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50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:44 pm

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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Warren Dew » Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:03 am

If they're going to put "first Concorde flight" on there, they should put "last Concorde flight" on there.
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:37 am

Warren Dew wrote:If they're going to put "first Concorde flight" on there, they should put "last Concorde flight" on there.
Along with "last yogic flight" :hehe:
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by mistermack » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:02 am

Warren Dew wrote:If they're going to put "first Concorde flight" on there, they should put "last Concorde flight" on there.
That's just science marching on, old stuff gets obsolete.
Now we've got dreamliners and A380s..

I admit that passengers can't die at the same speed, but they can die cheaper these days.
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:08 am

mistermack wrote:I admit that passengers can't die at the same speed, but they can die cheaper these days.
That's progress, if you're a Republican.
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Hermit » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:33 am

In short, we have progress in the sciences because some theories are improved or rejected and new theories are formulated on grounds of evidence, while there is no progress in religions per se because the religious texts are immutable truths, expressed by the words of god via prophets.

The only progress among theists is found when they abandon geocentricism - one of those "immutable truths because they are the word of god" - away by simply ignoring the "immutable truths because they are the word of god" aspect of their faith. Not only that, but they deny they are doing just that. (I am referring to the religions that the majority of theists subscribe to here, not boutique ones like Unitarianism, some strains of Buddhism and so on.)
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:37 am

Theories in science are self-corrected.
Theories in religion are shelved and neglected.
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Warren Dew » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:02 pm

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Warren Dew wrote:If they're going to put "first Concorde flight" on there, they should put "last Concorde flight" on there.
That's just science marching on, old stuff gets obsolete.
Now we've got dreamliners and A380s.
Which are a third as fast. They do a good job of serving our more overpopulated world, though. I guess to some, overpopulation might be "progress".
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:06 pm

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Warren Dew wrote:If they're going to put "first Concorde flight" on there, they should put "last Concorde flight" on there.
That's just science marching on, old stuff gets obsolete.
Now we've got dreamliners and A380s.
Which are a third as fast. They do a good job of serving our more overpopulated world, though. I guess to some, overpopulation might be "progress".
They also use less fuel. So less smut in the atmosphere. And they fly lower, so the ionosphere is being mucked up as much. And if one of them goes down HARD there are that many fewer people in the world. :tut:
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by JimC » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:07 am

Not so sure...

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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:08 am

June 7, 2013, marked fifty years of progress on another front. :dance:


But I'm not supposed to mention that, so I won't. :levi:
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Rum » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:20 am

Did we miss a certain person's significant milestone?
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:25 am

Rum wrote:Did we miss a certain person's significant milestone?
I think there was a thread. I think I started it. :coffee:
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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Tyrannical » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:33 pm

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Re: 50 years of progress.

Post by Mysturji » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:55 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:June 7, 2013, marked fifty years of progress on another front. :dance:


But I'm not supposed to mention that, so I won't. :levi:
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