You know what really grinds my gears?

[Shibby]

Be a skeptic, a critical thinker. Read, read, read. From credible sources though.

:rofl: The members on this board that fit that criteria could be counted on one hand :)

[Scrumhalf]

I strongly recommend listening to a podcast called "A skeptic's guide to the universe." It can be found on iTunes and it is a weekly show, little over an hour long, I think. Fantastic stuff. I listen to it every week. The main guy on the show, a Yale neurologist named Steven Novella is one of my science heroes - very erudite and with a gift of clarity of thought and communication.

[Scrumhalf]

:rofl: The members on this board that fit that criteria could be counted on one hand :)

See, you don't need to have a doctorate or really even a college degree to be a critical thinker. That's the fallacy that we tend to believe in for some reason. The only thing it requires is the belief that the truth can be gleaned by empirical evidence-based reasoning. We tend to sell ourselves short in this regard.

That's why I recommend "The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe." It does not delve in mathematical equations or even complicated science. it just uses logic, common-sense and a hardheaded skeptical bent of mind to debunk fallacies and oft-believed mistruths.

[Bouncer]

:rofl: The members on this board that fit that criteria could be counted on one hand :)

Name em, and I better be on your god damned list!

[Shibby]

Name em, and I better be on your god damned list!

The for sure people would be

You
Scrum
Timma
BLM
I

and Turbo is sort of there, but I think he is just critical of everything and not really a critical thinker :D

[Bouncer]

Timma? Guy is Moronicle.

[Turbo3000]

Is people that don't understand global warming. Just because it says warming doesn't mean the earth is always going to be warm you moron.

We have gotten a bunch of snow lately and I over heard one of the guys here say so much for global warming. I wanted to slap him.

I heard almost the same exact thing....I just let it go. I wanted to explain it, but fuck them.

[Scrumhalf]

Just tell them that global warming causes greater weather instability - that's why you see more wacky weather, both warmer and colder, both wetter and drier, than before. More hurricanes, more rain in places that are usually dry, more snow in typically warmer places.

It is the instability that we tend to see, not the temperature increase itself. While measurable over multiple years, it is unlikely to be felt by itself because the differences we are talking are fractions of a degree. However, the effect on heating of the ocean, ocean currents, the precipitation conveyor belt in the tropical regions of the Atlantic and the Pacific, these are the things that tend to cause more drastic weather phenomena anyway.

It has become fashionable for people to profess ignorance or, or even to deride, science. You are cool if you can point to today's weather as proof of why scientists with centuries of data have got to be wrong - it is good for a few cheap laughs but should be challenged.

[BEAST]

I don't mess with this science mumbo jumbo it gives me a headache. :D
Plus universe revolves around me anyways. :weights:

[Timma]

Timma? Guy is Moronicle.

Gtfo of here.

Dana I think it's time to change your major.

[Bouncer]

Dana I think it's time to change your major.

:rofl:

[dna9488]

Dana I think it's time to change your major.

Timma its time for you to get on your knees and suck my dick :D

[Timma]

Timma its time for you to get on your knees and suck my dick :D

I'm busy just like mofo. :)