Especially from a Texan newspaper
Especially from a Texan newspaper
We could have had Bernie. I can't even imagine how different so many things would have been...
Scientists may have solved the mystery behind transporting some of the materials to the pyramid site: a dried-up a river
Fixed the title for you.
The construction of the Giza pyramids is still baffling. Some of the stones are purported to weigh 80 tons. That's four or five times more weight than what modern trucks can pull on paved roads.
It's not so farfetched to presume that this ancient civilization employed technology that is lost to time. I'm not talking about aliens and laser beams, but good ol' fashioned mathematics. They could have exploited a principle of leverage and incline that we simply don't understand or recognize. Or perhaps something entirely different from our six simple machines...
The problem with this theory, of course, is that we like to believe that humanity is always progressing and that we are superior to our forebears by default. That is ultimately a subjective opinion.
Here's an example of a corporation demonstrating positive socio-economic change:
I grew up in Silicon Valley and I can testify what you already know: venture capitalists and tech CEOs are just dumb kids with a lot of money. Many of them landed in their positions by chance alone. We are not obliged to give them more credence than anybody else.
Holy shit! My IP is 192.168.1.1!
What are the odds!?
I spoke with an American Rabbi the other day who flatly denied that al Nakba, the expulsion of the Palestinians during the formation of Israel in 1948, ever happened. I was shocked. It was like a holocaust denier but in reverse.
As the conversation went on he slyly admitted that "maybe there were only a small number of people living there". He's convinced that the land grab is justified because it's only a few people who were displaced. I asked him if the "small number" of Israelis murdered on October 7th is justified...
It's amazing how our brains are so biased towards selective information and selective history. He was obviously an intelligent man, but he simply couldn't admit the well known history.
I realize now that all of us have this potential to be bewildered if our bodily identities are threatened. It's not unique to Israelis or Palestinians or anyone else. It's a universally human tendency. That's my belief.
Anyway, I love all of my brothers and sisters no matter their ethnicity or religion.
Why wouldn't an IDF sniper kill unarmed citizens in a church? They know that there will be absolutely no repercussions for their actions because the United States is wrapped around their bloodstained fingers and the States will continue to send unlimited money and arms.
I'm absolutely convinced that Israel will blatantly commit genocide and that Palestine will cease to exist within five years. Israel knows full well that public outrage will quickly be forgotten. They're planning for thousands of years of Israel's reign, while the Americans can only think as far as the next presidential election cycle.
"It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review."
That's because the paper wasn't peer-reviewed at all. In fact, the majority of published medical and psychological papers are never reviewed or replicated.
The scientific method has sold out to the profit incentive, at least in academia.
All jokes aside, this is another great example of a trend towards bio-inspired engineering.
It reflects the inevitable result of Modi's extremism. He has been prime minister for too long.
Mazel Tov! Now the deaths of those 5000 Palestinian children is totally justified!
What is so bad about living with your parents? That's still the norm in many parts of the world. For some reason western countries, and especially America, have exaggerated the benefits of being financially independent, as if shared resources were some kind of failure.
I beg to differ. The only people who lose when we share resources are the capitalists.
I've got a few friends in their thirties who live with their parents and the whole family is very happy. And although my kids are only six and three, I can't imagine any reason why I wouldn't want them to continue living in my house for as long as they needed support.
We all need support. It's not a shame. It's an asset more valuable than property, imho.
With all due respect, my friend, you're assuming a false dillema. The majority of academic scientists are religious, reflective of the general population's religious affiliation.
Of course there are a minority of highly vocal outliers on both sides of the spectrum who profit from the discord, real or imagined.
This is why we need to keep science out of the classroom
Almost anything can be addictive, but some things are explicitly designed to be addictive. I don't think that young kids are capable of regulating their gaming addiction. Someone needs to intervene, most likely the parents.
I recently joined my township's planning commission. It was suspiciously easy to join. Anyway, learning about city planning and ordinances is really fascinating. I highly recommend people get involved with their local boards and commissions.
I'm not usually inclined to conspiracy but I honestly think this group is planted by somebody to make environmental activists look bad.
So excessive. I'm ashamed that my tax dollars have contributed to genocide.
(guillotine emoji)
Commenting just in case there's an update to this breaking news story
There was a time when Muslim empires were powerful. Their so-called "golden age" from about 750 to 1250 ad produced so much of the culture, science and philosophy that we benefit from today.
Obviously there has been a dangerously conservative shift in recent centuries, and especially during the reform in the 70s.
I wish that "returning to former glory" meant reviving their intellectual prowess.
I think they mean existential problems, like our belligerent lumbering towards the violent self-destruction of humanity.
What can you realistically steal that isn't worth peanuts to them? You could take a car or some jewelry or maybe destroy a building, but their massive hoards are mostly in these intangible things called shares. It only exists on record and it only has value to those who are similarly greedy.
Their life, on the other hand... 🤔
"The study was done by Christian Wagner and colleagues at Saarland University in Germany, along with researchers in the Netherlands, Iran and France. The team was inspired by an ancient Egyptian wall painting showing a huge statue being hauled across the sand on a sledge in about 1800 BC. The painting has a detail that has long puzzled Egyptologists: a worker who appears to be pouring water onto the sand in front of the sledge while others appear to be carrying water to replenish his supply."
https://physicsworld.com/a/did-slippery-sand-help-egyptians-build-the-pyramids/
There are hundreds of articles about this theory. It was all the rage a few years ago.
Oh my God. This guy is serious.
And then bomb them
💍 Will you marry me?
I would be much more excited to vote for him if this were true.
#worried ass parent
Yes. I'm familiar with this image. Some scientists claim that when just the right amount of water is poured over sand it reduces the friction by about 30%.
Some also claim that there were not hundreds of thousands of laborers at the Giza pyramids, based on evidence discovered in the work camps near the site.
I'm 38 years old and I think I've read about a new theory every year of my life...
The bottom line: The world's biggest tech companies are American. Geopolitics 101 would suggest that in such a world, U.S. regulators would be unlikely to lead the charge to roll back that dominance.
I like how the author implies the corruption. What do regulators gain from not rolling back the global dominance of American tech companies. They likely gain cash incentives.
In my opinion, the so-called "free market" needs to spend a few years in the pillory to remember their dependence on the average consumer. I'm glad that Europe is demonstrating how it's done and I hope that my fellow Americans will follow suit and demand similar regulation.
I have never had a good experience with Airbnb. It was a great idea that the company completely ruined. I hope that it dies and that a better service comes up in it's place.
When we realize that part of the solution is to kill the culprits.
There is plenty of historical precedent...
Didn't they have a surplus a few years ago? What the hell happened? Is the decrease in tax revenue because of the exodus?
Please read the Wikipedia article about the replication crisis that I've linked. This is a widespread problem. Even the most prestigious cancer research institute in the world, Dana-Farber, has admitted to egregious forgery and plagiarism of their formerly published research.
"Publish or perish" indeed...
I'm not surprised. There are few ideas more nebulous and malleable than "evolutionary psychology". You can derive any justification for any behavior by saying that it aids your survival...
It's too late for sentiments, my friend. We are not the winners of this game, but we might all be losers if we don't reduce our habits of reckless consumption.
It sure seems like Netanyahu is on the "do whatever the hell I want with US taxpayers' money" timetable, while Biden is on the "I'm only going to ask you twenty-seven more times to stop committing genocide" timetable...
Literally every place where children are educated is a battleground for the political ideologies of the parents. I've seen the exact same stuff described in this article in public schools as well.
Homeschooling has increased by 51% nationwide, while public school attendance has decreased by 4%. Prepare to meet a lot more Karens and their snot-nosed monster kids.
Source: I have two young kids who aren't so bad
Some people don't grow facial hair, my dude