CAESAR'S MESSIAH: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus - OFFICIAL VERSION

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Baruch

Quote from: Minimalist on January 09, 2019, 11:48:19 AM
Certain skills are not inheritable.

But if Galileo had been born in Inner Mongolia, no telescope would have been invented by him.  He might have found a new way to ferment yak milk though.
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Unbeliever

Galileo didn't "invent" any telescopes, he just used one to look at the sky.
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Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on January 09, 2019, 07:17:30 PM
Galileo didn't "invent" any telescopes, he just used one to look at the sky.

He invented the first one that could view the heavens.  A Dutch guy invented it for terrestrial use.  Or do you just hate Italians?
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Minimalist

Quote from: Baruch on January 09, 2019, 06:59:20 PM
But if Galileo had been born in Inner Mongolia, no telescope would have been invented by him.  He might have found a new way to ferment yak milk though.

One thing is certain - he wouldn't have been locked up by the fucking pope.
The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails.

-- H. L. Mencken

Baruch

Quote from: Minimalist on January 11, 2019, 11:20:23 AM
One thing is certain - he wouldn't have been locked up by the fucking pope.

No, but he would have lived to 120 living on yak milk ;-)
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Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
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Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Minimalist

I wonder.  Do they really live longer or does it just feel that way?
The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails.

-- H. L. Mencken

Baruch

Quote from: Minimalist on January 11, 2019, 06:01:11 PM
I wonder.  Do they really live longer or does it just feel that way?

Could be ;-)  If you are raised on yak milk, are you wrinkled like an 80 year old, when you are 20? ;-))  That could explain anomalous longevity.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Minimalist on January 09, 2019, 11:48:19 AM
Certain skills are not inheritable.

Well, I could be technical and say that few skills are inheritable, but some might be.  Tall parents might produce a good basketball player.  With a lot of training...  On the other hand, I have skills neither of my parents did that I developed on my own.

Though you might argue my skills were some combination of theirs.  Get's tricky.
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