Things That Should Be Common Knowledge By Now

[Anachronous Rex]

I don't think this was posted so here I go: Columbus did not discover America, he discovered the west indies.

Actually, while no one knows exactly who first discovered the West Indies, the smart money is on the ancestors of the people who were living there.

[Wintersun]

Jesus was for separation of church and state. I don't see how so many people managed to skip over "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's".

[Bottle]

Ugh, why are New Atheist types so clumsy with their invective?

If you want to show how rational and skeptical you are, it helps to not spout sweeping generalizations every 5 threads.

In what way is what I wrote clumsy "New Atheist" invective? By and large, medicine uses pretty much whatever treatments have been shown to work without too much by way of side effects. Most forms of alternative medicine have no evidence backing them beyond the placebo effect (see the earlier link about acupuncture, for example, where "fake acupuncture" with the needles in the "wrong" places works much like as the "real thing").

You were spot on. It's completely appropriate to use sweeping statements when they actually apply. For instance, "All canines are mammals." Likewise, "If alternative medicine actually worked, it would be called medicine." Simple, factual, true.

Indeed, the few things that the alternative medicine crowd try to claim as their own which actually work are really just mainstream medicine that they stuck some crystals on. For instance, sensible dietary suggestions, physical programs such as yoga, and relaxation exercises.

[Yes Im Biop]

The Nazi's had the world's first nuclear bomb.

First jet Aircraft, First Guided bomb, Liquid fueled rocket, and I believe Weaponized UAV

[Fireye]

Fewer copies bought overall.

That's nice. I'm still waiting for evidence that people are buying the book because it's good.

Why are you arguing with me, then?

I was just pointing out how you can know a book sucks by reading it (or part of it) and not spend money on it.

[Yes Im Biop]

Tight gun regulation: Mexico
Liberal gun laws: Czech Republic

Tight gun laws: United Kingdom
Lax gun laws: United States

See, the other side can find the complete extremes as well!

Tight Gun Laws: Chicago
Lax: Iowa
Guess which of the 2 has more homicides per year, The regulated city or the un regulated state? XD

[Bottle]

Tight gun laws: United Kingdom
Lax gun laws: United States

See, the other side can find the complete extremes as well!

Tight Gun Laws: Chicago
Lax: Iowa
Guess which of the 2 has more homicides per year, The regulated city or the un regulated state? XD

Cause heaven knows there are no other confounding variables when you compare the city of Chicago to the state of Iowa...

[Yes Im Biop]

That a Clip is not, and never will be the same as a magazine

A Suppressor as a rule does not make a gun silent
That Politician's are bigger liar's than most criminals.

[Yes Im Biop]

Tight Gun Laws: Chicago
Lax: Iowa
Guess which of the 2 has more homicides per year, The regulated city or the un regulated state? XD

Cause heaven knows there are no other confounding variables when you compare the city of Chicago to the state of Iowa...

Like Corn.

[Conscentia]

The Nazi's had the world's first nuclear bomb.

First jet Aircraft, First Guided bomb, Liquid fueled rocket, and I believe Weaponized UAV

But not the first nuclear bomb.

[Prizea]

Yes when you eat a lot cannabis you will trip.

New cannabis detection method:
1. Get the suspect to stand on the pavement.
2. Confiscate any sort of walking aids.
3. Tell the suspect to walk in a straight line.
4. If they fall over, arrest them.

Note: If you wish to be thorough, dunk them in a paddling pool. If they don't drown, they are a witch; if they do drown, then they don't deserve to live.

[Yes Im Biop]

First jet Aircraft, First Guided bomb, Liquid fueled rocket, and I believe Weaponized UAV

But not the first nuclear bomb.

That to.

[Menassa]

It really isn't. Do some reading.

[...] A christian is basically Jew 2.0. Of course[...]

False

learntodualcovenanttheology.

[Yes Im Biop]

Yes when you eat a lot cannabis you will trip.

New cannabis detection method:
1. Get the suspect to stand on the pavement.
2. Confiscate any sort of walking aids.
3. Tell the suspect to walk in a straight line.
4. If they fall over, arrest them.

Note: If you wish to be thorough, dunk them in a paddling pool. If they don't drown, they are a witch; if they do drown, then they don't deserve to live.

I can't walk in a state line anyway though... I do swim like a fish though

[Oppressorion]

evolution is true. climate change is real and dangerous. the american civil war was about slavery.

some things are easily shown to be true and have been known for years. and yet, somehow, huge swaths of the population either don't know or outright deny them. that strikes me as fundamentally ridiculous. i mean, even things that have been repeatedly discussed in the media are sometimes reported by that same media organization as new and surprising each time. why? what stops some things from sinking in?

for example, marijuana fights cancer. no, seriously. marijuana fights cancer. every time i mention this, nobody believes me. but it's even on the national cancer institute's website. each new study and report on the subject is like a crazy 'whoa!' moment for the media and/or the internet (and possibly society at large?) for exactly two days, then it just washes away. it's weird.

also, i'm interested to see if i'm just as much part of the problem as anyone else. got any other examples of things that should be common knowledge by now but aren't?

Proper spelling and grammar of each individual's shared language. No, really. Communication only works if all parties have the same understanding of language conventions, otherwise bad things happen.

[Malfyria]

Morals are subjective.

[Conscentia]

Morals are subjective.

I disagree.

[Prizea]

New cannabis detection method:
1. Get the suspect to stand on the pavement.
2. Confiscate any sort of walking aids.
3. Tell the suspect to walk in a straight line.
4. If they fall over, arrest them.

Note: If you wish to be thorough, dunk them in a paddling pool. If they don't drown, they are a witch; if they do drown, then they don't deserve to live.

I can't walk in a state line anyway though... I do swim like a fish though

Witch, we found a witch!

[Yes Im Biop]

Morals are subjective.

I disagree.

I believe you just proved their point quite well.

[Ashmoria]

I don't think this was posted so here I go: Columbus did not discover America, he discovered the west indies.

for a given definition of "discovered"....

[Yes Im Biop]

Religion is a man-made construct used to explain the world hundreds of years ago, and is obsolete in modern society.

Say that to pennies, the pledge, and the national anthem. They have a specific name in common.

I have. It was all added in the 50's to combat "Godless Communism" And no one has had the balls to say the Cold War is over

[Mkuki]

I can't walk in a state line anyway though... I do swim like a fish though

Witch, we found a witch!

Warlock sounds so much more badass. Almost antihero-esque.

[Yes Im Biop]

I can't walk in a state line anyway though... I do swim like a fish though

Witch, we found a witch!

...
*Flies away on broom*

[Ashmoria]

Jesus was for separation of church and state. I don't see how so many people managed to skip over "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's".

...

he was more for a seperation of rome and israel (judea). the jewish state was a theocracy.

[Mkuki]

Should Be Common Knowledge: Sith are superior to Jedi.