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Have faith in Bigfoot my friends.

 

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When these crackpots in question are highly emotive, insulting and intellectually dishonest, I believe that stronger moderation needs to be dished out and the threads cesspooled.
That would stop the continued tooing and froing [which on many occasions I am a part of] which I understand would be quite disconcerting to some and boring to others.
This though is first and foremost a science forum, and the scientific methodology should prevail.

Bullshit!
Kittamaru's beliefs are his own concern. He has never from my observations, argued religion against science. He has never denigrated science in preference to any religious beliefs to my knowledge'.
In fact he has simply applied the scientific method to the crazies and nuts that claim Bigfoot, UFO's of Alien origins, ghosts goblins etc.
In other words he is doing his job as he should.
Kittamaru has only been wrong on one occasion in my opinion. When he moderated me for decrying a long gone gun enthusiast [tic mode on

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In fact if all our religious friends took a leaf out of Kitt's book and ceased trying to undervalue science or trying to discredit it, it would eliminate some of the nonsensical wars.
My attacks on any religious person only occurs when they post in science to try and denigrate science.
I have never started any thread that sets out to denigrate religion and I don't believe any of the other science buffs here should either.

The alternative nuts are another matter. Obviously on nearly every occasion they set out to denigrate or deride accepted mainstream science.

 

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Me thinks your memories of the past are foggy.

And MR believes Bigfoot is real and posts in the appropriate forum. His reactions are no different than many of the true beeleevers in jeezus. And If they are not posting Bigfoot belief in Earth Sciences then who cares? I have the option of IGNORING the threads or not. MR does not stalk me trying to convert me to bigfoot belief in any other thread I post in. But If I had chosen to return to the bigfoot thread, then its fair game. Well right up until it was shut down....

 

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But this isn't a pseudoscience and woo-woo forum, this is a SCIENCE forum, regardless of whichever sub-section deals with whatever fringe belief.

 

Any claims that go against accepted scientific reasoning will undergo scrutiny.
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I never said you couldnt scrutinize. Thats your CHOICE. Same reasoning the beeleevers in jeezus use, it goes against their accepted religious doctrine. Dont like UFO, Ghosts and Monsters, dont go there. Dont like whats on TV, turn the channel. Dont like Rap music, turn the station.

 

Don't like to be held to a scientific standard?

Don't post on a science forum.

 

If the OWNER(s) of this site did not want UFOs, Ghosts, Monsters, those sub-forums would not exist. Dont like their Decisions, dont support the site.

 

That's the owners decision, but once again everything is held to a scientific standard as Daecon said, and will undergo the utmost scrutiny, despite, despite their unsupported claims, and the lies, intellectual dishonesty, misinterpretations, and ignoring of pertinent questions that most of these claimants persist in.
If you/they can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

 

Let me add more milkweed...Answer me as to why so many of our religious fundamentalists, and alternative hypothesis pushers, always start their nonsense in the science threads? Two of recent times....one a religious nut, the other a philosophical unknown.
Obviously it isn't too long before they are moved.
And depending on each's claims, each will as I said, undergo scientific scrutiny.

Another point worth mentioning....Why do these people post on what is primarily a science forum?
Could it be that they are after confrontation? Could it be that some of these religious nuts that happen to find a sentence uttered by a reputable scientist, that they somehow see as supporting their nonsense, to then take that out of context, and use it to promote discord and anger among the scientific community?
Or could it be that others with an anti science streak painted down their back bone, will provocatively post whatever non scientific nonsense they think will raise the angst of a science forum, threads like inferring that science has never benefitted mankind.
Yeah my old son, you can bet your house that they will most certainly face all the scientific scrutiny that they clamber for.

 

I have no quarrel with moving an inappropriately place thread. I have no quarrel with accelerated moderation for someone who cannot abide by posting in an appropriate forum. I do have a quarrel with people deciding appropriately posted threads are still an issue. No one makes you read them or participate in them.
Again, I never said you couldnt or shouldnt. But if its bugging you to the point you CANT ignore the bs in the religion/pseudo science forum areas, then who really has the issue? I seldom venture into the above forums because it usually doesnt interest me.

Why is there an arts and culture or Free Thoughts in a primarily science forum? Because SOMETIMES people have more than one interest in life.

 

I remember the old days... when people said the same thing.

 

Yes They DID!! LOL

Spot on!

 

Milkweed - the subject of his posts is not the issue - the issue is, simply put, blatant misrepresentation, denial of facts, and dishonesty. That behavior should not be tolerated,no matter if it is from a popular or unpopular viewpoint. The truth is the truth, facts are facts. Ignoring simple facts is bad, mmkay

 

That wasnt the issue in this thread.

 

Indeed - that is because, unlike what MR believes, this thread was not posted as a dig against him.

 

Well right up until your 2nd post, #7 that is.

Excuses, excuses... its all MR's fault...

 

Interesting way to try and make me into the bad guy, considering it was not I who brought up the subject of MR, as the post trail shows quite clearly:

to which I replied:

But yes, I must have made this thread with the intent of harping on him, it makes so much sense now! I must find a rosary and do 20 hail Mary's to repent! (and if you didn't catch on, that was sarcasm)

 

Then what are you on about?
You agree that whatever anyone posts, needs to undergo scientific scrutiny.
That's all that is being done, but that simple fact upsets our alternative/religious brigade.
They believe they should post what they like without being able to undergo any scrutiny at all. :shrug: