I enjoyed this NYT interview with comedian Nate Bargatze. He is the polar opposite of many other comedians I enjoy.
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Not to be a buzzkill, but that rule is in place to protect the baggage handlers from repetitive-stress injuries, not to keep the weight of the plane lower.
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Maybe, but also the financial model of many airlines is to charge for as many extras as possible.
Yes! I had collection of those.
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We had the Castles one, which was pretty interesting to us all. I didn’t realize there were more. It must have come in as a gift.
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There was also a TV series from the same format.
I had maybe 20-25 books. And I just googled, and holy shit, there is 160 books in that series. 9 year old me thought myself as a serious collector back then. Hahah.
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Brilliant…
I like this quote.
Shallowly understanding science might make one to think that there’s an argument against god.
But in the end science has nothing to do with god, nor it can answer this kind of question. Since it’s not a scientific one, but philosophical. Some scientists say they can see ”the god’s handprint” in physics, others don’t.
Existence of some creator has been debated looong time and the discussion is very interesting to follow.
I checked out every one of these my library had more than once.
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Atheist.
I look at the scientific disciplines (physics, chemistry) as a continuing observation and understanding of natural phenomenon, and the theological disciplines as a continuing observation and understanding of supernatural phenomenon.
So its kind of apples to oranges to attempt to compare or conflate the two.
Its understandable that people try to, cuz we like simple strata and explanations of things.
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Pretty much so.
”Is there a god” is not a scientific question, but a philosophical one.
The methodologies are completely different too. Exploring the world via chemistry, physics or even history, is largely empirical endeavour.
Questions like ”what’s morally wrong”, or the one above, can not be approached with empirical means. Thus they’re philosophical (or theological, which is kind of a subpart of philosophy where you accept the God as a premise).
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That would’ve been an awesome dynamic. Especially if he played it as Machete
What? That makes no sense.
He should have been Merry and macheted the Witch King.
Randomness.