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PoulsenB
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KwarK
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On September 01 2017 23:02 PoulsenB wrote: What's the myth about? That Columbus landed in USA and not the Caribbean? And it was taught in fucking schools? That Columbus was a genius comparable to the likes of Newton who made an intuitive deduction that the world was round, and not flat, when everyone believed otherwise and set out to invent the United States based upon that deduction. When Newton says "I bet if you dropped a brick and a feather in a vacuum they'd fall at the same rate" that's an amazing deductive leap in defiance of popular wisdom. When Columbus says "I bet India is a thousand miles west of Spain", that's not. #teameratosthenes | ||
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Plansix
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On September 01 2017 23:02 PoulsenB wrote: What's the myth about? That Columbus landed in USA and not the Caribbean? And it was taught in fucking schools? It is a book read to children in primary schools in the US. I remember is very clearly, which him watching a moth crawl across a orange and suddenly realizing the earth was round. Then he landed in the US and meet with native Americans and they were buddies. | ||
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Doodsmack
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Donald Trump's lawyers understand that obstruction of justice charges against the President are “real and serious", a former US Attorney has said. In addition to four congressional investigations, the US President and his 2016 campaign are under investigation by special counsel and former FBI director Robert Mueller, over claims they colluded with Russia. Mr Trump’s lawyers have met several times with Mr Mueller over recent months and have submitted detailed memos refuting the allegations. And Former US Attorney Preet Bharara said the fact the President's legal representatives had given written responses to the claims showed they recognised their significance. "There may never be any charges, but defense lawyers don't usu waste time on preemptive memos re: frivolous theories of criminal guilt," he wrote on Twitter. www.yahoo.com | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
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LegalLord
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PoulsenB
Poland7745 Posts
On September 01 2017 23:05 KwarK wrote: That Columbus was a genius comparable to the likes of Newton who made an intuitive deduction that the world was round, and not flat, when everyone believed otherwise and set out to invent the United States based upon that deduction. When Newton says "I bet if you dropped a brick and a feather in a vacuum they'd fall at the same rate" that's an amazing deductive leap in defiance of popular wisdom. When Columbus says "I bet India is a thousand miles west of Spain", that's not. #teameratosthenes On September 01 2017 23:07 Plansix wrote: It is a book read to children in primary schools in the US. I remember is very clearly, which him watching a moth crawl across a orange and suddenly realizing the earth was round. Then he landed in the US and meet with native Americans and they were buddies. This is really stupid. I can understand it being in a children's story but teaching stuff like that in schools is inexcusable. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
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Simberto
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KwarK
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On September 01 2017 23:22 Dangermousecatdog wrote: Well I distinctively remember reading some book in school telling me that planes fly in the air because the top of a wing is longer than the bottom of a wing. Is that not true? I thought the shape creates an area of lower density above the wing than below when you force air above and below quickly. Something Bernoulli Effect? Did year 7 physics lie to me? I never bothered to google how planes fly, I trusted school. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On September 01 2017 23:15 PoulsenB wrote: This is really stupid. I can understand it being in a children's story but teaching stuff like that in schools is inexcusable. It was the 1980s, so it was a while ago and not much has changed. I did some work for my first grade teacher right after college and that book was still in the classroom. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
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m4ini
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On September 01 2017 23:26 Dangermousecatdog wrote: Yes, it's all lies. With that kind of explanation, planes will fall out of the air if they go upside down. Or rather it's a mishmash of explanations that doesn't make any sense. Well in a nutshell, they do. I feel like i missed the sarcasm here.  | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
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m4ini
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On September 01 2017 23:31 Dangermousecatdog wrote: No, they don't. I've flown a plane upside down loads of times. Every single airshow, they fly a plane upside down, because it's safe and easy to do and visually striking. Again, can't tell if serious or not, so i'll let that stand and won't engage further. | ||
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KwarK
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m4ini
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KwarK
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On September 01 2017 23:36 m4ini wrote: Who now? Danger. | ||
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