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Orrex

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72. In all of this chatter about woo

Reply to Berlum (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 12:35 AM

Jan 2014

I'm disappointed that no one has used the "scientistic" buzzword.

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Believing in dull, barren, soul-dead Scientific Materialism is everyone's right, but [View all] Berlum Jan 2014 OP

Science is dull! zappaman Jan 2014 #1

No. Try reading the OP Berlum Jan 2014 #3

Look out! zappaman Jan 2014 #4

'Tis the Web of Doom! HappyMe Jan 2014 #7

Fuck me, you think you're actually putting forward a properly constructed argument in the OP? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #52

What OP? It's just a picture of bad graffiti seveneyes Jan 2014 #58

EVERYONE agrees...have you taken a 6 billion plus person poll? angstlessk Jan 2014 #2

I could be wrong, but I suspect that this may be a push-poll pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #34

I like the font. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #5

That font is called Sinistrous Jan 2014 #71

It definitely dances to the nightingale's tune. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #73

The delusions of the magical thinkers grow less accepted every year. There is no magic. Codeine Jan 2014 #6

really? zappaman Jan 2014 #10

Planet Bacardi has spoken! Codeine Jan 2014 #16

Cuba Libre! HappyMe Jan 2014 #19

Wheat goes up, wheat goes down... you can't explain that! Scootaloo Jan 2014 #49

No dancing fairies? I'm disappointed. Cleita Jan 2014 #12

And you've arrived at your opinion how? Indi Guy Jan 2014 #14

Out of curiosity whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #22

It's mumbo jumbo Shivering Jemmy Jan 2014 #56

thank you God! nt G_j Jan 2014 #28

And what is even more amazing is that mutation can rule... Tikki Jan 2014 #57

No magic? How sad. I think everything is magic. I guess it depends on what your 1monster Jan 2014 #70

Exactly. If there were not people who could think outside Cleita Jan 2014 #8

I've noticed most of DU's "science lovers" whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #9

+1 Matariki Jan 2014 #48

+10! zazen Jan 2014 #54

Post removed Post removed Jan 2014 #69

I think you mean soul-dead Materialism. Science is not a philosophy. It's a process. haele Jan 2014 #11

No, he means Scientific Materialism mathematic Jan 2014 #46

Glad we have to tell us what we agree on. n/t X_Digger Jan 2014 #13

Which is why Noah banned scientists from the ark. sufrommich Jan 2014 #15

There were two scientists on the Ark, Codeine Jan 2014 #17

"But apart from indoor plumbing, modern medicine, travel, communication, and knowledge..." Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #23

I got this nifty dead and barren soul! nt Codeine Jan 2014 #25

How much does it weigh? Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #27

That sort of measurement is a classic trap set by the Scientific Materialist Claque. Codeine Jan 2014 #35

I have an itchy red rash Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #36

And fish derby378 Jan 2014 #18

I'm sorry, i just cant take that font seriously. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #20

I save my scientific denialism for books and movies. ProgressSaves Jan 2014 #21

Ha, good shirt! n/t whatchamacallit Jan 2014 #24

Dragons are real, candy is healthier than vegetables, and the moon is made of cream cheese frosting Dash87 Jan 2014 #26

That was why NASA bombed it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #29

It's just another attempt by the government to deny us delicious cake Dash87 Jan 2014 #32

I read that as "cream cheese fisting." Codeine Jan 2014 #37

Well, that's a mental image... Scootaloo Jan 2014 #50

Science is boring! Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #30

. pintobean Jan 2014 #40

I'm afraid you lost me at "Believing in...." mike_c Jan 2014 #31

I'm with you, Mike. We have to learn to survive. Science is necessary and certainly fascinating. The Wielding Truth Jan 2014 #39

+1 LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #47

busted, ghost busted bench scientist Jan 2014 #33

Souls? carla Jan 2014 #38

"...as everyone agrees" cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #41

And you'll hardly find any REAL scientists that think that way either! Matariki Jan 2014 #42

The 50's, when the medical and scientific communities agreed that being gay was a disease Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #55

Thats what happens when religious belief interferes Bradical79 Jan 2014 #64

You know what is funny nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #43

Scientific materialism is surfing the WWW on a new iMac from a warm office, with a good latte. Coyotl Jan 2014 #44

Well, here's this week's DU chair throwing argument. longship Jan 2014 #45

And believing in chemtrails will get you tombstoned... SidDithers Jan 2014 #51

So Sid, back in the 70's, did you agree with the 'science' that gay people had a disease? Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #59

Bad science is supplanted by better science... SidDithers Jan 2014 #60

First, you did not answer the question. Second, what 'science' was the 'disease' theory based on? Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #66

That doesn't make any sense Bradical79 Jan 2014 #62

Also, you're describing religion Bradical79 Jan 2014 #63

science didn't "believe" that "back in the 70s gay people had a disease" cali Jan 2014 #67

Absolute balderdash intaglio Jan 2014 #53

The phyisical world discovered throuh scientific method Bradical79 Jan 2014 #61

Noam Chomsky destroyed BF Skinner and his behaviorism decades ago MindPilot Jan 2014 #65

... SidDithers Jan 2014 #68

In all of this chatter about woo Orrex Jan 2014 #72