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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2009

Many thanks to synsei1 for French translation (closed captions): http://www.youtube.com/user/synsei1
A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be more open-minded.

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A note on spelling: A number of people have commented that 'close-minded' should be spelt 'closeD-minded'. In fact, both spellings are valid. It's one of those cases in English where what you might suspect to be the case, doesn't necessarily apply. See:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/di...

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  • Zan0s

    Well I mean you could waste time in pointless discussion that will lead you nowhere from when you first started. If you can't test your hypothesis, and your hypothesis doesn't offer any kind of gain, then why bother discussing it in the first place?

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  • Rishivar Mukherjee

    actually 12 apples if taken in one go will make you puke...

    i personally haven't gone more than 4 apples in a go!!! VERY FULL STOMACH :'(

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  • Rishivar Mukherjee

    and youtube comments thread is VERY confusing!

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  • Rishivar Mukherjee

    if and when evidence is generated, we will accept it otherwise it remains as such.

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  • Rishivar Mukherjee

    "Astrology consists of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world." - wikipedia

    actually rejecting this would not be correct. just because we do not have evidence to back up the claims.

    it just means we do not have evidence to back up the claims. this therefore means that we simply do not accept them at this point (but do not permanently reject them either).

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  • Rishivar Mukherjee

    atheism rejects the belief of existence of DEITIES...

    that is just it...

    according to wikipedia religions like jainism and buddism do not have a GOD as such... and are considered to be atheistic! think of them as philosophies if you may...

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  • AnonMadara

    Again, buddy: correlation =/= causation. You should be old enough to understand this simple principle of logic by now. Ever thought that maybe they also weren't exposed to any viruses or microbes that were a danger to their immune-system during those times? Think a healthy nutrition and a fastened opinion of your immune-system will fend off malaria or ebola once you're infected?

    "ungodly ingredients". Look, you have proven over and over again: you don't understand biology and physics. learn!

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  • somotastic21

    It's like anything else in this world. You have to balance the pros and cons. Collective consciousness can always be wrong. But GENERALLY speaking it is not. Don't put too much weight on one past example of collective consciousness being wrong

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  • somotastic21

    Oh really? There are people who have gone YEARS without getting sick. That has been done through proper nutrition and a happy mental state. Yes those ungodly ingredients reduce the symptoms of fever, but think of all the bad side effects. You can eat a dozen apples and maybe feel a little full. If you take a little more nyquil or dayquil or any other medication than you're supposed to, you could be in the hospital at death's door. I just saw an FDA recall for Lipitor today. Face it, drugs fail

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  • somotastic21

    Actually it does. It's just not a basis you will accept because frankly you don't even want to debate it

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