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]]> By: Count Nukem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74721 Count Nukem Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:13:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74721 Thanks for telling your mind GM. So, you imply that you do have some philosophical sophistication and, as I see, it comes from your familiarity with creationist vs evolution theory debates in US. I'm sorry but I can't and don't watch those debates as I see *both* sides lacking any philosophical sophistication. It is just as watching food fight between savages e.g. watching Muslim girls fighting for food during Ramadan fiesta. If you want to know more about philosophy of scientific knowledge, may I recommend Karl Popper's "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" If you read it you may start understanding why I see you as lacking any philosophical sophistication. Thanks for telling your mind GM. So, you imply that you do have some philosophical sophistication and, as I see, it comes from your familiarity with creationist vs evolution theory debates in US. I’m sorry but I can’t and don’t watch those debates as I see *both* sides lacking any philosophical sophistication. It is just as watching food fight between savages e.g. watching Muslim girls fighting for food during Ramadan fiesta.

If you want to know more about philosophy of scientific knowledge, may I recommend Karl Popper’s “The Logic of Scientific Discovery” If you read it you may start understanding why I see you as lacking any philosophical sophistication.

]]> By: GM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74720 GM Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:24:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74720 The "merely a theory" canard is a trademark of creationist imbeciles. I can not take seriously accusations of "unique absence of any philosophical sophistication" in my posts (when did we talk about philosophy to begin with) or anything else from people who are not ashamed to use it. Period. The “merely a theory” canard is a trademark of creationist imbeciles. I can not take seriously accusations of “unique absence of any philosophical sophistication” in my posts (when did we talk about philosophy to begin with) or anything else from people who are not ashamed to use it. Period.

]]> By: Count Nukem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74719 Count Nukem Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:16:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74719 GM, Your points 1-3 @#8are typical stereotypes which I hear from Muslim immigrants. But, the main thing which betrays you is your amazement at simple, trivial assertion that AGW Theory is merely a theory. Islam is the only religion and culture that considers its scripture, the Quran as a direct word of a deity unmodified and uninfluenced by limitations of human reasoning and conceptualization. As a consequence, Muslim culture and thinking stereotypes have little to offer to help you to distinguish between reality and human conception/reflection of reality. Hippies, Greenpeace activists whom you are channeling know that distinction too well. If you were one of them you would see it too. So, how do I explain unique absence of any philosophical sophistication in your posts and unique blood-thirstiness at the same time? One way to explain it is to assume that you are a Muslim. But, take it easy man, it is just an assumption, a conjecture, a hypothesis, a theory, a guess, a prediction. And unlike some, I make clear distinction between assumptions/theories and facts. To be precise: you may be a Muslim, but you not necessarily a Muslim. Do not dwell on my comments too heavily. Look, I have been merely trying to help you to understand the difference between "possibility" and "necessity." It was discussed e.g. by Aristotle. Understanding those logical modalities( "possibility" and "necessity") may help you to eventually understand the difference between predictions and facts . GM,
Your points 1-3 @#8are typical stereotypes which I hear from Muslim immigrants. But, the main thing which betrays you is your amazement at simple, trivial assertion that AGW Theory is merely a theory. Islam is the only religion and culture that considers its scripture, the Quran as a direct word of a deity unmodified and uninfluenced by limitations of human reasoning and conceptualization. As a consequence, Muslim culture and thinking stereotypes have little to offer to help you to distinguish between reality and human conception/reflection of reality. Hippies, Greenpeace activists whom you are channeling know that distinction too well. If you were one of them you would see it too. So, how do I explain unique absence of any philosophical sophistication in your posts and unique blood-thirstiness at the same time? One way to explain it is to assume that you are a Muslim. But, take it easy man, it is just an assumption, a conjecture, a hypothesis, a theory, a guess, a prediction. And unlike some, I make clear distinction between assumptions/theories and facts. To be precise: you may be a Muslim, but you not necessarily a Muslim.

Do not dwell on my comments too heavily. Look, I have been merely trying to help you to understand the difference between “possibility” and “necessity.” It was discussed e.g. by Aristotle. Understanding those logical modalities( “possibility” and “necessity”) may help you to eventually understand the difference between predictions and facts .

]]> By: GM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74718 GM Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:17:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74718 <blockquote>73. Count Nukem Says: February 27th, 2012 at 8:47 pm GM, You sound as a Muslim forced to practice taqiya and pretend that you are a man of reason and tell to your infidel supervisors ( whom you really hate) that Islam supports science and is not related to creationism. As any average Muslim you are a taqiya practitioner and this AGW question is not a big deal for you, is it? I want you to know about something more important for you personally. Blogger Ali Sina accuses Muhammad of being: a narcissist a misogynist a rapist a pedophile a lecher a torturer a mass murderer a cult leader an assassin a terrorist a mad man a looter See http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm If you can prove that Islam is somehow was founded on reason (as you briefly mentioned in #8 ) then you may debate Ali Sina and may be you will win $50K.</blockquote> Your posts are devolving into sheer lunacy at this point. Where exactly did I say anything of the sort in #8?

73. Count Nukem Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
GM,
You sound as a Muslim forced to practice taqiya and pretend that you are a man of reason and tell to your infidel supervisors ( whom you really hate) that Islam supports science and is not related to creationism. As any average Muslim you are a taqiya practitioner and this AGW question is not a big deal for you, is it? I want you to know about something more important for you personally. Blogger Ali Sina accuses Muhammad of being:
a narcissist a misogynist a rapist
a pedophile a lecher a torturer
a mass murderer a cult leader an assassin
a terrorist a mad man a looter
See http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm
If you can prove that Islam is somehow was founded on reason (as you briefly mentioned in #8 ) then you may debate Ali Sina and may be you will win $50K.

Your posts are devolving into sheer lunacy at this point. Where exactly did I say anything of the sort in #8?

]]> By: Count Nukem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74717 Count Nukem Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:14:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74717 Daniel @#72, You don’t seem particularly sober. You sound as a Mexican intoxicated with half bottle of Tequila. Take it easy man, downgrade your drinks to two bottles of bear a day and may be you would have more time to write your papers on radio-astronomy. I am sure you are already very creative in your field but, if you stop drinking, may be you will also have time left to look at AGW related work and make independent opinion for yourself. For this I can't be sure as most physicists are extremely dumb when they are taken out of their comfort zone . If they do not talk about physics, they tend to sound as morons . Get a physicist to talk about anything else than physics and he sounds as a moron. I wonder , how they can get married and get children? Is there any famous physicist whose wife is really beautiful? Daniel @#72,
You don’t seem particularly sober. You sound as a Mexican intoxicated with half bottle of Tequila. Take it easy man, downgrade your drinks to two bottles of bear a day and may be you would have more time to write your papers on radio-astronomy. I am sure you are already very creative in your field but, if you stop drinking, may be you will also have time left to look at AGW related work and make independent opinion for yourself. For this I can’t be sure as most physicists are extremely dumb when they are taken out of their comfort zone . If they do not talk about physics, they tend to sound as morons . Get a physicist to talk about anything else than physics and he sounds as a moron. I wonder , how they can get married and get children? Is there any famous physicist whose wife is really beautiful?

]]> By: Count Nukem http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/02/20/money-vs-science/#comment-74716 Count Nukem Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:47:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=7978#comment-74716 GM, You sound as a Muslim forced to practice taqiya and pretend that you are a man of reason and tell to your infidel supervisors ( whom you really hate) that Islam supports science and is not related to creationism. As any average Muslim you are a taqiya practitioner and this AGW question is not a big deal for you, is it? I want you to know about something more important for you personally. Blogger Ali Sina accuses Muhammad of being: a narcissist a misogynist a rapist a pedophile a lecher a torturer a mass murderer a cult leader an assassin a terrorist a mad man a looter See http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm If you can prove that Islam is somehow was founded on reason (as you briefly mentioned in #8 ) then you may debate Ali Sina and may be you will win $50K. GM,

You sound as a Muslim forced to practice taqiya and pretend that you are a man of reason and tell to your infidel supervisors ( whom you really hate) that Islam supports science and is not related to creationism. As any average Muslim you are a taqiya practitioner and this AGW question is not a big deal for you, is it? I want you to know about something more important for you personally. Blogger Ali Sina accuses Muhammad of being:

a narcissist a misogynist a rapist
a pedophile a lecher a torturer
a mass murderer a cult leader an assassin
a terrorist a mad man a looter

See http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm

If you can prove that Islam is somehow was founded on reason (as you briefly mentioned in #8 ) then you may debate Ali Sina and may be you will win $50K.

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