Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
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Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
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I debated with myself about doing either this one and the 'pensioner' one."A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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I run with scissors. It makes me feel dangerous 
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First he started to say that religion and science were non-overlapping disciplines. But then paused and said "Dammit, actually there is no god!". This was the first time I had ever heard anyone say this so bluntly.
He explained that we know the fundamental constants of the universe to an incredible precision. The resulting uncertainty in calculations is so miniscule that if an answer was represented as the distance from me to the moon, the uncertainty would be as small as asking "Is that measuring from the top of my head or my shoulders?". Any god hidden in such a tiny gap could have no effect on the universe.
It still took two more years before that explanation really sank in. By age nineteen I called myself an atheist and have been so ever since. - Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Re: Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
That's nothing! What about the tongue-eating isopod?
http://www.halo3forum.com/complete-off- ... sopod.html
http://www.halo3forum.com/complete-off- ... sopod.html
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Re: Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
Scary! Hope I don't catch one of them.Cyberguy wrote:That's nothing! What about the tongue-eating isopod?
http://www.halo3forum.com/complete-off- ... sopod.html
Oh, and welcome to Ratz, Cyberguy!
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- About me: In 1979 I attended a lecture by Richard Feynman. During question time at the end a woman asked "Where does God fit into all this?".
First he started to say that religion and science were non-overlapping disciplines. But then paused and said "Dammit, actually there is no god!". This was the first time I had ever heard anyone say this so bluntly.
He explained that we know the fundamental constants of the universe to an incredible precision. The resulting uncertainty in calculations is so miniscule that if an answer was represented as the distance from me to the moon, the uncertainty would be as small as asking "Is that measuring from the top of my head or my shoulders?". Any god hidden in such a tiny gap could have no effect on the universe.
It still took two more years before that explanation really sank in. By age nineteen I called myself an atheist and have been so ever since. - Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Re: Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
Thanks for the welcome. I used to post on the RDF forums a lot a few years ago, but got tired of repeatedly debating the same old topics. As a change, I put some pamphlets together as a resource to support other atheist debaters. See http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~edmin/Pamphlets/. One of my pamphlets, "What is Atheism?" has been translated into French and German - completely unsolicited may I add.
French: http://assohum.org/wp-content/uploads/2 ... heisme.pdf.
German: http://puzzledponderer.files.wordpress. ... 8/wia3.pdf)
I notice that the fundies seem to avoid atheist forums these days, apart from the occasional driveby. I do miss putting the fresh meat though the mincer!
French: http://assohum.org/wp-content/uploads/2 ... heisme.pdf.
German: http://puzzledponderer.files.wordpress. ... 8/wia3.pdf)
I notice that the fundies seem to avoid atheist forums these days, apart from the occasional driveby. I do miss putting the fresh meat though the mincer!
Religion? No thanks.
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Fresh meat! Sinking down to the sea bed!!!Cyberguy wrote: I do miss putting the fresh meat though the mincer!
Hello, Cyberguy.
I run with scissors. It makes me feel dangerous
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- About me: In 1979 I attended a lecture by Richard Feynman. During question time at the end a woman asked "Where does God fit into all this?".
First he started to say that religion and science were non-overlapping disciplines. But then paused and said "Dammit, actually there is no god!". This was the first time I had ever heard anyone say this so bluntly.
He explained that we know the fundamental constants of the universe to an incredible precision. The resulting uncertainty in calculations is so miniscule that if an answer was represented as the distance from me to the moon, the uncertainty would be as small as asking "Is that measuring from the top of my head or my shoulders?". Any god hidden in such a tiny gap could have no effect on the universe.
It still took two more years before that explanation really sank in. By age nineteen I called myself an atheist and have been so ever since. - Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Contact:
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Hello.Deep Sea Isopod wrote:Fresh meat! Sinking down to the sea bed!!!Cyberguy wrote: I do miss putting the fresh meat though the mincer!
Hello, Cyberguy.
Do you like to eat their tongues? :twisted:
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Re: Deepseaisopod: "Flesh-eating 'aliens' from the deep"
Welcome,Cyberguy. You, no shit, spoke with Feynman? 
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Cyberguy
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- About me: In 1979 I attended a lecture by Richard Feynman. During question time at the end a woman asked "Where does God fit into all this?".
First he started to say that religion and science were non-overlapping disciplines. But then paused and said "Dammit, actually there is no god!". This was the first time I had ever heard anyone say this so bluntly.
He explained that we know the fundamental constants of the universe to an incredible precision. The resulting uncertainty in calculations is so miniscule that if an answer was represented as the distance from me to the moon, the uncertainty would be as small as asking "Is that measuring from the top of my head or my shoulders?". Any god hidden in such a tiny gap could have no effect on the universe.
It still took two more years before that explanation really sank in. By age nineteen I called myself an atheist and have been so ever since. - Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Contact:
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Yes, just as a member of a student audience asking a question at the end of his lecture. The lectures were recorded, but not my question which was a bit lame - about his safe-cracking exploits during the Manhatten Project. I was only 17 then, and it was the best I could come up with at the time. I did not know enough about QED to form an intelligent question about that. His answer to my question was "I see my reputation precedes me!", and everyone laughed. He went on to say that most people did not bother to change the safe combinations from the factory presets, or they used their wife's birthday, or something like that, so he could guess most of them. The safes merely held the secrets on how to make the atomic bomb...FBM wrote:Welcome,Cyberguy. You, no shit, spoke with Feynman?
The woman's question about "Where does God fit into all of this?" did not make the final video cut either, but it made the biggest impression on me. Feynman was a profound genius.
Google "Douglas Robb Lecures Feynman" - you can download them.
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