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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Polar Bear Population Not Decreasing |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2015, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,432
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| But what if the Polar Bears wipe out all the Penguins ??? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: did you play with human-shaped toys as a child? |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2015, 10:29 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,477
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| No human shaped toys (such an odd way to describe them) when I was a lad. It was building blocks and a metal girder set to make machines. Also toy trucks and cars, I was quite fond of Corgi cars when father could afford to purchase one. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Oliver Sacks, 1933-2015 |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2015, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,212
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Supposedly his last tweet was about a video of a 'flash mob' playing "Ode to Joy."
I did a search for the video and the music, along with knowing that was something he watched, moved me to tears. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Students protest male student's access to girls' facilities |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2015, 7:31 pm
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,506
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| No, you misunderstood me. A feminine bloke cannot be a woman as long as he still has his male parts. And 'science' doesn't say you can be male or female just because you say you want to. Lets get real about this. A bloke can't have ovaries implanted, and a woman can't have testicles implanted. So yo... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Students protest male student's access to girls' facilities |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2015, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 78
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| I'm a fossil, so skip the following if you're easily offended. (As it seems that many of you posting to this thread are.) Merely going about and saying I want to be regarded as female instead of male does NOT immediately grant me access to facilities intended for biological females. It seems this ph... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RIP Dr. Wayne Dyer |
| Prof_Pretorius |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2015, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,178
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| Having read your responses, I can understand why people were moved by his passing. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RIP Dr. Wayne Dyer |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2015, 12:58 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,178
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| I may well be overly critical, but it seems to me that Dr. Dyer revealed truths that weren't all that hidden. I know people were helped, and that is a good thing. But was he a great intellect? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Oliver Sacks, 1933-2015 |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 6:48 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Oliver Sacks was a genius in his own right. His ability to observe people with neurological problems and write about them was ground breaking. I have a couple of his books on my shelf. Always hoped he'd write about Autism. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RIP Dr. Wayne Dyer |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,178
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Seems to me that he invented the whole 'self-help' movement.
I've seen people weeping over him on FB.
I was never all that impressed by him. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: bigfoot poll! |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2015, 5:48 pm
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Replies: 100
Views: 3,928
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auntblabby wrote: I wonder how all the NO people can be so sure. and I wonder if the NO bigfoot people are also NO UFO people as well?
Most probably. How could they believe in aliens piloting craft through our skies when they doubt a branch of mankind could still be living in remote forests? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: bigfoot poll! |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2015, 6:46 pm
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Replies: 100
Views: 3,928
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| The legend has its origins in the native americans. But skeptic authors I have read have pointed out that in the native American legends the creature is a giant cannibalistic human, and not quite the human-like animal that White Bigfoot hunters conceive it to be. Not an ape, but an ancient "tr... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Stephen Hawking Warns of the Dangers of AI |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2015, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,383
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AI has yet to reach any level of self awareness.
You can argue what that threshold would be, but a Robot would be self aware to ask a human for help recharging its batteries, or improving its looks, or helping it download better programming. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: bigfoot poll! |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2015, 2:03 pm
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Replies: 100
Views: 3,928
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| I'd have to vote Yes. Recently been listening to interviews with David Paulides. He has done DNA research on Bigfoot, and tells an interesting story related to him from a 'Native American'. He said that the elders in his tribe told him that when they were in the wilds at night they were not to leave... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Material Things of Which the Younger Generation Has No Idea |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2015, 10:52 pm
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Replies: 593
Views: 12,836
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| Beer cans that had to be opened with a pull tab. Or even older, beer cans that required a pointy can opener to punch a hole in them. Those were the days ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Do you think it's possible that Pluto is NOT a dwarf planet? |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2015, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,463
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| Of course its not a dwarf planet, its an abandoned alien ship. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: This board needs a "Aliens Exist" Thread...! |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2015, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,657
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| Has anyone found an artifact that could not have originated on this planet. Has it been scientifically studied? Have the findings been made public? Until there is hard evidence we can assume no aliens have visited us. Sadly the answer is no. There are plenty of tantalizing stories in UFO lore, but ... |
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