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Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
Cool. I'm going to have to check this out. It'll probably give me some good ammo for those who ridicule me because I'm able to see that the ideas that that man came from an ape, that life came from non-life and that the Earth is billions of years old are all laughable non-science. And that those falsehoods, like the items in the article, will be eventually be proven wrong as well.
Have fun, just know that posting about 'ammo-ing up' is incompatible with receiving pity for incoming fire. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
Cool. I'm going to have to check this out. It'll probably give me some good ammo for those who ridicule me because I'm able to see that the ideas that that man came from an ape, that life came from non-life and that the Earth is billions of years old are all laughable non-science. And that those falsehoods, like the items in the article, will be eventually be proven wrong as well.
Just a question: how do you explain radioactive decay? [Reply]
Check this link, for a list of virtual tours of many different Egyptian tombs and such available to the public. As well as many art museums.
I really enjoyed some of these....
Check this link, for a list of virtual tours of many different Egyptian tombs and such available to the public. As well as many art museums.
I really enjoyed some of these....
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Got it on the second try. It's definitely a slow-and-steady kind of deal. I think it took me probably 10 minutes to get it right.
But that probably makes it a good simulator. I think the real deal takes more like 30 minutes.
Not bragging (well maybe a little) but got it on the first try. However, I'll admit it was the equivalent of a 90 year old woman doing a 16 point turn. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Cross-posting this from another thread:
Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.
Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.
I love Crash Course. I'm about halfway through their World History collection.
Crash Course and Kurzegast (or however you spell it) are probably my two favorite YouTube channels for learning. [Reply]
