.

@suzianne said
Correct, but focusing solely on "traps", for their quick win potential without studying fundamentals, is foolhardy.

It is a castle built on sand, instead of one built on rock.

The things that make traps work are fundamentals: pins, forks, skewers, trapped pieces, etc.

Stronger players don't fall for traps very often. The trap-lover may hit a wall against those players and not improve any further unless they learn how to win in more 'boring' ways.

But most people stop improving at some point. Chess is a lot of work with scant financial reward and hardly any mainstream recognition. Unless you're trying to become a good enough player or teacher to earn a living from the game, it can be argued, if you're not enjoying playing, you're doing it wrong.

@suzianne said
And then there's this, from Reddit r/chess:



Just to clarify, I’m not amazing at chess (1200 rapid chess.com) but I think I’m qualified to say this.

I’ve noticed a lot of beginners flock towards certain trap openings, which are bad with perfect play but often incite the opponent to make game-losing mistakes. The Stafford gambit, Englund gambit, Tennison gambit, etc ...[text shortened]... ould get into the habit of playing legitimate openings and assuming perfect play from your opponent.

Theory and memorization are important, though. It is not as though you can reach master without studying openings, tactics, endgames, etc.

A player who limits themselves to winning based solely on their own cleverness and learning based solely on their own personal examples is reinventing the wheel several times over. Their improvement will be far slower than one who uses existing theoretical knowledge, assuming they manage to improve at all.

@divegeester said
Actually this was a typo; it’s called “the dopeler effect”.

😂

I'm stealing this.

Edit. Found this... It's hilarious.

https://www.michaelhartzell.com/blog/dopeler-effect-the-tendency-of-stupid-ideas-to-seem-smarter

@pettytalk said
Down boy! Don't bite what you can't chew.

I have quoted the succinct part, which introduces a clear and brief idea for the connection. The rest of the 1000 words were intended to aid any intellectually challenged minds in grasping the idea, in so many words. Learn how to count, besides how to think. The word count was 606, not 1,000.

I hope your rabies vaccination is ...[text shortened]... of how ancient philosophical ideas can be integrated with religious beliefs to enrich both domains."

I'm sure in your own mind, building large word castles and getting lost in them constitutes "thinking".

Your posts are "tales of sound and fury signifying nothing".

"Succinct", then posts 1,000 words. 🤦‍♂️

@orangutan said
If that were true then I'd have a lot more energy.
🙁

You've got plenty of energy! It's just that none of it is kinetic. 🤓😂

@divegeester said
E = mc2

Can (I think ) be solved for m by: m = E/c2

The inference being that energy and mass are reversible such that mass can be converted into energy (as in a nuclear bomb), but energy can also be converted into mass, as in creation.

Something to think about.

Feynmann said, if not for the unfortunate choice of the second as the unit of time, that the equation is just:

e = m

Energy equals mass.