The Hazards of Belief

Brian Shanahan

marienbad wrote: »

More worrying was the mmr scare but that had what was regarded initially as qualified people involved , as soon as that was debunked it faded away to the conspiracy level..

The MMR scare is very much a live issue today, as the epidemic of measles in Swansea will gladly attest. Yes the numbers of inoculations are up, but that is a recent reversal of previous low uptake, and with inoculations you have to keep the number very high at all times.

Brian Shanahan

Obliq wrote: »

compressed air costs a good bit

Bake a tin of beans, its the same difference.

norrie rugger

Obliq wrote: »

This is true, except compressed air costs a good bit and then you only use a small bit. I'd say popping off the key too, but I meant don't attempt to clean around the key whilst it's still on the keyboard.

Hair dryer on cool/low heat. Even better if you have a measuring funnel in the kitchen

norrie rugger

Back to Hazards and such

Just heard the BEST comment relating to marriage equality and same sex families

"Didn't Jesus have two dads?!!!"

I love it

Sulla Felix

robindch wrote: »

Easiest is to pop off the key with a penknife (it should just pop off quite easily) and see what's causing it to stick and fix it. If it's not obvious what's causing it to stick, or if you remove the obvious sticky thing, but it continues to stick, well, a new keyboard costs a little more than a fiver.

And if it costs more, you can safely throw it in the dishwasher.

obplayer

Jernal wrote: »

Subtle undertones there of wiping people out of existence.

Ok, I meant these people will exist but we must speak to them severely.;)

Nodin

How to Avoid Problems With Minorities - Don't let on you have any.

"Burmese officials have begun the first national census in three decades, but are refusing to allow people to class themselves as Rohingya.

The UN, which is helping to carry out the census, said all Burmese should be allowed to choose their own ethnicity.

But Burmese officials said the Muslim Rohingya must call themselves Bengali or they would not be registered."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26807239

(There are other minorities within Burma also subject to repressive measures - far too early to have lifted sanctions off them)

Cabaal

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26823842

A California man remains missing a day after he was swept out to sea during an ocean baptism, local media report.

Benito Flores, 43, was among several people helping his cousin, Pastor Maurigro Cervantes, baptise a man near the Guadalupe Dunes Preserve north of Santa Barbara.

I guess god didn't like him,

Nodin

Cabaal wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26823842



I guess god didn't like him,

...wasn't on the "sunbeam" list.....

Sulla Felix

I thought the usual line was that God needed them in heaven?

Anyway, condolences to the family, a man is dead after all but dying in what was essentially an attempt to add a little extra wow factor to the usual pageantry strikes me as a way to get nominated for a Darwin.

endacl

norrie rugger wrote: »

mechanical movement of wind can be quicker for solids

After a night on the Guinness?

norrie rugger

endacl wrote: »

After a night on the Guinness?

That wind could become liquid storm too easily, for use near a computer

the_eman

Hello Atheists, its been a while....

Last time I was on here, you still refused to believe there was an Ark, here is some more information.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/et-cetera/noahs-ark-may-have-floated-without-sinking-report/articleshow/33184489.cms

norrie rugger

At least you are not trying to claim that this is evidence

timbyr

the_eman wrote: »

Hello Atheists, its been a while....

Last time I was on here, you still refused to believe there was an Ark, here is some more information.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/et-cetera/noahs-ark-may-have-floated-without-sinking-report/articleshow/33184489.cms

This appears to be a less than serious paper.

https://physics.le.ac.uk/journals/index.php/pst/issue/current

The specific paper is titled "The animals float two by two, hurrarh'

The other papers are also quite funny.

Brian Shanahan

the_eman wrote: »

Hello Atheists, its been a while....

Last time I was on here, you still refused to believe there was an Ark, here is some more information.

No, we don't disbelieve the ark, we accept the reality that there was none.

You're the one with the faulty belief system.

Gordon

the_eman wrote: »

Hello Atheists, its been a while....

Last time I was on here, you still refused to believe there was an Ark, here is some more information.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/et-cetera/noahs-ark-may-have-floated-without-sinking-report/articleshow/33184489.cms

These students calculated how much weight a boat with the dimensions of the ark from the christian bible could carry.

They didn't take into account weight such as water, food, bedding stuff, structure of the boat such as internal walls or supporting beams (it's dubious if they included the weight of the roof also) etc etc - they simply theorised an open box with those dimensions.

And then they assumed something else:

A previous investigation conducted into the feasibility of Noah’s ark suggests that an average mass of all the animals aboard the ark is approximately equal to the mass of a sheep [8]. As such, assuming the average mass of a sheep is 23.47kg [9]; our calculations prove that buoyancy force of the ark could support the weight of 2.15 million sheep.

They don't mention that these sheep have to be squished into a tiny space, with zero room to move or breathe, they simply crunch numbers, of which are based on a previous investigation which also looks wonky.

Why don't you just say 'god did it, you can't explain it', the_eman? Wouldn't that just be simpler for you?

TheChizler

Gordon wrote: »

They don't mention that these sheep have to be squished into a tiny space, with zero room to move or breathe, they simply crunch numbers, of which are based on a previous investigation which also looks wonky.

Liquidiser! If we were talking about cattle I'd have suggested a smoothie maker...

In an introductory physics lecture on guesstimation we worked out at the request of the professor that he could fit roughly 14 liquidised students in a metre cubed tank under his shed. Not an entirely different thought experiment to the one those University of Leicester students performed.

Needless to say not everyone returned to those lectures...

Hotblack Desiato

the_eman wrote: »

Last time I was on here, you still refused to believe there was an Ark,

The one just up the road from the Irish Film Centre..?

Bannasidhe

ninja900 wrote: »

The one just up the road from the Irish Film Centre..?

As a young 'un I used to go to D'Ark in Cork - saw The Specials, The Cure, The Virgin Prunes (and their baby brother's little band), Five Go Down To The Sea, Micro Disney... ahh happy days.

But it's 'student' flats now

norrie rugger

Turned out that the venue failed several fire safety regulations and was not worth rebuilding as a venue. Pity

robindch

Moralfailingitis strikes megachurch leader

One blogger has reported:

Michael Newham wrote:

We have confirmed that Coy has admitted to at least two affairs in the past year alone and has had a long standing ‘problem with pornography. There are suspicions among leadership that he has not yet fully confessed to all his infidelity.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/04/06/pastor-one-nations-largest-megachurches-resigns-moral-failure/

lazza14

Anyone else think the % of creationists will rise after the release of this Noah film ?

I'm talking about Americans mainly here, but I'd love to see stats before and after ...

smacl

lazza14 wrote: »

Anyone else think the % of creationists will rise after the release of this Noah film ?

I'm talking about Americans mainly here, but I'd love to see stats before and after ...

Wonder did the practice of witchcraft increase after the Harry Potter movies? Could you imagine if anyone told their wide eyed kids that it was all true and Hogwarts was a really place. Noah or Dumbledore? Tough call

Hotblack Desiato

smacl wrote: »

Wonder did the practice of witchcraft increase after the Harry Potter movies?

Remember when the usual religious nuts were saying that kids would be turning to satanism in their droves as a result of HP?

endacl

ninja900 wrote: »

Remember when the usual religious nuts were saying that kids would be turning to satanism in their droves as a result of HP?

Because of the molasses?!?

lazza14

smacl wrote: »

Wonder did the practice of witchcraft increase after the Harry Potter movies? Could you imagine if anyone told their wide eyed kids that it was all true and Hogwarts was a really place. Noah or Dumbledore? Tough call

... but you know what I mean, it's like the time The Passion of the Christ was released, you had a load of these born again christian nuts coming out of the woodwork ..

Qs

lazza14 wrote: »

... but you know what I mean, it's like the time The Passion of the Christ was released, you had a load of these born again christian nuts coming out of the woodwork ..

To be fair since his resurrection in that film (was that in the film, I never watched it) Jesus has done a great job saving people in New York with the help of a magical, all seeing, all knowing being that gives him instruction. Well if gives Ben Linus instruction and he passes it on. Jesus just has to take the instruction on faith.

Turtwig

Jesus is now an ex-CIA cold blooded killer marauding the streets of NY as a vigilante fighting crime and corruption at every turn.

lazza14

Jernal wrote: »

Jesus is now an ex-CIA cold blooded killer marauding the streets of NY as a vigilante fighting crime and corruption at every turn.

That the one with Chris Tucker ? :P

Turtwig

No the one with the dude from lost.

norrie rugger

Cool show

lazza14

what show is that ?

norrie rugger

Person of Interest

robindch

USA Today does an article on the effects of vaccine-denialism.

The linked video contains upsetting scenes.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/06/anti-vaccine-movement-is-giving-diseases-a-2nd-life/7007955/

Turtwig

Let you guys decide whether this is more appropriate to Interesting Stuff or Here. Sad that these things have to be published. (And are ignored)

10 persistent myths about cancer debunked.

Also, people fundraising for expensive quackery treatments (mostly to the US) are a heck of an ethical dilemma.

Hotblack Desiato

We have moved on slightly from when it was commonly held here that cancer was contagious, or even mentioning the word was risky (hence 'the big C' :rolleyes: ) or that it was best to tell everyone except the bloody patient what was wrong with them.

MrPudding

Quite liked this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26328105

MrP

Brian Shanahan

Jernal wrote: »

Let you guys decide whether this is more appropriate to Interesting Stuff or Here. Sad that these things have to be published. (And are ignored)

10 persistent myths about cancer debunked.

Also, people fundraising for expensive quackery treatments (mostly to the US) are a heck of an ethical dilemma.

I like the "tabloid" pill in the photo accompanying myth no.6

MrPudding wrote: »

Quite liked this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26328105

MrP

Hey, don't diss the panic, it gave Tom Hanks to the world!

Cabaal

US Pastor who hosts a radio talkshow falls for Waterford Whispers story, here's the story

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/01/21/church-hires-jk-rowling-to-rewrite-the-bible/

Church Hires JK Rowling To Rewrite The Bible

The latest PR coup for Pope Francis has seen him hire famous and revered children’s author JK Rowling to rewrite the Bible.

Here's the talkshow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j0fI3q6PB0

sighhh

norrie rugger

Authoress? Harry Pothead?

norrie rugger

I had that on in the background there, just wondering if he would say anything meaningful and he did.

Nice little catholic hate there at 6:20, Christian love and all that.

Links234

PopePalpatine

I swear that priest looks like Alucard.

Links234

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I swear that priest looks like Alucard.

Hmm, not sure I see it myself

wp_rathead

Cabaal wrote: »

US Pastor who hosts a radio talkshow falls for Waterford Whispers story, here's the story

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/01/21/church-hires-jk-rowling-to-rewrite-the-bible/



Here's the talkshow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j0fI3q6PB0

sighhh

It is sad he has to explain "parody" to his listeners..

..oh and the bit he name drops Mail.co.uk as a respected news source

Sulla Felix

Sin city no?

robindch

This woman believes she's cured 38 kids of autism by giving them bleach enemas. Yes, bleach enemas. Seems to have given some kids bleach baths too.

http://www.autismone.org/content/38-children-recovered-20-months-mms

More on her here:

http://io9.com/5916354/the-awful-inhumanity-of-using-bleach-enemas-to-treat-autistic-children

Haven't had the stomach to read it through to be honest.

Obliq

I cannot look at that :mad:

OldBones

Holy crap!