GaryGaulin
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Quote (Jim_Wynne @ Dec. 05 2015,18:43) | Quote (GaryGaulin @ Dec. 05 2015,18:17) | Quote (Jim_Wynne @ Dec. 05 2015,17:51) | Quote (GaryGaulin @ Dec. 05 2015,15:28) | And more precisely:
Quote | Getting out of the way of an approaching invisible shock zone requires the ability to (from past experience) predict future environmental events. |
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Sorry, wrong. Use of "invisible" just makes it more wrong, because so-called shock zones don't need to be invisible. The missing word, which should start the sentence, is "Intentionally." It's possible to get out of the way of "an approaching shock zone" by without intending to do so. |
Wow, you are now channeling Febble! I recall their being fond of that word being used wherever possible. And I have to agree that you are right. It can by sheer luck get out of the way, by intending to do something else.
This is definitely more precise:
Quote | Intentionally getting out of the way of the approaching invisible shock zone requires the ability to (from past experience) predict future environmental events. |
Thanks for the tip-off! It's now an impressive looking sentence. The word "environmental" might not be helping but I think the rest now looks marvelous. |
The simple omission of that word (and concept) speaks volumes about your manifold failures to think things through, or your inability to do so. The sentence is still grammatically awkward, by the way. |
Jim there is no need to overinflate your ego. I'm not writing a novel, you know.
That word addition did though help make things a bit brighter for me. This year I'm having a harder time than usual getting in the Christmas spirit, even though there is now even more to be thankful for including a new ID Lab making it to Planet Source Code.
I do not control the at work radio but WMAS (hi from the forum!) is now 100% Christmas music, I hear when the Hamada or other noisy machine I'm operating isn't running. One song more regularly on their playlist is though just as soothingly haunting, by the lyrics being foretelling of any cherished knowledge that has the power to ultimately become what each child still knows. The religious implications that make ID theory such a controversy help show what is at stake is whether even this relatively religiously neutral Christmas carol has any meaning left at all to future generations. I believe in science that helps explain who we are in a way that our religious thoughts can understand, so that even where you believe Jesus is a legend that began in myth there was none the less a "dream" that became cherished enough to survive the ages even though ruthless ancient Roman kings claiming they were God were devastated by the new way of thinking that via religion spread through their kingdom. Religion is now in a similar conflict with kings of science who see no need for keeping some Christmas "dream" alive, they just want to stomp it out too. Whatever makes such a dream unstompable becomes part of the legend, folklore that religion remembers. That is where there ia a "Trinity" left for science and theology to figure out. What makes Christmas bright for theologians is something new to experiment with, in the years to come. This at least shows what the theory explains for a "trinity" is scientifically possible, which is better than no coherent theory at all to back up such a concept. Being able to test that and other things to be scientifically true very much keeps the dream that goes with it alive. Where you realize the power to change the future that we are all messing with right now it's something you have to respect, or get squashed by. In this case though staying out of trouble is as easy as studying a theory before judging, simple things like that. Along with Dinosaur Train still doing great teaching what a hypothesis is the most vital science basics are becoming part of the cultural "dream" each child still knows. This can be taken religiously, or not. Either way the following remains true in a way that for at least myself makes this Christmas song unusually emotionally powerful. Please feel free to be equally overwhelmed by the realization that you along with me have made it here too, even Quack who caught me on a bad day with the "intelligent molecules" questioning but otherwise contributed to thoughts that helped develop the theory:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon (Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP26ndrmtg
Christmas is much in part what we make of it. So even where you never found a religious reason to be joyful you at least have that for a sense of belonging in where the holiday goes from here, to be thankful for.
-------------- The theory of intelligent design holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.
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