🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@AlphaCephei

Incorrect, but only because you seem to misunderstood what was asserted.

@AlphaCephei

I am talking about perceived brightness at the eye.. and yes its very much as I described and it has to do with the pixelated nature of the eye.

@lowqualityfacts All grains of sand are edible.. you just need to have a good recipe to prepare it! They taste like shit without the right seasoning.

@kilroy_was_here

I'm not sure id be a fan of it int he australian system either... That said it clearly would work better in their system than the USA system.

@jasonetheridge

@FourOh-LLC

> Well, I am more interested in what people write about Islam on Reddit than

Only when it confirms your biases though, obviously.

> PhD. of Islamic studies, shemale, born in Ohio, says about Islam.

Who are you even referencing here.. or was this just an attempt to show your even hateful to other groups too like the piece of shit you clearly are?

> Or pretty soon, what you have to say about Islam. Because this is the Fedi, not a Conference, and you are not an invited Speaker of Honor LOL!

Good thing I can just block you then, since you are clearly just a waste of my time since you have no intention of actually interacting in any productive way.

@lonelyowl @deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

Nope, just you for picking it.

Nice try though.

@lonelyowl @deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@jasonetheridge

> It's only $AUD20.

Well at least the penalty isnt too crazy.

> Mandatory voting does have an upside: it means that everyone votes

That sounds very much like a down side, not an up side. I want a system that **discourages** people from voting unless they are well educated in politics, and feels they have a candidate that is preferable.

The **last** thing I want is votes that are nearly random because someone cant pick a side being weighted as much as people who are engaged and have researched enough to form an opinion.

> and the consequence is that our governments are inevitably centrist, as they have to appeal to the middle (i.e. normal people) to get elected.

I think this may work more in Australia because you dont have a two party system... Even if we had more centrists voting it wouldnt help in the USA because the two choices you have are always extremists.

Thing is, I can only see this working in a coalition govt if people actually vote at every level, its too late once its a top-tier election.

@FourOh-LLC

Man thats some professional confirmation bias and cherry picking your doing there...

What did you do, just google "things that prove my biases right" and share the very first hit?

@lonelyowl @deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@lonelyowl

> I apologize for intruding on your helltread, but this is not very strong argument since it's easy to say that national-socialism is also not a person 😀

And you would be correct, national-socialism can not make laws and isnt a person. The people who follow it however will use their personal interpritation to make laws.. Thats the person doing it.

> For now people in islamic community on average, indeed, tend to be more harsh than people in other religious communities, but it doesn't mean that islam is somehow programming people to be bad. They can change to better, so we probably should support islamic reformist movements and condemn terrorist shit

Yea, this is a pattern much in the same way "black neighboorhoods tend to have higher crime rates"... both true statements in some sense, but ignores the fact that the harshness comes in part from abuse of those communities and the generational trauma that tends to cause.

In fact this can be seen by looking at the richer muslim countries which have a tendency to be far less harsh than the ones who are poor or have been the victim of countless abuses.

> I mean, there was a time when christianity was pretty brutal and tyrannical, too.

Right, showing its ultimately down to the people to make a religion good or bad far more so then the texts themselves, which are usually open to a lot of interpritation.

@deavmi @jeff @FourOh-LLC @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@jasonetheridge

Mandatory? Wow, cant say I like that.

Whats the penalty?

Interesting fact of the day: Not counting point sources of light, any source of light that doesnt appear as a single point will have the same brightness no matter what distance you happen to be from it.

In fact the opposite is true in a sense. Once you get close enough to an object that you can no longer see the whole object within your field of view, then it will get **less** bright as you get closer.

Amazingly this even applies to the sun. IF you were at the surface of the sun, just a few feet away (Such that 1 meter square of the surface of the sun was within your field of vision) it would only appear to be 93 lumens bright. That would be equivalent to only a 6 watt incandescent light bulb! Compare that to the brightness of the sun from earth which is a whopping 127,000 lumens.

#Space #Science #STEM #Astronomy #Physics

@FourOh-LLC

If you want me to continue to engage with your shit-show of a confirmation bias you need to first do one of two things...

1) admit you were uninformed earlier and your earlier points were incorrect

2) start demonstrating actual citations from the Qu'ran

If you dont do these things you are just wasting my time because all I have to engage with is your fantasy delusion rather than actual facts which you seem to ignore when they clearly prove you wrong.

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

> Then, why are you protecting Islam, why are you protecting Muslims, and why are you call me a liar?

Because Unlike you I **actually** live up to the ideal you claimed to (and dont):

"Remember, the facts about Islam and Communism must come to light"

> What's you purpose in this anyways?

My purpose is to stop people like you from making up things that are clearly proven to be wrong with just a moments research into the Qu'ran... Because the **truth** is more important than using **lies** to perpetuate hate.

> Islam, the Quran indoctrinates people, it punishes Muslim according to law which is considered barbaric by 21st Century standards.

Islam cant make laws, islam isnt a person, it can not punish anyone.

**People** enact laws, and it is the people who punish.

Besides you've spewed such horrendously inaccurate claims about what the Qu'ran says, and did nothing to back it up when disproven, that is it very clear you are in no way knowledgable enough to make any claims about Islam.. you make up your opinions and spew them, and really dont care at all about the actual facts.

> What are you arguing here?

The truth and pointing out your intent to lie about things you could easily confirm to be lies, but uttered anyway in an attempt to progress hate instead of truth.

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

> Ah, this explains all the kidnapping, the suicide bombers, the call for Jihad.

Actions by people, not the Qu'ran... as has already been explained, plenty of people have and will use religion or any other ideology to try to justify their evil.. thats on the people, not the texts they manipulate.

> An infidel explains the Quaran to another infidel must be also respected greatly.

Why are you using random arabic words when we are speaking english.. here ill fix that for you:

> An atheist explains the Quaran to another atheist must be also respected greatly.

You dont even know what religion I am, let alone if I am atheist... you really do just make up whatever narrative you want and go with it huh?

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

> I am not worried about my credibility.

That is quite clear considering your pattern of lying and misinformation rooted in hate.

> Remember, the facts about Islam and Communism must come to light. Currently there are plenty of games in town which is going to do just that, what I write here is not part of that.

Yes they do, and you lying, with no attempt at integrity is very much contrary to that.

> You proposed that its criminally-minded people who turn the Quaran into something evil.

No, I said nothing about criminality.

> I say its the Quaran who creates evil men.

Yes, I know you do, and then try to justify that with a complete ignorance on its content which has easily been disproven by quoting it directly... meanwhile other than you stating hatred have done nothing to successfully advance your argument other than out right lies about what the texts themselves say.

> I stand by that, I have been standing by that for decades.

Yes, it is very clear you have no problem standing by lies no matter how much evidence to disprove them is presented.... yea I get that, thus why you lack credibility at this point.

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

Here are some more quotes from Hadith and the Quran that quite clearly state that non-muslims still need to be treated with love and compassion (implying honesty from above as part of that):

“Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.” -- al-Mumtahanah 60:8

“Whoever kills a mu‘ahid (a non-Muslim living under Muslim rule) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.” -- al-Bukhari, 2995

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@FourOh-LLC

> Have it occurred to your that the Quran is referring to its own microcosms? It warns against Muslims who are not honest and not righteous Muslims.

Ummm, yea of **course** its talking about how followers of the Quran (Muslims) should be honest... why you expect it dictate that christians have to be honest?

This response doesnt even make sense.

> The rules change when the Muslim deals with infidels. They are not "protected" by those tenants.

Oh so now we are just making stuff up that the Quran says that it never says... None of the quotes about truthfulness even **hint** that the truthfulness only needs to be with other muslims. Thats something you pulled out of your ass to try to change what it actually says to be right.... This move lost you **all** credibility.

> Unlike the teachings of Jesus, the Quaran is bigoted and merciless with ANYONE who is not the servant of Allah.

Responding to evidence by just saying a thing that isnt true and contrary to that evidence isnt going to make it true.

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei

@olireiv

Hi, COVID-19 research scientist here.

There has been no significant evidence to suggest the evolution of the virus has accelerated post omicron.

There is still danger around the virus as there was since day one as a virus that can kill. But no there hasnt been some leap in evolution beyond what we already know and expect for this virus.

@FourOh-LLC

Sounds like you never read the quran then. honesty is a central tenant of the religion. Here are quotes from the Quran and Hadith disproving this statement:

"be with those who are ever truthful." -- Quran, 9:119

"truthfulness is certainty and tranquility, whilst lying is doubt and confusion " -- Tirmidhi, 2520

“I enjoin you to be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man may continue to tell the truth and endeavor to be truthful until he is recorded with Allah as a speaker of truth. And beware of lying, for lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hell. A man may continue to tell lies and endeavor to tell lies until he is recorded with Allah as a liar.” -- Muslim, 2607

@deavmi @jeff @cjd @thatguyoverthere @georgetakei