Electric truck
by Witness » Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:55 am
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Just so Rob can bitch some more… :twisted:
Designed by the former Chief Designer of Isuzu’s commercial truck division, Steve Jennes, now Chief...
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Follow-up:
Nikola electric-truck prototypes were powered by hidden wall sockets, towed into position and rolled down hills, prosecutors say...
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Alaska earthquake (8.2) and tsunami thread
by robinson » Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:14 am
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Watching data in realtime
Not looking good
But who the fuck knows?
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Indeed sir.
And Lo, even unto even the most ob-fucking-obscure-news doth the (previously held in high esteem) God succumb. (Truth be told though F...
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Last post by Fid Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:55 am
Ya, about those glaciers melting....
by Badger » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:56 pm
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I don't think peer reviewed means what you think it means.
(ya, I know it wasn't claimed that this was peer reviewed, but with regards to losing...
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Hmmm
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Last post by robinson Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:34 am
The White Roof Solution to Global Warming
by Anaxagoras » Thu May 28, 2009 5:59 am
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Steven Chu, the US Secretary of Energy and a Nobel prize-winning scientist, said yesterday that making roofs and pavements white or light-coloured...
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Dark skin prevents UV damage
It absorbs UV and IR it is the devils playground.
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Last post by ed Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:39 pm
Apollo 11
by Pyrrho » Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:28 pm
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T3H Official Net Neutrality Thread and Poll
by gnome » Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:52 pm
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Because nothing resolves an issue like a bunch of mostly amateurs arguing on an obsolete social media platform in a forgotten corner of the internet....
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Biden’s executive order puts net neutrality back in the spotlight
The FCC will need a fifth commissioner to push these initiatives forward...
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Last post by Witness Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:18 am
The speed of an object on the equator of the earth
by robinson » Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:35 am
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This is an old one. It never goes well, because it makes you have to think, and that is fucking anethama, especially if you already dislike the...
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A small aside
Hotrub hasn't logged in since Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:06 pm
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Last post by robinson Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:19 pm
Replication woes
by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:39 pm
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Interesting...
At Western, LeBel tried to replicate four studies, even increasing sample sizes and repeating efforts, but none produced results...
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Heh . . . I read this as Republican woes.
But, yeah, I mean recall the Fleschman(n) & Pons fiasco . One of the first problems [ Yes, We have No...
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Last post by Doctor X Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:42 am
Fukushima one year on
by sparks » Wed May 16, 2012 8:01 pm
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3 meltdowns 1 of which was total, that is to say the entire core liquified.
1, possibly 2 containment breaches.
3 hydrogen explosions.
1 criticality...
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When the huge amount explosion in unit 3 happened, it blew fuel pellets 30 km away from the site
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Last post by robinson Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:07 pm
Wind Turbines
by ed » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:13 am
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Interesting, mainly for the videos.
Not a mention of anything negative, journalism at it's finest.
You lot tell me if I am going crazy
Not a...
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It has a sad.
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Last post by sparks Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:48 am
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Last post by robinson Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:42 pm
Film of a UFO
by robinson » Sat May 15, 2021 6:31 pm
OK it’s actually video but it seems to be official video.
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Last post by Witness Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:24 am
Beginning to feel old?
by asthmatic camel » Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:22 am
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Become a rotifer.
The bdelloid rotifer is awake – and we're going to need to buy some more birthday candles.
For the past 24,000 years, the...
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:oldman:
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:06 pm
Perseverance Perseverance Perseverance
by Rob Lister » Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:35 pm
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Perseverance
Nasa is streaming now. Perseverance will land (or crash) at 2:15 EST.
To learn how incredible complicated it is, I bring you this....
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It's a Scott Manley video, so pretty good stuff. You can see a map that shows where both the rover and the helicopter have been so far, and he does...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Mon May 31, 2021 3:40 am
Uh oh. Venusians.
by robinson » Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:07 pm
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If only there were a way to send a probe and find out
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Seed it. Why wait? By the time our great great grandkids arrive, it will be fully habitable
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Last post by robinson Sun May 30, 2021 8:25 am
A new kind of wrench
by robinson » Mon May 17, 2021 7:22 am
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If that is for real my mind is blown
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Not clear why it is better than my socket wrench.
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Last post by ed Mon May 17, 2021 4:04 pm
Bill Maher has Covid
by ed » Fri May 14, 2021 11:26 am
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How can you not test positive if you have been vaccinated? Does not being vaccinated give you a weak for of the disease that produces antibodies?...
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Of the 1,467,189 persons who have completed their vaccine series, 242 have been confirmed as contracting COVID-19. Of those, 109 (45%) had no...
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Last post by robinson Fri May 14, 2021 2:02 pm
Ironman Suit
by Anaxagoras » Wed May 05, 2021 12:09 pm
Not exactly, of course, but still pretty cool:
How useful in reality? The problem I see is that he would be vulnerable to small arms fire while...
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Last post by robinson Fri May 14, 2021 12:12 am
嘘だ! ["You Lie! – Ed.]
by Doctor X » Wed May 05, 2021 7:28 am
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Falling down the You r Mom's Tube Hole I found this:
very interesting. From a skeptic standpoint, he demolishes claims that there are specific...
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The authorities lie
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Last post by robinson Wed May 05, 2021 3:30 pm
BitCoin: Should I Sign Up?
by Rob Lister » Wed May 25, 2011 2:05 pm
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Should this be in a different forum too? All my threads are so muddled. Anyway
BitCoin
A rhetorical question really 'cause I've already decided...
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I think specifically Etherium miners in the case of GPUs, if I remember correctly.
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Last post by gnome Sun May 02, 2021 5:35 pm
Olbers’ Paradox
by robinson » Sat May 01, 2021 1:24 pm
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One key idea in the paradox is it can’t be dust causing the sky to be dark, explained below
While dark clouds could obstruct the light, these...
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That is all
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Last post by robinson Sat May 01, 2021 10:48 pm
DNA Profiling
by ed » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:37 pm
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Finally did it, used these guys
crigenetics.com
Not quite sure what I bought, I'll figure it out when the time comes.
I am hoping for some...
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My kids are adopted too. One did a test and, among other things, got Ashkenazi (!) and Native American (!!).
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Last post by ed Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:15 pm
Starlink is Live
by Rob Lister » Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:27 am
I signed up. I'm sure it will be at least another year before anyone actually has the service but I do like to be in the loop!
U.S Customers...
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Last post by Rob Lister Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:42 am
Nuclear waste battery
by Bruce » Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:38 pm
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A U.S. startup combined radioactive isotopes from nuclear waste with ultra-slim layers of nanodiamonds to assemble a ridiculous battery that...
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People would line up in droves to by the latest new thing.
Especially terrorist and non nuclear nations
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Last post by robinson Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:14 pm
Thruster evaluation : NASA to be trusted ?
by 99guspuppet » Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:07 am
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A electromagnetic thruster concept has been lurking about since about 2001. Developed by Roger Shawyer , the claim was it did not require propellant....
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In any case, looks like we're stuck on this shitty planet that we've ruined for a little longer. It's frustrating. How am I going to throw away my...
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Last post by Rob Lister Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:14 pm
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
by ed » Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:12 am
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In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly that it could only...
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Wellllll ... I think the requirement for extraordinary evidence comes into play here.
Here is a hypothesis: an advanced civilization might have...
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Last post by ed Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:37 am
NFTs
by Pyrrho » Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:52 pm
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Fools and their money, etc.
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This has to be a bubble.
Jack Dorsey tweet: Man who buys his first-ever post speaks out
The buyer of Twitter's first ever tweet by its founder...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:13 am
SpaceX progress
by Pyrrho » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:54 pm
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Awesome photos.
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Starship is basically an aircraft carrier when you're looking for a fishing boat, but it's less than half the cost of the other fishing boat.
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Last post by robinson Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:22 pm
Navy to retire 6-year old ship.
by Anaxagoras » Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:40 am
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Actually four very new littoral combat ships are to be decommissioned. The newest being only 6 years old and the oldest only 12 years old.
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Japan’s New Mogami-Class Frigates Show What The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships Could Have Been (Forbes)
I want literal combat ships!...
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Last post by gnome Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:24 am
How does CO2 trap heat?
by robinson » Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:25 pm
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This question drives alarmists up the wall
Not the question, but the fact they can’t answer it
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Based on the video, what is the answer to the question?
To save you time and effort
Here are the three main explainings that will show up
CO2...
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Last post by robinson Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:07 pm
Right to repair
by Witness » Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:02 am
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Apple Tells Lawmaker that Right to Repair iPhones Will Turn Nebraska Into a ‘Mecca’ for Hackers
Apple is inventing new and interesting arguments...
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That’s not a joke, it’s not satire
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Last post by robinson Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:01 am
McMoon
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 28, 2021 3:34 pm
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Awesome.
Fifty years ago, 5 unmanned lunar orbiters circled the moon, taking extremely high resolution photos of the surface. They were trying...
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Like with the moon photos, they never revealed the level of detail they had
Because it’s war
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Last post by robinson Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:28 pm
Sounds Legit
by Anaxagoras » Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:22 pm
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A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes
The study, titled “Magnetic reconnection as a mechanism for energy extraction from rotating black...
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Your Mom does not count!
– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:41 am
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Last post by robinson Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:09 pm
Power Saver Plugs (and other frauds)
by Rob Lister » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:33 pm
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Here's a scam that I haven't seen here but apparently there's a big market in the UK.
Saving Energy : According to customer habbit and...
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smooth AC with a capacitor?
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Last post by ed Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:36 pm
hyperloop
by Rob Lister » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:05 pm
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Inside the Hyperloop: the pneumatic travel system faster than the speed of sound
It is called “The Hyperloop” and, according to the designer, it...
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Still bilking millions for millions.
Joe Scott does an update.
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Last post by Rob Lister Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:35 pm
Deepfake
by ed » Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:05 pm
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Discuss
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Point is that it is pretty good now and will get to be far better in 6 months.
That means sans independent verification, you can trust NOTHING
Even...
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Last post by Witness Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:12 am
How to stop virus
by robinson » Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:39 pm
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Stop infected people from transmitting it.
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How do know who is sick?
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Last post by gnome Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:39 am
The aliens are silent because they're dead
by Rob Lister » Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:05 pm
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Astrobiology. How is that a fucking thing? Fledgling planet? Who wrote that and why didn't his editor kick his ass.
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I've got an affinity for the Early Birds theory, even though that's kind of a disappointing one. It's my hunch.
I like all of them except 'the rare...
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Last post by Rob Lister Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:37 am
Why is it so hot?
by Witness » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:59 am
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Present situation:
For the US:
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Nature is a mystery
:D
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Water found on the moon
by gnome » Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:28 pm
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Independent.co.uk article
Apparently something is allowing water to be sustained even in sunlit areas, which has implications for the practicality...
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They found water
Independent.co.uk article
Apparently something is allowing water to be sustained even in sunlit areas, which has implications...
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Last post by robinson Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:50 am
Room temperature superconductivity achieved
by Witness » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:17 pm
Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride
Abstract
One of the long-standing challenges in experimental physics is the...
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Last post by Witness Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:17 pm
It was 40 years ago today
by robinson » Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:06 pm
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I discovered something quite amazing, from a physics POV
Like many “ignorant how the world actually works” people, I thought I should carefully...
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And I would give 1000 to one odds as well
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Last post by sparks Wed Oct 07, 2020 5:55 pm
RIP Vaughan Jones
by Witness » Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:34 am
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Vaughan Jones (1952–2020)
Mathematician whose invention connected knots to quantum physics.
In 1994, mathematician Vaughan Jones walked on stage...
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Too deep. Upside-down grain silo deep.
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Last post by Rob Lister Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:29 am
Coronavirus, Global warming, and impeaching the sources
by robinson » Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:24 pm
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Over in some other topic about some virus we don't really know much about, I realized after making a comment about it (see below)
I think everybody...
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Of course there is. In fact, the history of science is full of examples where a vested interest, or religious/crazy belief systems try to impeach...
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Last post by robinson Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:50 am
New Ice Age Coming?
by Anaxagoras » Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:02 am
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Now with more :cowbell:
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Deniers aren’t happy with history, because even historic events and data doesn’t support their beliefs about nature.
I call them “alarm ringers”...
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