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    Question Re: Entropy and Gibbs "Free" Energy

    Okay, that makes more sense. I think I misunderstood your actual meaning that Gibbs was the most utilitarian application of thermodynamics for biological systems. I think I took you out of context.
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    Religion, Respect and being a dick

    Here here!!! If one actually wishes to influence, one must abide within a boundary were influence is possible. A discussion of issues should be pursued rather than seeing just how offensive one can be. It is extremely valuable when this is done in a public venue because it can result in various...
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    Neutrinos and Decay Rates

    Since none have seen fit to call me on this... shame on you all... My information came from not merely a bad source, but an incredibly bad source. Frankly I had misinterpreted the function of an atomic clock and had assumed... yeah that. It is Cesium 133 that is primarily used in atomic...
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    Question Re: Entropy and Gibbs "Free" Energy

    Complex yes. Painfully difficult to sort, yes... It is also the only elegant explanation for biological processes, credible theories of abiogenisis, DNA transcription errors, and the chemical basis for evolution.
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    This Politico's Bat-Shit Campaign Speech Is Going Viral.

    Holy shit. This must be what Drinkingwithbob looks like in a cheap suit.
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    How to kill religion ???

    AngieAntiTheist WoodsofJordan edwardtarte"¬Ã¢â‚¬Å½ HappyCabbie"¬Ã¢â‚¬Å½ lacigreen"¬Ã¢â‚¬Å½ NonStampCollector"¬Ã¢â‚¬Å½ ItsTheSuperFly"¬Ã¢â‚¬Å½ ...not going to even try to list them all, they are too numerous. ...me Leave the library door unlocked and show a theist where they can find books other...
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    To be proud is to blasphamy?

    I think you mean Vanity. Self adoration. "To take the lord's name in vain..." To equate oneself with god or to usurp god's authority by comparing oneself favorably to god. Think Pat Robertson. Pride is admiration for one's own accomplishments... which in the proper context can be interpreted...
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    How to kill religion ???

    Yes, because that strategy has worked so well in the past. :roll:
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    How to kill religion ???

    Sorry, I don't share that observation. I have a measurable success rate. It is by no means high but it doesn't need to be.
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    How to kill religion ???

    Well, Hitler was dangerous precisely because he presented a lot of arguments that were at least on the surface, rational. It only required that the German people abandon the ideals of a secular state, and dehumanize one minority at a time. Take a nation broken by financial collapse, toss in a...
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    How to kill religion ???

    I think this warrants something far in excess of a single facepalm. sigh. Let's round up all of the muslims first and then gradually resent the cost of the camps to which we send them... Then let's round up all of those who vocally oppose this, and "reeducate" them until they understand that...
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    On Thunderf00t, Park51 and the elusive point

    Well met... I stated my meaning incorrectly. The two catholic services I've been dragged to (there was a skirt involved, not one that I was in, but one that I was trying to get into) were conducted primarily in English with Latin prayers followed by the prayer repeated in English.
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    Mosque at Ground Zero

    Not a public place... A private establishment may be open to the public but have an express purpose. You would be out of place to do jumping jacks in a bar, and equally out of place to stand around the gym doing tequila shots. Religious based community centers are typically intended to provide...
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    Bad faith at ground zero

    absolute agreement. Well that seems to be pretty well bolloxed up. He's resorting to fundy tactics. Maybe he's been replaced by a pod-person. It doesn't matter who started criticizing him first. The criticism is valid. He also doesn't appear to have much use for direct confrontation either...
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    Bad faith at ground zero

    TF's argument has at least become less ambiguous with this latest. He now openly resorts to the ad populum position as an argument for the content, while disregarding out of hand the contrary position. "I have fanboys therefore I'm right even if you have rational arguments."
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    On Thunderf00t, Park51 and the elusive point

    No... I think the word you're looking for is Hypocritical rather than ironic. Christians pray to a god that will have no other gods but him... and the bible sets ample precedent for this justifying genocide. Exactly how is praying to a god that commands the regional slaughter of men, women and...
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    VFX

    Is this a popular pastime? I'd never considered that anyone would want to be him when they grew up. :shock: :lol:
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    VFX

    ROFL... the irony!!! :lol:
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    VFX

    He's back... http://www.youtube.com/user/VenomFangXP :facepalm:
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