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[XPerceniol]

15 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

People also have an opinion sometimes! And it should be possible to express it. 

... especially when the topic is religion and/or politics. Disagreements tend to dissolve when we realize the other person is being honest and sincere. I struggle with with regards to politics, hate to say it, but I can listen to anything and try to understand.

 

[D.Draker]

4 hours ago, XPerceniol said:

.. especially when the topic is religion and/or politics.

We were talking about his dream and bad omens in it. No politics and whatnot.

[msfntor]

 

Voilà, no more text, which seemed to be annoying for some...

Edited November 7, 2022 by msfntor

[AstroSkipper]

10 hours ago, msfntor said:

Some People Are Still Atheists Even Though Breakfast Burritos Exist

Here: https://babylonbee.com/news/report-some-people-still-atheists-even-though-breakfast-burritos-exist

Sorry, but that does not make any sense at all. Moreover, all matter can be explained scientifically. I finished with this subject in my youth, when I did not even know this outstanding man:

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"The question is, is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can’t understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second," wrote Hawking. "If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn’t be a personal God that you would meet and put questions to."  Stephen Hawking

This is an excerpt of Stephen Hawking's book "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" published by the U.K.'s Sunday Times" from 2018, and I totally agree with his assessment. He had even provided proof for his statement. 
Source: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/15/stephen-hawking-warns-superhumans-ai-posthumous-book/1645963002/
Unfortunately, I will not be able to go into further detail on his statements in terms of god, as this would violate the forum rules. 

Cheers, AstroSkipper     

Edited November 7, 2022 by AstroSkipper

[D.Draker]

7 hours ago, msfntor said:

ow could a rational being possibly deny the existence of a loving God ... thousands of Canadians had reportedly converted to Christianity ....

I think promoting any religion in any form (or trying to convert the others, even under disguised/weird forms, is forbidden by the forum rules.

[msfntor]

31 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

I think promoting any religion in any form (or trying to convert the others, even under disguised/weird forms, is forbidden by the forum rules.

 This is a burritos only promotion - this is a satirical article. I understand it that way. Pseudo-teology article...Just for fun...

 

Edit:

But if this satire article bothers you, then I'll delete it from this topic...No problem.

@AstroSkipper, could you delete my quote from your post then, unquote, please?..

Edited November 7, 2022 by msfntor

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, msfntor said:

 This is a burritos only promotion - this is a satirical article. I understand it that way. Pseudo-teology article...Just for fun...

 

Edit:

But if this satire article bothers you, then I'll delete it from this topic...No problem.

OK, let's think pretend it was only that.

Me ? Why me ? Nothing bothers me. I wrote, I'm a calm person (who tends to ignore lots of stuff lately), and I'm not a moderator.

But you ? Recently it looked like Halloween bothered you quite a bit..

Edited November 7, 2022 by D.Draker
pretend

[msfntor]

This is how humans will look in the year 3,000 because of our dependence on technology?

11/6/2022, 10:49:14 PM

    

Simulation of the human body in the year 3,000 (photo: screenshot, tollfreeforwarding)

 

Experts have created a model called "Mindy" that provides a glimpse of what we might look like in the year 3,000: hunchbacked and wide-necked with claws instead of hands, a second set of eyelids and a small brain

For many of us, a moment when we are without our phone, tablet or laptop feels like an eternity.

But a scary glimpse into the future of the human race might encourage us to spend a little less time with these devices.

Researchers have created a grotesque model of a woman called 'Mindy', which they say provides a grounded hypothesis for the way humans might look in less than 800 years, as a result of our reliance on technology.

With a humped back, broad neck, clawed shriveled hand and even a second set of eyelids, Mindy "could be the average human from the year 3,000 onwards".

Mindy was created by Toll Free Forwarding as a way to demonstrate how technology affects our bodies.

"We gathered scientific studies done on the subject and opinions of experts in the field, before working with a 3D designer to create a future person whose body has changed physically due to consistent use of smartphones, laptops and other technologies," they explained there.

So what will we look like in the year 3,000 and why?

 

Years of looking down at our smartphone screens or up at computer screens will result in a hunched-over physique, according to the model.

At the same time, our hands will be permanently shaped into a claw due to the constant gripping of smartphones.

Speaking to Toll Free Forwarding, Dr Nikola Djordjevic from Med Alert Help explained: "The way we hold our phones can cause strain on certain touch points - causing 'typing claw', known in medical parlance as 'canal syndrome' the qubital".

A hand designed to hold a smartphone (photo: screenshot, tollfreeforwarding)

In addition to the 'typing claw', humans may develop 'smartphone elbow' - a fixed 90 degree angle caused by the typical position of the arm when holding a device.

"Keeping the elbow bent for a long time - often, while holding the phone - can stretch the nerve behind the elbow and put pressure on it," explained Dr. Djordavich.

Hours of looking at our phones will cause not only the back to cramp, but also the neck to thicken According to the model. "When you work on a computer or look down at your phone, the muscles at the back of the neck have to contract to hold the head up," explained Dr. K.

Daniel Rio of the Orch Spine Hospital in New York.

"The more you look down, the harder the muscles have to work to keep your head up.

Other grotesque features we can expect include a thicker skull and smaller brain, as well as a second eyelid to prevent excessive exposure to light.

"Humans may have developed a larger inner eyelid to prevent exposure to excessive light, or the lens of the eye may have evolved to block blue light from entering, but not other high-wavelength lights such as green, yellow or red," said Casson Ratanyaka of the University of Toledo.

But why should our brains get smaller?

"I think the best explanation for our shrinking brain size is the idiocracy theory," said cognitive researcher David Geary.

This theory was popularized by the 2006 film Idiocracy, in which an ordinary man wakes up 500 years in the future to discover that he is the most intelligent person on Earth.

It gained momentum thanks to research showing how the human brain shrank from the size it was 1.9 million years ago to 10,000 years ago.

Why?

Thanks to technological advances in agriculture, health and many other areas of life, we now have to do much less to survive.

According to evolutionary theory, not only people with larger brains will be evolutionarily selected to survive.

It could even expand and create a smaller person altogether, as Adina Mahali from "Enlightened Reality" said: "The theory of evolution points to the existence of a smaller person in the future. This is mainly due to the fact that survival no longer depends on being the largest person, or the strongest of the species . Likewise, reproductive success currently depends on a wide variety of indicators, including for example financial capabilities. In the future, the people who are more technologically savvy will likely be the most successful. In light of this, humans will begin to shrink."

This is what office workers will look like in 20 years?

"Emma" - a simulation of how office workers will look in 20 years (Fellowes Brands)

Mindy is the successor to her mother - the sick model of the working woman of the future - built in 2019 to emphasize the importance of good working conditions.

Emma was designed by researchers after interviewing more than 3,000 employees about their health issues and concerns.

She has a constant squatting position from sitting for hours every day at her desk, red and dry eyes from prolonged exposure to computer screen light and loose skin from spending years under the glare of artificial lights.

 

Here: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-11-06-this-is-how-humans-will-look-in-the-year-3-000-because-of-our-dependence-on-technology----walla!-health.rkQknsBBo.html 

[XPerceniol]

16 hours ago, D.Draker said:

I think promoting any religion in any form (or trying to convert the others, even under disguised/weird forms, is forbidden by the forum rules.

I don't' know, hate to say it, I think if I ever walked into a church, lightning would strike.

~Damien

[AstroSkipper]

11 hours ago, msfntor said:

Voilà, no more text, which seemed to be annoying for some...

It didn't annoy me, it just didn't make sense. I couldn't see that this article was meant satirically, and if I know the Americans, it was meant more seriously.

6 hours ago, msfntor said:

But if this satire article bothers you, then I'll delete it from this topic...No problem.

@AstroSkipper, could you delete my quote from your post then, unquote, please?..

Of course, no problem! But I left the headline, picture and link. Otherwise, no one can understand my contribution. 

Edited November 8, 2022 by AstroSkipper

[XPerceniol]

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[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

...if I know the Americans, it was meant more seriously.

Exactly what I thought .

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

But I left the headline, picture and link. Otherwise no one can understand my contribution. 

Frisians - polite, educated, clever, versatile and witty people.

[AstroSkipper]

11 hours ago, D.Draker said:

Exactly what I thought .

[AstroSkipper]

11 hours ago, D.Draker said:

Frisians - polite, educated, clever, versatile and witty people.

 but sometimes also