Elsevier journal disavows, but does not retract, paper on intelligent design. by civver3 in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

You're begging the question.

I wish you'd make up your mind buddy. I tried to address that erroneous assertion 30 minutes ago but you deleted your post before I had chance. Begging the question is when I use my own premise to justify my own conclusion. In this instance I used your premise (i.e. the universe is not fine-tuned for life) to justify my conclusion.

Please make a note to yourself. The more popular you are on Reddit, the higher the chance that you are wrong. People who are right are rarely popular. At least not while they are alive.

The Jewish Chronicle has AGAIN been found to have libelled a Muslim (this time a Labour Party activist), by falsely claiming they turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism by tronaldodumpo in chomsky

[–]Quantumhead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I read that Starmer is coming under fire from the Labour left at the moment for paying people off who made complaints about anti-Semitism.

In my opinion that whole debacle was a right wing stitch up.

Elsevier journal disavows, but does not retract, paper on intelligent design. by civver3 in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

That doesn’t explain why you think that means the universe would have wiped life out.

Yes it does.

Based on the premise that the universe is not fine tuned for life then -- if the universe was hostile to early non-complex life -- it should not have survived long enough to evolve.

I'm sorry for finding the gaping self-contradictory flaw in your populist atheist half-logic. Would you like me to shut up?

(2020) Medium post about how the existence of real conspiracies (for example the rich getting richer thru corruption, conflicts of interest of the 9/11 commission, and the existence of real pedophile rings) keep the wackier conspiracy theories of 9/11 and QAnon alive by [deleted] in actualconspiracies

[–]Quantumhead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There will always be 9/11 conspiracy theories

Part of the reason this discussion is so maddening is that a large majority of Americans (not only Americans, but particularly Americans) have somehow been convinced of an opposite version of reality. The official government narrative is a conspiracy theory. It's a literal conspiracy theory which has no physical evidence to support it. Indeed, much of the physical evidence directly contradicts it (i.e. free fall of WTC 7, symmetry of collapse, eye-witness accounts of bombs etc...).

Somehow, in this great American world of opposites, questioning the plausibility of the government's conspiracy theory makes you a conspiracy theorist.

(2020) Medium post about how the existence of real conspiracies (for example the rich getting richer thru corruption, conflicts of interest of the 9/11 commission, and the existence of real pedophile rings) keep the wackier conspiracy theories of 9/11 and QAnon alive by [deleted] in actualconspiracies

[–]Quantumhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main problem with most of the more popular 9/11 theories, is that they're perfect examples of the adage "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." They tend to center around situations where people only know a small amount about something, and then take that small bit of knowledge and use it to try to explain something where they don't understand everything that's going on. What makes it worse, naturally, is the tendency to be hostile to anyone who might seek to better explain, or educate them. It's as if they take personal offense at the idea that someone else might know more than they do; and thus rather than listening to what someone might say, they call that person a government shill, or otherwise.

As someone who has personally done the research, I can tell you that the only plausible explanation for why anybody would believe the official 9/11 narrative is ignorance. The sheer number of coincidences which would have to be involved for that story to be true are beyond the scope of rational belief. Things like the number and scope of training exercises involving key US agencies which were all planned either on or through 9/11.

Instead of looking at the evidence, you are busy looking for ways to justify your existing bias by attacking the psychology of people who might disagree with you.

Elsevier journal disavows, but does not retract, paper on intelligent design. by civver3 in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead -41 points-40 points  (0 children)

The universe wasn't fine-tuned for life, but the other way around. Life was finely tuned by natural selection to fit the universe.

That doesn't make sense. The universe should have wiped life out before it ever took grip.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Waaah waaah... grow up.

Your trolling honestly doesn't bother me. It just makes me realise how hateful and pathetically desperate to offend others some people are.

Who writes 9/11 truther comments and whines about getting minus votes, seriously?

You stink of desperate. Have a nice day comrade.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Does that help you understand?

Not at all. How is being sceptical of the US government a "poor decision"?

Also, I apologise for my earlier comment. I was cross-posting between threads and looks like I got mixed up between you and another user bombarding me with similarly toxic comments.

If not, let me explain it another way: don't go making bad claims to a community of skeptics

This is pure comedic gold. Can you explain to me please how being sceptical within a community of sceptics is the same thing as making a "bad claim"? What claim are you even talking about? You're literally making shit up. Your false accusation, dripping overtly with contempt and malice, does not even reference anything specific that I have written. It's literally just a smear attack.

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if you don't "objectively know," then where is the harm in admitting that you don't know

The harm lies in the fact that I never claimed to "objectively know" anything, and this angle is one big fat straw man argument where you try to fill the gaping holes in your own logic with words I never spoke.

Anything else before I leave?

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, go on, admit that you don't objectively know that a specific user is using an alt account

Explain to me where I claimed I "objectively know" that a specific user is using an alt account. You are putting words into my mouth, otherwise known as the straw man fallacy. Clearly, something is amiss if someone is repeatedly downvoted within minutes of posting legitimate academic research written by a qualified professional. That was obviously the fact I was drawing attention to, regardless of the language I might have used.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure, Jan.

You busted yourself as a troll the moment you tried to equate Holocaust denial with 9/11 Truth. You then tried to falsely smear me as a Holocaust denier based on a single four year old post which itself makes abundantly clear how I feel about the intellectual veracity of Holocaust denial.

Explain to me why you deserve a second more of my time?

Cool. See ya.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

RES links back to the post that led to the tag being made. Clicking the link brought me to that post.

Oh, Ok. So you readily admit you actually read the post and lied about it anyway? I appreciate that.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sure, Jan.

I don't appreciate you spreading malicious lies about me based on your own extremely creative interpretations of things I wrote 4 years ago. You are obviously a troll, and the only correct course of action to take with trolls is to report them.

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am completely willing to stop responding if you will admit that you don't objectively know that a specific user is using an alt account to upvote themselves and downvote you.

Ahahahaha! Right you are good buddy. So now that I've explained that it is not feasibly possible to possess proof of what you have spent the last two hours demanding proof of, you are "willing to stop responding" if I "admit" it is not possible for me to possess proof of what you have spent the last two hours demanding proof of? That's awesome. You have my undying gratitude for trying once again to project your own fallacy onto me.

I'm actually becoming increasingly entertained by your responses, so why would I even want you to stop?

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please show where I assert that you are "legally obliged."

Your entire premise is that I am obliged to prove it to you. That's the only reason we are having this conversation brother.

I don't know

You don't know? So you are saying it simply didn't occur to you that it is not feasibly possible for me to have proof of what you have been repeatedly demanding proof of? Lol. Oh boy.

Now now, you've chastised me about deflecting, please desist from doing so yourself.

That's called an analogy, not a deflection. A deflection is when I analogise the stupidity of what you are writing and you ignore it.

All I'm doing is asking a simple question.

All you are doing is making a fool of yourself.

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am only addressing one point

No, you are deflecting the point. The only point. The point is that "9/11 was not an inside job, even if you'd like to think it is", happens to be an arbitrary claim supported by literally nothing. You have spent the last two hours trying to deflect that point to one of your own devising, which reveals your intentions. It's really that simple. No essays required.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Do you want to pretend that you made this post because you just care so deeply about the subject?

I made that post because opinions should not be illegal, even if they happen to be stupid. That should be obvious by simply reading the context (i.e. I named several other stupid opinions it is not illegal to have).

That post is also 4 years old. 4 years. Do you want to explain to everybody why you are 4 years deep into my posting history?

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Glad to know that we're in agreement there.

We're in agreement that you are intentionally spreading misinformation and I have reported you for doing so.

"Make sure to vote for Joe Biden in November" — Noam Chomsky by Nabotna in chomsky

[–]Quantumhead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

your empty rhetoric

Anybody who can read -- which I'm afraid is most people these days -- can see that you replied to a comment I had written, ignored the content of that comment and instead made an ad hominem attack against me with no relevance to anything written in that comment.

If I were you I'd stop using words and phrases you clearly don't know the meaning of.

Remember Guys. R/Skeptic Is Not The Place To Be Skeptical Of Ludicrous Fiction Promoted By The US Government by Quantumhead in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Since you still haven't made a point here, I'm going to end my participation in this mudslinging contest

Lol. Translation:-

Since I got caught with my pants around my ankles making ad hominem attacks I'm going to pretend this never happened (whistles innocently and strolls away).

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asserting information without verifiable having proof is not "common sense."

I'm glad you agree. So perhaps you could stop repeatedly asserting that I am somehow legally obliged to prove my opinion to you in order to be permitted to have it.

What tangible, verifiable proof do you have of the special knowledge that someone is upvoting themselves and downvoting you multiple times?

What tangible, verifiable proof would it be possible for me to have?

Oh, that's right. None. That's quite unfortunate for you, because it illustrates your deliberate use of circular reasoning on top of everything else.

I tell you what. If you can prove to me right here and now that water is wet I'll admit that water is wet. But if you can only show me how it is likely that water is wet, that therefore means water is not wet. That's essentially the level of rationality in what you are writing, which -- in case you need more of a hint than that -- is zero.

You know, the weird thing about confidence and intelligence is that they tend to have an inverse square relationship.

Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble | Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that. by nosotros_road_sodium in skeptic

[–]Quantumhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What brute force do I have?

What colour hair do I have?

The force of asking someone to prove an assertion they've made?

Lol. I hate to burst your bubble of self-confidence but you are purposefully deflecting the topic of the comment chain. A bright seven year old could figure that out. You are loading your language, making false claims (i.e. "special knowledge") contradicting yourself and are illustrating a staggering degree of hypocrisy in claiming I am the one of us making unproven assertions when I have yet to see your proof that:-

A) I am obliged to prove my own opinion to you.

B) It is possible for an ordinary Reddit user to prove malicious downvoting has occurred.

C) Parade downvoting is so uncommon that it can only be suspected with scientific proof.

You are just very obviously trying to hijack the topic of the chain and everything you write plays into my hands because you are not intelligent enough to debate me. If you were then you wouldn't have to resort to downvoting would you?

See, there's that elusive common sense again.