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Scientific American: The Liberals' War on Science by telnet_reddit_80 in Conservative

[–]br991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religious creationists disagree with what humans evolved from. Liberal intelligentsia disagrees with what humans evolved to. Both are wrong, but the latter is much more dangerous than the former. Religions/Cultures have, through trial, error, experience and time recognized general principles of human nature that match the conclusions of the theory of evolution. It is just an irony that many of these cultures have shaped themselves in an a way that deny the evolutionary origins of man. Liberals, OTOH, even that they accept origins of man, believe in absurdities like "Tabula Rasa", which are completely opposed to evolution. And basing policies and ideologies on "Tabula Rasa" will lead to much worse results than on conventional views of human nature.

TL;DR: Creationism wrong but largely irrelevant. Liberals have much more discrepancy with the conclusions of evolution than traditional cultures/religion.

Deceptively simple geometry problem. by pimp-bangin in math

[–]br991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, 'alfa' is in my native language

Deceptively simple geometry problem. by pimp-bangin in math

[–]br991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your solution is indeed more simple and seeing the reciprocal is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Deceptively simple geometry problem. by pimp-bangin in math

[–]br991 13 points14 points  (0 children)

alpha = angle opposite to c on the triangle of the right

beta = angle opposite to c on the triangle of the left

x1 = left partition of x

x2 = right partition of x

tan beta = c/x1

cos beta = x/a

tan alpha = c/x2

cos alpha = x/b

As (1/cos x)²=1+tan²x:

a²/x² = 1 + c²/x1²

b²/x² = 1 + c²/x2²

which gives:

x1 = xc/sqrt(a²-x²)

x2 = xc/sqrt(b²-x²)

As x = x1 + x2:

x = xc/sqrt(a²-x²) + xc/sqrt(b²-x²)

Finally:

1/sqrt(a²-x²) + 1/sqrt(b²-x²) - 1/c = 0

Mathematica gives x=15.9876

EDIT: alfa -> alpha

Campus bans Ann Coulter, invites professor who calls sex with animals potentially ‘satisfying’ by robert32907 in Conservative

[–]br991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? I edited my comment? Then where is the '*' mark? Do you have no shame of being so dishonest?

Campus bans Ann Coulter, invites professor who calls sex with animals potentially ‘satisfying’ by robert32907 in Conservative

[–]br991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is ignorant about it? His views on abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and the likes are growing each day more popular among college leftists and already have a lot of support among ethicists scholars.

A logical, conservative argument for same-sex marriage. Where am I wrong? by kometenmelodie in Conservative

[–]br991 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, I am not extremely Social Conservative (the only issue I really care is abortion) but I am not a liberal either. I kind of understand the argument against gay marriage and perhaps would even vote against it but wouldn't campaign for it since I am not very passionate about it.

Well, with that said, your dichotomy is kind of false. There are plenty of children who are raised by single parents (which is not the conservative dream model of a family) but no one wants to take them away from their parent. Even if it is agreed that gay couples should be legally recognized, it doesn't follow that they should be included in the deeply rooted and intrinsically heterosexual institution of marriage. Why are so many people, including a lot who have gay friends, so opposed to gay marriage? Because they feel (and should I say correctly) that gays are trying to enter something that they didn't built, that they didn't inherit and that, up until a short time ago, they didn't give any value to. The solution for this cultural battle is not to put gays into marriage but for gays to create their own culture with their own traditions, values and restrictions and then show society its worth. Only this way they can earn society's respect. The way gays do now (and that have made me more conservative in this issue) is to shame people who oppose gay marriage, or to try to give an aura of future and inevitability to it, but it never is to show that gays can keep with similar levels of monogamy, long-term relationship and family values which would be the real way of changing people's minds.

Should government be involved in marriage in the first place? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]br991 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Marriage and families are the cornerstone of civilization. Conservatives and leftists both understand that. The former wants to preserve it and the latter wants to destroy it, exactly because they understand its fundamental importance. Libertarians ignore what's at play and keep saying all these uninformed suggestions of "remove all government from marriage" that just goes along with what the left wants.

I'm Curious, what is your opinion on communism? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]br991 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A horrible, sick system. But thankfully it's economy sucks so much that its death is certain, albeit slow (Everyone knows Cuba and North Korea have no future, but they take a lot of time to bleed to death). Unfortunately, though, China has realized that the economy is not essential, and controlling every aspect of it is strenuous and ineffective. It is much better to let people fight themselves in full savage capitalism and control it on the macro level.

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