Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!

[QUOTE=Pistons;2553410]So you mean religions are not a conspiracy?

What is it then?[/QUOTE]That's not what your initial post was asking.

[QUOTE=Pistons;2553295]So, a question to everyone here:
1. Do you believe in a God?
2. Do you believe in conspiracy theories?
You must choose one of these options, otherwise you are simply lying.[/QUOTE]You can have atheist who believe in conspiracy theories or not. You can have religious people who believe in conspiracy theories.

If you wanted to argue that a yes to 1. Implies a yes to 2, you did a poor job formulating it. Plus, conspiracy theories typically go against mainstream thinking.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2553391]Because I prefer we climb together, when should be easier for you with your carbon light rather than my alloy 9 kgs, but to experience the guy turning legs and his muscles from heart to legs are more efficient than the price of bicycle. You also never answered my many invitations for Swiss Gran San Berdardino which is not so difficult, even more than 9% on 4 last kilometers. Just let me know, I will climb on this Summer. When I don t need to use GRO pro, but when Breuil Cervinia will reopen, I wish should be on mid June, if can reach Klein Matterhorn, then on the right at the end of tunnel, we could make a good run through forbidden lines and crevaces and below the big rock on the extreme right when downhill, I can go first to open for risks and You just have to be a follower in my lines, when I m used to go first with all risks for me, I'm not a good follower, I prefer to look at my own lines.[/QUOTE]You know when you sit in a tram and a mentally deranged person comes near and starts rambling? No, I don't want to actively seek that.

[QUOTE=ExpatLover;2553423]All this is not coming from really independent experts, as always the devil is in the details. Advice you to have a look at the last presentation of the IHU Marseilles concerning the datas that Pfister, Moderna. Gave.[/QUOTE]Even if the my did, you and the others will still never change your positions. No desire for truth, just desire to be validated.

[QUOTE=HammerTime96;2553260]That's why it usually takes 8-10 years to develop a vaccine, Sherlock! No matter how much money you throw at the problem: you can't 'buy' time and take shortcuts!.[/QUOTE]Reality: Obstacles in recruitment of volunteers, funding, urgency is why it usually takes longer for pharmaceutical approval. Phase 3 clinical trials have always only taken months per volunteer, not years.

But HT still insists that SARS-CoV-2 is a very fast mutating virus compared to measles and polio. Details matter. HT has conveniently ignored details that counter his positions.

[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2553470]That's not what your initial post was asking.

You can have atheist who believe in conspiracy theories or not. You can have religious people who believe in conspiracy theories.

If you wanted to argue that a yes to 1. Implies a yes to 2, you did a poor job formulating it. Plus, conspiracy theories typically go against mainstream thinking.[/QUOTE]My position is not so much about actual conspiracy theories but rather that the people who tend to be drawn to them. It's reasonable to say that conspiracies do and have existed throughout human history. People in power lying to the public is nothing new. The criticism however is to the people whose default is to veer towards conspiracies before exploring less exciting scenarios. But the low burden of proof that they set to entertain these theories can only be justified through boredom, stupidity, or poor impulse control.

[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2553470]That's not what your initial post was asking.

You can have atheist who believe in conspiracy theories or not. You can have religious people who believe in conspiracy theories.

If you wanted to argue that a yes to 1. Implies a yes to 2, you did a poor job formulating it. Plus, conspiracy theories typically go against mainstream thinking.[/QUOTE]Do you have a reading disability?

Where did I write that 1 disallowed 2? All I basically wrote was that you cannot say no to both.

Because if you truly are atheist, then it should be clear to you that the religious leadership are conspiring against their followers.

[QUOTE=BigBuddy69;2553380]You don't know shit about it, you think that covid19 can be treated with solarium, onion and vitamins. You also think that black people are more affected only because of the color of their skin, and that they are implementing reverse apartheid in South Africa. By the way, these last two ramblings smell a lot like racism. What other stupidities did you say? Ah yes, we are all controlled by an AI. You have no idea how an AI works and you probably never wrote 4 lines of functioning code in your life. There is an easy application used for teaching code to kids, Scratch. Maybe you could use it to understand simple concepts: causality, loops, conditions.[/QUOTE]The thing is, the topic is like raising the question of what you would do with 1 billion dollars. The current reality of where we are in current scientific advancement place us so far from any useful application. The topic is a waste of debate time in regards to current affairs. It's just another superficial display of knowledge signaling. Keyword is superficial.

[QUOTE=BigBuddy69;2553380]You have no idea how an AI works and you probably never wrote 4 lines of functioning code in your life. There is an easy application used for teaching code to kids, Scratch. Maybe you could use it to understand simple concepts: causality, loops, conditions.[/QUOTE]Pretty sure he couldn't put together 20 lines of code that would even compile.

I know exactly how it would go.

1.) User presses compile button:

Compiler returns a simple Syntax error.

2.) User fixes closed bracket error, runs program:

Program returns Runtime error. Pends forever.

3.) User fixes his infinite loop:

Program returns 2+2 = -345 because of a logic error.

I'm not sure if he could even insert a simple HTML tag into an ISG post.

[QUOTE=BigBuddy69;2553380]You don't know shit about it, you think that covid19 can be treated with solarium, onion and vitamins. You also think that black people are more affected only because of the color of their skin, and that they are implementing reverse apartheid in South Africa. By the way, these last two ramblings smell a lot like racism.[/QUOTE]Ah, what does he know about actual humans? I remember him saying something about poor, immigrants not having a healthcare disadvantage because healthcare is free in Europe, choosing to blame covid / health issues mostly on genetics.

Funny how in this case, he connects access to modern medicine and dumb doctors to be the health equalizer.

He harps so much on natural remedies but here he ignores things like nutrition and that poor populations have limited access to healthy food options. Fast food restaurants in the West are more likely to open a location in lower income neighborhoods than rich neighborhoods. Meanwhile less supermarkets are open in poor neighborhoods. That's not even mentioning the ability to pay for healthy foods. Eating a hamburger Happy Meal costs less and takes less effort than making chicken breast, quinoa, and a salad.

More healthcare facilities and doctor's offices are located in affluent communities than the projects. And healthcare literacy is a major problem in poor populations despite universal access to healthcare.

But yea, just eat onions and garlic and you'll be fine. Modern medicine is stupid.

[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2553474]You know when you sit in a tram and a mentally deranged person comes near and starts rambling? No, I don't want to actively seek that.[/QUOTE]You can follow me, usually easier to follow, but I don't like, I prefer to lead. I m afraid I will have to climb on my own on my Summer tour, no follower able for such sport.

[QUOTE=McAdonis;2553292]These two links suggest that culture affects savings habits for first and second-generation immigrants in USA, Germany and UK:

[URL]https://www.corporatemonkeycpa.com/2018/03/31/immigrants-save-like-superheroes[/URL]

[URL]https://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/profs/fuchs/staff/fuchs/paper/CultureSaving_March2019.pdf[/URL]

China's saving rate went from 39 percent in 2010 to 33 percent in 2019, despite GDP per capita doubling over the same period. So these younger, more "spoiled" Chinese born after 1990, if they were to immigrate to the West, I do not think they would be able to save (percentage-wise) what early waves of Chinese immigrants were able to save: [URL]https://www.wsj.com/articles/less-savings-more-debt-how-chinese-manage-money-american-style-in-17-charts-11572427805[/URL].[/QUOTE]Normalized savings rates are definitely skewed towards some cultures. I remember discussing with an Indian American that I thought a 15-20% savings rate was pretty good for the average person. Well, for most Westerners that seems fair to me. He however nearly scolded me to say that 25% up to 50% should be the norm. A ranking of savings rate by country of is dominated by lower income nations. The USA comes in at 100th at 16.9%. Honestly that's higher than I would have thought.

[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gross_national_savings?wprov=sfti1[/URL]

But perhaps that is also due to a difference in gross income. As generations acquire more wealth, savings rates would understandably decrease. China's average household income doubled in the last decade while savings rate decreased by only 6%. But 33% of 2 x is still much more than 39% of x. The same inverse trend would likely be observed when gross income increases by moving from a third world nation to a first world nation. But once, you get your nest egg settled, luxury and convenience spending increases. I know I was near broke 6 years ago. I hoarded so much cash for a few years but now I spend a ridiculous amount on leisure. First generations may not have that same issue though. I know so many old Asian immigrants who have hundreds of thousands or millions in savings, all houses and cars paid for, but still live off of $15 K per year.

[QUOTE=Pistons;2553503]Do you have a reading disability?

Where did I write that 1 disallowed 2? All I basically wrote was that you cannot say no to both.

Because if you truly are atheist, then it should be clear to you that the religious leadership are conspiring against their followers.[/QUOTE]Actually it's you that you have a writing and logical thinking disability.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2553545]You can follow me, usually easier to follow, but I don't like, I prefer to lead. I m afraid I will have to climb on my own on my Summer tour, no follower able for such sport.[/QUOTE]It will help you in life if you manage to read and understand the meaning of words.

Everyone here is completely wrong on all of their claims.

COVID is just a bioweapon brought by extraterrestrial aliens. Having exploited the wave-particle duality of the Higgs Boson particle, aliens figured out how to localize matter across light years of space.

This technology allowed them to directly localize the coronavirus from light years away directly into the anus of a lab bat residing in a Wuhan laboratory. One of the Chinese scientists who had a sexual bat fetish, unknowingly contracted the virus during his nightly anal sexy time with the infected bat. After his evening bat coitus session, he further spread the virus at a basement "pizza party" where the pedophile elite infected dozens of children in Wuhan. The asymptomatic children spread the virus across the globe through these basement pizza parties with world elites.

Harnessing the power of mind control by manipulating 5 G data communication, the aliens took over the minds of all of the doctors, scientists, and world leaders. These pod people began spreading misinformation to curb humans from adequately responding to the planned invasion. There was a problem however, this 5 G signal could only penetrate the human mind by entering through the naso-oral cavity. Once humans started wearing masks, the aliens could no longer create enough pod people through 5 G mind control. Something had to be done so the original pod people began casting doubt on the usefulness of masks. Along the way, the pod people infiltrated all of the world's pharmaceutical companies, gaining access to the vaccine production laboratories. It is here where they created their next bio-weapon, the DNA altering mRNA vaccines that teleport into the human nucleus once in the human cell. Once inside the nucleus, they cause irreversible damage to the genetic loci that govern immune response, clot formation, human reproduction, and sterility.

They're manipulating us through energy field transmission while preparing their armies to invade us via the wormhole teleportation gate located at the center of the flat but hollow earth.

I am right and you are all wrong because I said so. Here are my infallible sources:

[URL]https://youtu.be/kqjoezECDmc[/URL]

[URL]https://altamontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/old-men-mountain/08142020/coronavirus-actually-alien-invasion[/URL]

Resist the alien pod people by wearing your anti 5 G masks and never take their population control vaccines!

[QUOTE=Mursenary;2553524]Pretty sure he couldn't put together 20 lines of code that would even compile.[/QUOTE]Clearly logic is not a requirement to get his degree.