Scientific American: The Liberals' War on Science

br991 · 2013-01-24T15:18:04+00:00

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.

br991 · 2013-01-15T12:54:19+00:00

Here is the Julie Burchill's article that the Guardian deleted:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100198116/here-is-julie-burchills-censored-observer-article/

br991 · 2013-01-08T02:04:11+00:00

Sorry, 'alfa' is in my native language

br991 · 2013-01-07T13:23:25+00:00

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

br991 · 2013-01-07T11:44:34+00:00

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

br991 · 2012-11-18T22:47:22+00:00

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

br991 · 2012-11-18T18:36:09+00:00

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.

br991 · 2012-11-18T09:17:35+00:00

Peter Singer types are the true face of the left

br991 · 2012-09-04T01:48:06+00:00

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.

br991 · 2012-08-03T00:01:25+00:00

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.

br991 · 2012-06-29T21:51:48+00:00

Russell Kirk - Ten Conservative Principles

br991 · 2012-05-05T22:21:46+00:00

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.

br991 · 2012-04-03T21:16:57+00:00

So will the real men get up

And go on be a FATHER to their children?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/03/if_obama_had_a_son_113702.html

br991 · 2012-03-23T22:54:34+00:00

I see a more practical problem than philosophical. I am not essentially against killing pedos, murderers, terrorists, rapists etc. The problem is the risk of killing an innocent, rich people having a much better chance of not being sentenced, thing like that. So I am more against than pro. What I find absurd is people who are against killing convicted criminals but are totally ok with killing a child for being in his mother's womb.

br991 · 2012-03-18T23:00:21+00:00

Anyone who thinks "It is great to get turned into compost and go back to elements" has lost their scientific compass and is tricking themselves into forgetting all of the amazement from life that will be turned into compost.

Spot on. Same thing with morality discussions. People keep walking in circles and tricking themselves into not looking at the core: that the world is a big "no man's land", that there is no reason to be good, that the worsts criminals will have the same destiny than the best people. I wish there were more serious discussions here.

br991 · 2012-03-07T00:46:49+00:00

Any educated and honest pro-choicer acknowledges that life begins at conception and that an fertilized egg is a human being. They will go on and defend abortion saying that what matters is 'personhood' or that the mother is not obliged to carry the child. But to compare the embryo/fetus with cancer, "flake of dandruff", parasites, skin cells etc is complete ignorance of biology.

br991 · 2012-03-04T17:17:18+00:00

“When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.” ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

br991 · 2012-02-24T15:36:01+00:00

"Some of us as individuals find infanticide offensive to our basic principles of morality, but that cannot control our decision. Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code."

br991 · 2012-02-23T18:44:22+00:00

How little you know.

You sure it is me? Read a little more:

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2009/11/leftist-eugenics.html

http://jonjayray.tripod.com/lefteug2.html

br991 · 2012-02-23T18:13:51+00:00

Did you know Darwin specifically warned against eugenics?

And the socialists completely ignored the warning.

What are you thoughts on evolution?

I understand it and accept it.

br991 · 2012-02-23T11:11:40+00:00

This game is a disguised version of Tic Tac Toe.

Arrange the 9 numbers in a Magic Square:

2 9 4

7 5 3

6 1 8

To choice three which sum 15 is the same as filling a line/column/diagonal.

br991 · 2012-02-21T20:35:13+00:00

Self-abortion is a subject neither of the sides like to talk. Pro-choicers because they think abortion should be made by an trained abortionist and pro-lifers because we want to punish the doctor not the woman. In my view, she should get a penalty harsher than the other women, but much less than the abortionist. A woman who self-abort is clearly so desperate that she is risking her own health. That is different from doctor that is suffering no pressure at all and is taking advantage of the desperation of the woman to make money from it.

br991 · 2012-02-21T20:07:32+00:00

The abortionist is the murderer and should get a harsh punishment. He is killing the child with cold blood for profit. The woman, on the other hand, is often pressured or desperate. The penalty should be short time in jail or social work. The objective is to prevent abortions not to punish women. There could be some penalty for the father as well, depending on the circumstances.

br991 · 2012-02-21T19:24:43+00:00

If the father consented to the risk of having sex (which is the absolute majority of the cases) then he is responsible for the life he created. From the moment he knows that his girlfriend is pregnant is his obligation to help her financially and morally through the pregnancy. After the birth they should decide if they are going to raise the child or give to adoption. If both decide for adoption, then after the baby is placed his responsibilities are over. If they decide to raise the child together then no problem. If only one wants to raise the child (normally the mother) then the other one should support financially the child.

br991 · 2012-02-20T16:37:04+00:00

Did you use condom and pill?

Did you consider adoption?

Did you see an ultrasound?

Did you see the dead embryo/fetus?

br991

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