The New House of MacNutz

There is nothing scientific in the research methodology used by Farley. Interpreting data before it is even collected, creating subjective filters for what info is acceptable to your purpose, etc. None of this dealt with anything approaching the objectivity scientific thinking demands.

That is...

where's my secret decoder ring???:)

I don't agree with Shermer on many things but I really enjoy listening to him. Thanks for posting.

Newt has never been big on the paying part of debts. But, he's a professional scam artist involved in dirty deals since his first lemon aide stand. He will do just fine.

Indeed. I have made similar moves with people that seem like OK folks who just can't seem to clue in. I often admonish myself afterwards then do it again with someone else.

I ain't been learned yet either.

I've really enjoyed Nicol's videos with Ian Juby. Truly great stuff.

this description of cults puts one in mind of the Red Guard during their reign of terror. A very dangerous, no god, political cult. Where Chairman Mao played the god/guru role.

Johnny is hiding in the outhouse waiting for Johnny be Good to leave town.

Oh, I accidentally called Stiggy stiffy, typo, purely typo. Wouldn't want anyone confusing Stiggy with those TFL guys and their special problems.

Did you brush your teeth??? :)

I see all, know all and tell, well, virtually nothing. But that doesn't mean I don't know. You can't prove I don't...

this guy's brain is terribly jumbled.

Samuel Adams Lager is the only American beer I drink these days. I like the bitterness of the high hops content.

The pipe does effect the perception of the tobacco. Lots of little factors including mood can influence my take on different tobaccos. I don't designate a pipe for one tobacco but ...

sadly this tactic is used often but always ignores how Darwin continues to describe the multiple problems with this theistic approach to describing reality. where Darwin describes his own questions and doubts and eventual negative conclusions regarding the theistic first cause argument.

I'm not defending his position, of course, just trying to understand his motivation for what I think is a real mistake. I think he is trying to get away from the accusation that his scientific ideas are actually motivated by atheism. There are other, better ways to do that.

I think he doesn't ...

he left a few things out of his little history talk.

it goes with the invisible god, a matching set.

OMG, it's Darth Whutsisname...

I avoid credit like a disease

liked and favoured. Thanks for the chuckles. :)

excellent. I look forward to the rest of the series. I never went to seminary school but my own reading and what little I was able to learn in my studies, convinced me that Paul was not even a second hand witness but was in fact reporting his interpretation of old testament scripture.

The confu...

the toys are essential to peace and the appearance of the furniture. My dogs don't chew shoes and gloves or other personal items only because of their toys. Rather that get pissed at them, which does zero good, I just take the forbidden object away and replace it with a favourite toy. Now they ...

I can't listen to him anymore. His personal issues cloud his reason to such an extent he might as well join a cult or the liberal wing of TFL

yeah, really. I think avoiding the extremists and theocrats is the best we can do. :)

I got a ten ton block of lead yous guys can borrow if you don't mind using my ACME crane to get it to dropping height. You can't beat the ACME Tactical Lift and Drop Crane for reliability and accuracy. Just airmail it back when you're done with it.

You see from this why the Eighth Air Force losses were equal to the total number that went ashore on D-Day.

Those twenty MM rounds going into the tail killed everyone in the aircraft, as often as not. Straight line all the way through, from the rear through the cockpit.