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    Thread: Is evolution a valid theory?
Post: RE: Is evolution a valid theory?
Evolution is a fact. It is sometimes called a theory too, because it started out as a scientific theory. It's in somewhat muddy semantic waters these days because of that. The fact remains, however, t...
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 61 1,054 03-20-2025, 04:53 PM
    Thread: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of proof?
Post: RE: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of pr...
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 Dexta Atheism & Theism 1,025 20,358 03-20-2025, 01:35 PM
    Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Today I have eaten an apple, a tub of home made lentil and sausage stew, a cheese and humous sandwich, 8 deep fried battered chicken balls with sweet and sour dipping sauce and 5 large triple chocolat...
 Dexta Eats and Treats 11,558 742,326 03-19-2025, 08:05 PM
    Thread: Is evolution a valid theory?
Post: RE: Is evolution a valid theory?
(03-19-2025, 08:51 AM)Job-12.7 Wrote: (03-18-2025, 02:35 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm not interested in wading through a miasma of misstatements and untruths, which always form the basis of argume...
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 61 1,054 03-19-2025, 09:53 AM
    Thread: Is evolution a valid theory?
Post: RE: Is evolution a valid theory?
Do you believe dinosaurs roamed the earth 100s of millions of years before humans existed, Job?
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 61 1,054 03-19-2025, 09:45 AM
    Thread: Empathy lessons in schools?
Post: RE: Empathy lessons in schools?
(03-17-2025, 10:28 PM)pattylt Wrote: What I’m curious about is how did so many Americans loose empathy?  We seemed to be better at it in the past…or I was just surrounded by empathetic people? It al...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 12 341 03-17-2025, 10:37 PM
    Thread: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
Post: RE: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
(03-17-2025, 09:53 PM)Paleophyte Wrote: Please remember to have your politicians spayed and neutered. Keir Starmer hasn't got any balls already. Wet as a used flannel.
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 8 260 03-17-2025, 10:04 PM
    Thread: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
Post: RE: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
Do you think the mandatory enforcement of wearing the Hijab is a kind of "sex rule" Paleophyte? I do.
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 8 260 03-17-2025, 09:56 PM
    Thread: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
Post: Sex rules - a good idea or a bad idea?
Say at least 6 weeks between sexual contact with different people - a sex rule. Stone adulterers? A bad idea IMO. No sex before marriage? Well, I've read "On Chesil Beach" so... Thoughts? ETA: yes...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 8 260 03-17-2025, 09:48 PM
    Thread: To Mars by the end of the decade?
Post: RE: To Mars by the end of the decade?
(03-17-2025, 07:46 PM)Paleophyte Wrote: (03-17-2025, 06:29 PM)Dexta Wrote: Climate change and extreme poverty/destitution - I think those problems are more important than the "problem" of nobody l...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 32 939 03-17-2025, 09:39 PM
    Thread: Empathy lessons in schools?
Post: Empathy lessons in schools?
Quote:One term of empathy lessons in schools could lead to positive changes in behaviour, a study supported by the University of Cambridge has suggested. About 900 pupils aged between five and 18 in ...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 12 341 03-17-2025, 07:04 PM
    Thread: To Mars by the end of the decade?
Post: RE: To Mars by the end of the decade?
(03-17-2025, 04:53 PM)Paleophyte Wrote: (03-17-2025, 09:03 AM)Dexta Wrote: Absolutely. Manned space exploration is a prodigious and entirely unnecessary waste of time, money, expertise and resourc...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 32 939 03-17-2025, 06:29 PM
    Thread: To Mars by the end of the decade?
Post: RE: To Mars by the end of the decade?
[Video: ] Quote:[Intro] So much trouble in the world So much trouble in the world [Verse 1] Bless my eyes this morning Jah sun is on the rise once again The way earthly thing's are going Anything c...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 32 939 03-17-2025, 09:28 AM
    Thread: To Mars by the end of the decade?
Post: RE: To Mars by the end of the decade?
(03-17-2025, 01:07 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: We can't even get our shit here straight.  Absolutely. Manned space exploration is a prodigious and entirely unnecessary waste of time, money, expertise a...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 32 939 03-17-2025, 09:03 AM
    Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
We leave our butter out too - never caused a problem - for generations. Fat is used as a preservative (eg.confit duck) precisely because it doesn't perish at all easily.
 Dexta Eats and Treats 11,558 742,326 03-16-2025, 09:22 AM
    Thread: Just ran across this video on Perception
Post: RE: Just ran across this video on Perception
I like the video, but have to say the trivial quality of the incidental background music is, to me, erm...irritating.
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 2 164 03-10-2025, 09:36 PM
    Thread: Favorite pictures for a laugh at everything else
Post: RE: Favorite pictures for a laugh at everything el...
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 Dexta Memes - Images and Videos 1,538 201,196 03-09-2025, 08:36 PM
    Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
(03-09-2025, 07:46 PM)KingEric Wrote: Red wine in the Bisto sounds delicious. I first added a splash of wine to the gravy a couple of years ago on my mother's advice and have never looked back - it ...
 Dexta Eats and Treats 11,558 742,326 03-09-2025, 07:50 PM
    Thread: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Post: RE: Food!!! What are you eating today??!
Garlic, tarragon and lemon roast chicken, tender stem broccoli, roast potatoes, Bisto gravy with added wine, cranberry sauce. Ho-ly-fuck.....omgnomgnomgnom!!!
 Dexta Eats and Treats 11,558 742,326 03-09-2025, 02:05 PM
    Thread: Psychological projection. Ubiquitous?
Post: RE: Psychological projection. Ubiquitous?
I don't think I've turned off the projecting completely, I now just check myself when I start to feel all "up in arms" about some news item/global warming etc etc etc. It's like a chill pill I now hav...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 3 205 03-09-2025, 09:55 AM
    Thread: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of proof?
Post: RE: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of pr...
It strikes me that saying that the purpose of the universe is to create life is...narcissistic at best - what makes life so special? A star, nebula, volcano or black hole is surely far more spectacula...
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 1,025 20,358 03-08-2025, 10:28 PM
    Thread: I'm a YouTuber Now
Post: RE: I'm a YouTuber Now
I'd love to see a video on how the Original Dune David Lynch film is wildly superior to the "modern" remakes. Having to milk a cat....Jesus wept, the remakes are pedestrian. Congratulations on your Yo...
 Dexta Getting to Know You 1 112 03-08-2025, 09:32 PM
    Thread: Psychological projection. Ubiquitous?
Post: Psychological projection. Ubiquitous?
[Image: https://i.postimg.cc/zDw63MMk/Moderator.jpghttp://] Somebody here remarked recently that it was usually the same Rent-a-Crowd who took part in protests, the same individuals, regardless of th...
 Dexta Science, Engineering and Mathematics 3 205 03-08-2025, 12:09 PM
    Thread: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of proof?
Post: RE: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of pr...
(03-07-2025, 10:42 PM)Dexta Wrote: Maybe atheism doesn't have burden of proof because it's impossible to prove an invisible, silent, utterly undetectable thing doesn't exist. That sounds so...erm......
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 1,025 20,358 03-08-2025, 11:58 AM
    Thread: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of proof?
Post: RE: Why exactly does Atheism not have burden of pr...
Maybe atheism doesn't have burden of proof because it's impossible to prove an invisible, silent, utterly undetectable thing doesn't exist. That sounds so...erm...yeah.
 Dexta Atheism & Theism 1,025 20,358 03-07-2025, 10:42 PM