July 13, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, downundermike said: Off topic, our manager was talking about installing solar panels at his house. One of our idiot salesman " How is that going to work in the winter, you will have to build a cover over them to keep the snow off them ". What an idiot. Snow removal can be a problem.
July 14, 20214 yr Does EagleVA need a Psychiatrist and Medication? Me thinks Yes. Conspiracy theories are a mental health crisis mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. anxiety, and depression No one's talking about the complex relationship between disinformation and mental health. That changes now. Every day, people who spend time online face a deluge of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation. Plenty of them move along, clicking past outlandish or false content that's designed to lure them in. Some, however, become ensnared for reasons experts don't fully understand. Thanks to algorithms, like the ones that drew many into QAnon, people quickly slip into dark corners of the internet and find a community of believers, or even zealots, who swear they've discovered hidden truths and forbidden knowledge. These people might rightfully distrust government authorities, find political polarization invigorating, and search for information that confirms their own views, all of which could make them more vulnerable to falsehoods. Conventional wisdom says media literacy, fact-checking, and critical thinking skills are the best weapons against those impulses. Yet this approach rests on the dangerous assumption that people's emotional and psychological well-being has little bearing on their vulnerability to far-fetched ideas, elaborate lies, and cunning propaganda. In fact, recent research suggests that their mental health can influence what they're willing to believe. Studies have shown that conspiracy theories appeal to people with unmet psychological needs. They crave knowledge, desire safety and security, and need to maintain positive self-esteem. Conspiracy theories, which may sometimes be true, help explain the unknown, giving people a deep sense of satisfaction. That relief, however, can be temporary. Past research shows conspiracy theories are associated with anxiety, social isolation, and negative emotions. Now a new wave of research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests a plausible connection between uncertainty, anxiety, and depression and an increased likelihood of believing conspiracy theories. mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
July 14, 20214 yr 28 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: Does EagleVA need a Psychiatrist and Medication? Me thinks Yes. Conspiracy theories are a mental health crisis mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. anxiety, and depression No one's talking about the complex relationship between disinformation and mental health. That changes now. Every day, people who spend time online face a deluge of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation. Plenty of them move along, clicking past outlandish or false content that's designed to lure them in. Some, however, become ensnared for reasons experts don't fully understand. Thanks to algorithms, like the ones that drew many into QAnon, people quickly slip into dark corners of the internet and find a community of believers, or even zealots, who swear they've discovered hidden truths and forbidden knowledge. These people might rightfully distrust government authorities, find political polarization invigorating, and search for information that confirms their own views, all of which could make them more vulnerable to falsehoods. Conventional wisdom says media literacy, fact-checking, and critical thinking skills are the best weapons against those impulses. Yet this approach rests on the dangerous assumption that people's emotional and psychological well-being has little bearing on their vulnerability to far-fetched ideas, elaborate lies, and cunning propaganda. In fact, recent research suggests that their mental health can influence what they're willing to believe. Studies have shown that conspiracy theories appeal to people with unmet psychological needs. They crave knowledge, desire safety and security, and need to maintain positive self-esteem. Conspiracy theories, which may sometimes be true, help explain the unknown, giving people a deep sense of satisfaction. That relief, however, can be temporary. Past research shows conspiracy theories are associated with anxiety, social isolation, and negative emotions. Now a new wave of research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests a plausible connection between uncertainty, anxiety, and depression and an increased likelihood of believing conspiracy theories. mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. I have a few of those mental health issues and I still don't believe any of the stuff those wack jobs do..... So what does that tell you?
July 14, 20214 yr Just now, Bwestbrook36 said: I have a few of those mental health issues and I still don't believe any of the stuff those wack jobs do..... So what does that tell you? It tells me you're not EagleVA.
July 14, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: It tells me you're not EagleVA. Thank goodness for that lol
July 15, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, jsdarkstar said: Curved Earth during Branson mission. Sorry but NASA has nothing to do with it. I pity the fool that believes this BS.
July 15, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, EagleVA said: I pity the fool that believes this BS. And yet you can believe a host of things for which there is zero proof. You're amazing!!
July 15, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, EagleVA said: I pity the fool that believes this BS. We can't all have broken brains like yours.
July 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, EagleVA said: I pity the fool that believes this BS. You should call your Psychiatrist. I guess you didn't take your meds today.
July 16, 20214 yr Watch live as Jeff Bezos launches into space on Blue Origin's first passenger flight They're expected to have three minutes to unbuckle, float around the cabin, and savor the views of the planet curving below. Then gravity should pull the spaceship into a high-speed plunge back to Earth. Three parachutes should balloon into the air to break the spaceship's fall, carrying the capsule to a gentle landing in the Texas desert. A recovery crew should be waiting.
July 17, 20214 yr Author On 7/15/2021 at 2:10 PM, Toastrel said: And yet you can believe a host of things for which there is zero proof. You're amazing!! Here's the problem with your belief in the globe, there are so many things, aka proofs, that we're not on a globe, for instance, you are aware that rivers always flow down to sea lever aren't you? Well the Mississippi River is 3,000 miles long, this means that for 10 miles it would have to flow uphill, let me here you explain that!!.
July 17, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, EagleVA said: Here's the problem with your belief in the globe, there are so many things, aka proofs, that we're not on a globe, for instance, you are aware that rivers always flow down to sea lever aren't you? Well the Mississippi River is 3,000 miles long, this means that for 10 miles it would have to flow uphill, let me here you explain that!!.
July 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, EagleVA said: Here's the problem with your belief in the globe, there are so many things, aka proofs, that we're not on a globe, for instance, you are aware that rivers always flow down to sea lever aren't you? Well the Mississippi River is 3,000 miles long, this means that for 10 miles it would have to flow uphill, let me here you explain that!!. Water flows downhill to sea level????
July 17, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, EagleVA said: Here's the problem with your belief in the globe, there are so many things, aka proofs, that we're not on a globe, for instance, you are aware that rivers always flow down to sea lever aren't you? Well the Mississippi River is 3,000 miles long, this means that for 10 miles it would have to flow uphill, let me here you explain that!!. Hear me explain: The length of of a river has what bearing on anything? A river can flow side to side making large S shaped curves commonly seen in nature, pretty much everywhere. Go out and look. If one were to follow the Mississippi river. one would note that in Minneapolis, you are 830' above the mean sea level of the Gulf of Mexico. Head downstream. St. Louis is 466' above. Memphis is 366' Vicksburg is 240' Baton Rouge is 56' See how this works? You get to New Orleans and some parts are below sea level and have serious flooding problems. Where, exactly, do you claim it flows uphill? (You have to do this. You can't just blather, 'IT FLOWS UPHHILL' - where, exactly? Show us.
July 17, 20214 yr Tell me lies, tell me sweet Flat Earth lies, tell me, tell me lies... See, they weren't the DiscTrotters, now were they? NOPE!! Do Your Research!!
July 19, 20214 yr Author On 7/17/2021 at 12:07 PM, Toastrel said: Hear me explain: The length of of a river has what bearing on anything? A river can flow side to side making large S shaped curves commonly seen in nature, pretty much everywhere. Go out and look. If one were to follow the Mississippi river. one would note that in Minneapolis, you are 830' above the mean sea level of the Gulf of Mexico. Head downstream. St. Louis is 466' above. Memphis is 366' Vicksburg is 240' Baton Rouge is 56' See how this works? You get to New Orleans and some parts are below sea level and have serious flooding problems. Where, exactly, do you claim it flows uphill? (You have to do this. You can't just blather, 'IT FLOWS UPHHILL' - where, exactly? Show us. Toasty, Toasty, Toasty First of all, let me congratulate you on your explanation, it was 100% correct and that’s how it works…….....on a plane!! The problem you’re having is you think you live on a tilted spinning sphere, your explanation didn’t account for those factors, you can’t use plane trigonometry when you’re defending your beliefs, you gotta use spherical trigonometry. Here’s what you do, find your nearest Toys-R-Us and purchase an accurate toy globe, find the route of the Mississippi River, spin your toy and you tell me when it’s flowing uphill, get the one your Mommy brought you for Christmas when you came home from kindergarten all excited about being told you live on a ball. Tell you what, forget about a trip to Toys-R-Us, let’s apply spherical trigonometry alone, we’ll forget about the tilt and the spinning. I’m sure you know by now the 8 inches per mile squared fact and realizing when on a sphere, turning in any direction there will be curvature that curving away from you. OK, now let’s take any 20 mile stretch of the Mississippi River and stand at the 10 mile mark, looking forward the river will curve away from you 66.68 feet to the mile 20 mark, turning 180 degrees (behind you) it will also be curving away 66.68 feet to the mile 0 mark. The ramifications of the above is at the 10 mile mark the river flowed uphill 66.68 feet, I’m sure you know that the Mississippi is longer than 20 miles.
July 19, 20214 yr Just now, EagleVA said: Toasty, Toasty, Toasty First of all, let me congratulate you on your explanation, it was 100% correct and that’s how it works…….....on a plane!! The problem you’re having is you think you live on a tilted spinning sphere, your explanation didn’t account for those factors, you can’t use plane trigonometry when you’re defending your beliefs, you gotta use spherical trigonometry. Here’s what you do, find your nearest Toys-R-Us and purchase an accurate toy globe, find the route of the Mississippi River, spin your toy and you tell me when it’s flowing uphill, get the one your Mommy brought you for Christmas when you came home from kindergarten all excited about being told you live on a ball. Tell you what, forget about a trip to Toys-R-Us, let’s apply spherical trigonometry alone, we’ll forget about the tilt and the spinning. I’m sure you know by now the 8 inches per mile squared fact and realizing when on a sphere, turning in any direction there will be curvature that curving away from you. OK, now let’s take any 20 mile stretch of the Mississippi River and stand at the 10 mile mark, looking forward the river will curve away from you 66.68 feet to the mile 20 mark, turning 180 degrees (behind you) it will also be curving away 66.68 feet to the mile 0 mark. The ramifications of the above is at the 10 mile mark the river flowed uphill 66.68 feet, I’m sure you know that the Mississippi is longer than 20 miles. So, you can't point to a place where it flows uphill, and do not understand the most basic scientific principles. Thanks for letting us know!!
July 19, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Toastrel said: So, you can't point to a place where it flows uphill, and do not understand the most basic scientific principles. Thanks for letting us know!! His problem is he still doesn’t know the difference between "up” and "north”.
July 19, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said: His problem is he still doesn’t know the difference between "up” and "north”. He is not limited to one problem.
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