Tatters

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[–] Tatters 48 points 6 months ago (3 children)

There is nothing scientific about homeopathy.

[–] Tatters 49 points 6 months ago (7 children)

He sounds like a very troubled kid: “ The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.”. He is deemed a danger to himself or others so is being placed is a secure hospital for safety, hopefully he will get treatment there. He will be released if the doctors deem he is no longer a danger.

[–] Tatters 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The official UK Police term is Road Traffic Collision, or RTC, which does not imply fault or otherwise.

[–] Tatters 1 points 6 months ago

Do you live in USA? If I did, I would be worried about the government too.

[–] Tatters 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yes, as water is pretty safe.

[–] Tatters 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Legislators and regulators are targeting producers and not consumers.

Would you rather trust companies driven entirely by profit over the government?

[–] Tatters 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how many other people at the mosque secretly think the same as you? If you have children, do you think they will be less constrained than you? In which case, there is some hope that the next generation will escape the strictures of organised religion.

[–] Tatters 3 points 8 months ago

“Protect the Kindgom [sic]”.

[–] Tatters -1 points 8 months ago

It is ambiguous. “Hannibal Lector, how great an actor was he?” This could mean Trump thinks the actor is called Hannibal Lector, or the “he” could refer to the guy playing Hannibal Lector, which would be Anthony Hopkins. Like a lot of stuff that comes out of Trump’s mouth, it is an inarticulate mush, with the true meaning implied rather than explicit, and not worth arguing about.

[–] Tatters 5 points 9 months ago

See how splayed out those toes are? That is how our feet have evolved to support walking upright in bare feet. A lot of modern shoes are too narrow, and cram toes together. If some of your toes are bent inwards, then you have shoes to thank for that.

[–] Tatters 3 points 9 months ago

I started using Chrome instead of IE11, which was crap for standards, and before Edge was a thing. When Edge came along, I got really ticked off by the constant nagging to use it, which made me hate it without even trying it. I will probably carry on with Chrome for now, whist I can still turn off all the ad tracking stuff.

[–] Tatters 3 points 9 months ago

“I remain skeptical until I see proof, I respectfully ask you to do the same. I'm using the word skeptical as its actual meaning: I have imperfect knowledge so I have not made a decision.”

I totally agree with that. Until there is generally accepted scientific evidence of alien artifacts on Earth, I think it is irrational to believe otherwise. The burden of proof is on those making the claims, not the other way round, so my default position is not to believe without evidence, anything else is not rational.

I strongly suspect, however, that such evidence will not be forthcoming in the near future. There appears to be a lot of political pressure and motivations behind the current investigations, which does not bode well for objective scientific enquiry.

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