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what is the purpose of the universe - answered by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Friday, March 7, 2014 11:59 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Back to the original post.

ONE LOOK at people like rappy made me realize that the universe has no purpose. What better argument is there against intelligent design, a clockwork universe, or any sort of higher purpose that to look at the folly of human beings?

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 2:38 AM

OONJERAH

We Do serve a purpose.

You see all those UFOs flying around here? Those are successful alien races.
They are bringing their kids here to study us. We are the bad example.

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Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events,
small minds discuss other people.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 8:48 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Back to the original post.

ONE LOOK at people like rappy made me realize that the universe has no purpose. What better argument is there against intelligent design, a clockwork universe, or any sort of higher purpose that to look at the folly of human beings?

You and 1kiki display the insignificance of humans, perfectly.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 10:04 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Quote:
We Do serve a purpose.

You see all those UFOs flying around here? Those are successful alien races.
They are bringing their kids here to study us. We are the bad example.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Wow, touche Oonj!

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 5:39 PM

OONJERAH

Homo Sap is a smart monkey ... but not that smart.

Using a Fahrenheit thermometer scale of 0-120 as a measure of Smartness.
Smartness includes these attributes:
Awareness-Intelligence-Maturity-Morality-Creativity
Responsibility is inherent in maturity/morality.

I'll arbitrarily put Homo-sapiens at 20. = I assume there are beings
in the Galaxy who are six times smarter than us. Conservatively.
But in truth, the Smart scale may be as unlimited as the Galaxy itself.

Our race runs on pEg: paranoia-Egomania-greed. That's why we'll self-
destruct. We are competitive to eXcess; Trust is a rare commodity.
Survival may require a flexible adaptability that we have lost.

Cannot find the quote from MIB, my recall:
Kay: In some parts of the galaxy, Our intelligence is regarded as a virus.

Honest humility has value, too.

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Actually, if my mind is small enough, I will only discuss mySelf.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 5:44 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:

Kay: In some parts of the galaxy, our intelligence is regarded as a virus.

I'm not opposed to using movie quotes to demonstrate a POV in the real world. I do it myself, from time to time. However, as much as I'll agree that certain comments really do paint a picture, and nail a point home, the same can't be said for all quotes.

Some are just flat out ridiculous.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, March 8, 2014 6:56 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:...3) capitalism will last until the end of time? Not very realistic of you.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 1:09 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Cartoon is wrong.
Capitalism

OH- BTW- DEFINE FREEDOM. You use the word often enough, surely you must have some idea what it means to you!

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 1:27 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

The liberal logic 101 posting is accurate.

And if you can't comprehend that, then my definition of freedom will be dismissed, out of hand, by you, just the same.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 3:26 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

definition of a troll: "and I refuse to chase others in a mindless, endless circle of " debate " on the internet. If I 'bitch out' of a discussion, I've said all I'm going to say on the matter, my views have been presented, and there's nothing left to add."

RUSH LIMBAUGH is a BLUE PILL ADDICT!

As evidence of "rape mentality"
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:11 PM
MAL4PREZ
And just remember, according to Rappy, the term befitting a women who wants the insurance she pays for to cover medications affecting her reproductive organs is whore

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:23 PM
little rappy
The term applies

And this is Geezer being non-partisan ... HAHAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

Dem Super Pac slams Obamacare because it really sucks and will cause herpes
Geezer
So some Democrats are running on pointing out that the Healthcare.gov rollout was an unmitigated disaster

I feel so vindicated.

"Just glad that some Democrats are acknowledging the bad job done in developing Healthcare.com." "it'll be interesting to see if these same Democrats acknowledge" "these Democrats seem to understand what the real Obama Kool-Ade drinkers still won't address" " it's about Democrats using criticism of the rollout in their campaign ads".

OONJERAH
We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:34 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

9pm on FOX

Everyone ready?

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 9:15 PM

RAHLMACLAREN

"Damn yokels, can't even tell a transport ship ain't got no guns on it." - Jayne Cobb

WTF??? I'll have to Hulu (verb) Cosmos tomorrow 'cause of f***ing local redneck programing! Must be a bunch of creationists running the FUX affiliate.

SHU MA NYAOW, I was even awake on time!

Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay

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Sunday, March 9, 2014 9:36 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

No spoilers from me, so I'll just say 1 thing so far...

I miss Carl.

Granted, it's 13 weeks in full, so 1/2 into ep 1 isn't enough to pass judgement yet.

PS - I see that it'll also air on NatGeo, on Mondays.

Also, I'll just say I enjoyed the very last part the most.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:26 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

i thought i saw a ufo on the weekend

maybe the sun was in my eyes

how cool would it be though

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:06 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

The feeling of seeing something you can't ID is a bit exhilarating and uncomfortable at the same time. " Am I really seeing... What AM I seeing ? "

3x I've had that experience. 2 I figured out. The 3rd, I kinda have an idea, but it was still a bit " off ". There may be a simple explanation, but I just missed it.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Friday, March 21, 2014 5:17 PM

OONJERAH

CLARKE's Three Laws are three "laws" of prediction formulated
by the British writer Arthur C. Clarke. They are:

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something
is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that
something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture
a little way past them into the impossible.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Sunday, March 23, 2014 11:55 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

OONJERAH
We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.

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Saturday, October 7, 2017 4:39 AM

OONJERAH

New Season of Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' Premieres Tonight[ 1 Oct '17 ]
https://www.space.com/38329-startalk-neil-degrasse-tyson-season-4-prem
iere.html

born October 5, 1958 : Happy birthday, Dr. Tyson!

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences awarded Tyson the
Public Welfare Medal in 2015 for his "extraordinary role
in exciting the public about the wonders of science".

... oooOO}{OOooo ...

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Saturday, October 7, 2017 5:05 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by Oonjerah:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and
I'm not sure about the universe." attributed to Albert Einstein
by Frederick S. Perls. Disputed.

If I had said that, what would I mean?
That the masses apprear to me as fools in lieu of my own lofty
intelligence?
No. Not at all.

It means I am stupid.
(The expression of our group Intelligence, however, is scary.)

I was a child prodigy about just One little thing. I had talent and
no one taught it to me. No one (teachers, parents) ever told me
I was smart in grade school. But in high school, they did, saying
I had a high I.Q. = I was smart. Sometimes I believed them.
Yet I was always aware of my limits, my incomprehension of
things both grand & mundane. I could/would never know the
answers to the most fascinating stuff.

Human Reason Has Limits.

Dr William Lane Craig & Dr. Peter Atkins:

Saints & Sceptics: 12 Things Science Can’t Explain
http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/12-things-science-cant-explain/

1. Logical and mathematical truths (which are presupposed by science) ...

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Apollo in 1969. Shuttle in 1981. Nothing in 2011. Our space program
would look awesome to anyone living backwards thru time. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson

If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil
fuels from the ground as a source of energy. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson

That is interesting about your school.
I was considered stupid in grade school, at least by the students and some teachers - I did everything wrong, but just got everything right. The school psychometrist had other ideas, IIRC. Then in 8th grade my math teacher inqired of my boredom, and realized and explained to me that I had been using algebra to do math since developing it in 2nd grade, although nobody had known it - my teachers and certainly not me. I knew that it was right and would always result in the correct answer, and more quickly, but didn't know the name of the process.

My new question from last night is this: Does the Sun come around Earth from the East every dawn? How would you answer it?

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Saturday, October 7, 2017 6:26 PM

OONJERAH

JewelStaitFan: "Does the Sun come around Earth from the East every dawn?
How would you answer it?"

No. The earth turns to face the sun.

"The sun rises." "The sun sets." Idiomatic phrases that we say out of
habit ... You know, from when the Earth was "the center of the Universe."

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Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:05 AM

OONJERAH

A newly discovered moon tunnel could be the
perfect place for a colony, scientists say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/10/21/
a-newly-discovered-moon-tunnel-could-be-the-perfect-place-for-a-colony-scientists-say/?utm_term=.8c757fd0f08d

At the close of the Apollo age, a year before the final moonwalk in 1972, a NASA researcher argued that vast tunnels lie beneath the lunar surface.

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Monday, December 18, 2017 6:36 AM

OONJERAH

UFOs - Area 51, etc.

"The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 is a
highly classified remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within
the Nevada Test and Training Range."

That's the place where they keep all the super-secret stuff ... such as
alien artifacts.
You see pictures of the secret stuff if you look for it ... but maybe
they're just Hollywood props to get us to read the page they're on (plus
the Ads).

I really have no idea what's in there. But I sure would like to have
the grand tour and see.

... oooOO}{OOooo ...
Idea for new thread: What's become of our Space Program?

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