Current Affairs Culture wars & The rise of grifting

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verreauxi said:
Yeah point 5 is so true. And this is a deeper issue, to be sure.
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Dimbleby mentioned something earlier in a docu on bbc2 about the splitting of society and the glorying in it from the respective bases. At the time it was coughed up I instantly got the idea that they were pushing a theologic ideal that because there is so much division it is what has historically brought us together (I know right! Shambles!!) that we currently miss. I see it very different, I see those in positions of power and cash to grab all they can before the buffet closes, at the detriment of everyone else. "wheres mine" "what about me" "I deserve" "I want" "I'm alright jack". This callous cut throatedness has expanded and now everyones a target, "kill or be killed" is by very definition not a way to survive. 'competition, greed is good, the strongest survive, there is no society', odd how its always the same screwballs chorusing that view. Shambles!
 
verreauxi said:
The issue of planes flying empty was between you and another poster, not me. I don't care, nor do I have expertise to give you an exact answer. I would surmise it has to do with getting the plane back to its original destination, since planes fly particular routes. For example, a plane and flight crew that leaves Nairobi to Dublin, usually has to fly back to Nairobi, independent of the number of passengers aboard to both return the flight crew and also the plane. But again, who cares. I can't even be arsed to google it. I hope this isn't your "ace in the hole" gotchya argument, because that would be quite sad for you.

I told you I could predict the future and I did. You not only are dismissive of things you don't understand, you refuse to even confront them, waving them off as something you don't believe or as bunk. Voila.

So again, to summarize,
1) you are ignorant of how science works
2) you don't understand what an "estimate" is (it is not the colloquial usage you think it is)
3) you clearly don't understand modeling and the difference between projection and prediction (if you did, you would realize that modeling is what allows planes to fly back empty, or put people on the moon, or determine the shape of a viral protein)
4) and because of all this, you ask deflecting questions about empty planes and call easily-readable scientific work "word salad" because you are either uneducated or lack intrinsic aptitude to parse the content of simple sentences that would be understood by a high-schooler.
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Oof, absolutely brutal takedown this. Almost tempted to take the bellend off ignore to see him stagger around
 
Oddball said:
an "estimate" is just that! it`s not science - it means roughly calculate, that`s not good enough, sorry.

i know waffle and obfuscation when i see it.

most "climate science "is based on modelling - did you watch that video i posted earlier? the UN and other "climate alarmists" in 1989 were saying "by the year 2000 we will have passed the point of no return"
Al Gore said in 2006 that in 12 years we would pass the point of no return.
all the "climate models" have been proved wrong simply by the passing of time

of what significance is "guessing" what other GOT members opinions are? is that more of your irrefutable scientific proof, guessing?

you still haven`t answered the fact that empty planes fly for no reason except to protect their route/slot
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Do you have a watch or a ruler?
 
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