Is this a real science forum?

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  1. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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    And Aspies are human.

    Right?:bugeye:

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  3. Syne Sine qua non Valued Senior Member

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    Straw man, as nothing about things having little or no value necessarily make them "wrong". Irrelevant or trivial maybe, but not necessarily wrong.

    Consider me:
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    And you:
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    You are kind of hard to miss with that post rate. And I have already told you that the "On the Fringe" section is perfect for those who wish to incessantly post nonsense which they cannot support with science. That is what it is there for. Here, I am providing counterpoint to your rather paranoid feedback. Or are you the only one allowed to comment on the forum in general?

    I was actually the only one to offer any useful answers in wynn's thread. You destroyed your own "evolution of religion" thread with your huge detour into Asperger's (which I warned you would happen, and you could have avoided by making your AS thread earlier). And maybe you should try to present some science in a science forum, i.e. Human Science.

    What threads? I do not remember starting any.

    Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, which is indicative of the paranoia, delusion, and bias you display. I can demonstrate what I say is true, so I cannot be out of touch with reality.


    It is also fun to watch you dig your own hole, over and over again. That is what keeps me reading, and hence finding things that warrant reply.
     
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  5. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    OK.

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  7. wellwisher Banned Banned

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    R&D is not easy is to do, nor is it easy to constructively critique. The creator has had time to think about their idea, while others may not have the time to ponder as long as needed to be constructive. Sometimes the only comments you may get is cynicism or personal attack. This keeps the thread going but has a tendency to divert it down a muddy path. The high road goes away.

    Personal attack often appears gray, instead of black and white, with R&D criticism. To the memorizers, the attacker is defending the traditions. By vanquishing the foe, one makes the science indoctrinates feel secure. This dynamic can also act as a smoke screen. It can also allow the caretakers of the traditions to hide personal motivations in the name of defending the traditions. Sometimes valid criticism is lost in the name of personal vendetta. The memorizers may assume this criticism has no basis.

    What is in the middle, between these two extremes (free style and blind obedience), are practical applications of acceptable science. This is where you use memory science but organized it in new ways to solve problems or challenge science.
     
  8. Syne Sine qua non Valued Senior Member

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    You are uselessly redefining "R&D". R&D always has a solid footing in what has already been proven to work, as R&D is a business practice with the specific aim of profit. What you are talking about is speculation without an demonstrable evidence, which shows no indication of being a good investment. Science already uses past knowledge to make new progress.

    Hacks often whine about criticism to obscure their complete lack of evidence. And when the intellectual dishonestly they employ to evade any question of evidence is mentioned, they inevitably cry foul about "personal attack". Yes, failure to see that an idea is without any demonstrate merit is a personal problem, but it is naively optimistic to expect a science forum to completely ignore such gross personal lapses.

    Scientists are not necessarily objective. It is the methodology of science, relying on consensus building by demonstration, that ensures the objectivity of the subject. Failure to provide demonstrable evidence is just a failure to do science. And wild speculation very much warrants scrutiny.
     
  9. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    this is one of the reasons for doubleblind experiments.
    the whole idea for testing in the first place.
     
  10. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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  11. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    I believe I've reproached you before about posting articles other than writing thoughts and opinions yourself.

    I'm guessing more people will tend to ignore your posts if you continue as such.
     
  12. Syne Sine qua non Valued Senior Member

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    That was not even a reply to you, Futilitist, but if you really want my attention again, so be it.

    That quote is typical hack apologetics that completely ignores the need for evidence in science. It is not about "rationalism", it is about the scientific method.
     
  13. youreyes amorphous ocean Valued Senior Member

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    that's what happens when people use their gender as a tool to advance their status in forums...honey.
     
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  15. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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    Pot calls kettle black

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    http://mirror.uncyc.org/wiki/Kitten#Kitten_Feeding_Behavior

    Are you A. Kitten, the author of of the above Uncyclopedia article? If not please see:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony

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  16. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    "Pot calls kettle black" you say?

    Not too bright are you now.

    I was replying the weird poster I wanted to ignore me.
     
  17. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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    So was I.

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  18. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    Flattering!

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  19. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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    It will probably get me nowhere.

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  20. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    Is this a discussion forum ...
     
  21. Trooper Secular Sanity Valued Senior Member

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    The joke was not obvious, especially when you followed it up with another lie. :bugeye:

    Also, I do not think that rpenner was being overly nosy. He tends to be a stickler and likes to verify the authenticity of quotes. He has said before that famous people often get misattributed as the source of quotes, especially when someone seeks to make an argument from authority and the perceived authority didn't say what that someone had in mind.

    In other words, citing yourself as an authority with your own opinion is just not acceptable.

    As far as the good cop/bad cop routine, I need to have a lot of information before I can reach a conclusion. He, on the other hand, is more gifted, and has more experience with science forums, than I do.

    Great, maybe I could start to trust my intuitive sense a little more then. I don't know. We'll see. :shrug:
     
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  22. SkinWalker Archaeology / Anthropology Moderator

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    My last post was probably: http://www.sciforums.com/showthread...unku-Bolivia&p=2429833&viewfull=1#post2429833

    There was a recent forum softare upgrade that seems to have adversely affected search functions, which, with vBulletin, extends to the way a member's posts are displayed when clicking from that member's profile.

    And I am the owner and one of the administrators of thescienceforum.org.

    Apparently I'm still welcome here as a moderator as well since my privilages still seem intact

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  23. Futilitist This so called forum is a fraud... Registered Senior Member

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    Welcome back, SkinWalker.

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    I'd like to get your views on the Neanderthal theory of autism. Here is a link to my former Asperger's thread:

    http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?132605-Asperger-s-Syndrome/page2

    Check out post#23. At the very bottom of the quoted section is a link to the full theory. What do you think of the theory from an anthropological perspective? We can discuss it on the thread. I look forward to your comments.

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    PS---

    If I use the search engine of this site to look for posts by SkinWalker, I get this:

    The search shows that SkinWalker has only one single post on this site and it is the one he just made above! I think this is ironic.

    How did you find your old post, SkinWalker?

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