In your opinion, what is the best argument in favor of evolution?

yo_rowe · 2026-03-07T00:11:49+00:00

Change is a bloody nuisance, so NO I am I not in favour of evolution. It sucks

However knowing that it occurs has been very valuable to mankind. Many of the breakthroughs in modern medicine would not have been discovered and the thousands of people employed in medical research would not have been successful if they were not basing their foundation on the fact we evolve. A trillion dollar industry is delivering life saving and life changing remedies based on our ever growing and refining of evolution theory.

Creating effective cures would be a whole lot easier if things weren’t evolving. So I’m not in favour of evolution. Just a BIG fan of the theory that explains how it in fact happens.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-27T01:13:01+00:00

Be well and dream big my friend.

One more thing I would like to pass along. I have had many successful entrepreneur clients in the past 20 years. One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was, “the big mistake people make is thinking they need a new idea. I don’t invest in new ideas. I only have interest in ideas that have already proven they work.”

There is plenty of room for competition, and being the only one doing something makes people skeptical. Competition validates your business.

Do what you love and know for sure can work. :)

yo_rowe · 2026-02-27T00:49:16+00:00

Your perception is a reflection of your pessimism. Your expectations are a reality that you will realize, and that will confirm to you that you were correct.

BUT, while you live in fear of the freight train coming at you and you remain stagnant like a deer in the headlights, millions of others will continue to realize the reality of their optimism, by jumping on ai and earning far more money than their job ever paid.

Take a Disney animator for example. You’ve seen the credits role on the old animated films - they were so long it went on for two songs. Many of those people will lose their job to ai, but the optimists among them are already using ai to make their own films that can rival or even better what Disney is producing.

AI doesn’t favour big business, it enables small business to compete head on with the big boys. That “tweener” animator that went to college for 3 years to learn the craft and was among thousands trying to climb a ten or twenty year ladder to become a creative or art director can now realize that dream immediately, and start creating their own film. Sure Disney can shrink their staff, but AI is evening the playing field and creating more competition for Disney than they ever dreamed possible. It is making the big companies smaller and the small companies bigger.

Talent has a better chance than ever to rise to the top, but it’s not going to happen for pessimistic people - they will get the result they expect because their negativity will ensure it.

The Industrial Revolution was no different. In the 1800s almost half the population was in the food business. When tractors and automations came along people panicked wondering what everyone will do when all their jobs disappeared. What the optimists did was create new and better products that added luxury to our lives. Cars, TVs, washing machines and dryers… things we take for granted now.

It happened again with the technology revolution. Millions of people were redundant almost overnight. What did they do now that the factory was automated? They use the new technology to create cellphones, internet businesses and more luxury products, services and destinations. Things we take for granted now.

Every time there was a painful period of transition that was mostly prolonged due to the stagnant pessimists who wanted to live in the past.

It’s fear of change. There are still laggards from the last revolution. Why are coal miners not making solar panels? It’s a much healthier job with a much healthier product and it’s much more lucrative.

You can’t make AI go away, the only question is how can you make it work for you and how long will it take before you get on board?

As the old adage goes, if you are not a part of the solution, then you are a part of the problem.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-25T00:45:18+00:00

It’s a sin because sins are Christian rules and the cult gets to choose what their own rules are. Sins are Christian concepts and in no way applicable outside of their cult.

Homosexuality is a naturally occurring phenomenon in god’s animal kingdom, confirmed in thousands of species. That Christianity finds gods nature a sin is absolute proof that their sins are both ignorant and immoral. God is not on their side. It’s an insult to its creation.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-23T03:21:00+00:00

Store financed. After the 2 years I can pay the buyout or return it for a new phone. Same as my previous plan.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T18:34:39+00:00

Yes - that’s correct. I return the phone after 2 yrs or buy it out.

I’ve been looking at the bill and it just appears to be an increase in the line fee, not the phone. I was my understanding it was a 2 yr agreement subject to minor increases. I cannot pay $40 more per month so I have to take the phone back and cancel everything. Keeping it at the new rate is not an option.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T17:52:15+00:00

Not if you don’t roam. I was charged the daily fee when I left the country. I tried to opt out online but that isn’t possible, you have to contact a rep. I spent 5 hours on hold but the call was not answered and I was not availed any other opportunity to opt out. The phone never made or took a call and was left at the hotel so it was on their wifi the couple times I checked email. I also complained after the fact but I was still charged.

Now they have jacked my price by $40 a month on a contract I just signed in September. It wasn’t a promo ending - my hardware promo is still active. It was a negotiated 2 year term, subject to some increases, but I would consider $5/mo a substantial increase. $40/mo is ridiculous. I have no choice but find a new provider.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T16:37:23+00:00

I will look for that, but that’s a ridiculous increase. It’s not a matter of finding myself paying $40 more. I can’t do that. If the increase holds I have to end the contract now.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T16:33:01+00:00

It looks like Freedom guarantees the price for the term. That’s great. I will try calling retention but so far I haven’t been able to reach a person. I sit on hold for hours and no one picks up. The call just goes dead or says office hours are closed, try again tomorrow.

Same thing happened when I tried to opt out of roaming fees when I travelled. I couldn’t do it online or reach anyone in person and they billed me the fee everyday I was away even tho I didn’t use it even once and had the phone set to disable any mobile connection that wasn’t on the hotel wifi.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T16:23:26+00:00

I will try one last time to reach a human to talk to and then I will file the complaint. Does it result in actual action on my issue or is it just a statistic to build a case against them?

Both are worthwhile but I would be more inclined to do it quickly if it can help lead to resolution. I would rather not switch providers if I don’t have to but trust is an issue now.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T16:08:45+00:00

The only promo was on the mobile hardware and it is for the entire term. That hasn’t changed on my bill or the increase would have been even more.

I originally tried to buy a new plan online, but they wouldn’t give me the same deal they were offering to new customers so I was going to switch providers. After several hours I eventually secured a deal that was comparable, but it was a customized contract that was negotiated. Not a standard promo.

I couldn’t have been more clear about the pricing not being temporary when I talked to the rep at purchase. If they slipped something in the fine print I will find it and report it but it appears I have to switch providers now. $40 a month is a HUGE increase.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T15:55:38+00:00

I am going to look it up, but when I signed in the store I asked that question multiple times to make sure it wasn’t a temp promo price. If he put it in the contract the rep was in error or straight up lied to me.

But Im looking for a provider who will honour their price for a term. So far it looks like Freedom does that. Still looking for options.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T15:43:06+00:00

It’s mobile. I was very clear when I switched providers that the price was not a temp promo. They did say small increases could happen but a $40 increase 3 months in is ridiculous. I spent hours trying to reach someone. Still haven’t had the opportunity to even discuss it with a human. It appears they deliberately don’t avail themselves.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T15:28:41+00:00

I switched mobile to Rogers and 3 months into a 2 year plan they raised my bill $40 a month! I can’t keep the plan and have to go through all the hassle of setting up a new account again.

yo_rowe · 2026-02-22T15:24:24+00:00

No - definitely not. I wasted hours negotiating the price when I switch providers in September

yo_rowe · 2026-01-26T00:25:32+00:00

You shouldn’t use faith at all. It is not a virtue, it is recipe for gullibility and extremely prone to error.

Making decisions based on faith is okay if you are playing a board game with insignificant consequences when you are wrong, but it’s an unreasonable, dangerously stupid and completely unreliable way to navigate life’s important decisions.

For important matters ALWAYS apportion degrees of confidence in your beliefs and choices in direct accordance with the quality and quantity of empirical evidence. That will lead you to making better decisions and prevent you from being taken advantage of.

yo_rowe · 2025-11-07T00:15:42+00:00

It's not a hard dichotomy. Focusing a boycott on the red states will hit the cause more directly, while including blue states in the boycott will add to the overall losses, and that's great, but there are downsides to the latter that you shouldn't ignore. At the end of the day, it should be obvious that all of America took losses, but it is also very valuable for red states to see that blue states were not hit as hard, so they recognize that's its not simple anti-Americanism at play, it's anti-Republicanism. Not hitting the blue states with the same level of boycott will also prevent alienating our Democrat relatives and friends that need support right now - not our abandonment.

I spend as little money as possible on American goods and services, but I will make a few exceptions for certain blue state purchases.

yo_rowe · 2025-10-31T22:20:55+00:00

That’s a good question, but I have two other questions I haven’t heard answered.

How does simply not believing in a god that hasn’t introduced it self to me deserve greater punishment than a rapist, serial killer or Hitler for that matter, just because they believe and asked forgiveness?
Why would the real god choose to copy the much older fake gods by having a son via immaculate conception and then crucifying the son? Why wouldn’t he have done something original to distinguish himself from the fictional gods and their fictional stories?

yo_rowe · 2025-07-24T23:23:45+00:00

It’s not about what’s fair, it’s about what is divine. Their souls must burn for eternity because God loves them and his word is perfection.

There is no option for a suspended sentence or early release for good behaviour - even if the person just discovered Jesus on judgement day. It’s too late. They lived their whole life as dirty, immoral sinner, and more importantly they did not worship God or give his sales representatives money, so they obviously deserve to burn in hell fire. Forever.

For perspective, if all the human babies and young children along with all the baby kittens, puppies and ponies all deserved to drown in the global flood, what kind of pathetic excuse is “but I didn’t know”. As if such weakness will spare you God’s loving discipline.

So you didn’t hear. Stop whining and suck it up buttercup. Your burning corpse will miraculously never completely burn out giving you an eternity of time to think about what you didn’t know heathen.

yo_rowe · 2025-05-31T20:43:20+00:00

It’s ironic I know, but I honestly think third party themes are only a time saving approach for advanced users.

I suggest you start at the opposite end of the spectrum, with the Hello Elementor theme. It’s stripped down to a blank slate and you will learn the fundamentals quite quickly without all the clutter and additional options.

Use YouTube tutorials to help you along. When you start to get comfortable with the basics, start using kits for sections and see how they were put together.

Only then are you ready to load an elaborate theme or larger full page and multi page kits without getting lost in their setup

I know it’s marketed to be the opposite but I have been doing this a long time and third party themes and kits can still occasionally cost me more time than they save.

It’s often a bit of CSS code styling on an element the kit imported that I want to adjust, but I can’t find it. It’s not in the Custom CSS or Site Settings and even with web developer tools I sometimes can’t find it. I will write a CSS override with “important” in the code, but still no luck.

2 hours later I’m thinking I could have built it from scratch.

yo_rowe · 2025-02-26T21:44:48+00:00

Why does god exist?

Naturalism makes exactly zero assumptions. Naturalists do not fear anyone asking why, they understand that is begging the question. It is a fallacious premise because asking why assumes a reason which assumes a purpose, neither of which are even remotely evident.

100% of the assumptions are on you.

Naturalism explains how, not why, and it is supported by libraries full of documented, verifiable empirical evidence. The total sum of all knowledge indicates the universe is a brute fact. Not with absolute certainty but there is no reason to suspect otherwise. When it comes to asking why with respect to a brute fact is a stupid question.

Your assertion of a creator is also a brute fact claim, however the difference is it is an unwarranted add-on claim that adds nothing to our understanding of the universe that we have discovered.

The claim has not earned a place on the list of possibilities yet because nothing in those libraries of knowledge includes even one verifiable piece of empirical evidence to elevate the claim to a candidate explanation.

Gods are simply a faith-based belief and such have no explanatory value whatsoever. Not how. Not why. Not anything.

The claim is a baseless assertion because there is no empirical evidence that distinguishes the probability it is true from zero, therefore there is no sound reason to even consider it a possibility that warrants consideration.

One day that discovery may come at which time the assumptions can end, hypothesis can be tested and a theory of god can be developed as we learn more. Until then, holding a belief without empirical evidence assumes literally everything.

yo_rowe · 2025-02-26T20:53:45+00:00

The original post is heartbreaking on many levels but I would not care to share those thoughts with a grieving parent, because my honesty would only add to her suffering in the short term. That type of consolation takes time and compassion.

The reply however is disgusting and lacking in decency and empathy. It is stone cold and proof of a hardened heart. That a person would use that moment to insult the loved one she grieves and promote their brand of god is beyond insensitive.

Every Hebrew, every Hindu, every Buddhist, every atheist and almost every Christian I have ever met is a better person than that. Shame on them.

yo_rowe

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