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    Thread: "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists"
Post: RE: "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists"

(September 11, 2015 at 7:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Definitely don't agree with militant, to many negative connotations. Don't necessarily agree with atheist. How about separation of church and science?...
SmootherPebble Atheism 66 15578 September 11, 2015 at 8:27 pm
    Thread: "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists"
Post: "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists"

Lawrence Krauss just wrote a piece for The New Yorker titled, "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists".  I'm sure a lot of you know who he is, but if you're not, he is a theoretical physicist, of...
SmootherPebble Atheism 66 15578 September 11, 2015 at 4:23 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

Here's a reply from a friend of mine who was on the front line in the Army in Afghanistan for 3 years: I did 3 years in a line unit so I can chime in here. I'll start by saying that women should be...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 11, 2015 at 11:27 am
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

I actually recently read that women conceal carry at a higher rate than men do in America... and it's something like half of all female gun owners, which is actually still fairly high.
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 11, 2015 at 9:51 am
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 11, 2015 at 8:57 am)Napoléon Wrote: (September 11, 2015 at 8:56 am)ignoramus Wrote: Is it a cultural thing? Women aren't good at darts because they don't spend so much time in a pub pra...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 11, 2015 at 9:25 am
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

How did this conversation become about IQ? Seriously? Human's aren't robots in the fact that IQ does not correlate with an increased ability to perform tasks. What about work ethic? What about enjoy...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 11, 2015 at 1:17 am
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

^Very well said MTL Here's an interesting article from Marine Times: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/mi.../71632666/
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 11:58 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 10, 2015 at 11:18 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (September 10, 2015 at 11:11 pm)SmootherPebble Wrote: I'm well aware, you don't need to list off facts. I was in the military myself for 3 years....
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 11:21 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 10, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I don't have a problem with a capable woman being able to write her own ticket, but I'd warn any woman considering the military about the rape/sexu...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 11:17 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 10, 2015 at 11:00 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (September 10, 2015 at 10:48 pm)SmootherPebble Wrote: Of course there are women who can do it, but they are few and far between.  The fact is th...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 11:11 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 10, 2015 at 10:30 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: As far as I'm aware, the women who passed the Army rangers test went through the same test as the men. It sort of makes your whole argument void. O...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 10:48 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: RE: Men are better than women in combat

(September 10, 2015 at 9:46 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Not the bedroom combat. I always get my ass whipped. HAH When it comes to physical abilities and there are lives on the line, yes, there needs to be ...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 10:20 pm
    Thread: Men are better than women in combat
Post: Men are better than women in combat

Sorry for the trigger title (so to speak), but it comes from an argument I made 3 years ago as an opinion columnist when I had just left the Air Force... around the time the ban on women on the frontl...
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 61 17064 September 10, 2015 at 9:14 pm
    Thread: Anti-Vaxxer Sympathy
Post: Anti-Vaxxer Sympathy

I just read this article about anti-vaxxers, it's somewhat sympathetic. Wondering what you think.
SmootherPebble Life Sciences 131 23009 September 5, 2015 at 12:03 am
    Thread: Phony Religious Fuckwits Lose In Court
Post: RE: Phony Religious Fuckwits Lose In Court

It's funny how federal laws must be applied to everyone, equally....
SmootherPebble News & Current Affairs 28 5333 September 4, 2015 at 6:38 pm
    Thread: I go by Ian
Post: RE: I go by Ian

(September 4, 2015 at 11:34 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Hi Ian! :hi: welcome to AF! Have these welcome waffles c: [Image: http://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Z...AJiA/o.jpg] Enjoy! Those look delicio...
SmootherPebble Introductions 18 2227 September 4, 2015 at 6:31 pm
    Thread: I go by Ian
Post: I go by Ian

Hey all,  I was referred to you by an active member of the forum. After telling me the url name and me making a comment about potential circle-jerking, he assured me that the community here is super ...
SmootherPebble Introductions 18 2227 September 4, 2015 at 1:12 am