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Maraya1969

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52. Oh it has happened to me too and I bet quite a few others.

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 03:59 PM

Dec 2013

I think the people do not use the same etiquette on the internet that they do in their every day life. I have been guilty of it myself. But I am trying to make sure that I do not hurt people's feelings anymore. It just shows how upset I am with me and with me is where I should be looking for the answer to my problems.

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Five things that modern science cannot explain: [View all] truedelphi Dec 2013 OP

Placebo NoOneMan Dec 2013 #1

Not science... Mystery mongering. longship Dec 2013 #2

Placebo is not "Long ago figured out" Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #4

"depending on your beliefs" longship Dec 2013 #7

No, placebo is not "the null effect", placebo is not "doing nothing" bananas Dec 2013 #32

Fine! If you get malaria, treat it with a placebo. longship Dec 2013 #33

You've likely been treated with placebos many times bananas Dec 2013 #37

Not for malaria, they don't. longship Dec 2013 #39

Wow - you've said so many things that are flat-out wrong bananas Dec 2013 #63

Thank you for carrying on such a good fight. truedelphi Jan 2014 #79

Coming up with an explanation is not figuring it out zeemike Dec 2013 #11

Straw man. longship Dec 2013 #17

Actually there have been cases where the placebo effect helped people with cancer. truedelphi Dec 2013 #24

If you get cancer I do not recommend that you give that a try. longship Dec 2013 #30

Well I don't know anything about the placebo effect. zeemike Dec 2013 #27

Gees! Not the memory of water rubbish again. longship Dec 2013 #31

Well really you make my case. zeemike Dec 2013 #44

The difference is that physicists do not just make shit up. longship Dec 2013 #45

You mean like string theory? zeemike Dec 2013 #46

It's condemned as woo because there is no supporting science. longship Dec 2013 #47

And that IS the point...they are condemned as woo. zeemike Dec 2013 #48

This is a very common trait of woo proponents. longship Dec 2013 #49

Saying that science does not know everything is not maligning it. zeemike Dec 2013 #50

And what was the name of that physicist who said, back in 1898, or 1899, that truedelphi Jan 2014 #70

I think it is a problem of ego. zeemike Jan 2014 #71

I'd love a link to that new theory. truedelphi Jan 2014 #74

Sure no problem. zeemike Jan 2014 #75

Thank you greatly. When I saw the depiction of the serpent that eats its own tail, truedelphi Jan 2014 #77

A patent office administrator said that about inventions, not science mathematic Jan 2014 #72

It is a disputed quote from Lord Kelvin. Jim__ Jan 2014 #73

The Memory of water: Lordquinton Dec 2013 #36

I went to a fire walking seminar once and at the end we all walked on hot red coals. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #51

Anybody can firewall. longship Dec 2013 #53

It takes a special mindset by the person who is walking and if you do not have that Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #54

Nope. Heat conductivity. longship Dec 2013 #55

After you do it I will believe you. Talk is easy and often filled with crap. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #59

Good analogy, and good explanation. Chemisse Dec 2013 #66

At least one devoted fire walker would agree with you. truedelphi Jan 2014 #80

Well, my problem is not lack of callous. longship Jan 2014 #81

Yes this is not a very good list. Exultant Democracy Dec 2013 #15

Interesting A Little Weird Dec 2013 #3

The moving rocks are pretty cool - and what make them cooler... reACTIONary Dec 2013 #8

here you go d_r Dec 2013 #9

I apologize for one person's rude behavior toward you. I like the article. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #5

I know. I wondering just how many people I'm going to have to put on ignore today. liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #40

Oh it has happened to me too and I bet quite a few others. Maraya1969 Dec 2013 #52

They have been figured out by science. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #6

This thread should be locked. This is creationist type crap. alp227 Dec 2013 #10

Thanks for the link to the moving rocks. truedelphi Dec 2013 #26

The genetic evidence conclusively refutes your belief gcomeau Dec 2013 #35

So you are saying that this endogenous retroviral insertion makes humans like primates. truedelphi Dec 2013 #57

Insertions. Plural. gcomeau Dec 2013 #60

You're making a nice analogy. One I can follow. truedelphi Dec 2013 #61

Well... gcomeau Dec 2013 #64

Of course, there sometimes seems to be an entire branch of human beings who truedelphi Dec 2013 #65

Lets start with gravity. Sure we have the inverse square law to descibe geckosfeet Dec 2013 #12

I got an "A" on the electronics quiz: truedelphi Dec 2013 #28

Bull hockey. Biggest load o crap i have been subjected to in quite some time. geckosfeet Dec 2013 #38

Hoo boy! Where to start... longship Dec 2013 #41

I went to a rather small school and had already written a physics paper on all that. truedelphi Dec 2013 #56

Fine. longship Dec 2013 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Chemisse Dec 2013 #67

Yes! Thirties Child Jan 2014 #76

Yeah, but what about the tides Betsy Ross Dec 2013 #13

the tide goes in, the tide goes out awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #14

And fucking magnets! Scootaloo Dec 2013 #18

The one and only comment on that page does a great job debunking it: TekGryphon Dec 2013 #16

the pipes... iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #20

This bullshit again? stopbush Dec 2013 #19

Very cool. Phlem Dec 2013 #21

okay now, each in succession: Deep13 Dec 2013 #22

Thank you. truedelphi Dec 2013 #25

The only thing science cannot explain skepticscott Dec 2013 #23

Actually, the psychology of that is pretty well understood. Deep13 Dec 2013 #34

Hear hear! defacto7 Dec 2013 #43

What about Sharknado? Unknown Beatle Dec 2013 #29

Bummer. I was really jazzed by the idea pnwest Dec 2013 #42

If there were adequate explanations for everything Bradical79 Dec 2013 #62

This article is full of inaccuracies, misquotes, and wild speculation mindquaker Dec 2013 #68

welcome to du gopiscrap Dec 2013 #69

Why did you copy, word for word, another poster's reply Heddi Jan 2014 #78