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by milankovic 7y ago
I think the important point is: You can't turn over a document that does not exist.
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by milankovic 7y ago
Which major extinction event? Do you really think this is an appropriate comparison to proven major extinction events of the past (e.g Chicxulub, 66 m. years ago)?
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by milankovic 8y ago
Yes, excellent video, I love that series. Can't recommend it enough, explains why size matters and how mass, surface and volume cause these effects.
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by milankovic 8y ago
But at least you learned about it.. thank god, I was starting to lose my faith in humanity. And thanks for the shout-out to Mr Pupin and Mr Mohorovičić, and for providing some links as well, I wholeheartedly approve of any attempts to rescu
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by milankovic 8y ago
I was not, I have never been to Serbia in my whole life. I learned this in school nonetheless, I don't know what so say anymore. Many more had this covered in school as well, I believe, but hey, maybe you simply forgot? I find that lac
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by milankovic 8y ago
Wrong. It's a perfect test, to see whether a so called climate scientist is actually worth his salt. > There’s a large difference between being interested in the history of science, and who did what and where they hailed from, and a
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by milankovic 8y ago
The simple truth is: No one really knows. How do you determine the exact position in a cycle of 400000 years?
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by milankovic 8y ago
> Not everyone is required to take Astronomy courses in school. For example, my formal education never included it. No wonder that flat-earthers are still a thing. If that is not basic, fundamental, general education, I don't know w
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by milankovic 8y ago
What do you mean by fundamental here? For studying astronomy at an university? Then yes, agreed, but I am wondering about the very basic understanding of the principles at all, are you implying that kids today don't learn this anymore?
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by milankovic 8y ago
Wait.. are you serious? Guess I should consider myself lucky that I had a physics teacher who taught us about the thing that we stand on and live on, what it is, where it is, what's around and how our solar system works. Ha, I am reall
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by milankovic 8y ago
Exactly, but what is new here? The duration of the complete cycle? Well, that number is new, to me at least, but the principle was well known before, I assume? I don't get it.. don't they teach basic astronomy in schools anymore?
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by milankovic 8y ago
Correct me if I am wrong here, but if I recall it correctly, Jon Stewart made that name change himself (as your comment and linked source implies), while in Trump's case, it was not done by himself, it was something that his father had
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by milankovic 8y ago
So glad to see that the concept of individual responsibility is not dead yet...
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by milankovic 8y ago
Tell me something I don't know yet.. But I was not asking in bad faith, it is beyond me why anyone would even want to do that. Okay, this is the Internet, I know, and you cannot tell from across the screen. That old drama. But still, I
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by milankovic 8y ago
That's quite a stretch to say that I would imply something like that.. You should read the original comment again. To which I was simply writing a reply. I don't know, maybe you should have a talk with some post-structuralists, or
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by milankovic 8y ago
Not everyone is a saint like you, I guess.. I agree in theory, but I would like to hear some justification why other comments, even if unrelated, get downvoted as well then.
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by milankovic 8y ago
Not sure, but I don't think any would qualify as fundamental denial. Just questions about some specifics, details, and their evidence etc.. I mean, nothing that would be relevant to the question at hand, in my opinion. Because the topi
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by milankovic 8y ago
Yes, obviously. But I am honestly baffled here. I mean, when did anyone really seriously argue otherwise? Isn't that already universal knowledge what you are describing here? (Well, depends a bit on the definitions, I'd still say
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by milankovic 8y ago
Nothing. It was not suggested. I just extrapolated a bit too unconstrained maybe. Okay, you can accuse me of erecting a straw man now. But the thing is, I don't know how many times I've seen this (or very similar) debates unfold.
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by milankovic 8y ago
You are actually correct, I have seen statistics like that. It's really funny where you can find correlations, if you think about it.
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by milankovic 8y ago
Whether or not Robert Sapolsky likes the implications behind that does not make it less true (or anyone else for that matter). When did this notion take hold that we can answer such complex matters with simple solutions? Do people on here e
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by milankovic 8y ago
Who's implying to believe in magic here? I certainly don't. I'm just trying to warn about the pitfalls of monocausal explanations for complex issues.. You should try to ask the OP the same question.. But, to be fair, the titl
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by milankovic 8y ago
Downvoted for asking a simple question? Is that what HN has come to? Really? I'm really sorry my friend. They (downvoters) fail to realize that they are shooting the messengers, nothing more. But smart people understand. They know and
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by milankovic 8y ago
Yes and No, I guess. It depends.. I don't know what someone would achieve by arguing that way, hence my reply. But please enlighten me.. Maybe I am getting it wrong, or am just not seeing it.. But sure, just put it all on "biochem
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by milankovic 8y ago
Time to abolish prisons now.. is that what you are trying to say?
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by milankovic 8y ago
So, crime is driven by biochemical processes as well?
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by milankovic 8y ago
You really believe that journalism was fundamentally different back then? You never heard that famous John Swinton quote before? I find that a bit hard to believe, actually.
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by milankovic 8y ago
To be honest, and this is HN, where everyone values intellectual honesty (right?), I will only say this: I would pay for porn on the Internet, definitely, but not for journalism. They can all go die in a fire already..
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by milankovic 8y ago
I disagree. Of all ideas, I think this is his best one.
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by milankovic 8y ago
Do you believe that the law is infallible?

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