(June 6, 2013 at 7:02 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Saying models "fail" is like saying a hammer failed. A hammer is just a tool-- the user needs enough info about his environment to be able to hit the nail on the head.Yep that's exactly it, a bad tradie blames his tools.
Quote:Also, using this as an excuse to keep digging giant holes in the earth, to belch toxic gases into the atmosphere, and to hoard most of the Earth's wealth among a few people in a few countries, is a shitty, evil thing to do. An oil exec's 5th yacht is worth much less than my young daughter's pink, healthy lungs.Toxic gasses?
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
