Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 4,852
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,038
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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Diverging slightly: Here (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/nyregion/28judge.html?ref=nyregion) is a good current example of the robustness of the justice system! Luckily the judge...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,038
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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This is why upstanding citizens should be armed. I find it ridiculous that so many people are forced by law to place themselves at the mercy of these...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,038
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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This is why upstanding citizens should be armed. I find it ridiculous that so many people are forced by law to place themselves at the mercy of these...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 06:00 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,038
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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This is why upstanding citizens should be armed. I find it ridiculous that so many people are forced by law to place themselves at the mercy of these gangsta pieces of...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,038
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
This is why upstanding citizens should be armed. I find it ridiculous that so many people are forced by law to place themselves at the mercy of these gangsta pieces of [censored].
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 4,852
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-25-2007, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 854
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-25-2007, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 615
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Forum: Politics
11-23-2007, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,864
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Forum: Politics
11-23-2007, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,864
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-22-2007, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 3,567
Re: Average SMP IQ.
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Being dead and all?
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Well, yeah, that and the fact that he tested at 124.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-22-2007, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 3,567
Re: Average SMP IQ.
I suspect that Richard Feynman would drag our average down horribly, were he able to post here.
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Forum: Politics
11-22-2007, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,864
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Forum: Politics
11-22-2007, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 314
Re: Teacher student situation at college
Sounds like your friend would be a lot less likely to have his feelings hurt taking internet classes. He should petition the dean to complete his degree online.
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Forum: Politics
11-20-2007, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 208
Views: 2,199
Re: my solution to the gay marriage argument
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If a spouse has a place within those laws, doesn't that mean that government needs to have a definition of marriage?
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No. Anyone can make a contract with anyone, which...
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Forum: Politics
11-20-2007, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 2,414
Re: Best US President
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Washington #1. Jefferson #2. Those are the guys I have at the top of the list overall.
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Absolutely agree. Although I'm something of a Jeffersonian, he was more important...
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Forum: Politics
11-20-2007, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 1,413
Re: Joe Horn?
Is the audio edited/time compressed or not? It sounds like he just ran out and gunned them down before they even knew what was happening, but somehow I doubt that's the whole story.
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Forum: Politics
11-20-2007, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 208
Views: 2,199
Re: my solution to the gay marriage argument
It's ridiculous that this even needs to be thought about. Government getting into the business of officially "marrying" people is idiotic to begin with, and illustrates the degree to which many...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-19-2007, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 280
Re: the self-referential universe
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http://www.amazon.com/Self-Aware-Universe-Amit-Goswami/dp/0874777984
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That's interesting -- my undergrad quantum mechanics course used Amit Goswami's QM textbook...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-19-2007, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 280
Re: the self-referential universe
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Informally speaking, Kurt Godel's Incompleteness Theorem for formal theories of arithmetic is based on the peculiar nature of self-referential sentences. Godel's Theorem showed that the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-19-2007, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 280
the self-referential universe
I recently came across the mathematically cute topic of self-referential sentences (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ma/gallery/selfref/index.html) -- sentences that make statements about their...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-18-2007, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 418
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-18-2007, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 418
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2007, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 1,873
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