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Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
08-10-2009, 9:09 PM
#38
My point with the Brownian motion was simply an interesting observation. There is no such thing as an inert field. For all intents and purposes it is like watching a pool of water in a closed laboratory environment for long enough and getting waves f...  [Read More]
Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
08-09-2009, 1:14 AM
#35
Obviously before Newton, there was a means by which to calculate every aspect of calculous he was responsible for; we simply did not know it yet. Newton showed it to us. Evidence shows that Orcemedies may have figured out calculous centuries before,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
08-08-2009, 9:45 PM
#33
You'll have to excuse me, I generally don't like pulling apart posts as often this is simply done in an argumentative way at forums, but there are a couple of specific sentences I'd like to examine. Logic shows that every cause has an effect and as...  [Read More]
Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
08-08-2009, 12:53 AM
#30
Have to agree with Jae's sentiment although possibly for different reasons. Given a series of assumptions, math is reliable. It would be better to say the actual workings of the physical universe are perfect although I'd suggest placing even that sta...  [Read More]
Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
08-06-2009, 9:32 AM
#19
@vanir - you are close to what I am getting at with math, but I have some stronger examples, I simply have to find them. Your post reminded me of a conundrum though.... where are all the "white" holes, since the law of opposites demands one...  [Read More]
Posted in: Burden of Proof
  vanir
07-31-2009, 9:31 PM
#10
Mathematics is 100% reliable as an extrapolation of cause and effect, but it describes only what it describes. The only problem is where someone infers results which are neither correlated by physical observation, nor directly suggested by the math....  [Read More]
Posted in: Why does religion still exist today when most former religions died out?
  vanir
07-29-2009, 12:18 AM
#69
I think it is as big a mistake to make a scientific argument for why any explanation whatsoever is an unfalsifiable hypothesis as it is to make a religious argument as to why a supernatural explanation is scientifically sound. And that is not agnost...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why does religion still exist today when most former religions died out?
  vanir
07-28-2009, 11:35 PM
#60
The real issue is not whether religious freedom should be allowed (which is what this argument is about) but how scripture is being interpreted. Thus the argument over whether or not there should be religious freedom (that means where you say, I ful...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why does religion still exist today when most former religions died out?
  vanir
07-28-2009, 11:09 PM
#54
As usual in religion vs science threads I think we are offering resounding confusion about religion between allegorical belief structures and fundamentalist political mythologies. It is reasonable to observe that political dictates are by definition...  [Read More]
Posted in: Whole lotta loss
  vanir
07-28-2009, 11:55 AM
#1
Deepspace Rescue sn501493: Corellispace Location: 3-N-51 Colonial Wilderness Sector Sitting at the navicomputer Tarna confirmed the distress signal received and flipped some switches, cracking a nail on one in the process. "Damn it," she c...  [Read More]
Posted in: August '09: The Horrors of Loss
  vanir
08-01-2009, 10:29 PM
#12
Oh that's okay, I dealt with that by trying to make my flopping around all over the place look good :thmbup1:...  [Read More]
Posted in: August '09: The Horrors of Loss
  vanir
07-31-2009, 10:16 PM
#10
Has everybody got theirs in yet? I'm dying to read all the stories for this one....  [Read More]
Posted in: August '09: The Horrors of Loss
  vanir
07-28-2009, 11:57 AM
#8
Mines in. I'm pretty sure I covered all the bases. Hope you guys like it....  [Read More]
Posted in: Are we really extremists? I think not.
  vanir
07-28-2009, 11:59 PM
#55
As I see it the problems inherent to a large population capitalist republic with formiddable industrial power are too important to be dealt with by moderate libertarianism. Crime and political corruption are your primary concerns, that means the Pent...  [Read More]
Posted in: BNP Leader - Sink Immigrant Boats
  vanir
07-17-2009, 8:30 AM
#19
Web Rider actually makes sense in a scary kind of way. Of course this pirate party presumably has seats on the legislative council... You could play Devil's Advocate without becoming one. Sensible MPs could offer reasons why we shouldn't fire on ref...  [Read More]
Posted in: Military/Navy Ranking Systems
  vanir
07-18-2009, 3:21 AM
#6
According to the Imperial Sourcebook of old d6 SWRPG days the Imperial ranking system was an abstract adaptation of the Nazi Party (SS) rankings and Military (Wehrmacht) rankings, described as the COMPNOR and Imperial Naval ranks (with CompForce and...  [Read More]
Posted in: July '09: Navigational Error
  vanir
07-20-2009, 1:57 AM
#9
So...Darth Insidious, the fellers want to know if those free i-pods you've been handing out come with full warranty. (just kidding) :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: July '09: Navigational Error
  vanir
07-16-2009, 8:04 AM
#3
There's some really good material here. I should've been checking out these monthlies sooner. Good luck to all....  [Read More]
Posted in: As Lazarus Contemplates the Ocean
  vanir
07-17-2009, 8:41 AM
#5
I should probably read some of this Eliot fellow, I keep hearing about him. Pain of being original, something I decided when I got into writing. I'm too easily influenced, so don't read much for fear of becoming vicarious in style and ideas....  [Read More]
Posted in: As Lazarus Contemplates the Ocean
  vanir
07-16-2009, 8:49 AM
#2
I've read this style before, a little reminiscent of some of Weiss and Hickman's better passages. I'm going to stab in the dark and suggest the starship orbiting the stellar remnant represents Vader, the story a moment of gratuity in the first perso...  [Read More]
Posted in: Symmetry
  vanir
07-16-2009, 8:30 AM
#6
Quite enjoyable. JI nailed this one. DI I should say. DI nailed this one....  [Read More]
Posted in: Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Place
  vanir
07-16-2009, 7:20 AM
#4
I laughed. Nice ending....  [Read More]
Posted in: July '09: Navigational Error
  vanir
06-29-2009, 2:47 AM
#9
That's okay, someone's got me looking over a new hypothesis for a variant c. correlating NASA/JPL observations of unaccounted acceleration of the interplanetary probes atm, so I'm thinking to wait for next month's topic anyways.. I'm looking over th...  [Read More]
Posted in: July '09: Navigational Error
  vanir
06-27-2009, 4:56 PM
#7
Sounds like a plot theme Mandalore ;)...  [Read More]
Posted in: A trap
  vanir
07-18-2009, 3:32 AM
#13
No brainer. Call it stupid. Moon it. Wave your middle pinkie at it in a naked series of star jumps. Finish with a birdie and rasberry. Walk off with a snub and a whistle. Rinse and repeat. First time it'll laugh. Second it'll still chuckle and snor...  [Read More]
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