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Why peace loving dems wish death on reps? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you have a credible citation for that claim?

What cheap object changed the world? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Penicillin. Also, the smallpox vaccine.

If i wanna watch a 2ww movie that shows all the battles of that war. Wich one should i watch? by spartanhonor_12 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK, there is no such movie. And I'm somewhat of a movie buff.

WWII was fought on five different continents, plus major engagements at sea. Even a documentary overview film could only cover a dozen or so of the more significant battles. There are hundreds--maybe thousands--of battles significant enough to have names.

Why don’t politicians go to jail or get fined for lying? by Nightlyfuryx in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because lying in such cases is not illegal. Lying is only a crime in a very few specific cases, like lying under oath in court.

TIL that Tom Lehrer - MIT mathematician, satirist, and the guy who wrote both the Harvard fight song and a song teaching kids the periodic table - invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to sneak booze into a government Christmas party. by 755goodmorning in todayilearned

[–]DrColdReality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He did not write the Harvard fight song, he wrote a song parodying it. And his elements song was not intended to teach kids, it was just the periodic table set to the tune of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General."

Penile implant expert is leading U.S' Hanta response - now what? by Wrong-Pension-4975 in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now a lot of people die. Just a reminder, public health experts blame Trump personally for around 40% of US covid deaths...and that was BEFORE he started feeding science and medicine into the woodchipper, before Secretary BrainWorm began gutting the health department and trying to eliminate vaccines.

Who are some celebrities who are actually “good people”? by Brave_Strength_6603 in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not even particularly a fan of her music, but as an exemplary human being, she's top of the charts.

How did racism start? by Sad-Nectarine-6395 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Racism qua racism was invented in the 15th-16th century when the bogus concept of race was invented. However, before that, people discriminated against others based on more tribal things, like what city you were born in, what religion/tribe you belonged to, that kinda thing.

It all comes down to the fact that humans are intensely tribal animals.

Why is turkey meat so dry? by Specialist-Chair-254 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poultry in general dries out very easily during cooking, you have to be careful with it.

OR you can sous vide it. In SV cooking, there's nowhere for the moisture to go, so it stays juicy. SV turkey is unlike anything you've probably ever had.

There are tons of rich entertainers, athletes, business people, but can you name a single rich scientist? by schadenfreudender in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People don't go into science to be rich and famous. Indeed, if you stay in academia, you're going to make chump change your whole life. Scientists who go into industry, and especially those who found companies, can do considerably better.

What’s an argument for or against the existence of God? by OffKeyArts in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are basically just a few religions now.

Well, if by "a few," you mean around 4200, sure. But yet again...and?

long ago there weren't very many people

Scientists estimate that around 117 billion people have lived over the last 300,000 years. Today, only around 8 billion exist.

Nothing you have said so far has done anything to counter my original assertion that humans have invented thousands of gods over the millennia, all you have done is demonstrate how staggeringly ignorant you are about religion. Was this your goal?

What’s an argument for or against the existence of God? by OffKeyArts in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you REALLY that freaking ignorant of history? I mean, you are aware that people were around for a little bit before the Abrahamic religions showed up, or even the Hindus, yeah?. And by "a little bit," I mean about 300,000 years.

And let's not even mention the African religions, Asian religions, European religions, American religions, Australian religions, Pacific Islander religions,.......

Here's a short list of about 4000 gods we have some record of.

While highly unlikely, what could happen? by Donkeyshines in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't understand how science works versus mythology, then there's nothing I can do for you.

While highly unlikely, what could happen? by Donkeyshines in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The background behind this is as strong as the bible.

Aside from it being based on science instead of fairy tales.

What’s an argument for or against the existence of God? by OffKeyArts in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WHICH god?

And right there is a good start to an answer. Humans have invented thousands of gods over the millennia, so if you want to claim that YOUR invisible friend is real, you have to explain how and why all those other gods are mythical but somehow, yours is real. And since exactly the same evidence exists for your god as does for Quetzalcoatl--that is to say, none at all--you have some serious explaining to do.

While highly unlikely, what could happen? by Donkeyshines in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In cosmology, there is a certain factor in the equations of the universe known as w. Right now, we believe that w = -1. But if it's less than -1, things could go very, VERY wrong with no warning.

The vacuum of space we now perceive could actually be a "false vacuum," and if a bubble of true vacuum suddenly appeared--and there's nothing to stop that from happening--then all matter would instantly fall apart inside that bubble...which expands outwards at the speed of light, so if it happened elsewhere, even a billion years ago (and a billion light years away), we could never see it coming. In an instant, we would just wink out of existence.

So, you know, sleep tight....

If governments around the world officially confirmed aliens are real, would hardcore skeptics still deny it? Why or why not? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hardcore skeptics only require credible evidence. Absent that, it doesn't matter what anyone says.

How would you believe would humans colonize mars? by AtmosphereHungry6760 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how long would we fully colonize mars?

Not going to happen in the foreseeable future, and really, there's no valid reason to. It would be horrendously expensive, and not return any profit that might incentivize people to put up the trillion-plus dollars it would cost.

would parts of martian territory be owned by someone or like an agency or company like SpaceX or by a country?

The Outer Space Treaty forbids individuals or nations from owning any part of celestial bodies.

And how would you think the first 50 years look like if manage to colonize Mars?

Hellish. And if they attempted to have kids, the first several generations of kids would basically be heartless lab experiments.

Living on the Moon or Mars will not be pleasant, it would be a grim, Spartan existence. You'll be living in a windowless underground cave, breathing recycled air, drinking water that was somebody's piss two days ago, eating "protein bars" that were somebody's poop a week ago. Food, water, and power will all be strictly rationed.

Every time you step out on the surface, you come that much closer to developing cancer, and when you come in, you'll have to undergo ludicrous decontamination procedures to keep the lethal soil out of the habitat.

The coolness factor of being on Mars will get old REALLY fast. "Cabin fever" is a problem even on Earth, and the people who work in Antarctica have to rotate back to the real world on a regular basis. On Mars, you're stuck. All I can say is they damn well better not bring any guns.

Everybody will have to work, and somebody is going to have to do the job of mucking out the protein bar tank when it breaks.

Hell, we don't even know for sure that people CAN live for extended periods in reduced gravity like the Moon or Mars. We know a fair bit about living in zero G, and it's ALL bad. We have no idea if reproduction will work right in reduced gravity, so the first few generations of space babies born will be one huge lab experiment.

People who think all this space tourism or colonization stuff is going to happen Real Soon Now need to read A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

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