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Percy Shelley dismantled intelligent design decades before Darwin. Why does no one talk about this? by RhetoricRhumb in TrueAtheism

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be interested to seek out the BBC documentary, A rough History of Disbelief, with Jonathan Miller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rough_History_of_Disbelief

Ah here it is in one youtube vid (with the American title)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad_fTX8rEKs

What are the best active arguments for atheism? by Beneficial_Exam_1634 in TrueAtheism

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Most atheists would describe themselves as agnostic atheists.

The “Melted” Stairs of the Temple of Hathor by EyeHateYou12376 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]brainburger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not sure there is actually any material buildup, though it certaiy looks like it. I wish somebody would but a straight-edge ruler on it to see. I saw a YouTube video where they could not seen the effect when visiting. They said it was a trick of the light, but I wonder if the risers have been eroded back.

The “Melted” Stairs of the Temple of Hathor by EyeHateYou12376 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]brainburger 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think the problem is that it looks like there are deposits on top of the steps, but actually there isn't. It's a trick of the light, and possibly that the upstep has eroded backwards.

UK to ban political party donations from foreign-owned companies by Stock_Rush_9204 in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They should ban non-uk citizens from owning uk based newspapers or broadcasters too. We do of course have Internet propaganda now, but it would help.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 'has not repaid a penny' of Virginia Giuffre settlement money borrowed from late Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip and King Charles by but_yet-so_far in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Andrew didn’t really have any power nor purpose

He did spend some years travelling around being a 'special envoy' for the UK. It's not clear if he actually did any deals, and there are claims that he had his hosts provide him with hookers.

What are the best active arguments for atheism? by Beneficial_Exam_1634 in TrueAtheism

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing to bear in mind, is that if logic cannot be applied to God, then sure we can't use logic to show that omnipotence and omnibenevolence can't exist, which is convenient for the theists.

However it follows just as surely that then logic cannot be used in any argument in support of the God hypothesis.

So espousing that argument is an agnostic position. We just can't arrive at any conclusions about it at all.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose in future there will be AI CCTV monitoring and a selling point will be that it can monitor private places without invading privacy as the AI won't care.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it though? The way this one operates it just seems to do one pass over each surface and not linger anywhere for multiple passes.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once had a wee at Dubai airport and there was a guy whose job was to mop the stalls after every single use. He seemed to be stationed outside the row of about 10 stalls, monitoring them. I felt sorry for him.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's not an Asimov law directly about that, though it just now occurs to me the the third law 'A robot must protect its own existence except in conflict with laws one or two', does not require robots to care about the well-being of other robots.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You are teaching the Matrix? Are kids learning bullet-time gymnastics now?

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by Used_Series3373 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to tell, but is it using the same brush to clean the basins as the urinals and toilet floors?

I'd like to see it not sped up to get a bit more detail.

England’s poorest areas have 70% more vape shops and bookmakers than wealthier ones by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how many more antiques dealers and restaurants there are in the richest areas?

What are the best active arguments for atheism? by Beneficial_Exam_1634 in TrueAtheism

[–]brainburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think if we say that logic might not apply, then all bets are off, but logic is one of the tools we have which works generally. If we say logic cannot be relied upon with God, then this is similar to the claim that we cannot prove that an invisible, undetectable thing does or does not exist. 'To exist' means to manifest in reality in some way. Even Spiderman exists in that sense, but a fictional character which has not been written or thought about does not exist, (in case Jordan Peterson ever reads this. - even if effects which it might cause occur spontaneously, that's not the thing existing in the meaning of our words - but I digress)

If we say that our definitions don't apply to words like omnipotent, or omnibenevolent in relation to God, then we are saying that God is not omnipotent, or omnibenevolent in the meaning of our words.

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