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It is possible to use martingale probability theory to beat some games of chance. In a fair game of coin toss, where the odds reach an equilibrium of 50/50 chain reactions do occur. This can be explained using martingale probability theory, but in simpler terms it only shows an example of how...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060310/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/puerto_rico_cuba_brouhaha I love this story. A man holds up an anti-Castro sign at the World Baseball Torunament in Puerto Rico -- where it is flashed on TV to Cuba. A Cuban baseball offial rushes over and berates the man. Police remove...

I have a friend who insists that if you play the same lottery numbers every day, you have an increased chance of winning than if you had played different numbers every day. I tried to explain that past results are not indicative of future outcomes, but that's the best I can do. I'm not a math...

My office is in Hemel - where the massive explosion was. Although it's well over a mile away from the fuel depot the building was damaged - windows and doors shattered. The windows in the office are double glazed - there is a 3-4" gap between the panes which is filled with a venetian blind...

Why is it, whenever a 'Believer' lets it be known that they are "one with the Lord" or some such, they always expect people to just accept it, and ask no questions. But, if they realize you're an agnostic or atheist, all of a sudden, you are the one who has to explain why. "What?! What about...

Several posters, mainly Ian, have made the analogy that the brain is like a TV set, receiving and interpreting signals from the mind, rather than, in fact, generating the mind. The analogy seems consistent, up to a point, but I have a few questions: 1. A TV set (or radio, or other receiving...

I would be interested to read your explanation of homeopathy and how it works. Please use this thread to outline how it works, and answer queries raised in other threads. Could I ask that, for the moment no-one else posts in this thread until Homeopath Syad has started his explanation. Thanks.

I would be interested to read your explanation of homeopathy and how it works. It appears you have got a little bogged down on the other thread, so please use this new thread to explain your theory of homeopathy. Do not worry about our individual level of academic expertise. Just assume we all...

Alright, typical skeptic challenge, how do I answer this guy: guy says: and i look it up after i dream, and it answers questions to my life. guy says: direct answer to it guy says: but that is to my own expereince again me says: ok...... pretty hard to give an answer to that one me says: can...

No inter-species, eh? Gee, golly...perhaps it was a miracle from God?

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/52004d.asp :rolleyes:

... all sorts of things, the big silly-billies. (Mind you, this is from the Weekly World News, so they're just doing their job.) (This guy is well worth a look. He attributes snowflakes to intelligent design. Really.) (The book she's referring to: The Law Of One (TM) and the...

From Mark 10:10-13 I understand that Henry VIII broke with Rome over the issue of divorce, which Jesus specifically condemns be equating it with adultery. Today, we have Anglicans and Episcopalians in controversy over the issue of gay bishops. Why? Yes, Paul condemns homosexuality, but if...

First, an analogy: Suppose I take a photograph using film. I have prints made, the prints are the final repository of the image. It's there to look at any time. Now, suppose I just look at something: light waves from the image go through space to my eye. The eye lens focusses the image...

which is the difference between the terrorists of Hamas and the Chechen terrorists? And if there is no difference why EU said that although it's sorry for the tragic events in Russia it supports president Putin while it shows its disgust when IDF brings down an empty house in the OT? Thank you...

I was just browsing an online album of photos taken during the protests in New York yesterday. http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/rnc/rncframeset.html I came across this photo of an anti-protester. What is the point he is trying to make with his "content rich" sign? Jesus is an arms...

"God works in mysterious ways"? "An act of God"? "It was God's will"? "An angel protected the (rest of the) kids"? "God saved the (rest of the) kids"?

I would like those who champion the cause of homeopathy (including Kumar) to succinctly explain how and why a homeopathy would be better than a real doctor to the following conditions (most of which that I have very close experience with either myself or various family members, even though I may...

How is a secular humanist different from any other atheist? EDIT: I was going to put this in the religion forum, but now I can't delete it. Could any of the mods move it for me?

Oil price surges, Bush refuses to release reserves Uhhh... How? Considering, I don't think that releasing the oil reserves is going to bring the prices down- I agree with Ali Rodriguez when he says it's due to speculation, I'm just trying to figure out - as usual - what the f*** Bush is on...

In this thread, you make two claims within several posts of each other: 1) No one can demonstrate their consciousness to anyone else, or even themselves. 2) Anything that responds to its environment shows a degree of consciousness. Would you please explain this seeming contradiction in your...

http://www.ica-gaming.com/downloads/goodies/psychic.swf this is fun. who can explain it?

From The telepathy debate of last month thread, Ian says: To explain this in an analogy, when hit my hand with something heavy, I immediately feel pain afterwards. Perhaps its just coincidence that I hit my hand with a ball peen hammer, and the sensation of pain which occurs afterward are not...

First, a brief background: A friend of mine is in his mid-60's, and is a life-long atheist and skeptic. Both of his parents were atheists. Most members of his family, male and female, worked in the field of science. My friend told me that while he was growing up, his parents not going to...

This morning I had a small pane of glass laying on my table, over a paper with writing on it. I noticed that the writing appears raised higher than the paper, when looking straight down through the glass. I took out my pen light and shone the light at it from different angles. Same thing. What...

I was on holiday in Sardinia (in the north, to be exact) when I and my friends wandered into a church in a sort of vaguely touristy manner. In it was this wood carving, of Jesus on the crucifix with two men either side of him on ladders. Now, my Bible knowledge is limited but I've never heard...

I've seen this before, many people have. I've got some magnets "floating" on my fridge. A small chain of magnets is being pulled up by another small chain with a 1/2 inch gap between them. Isn't the lower chain resisting gravity? Is the higher chain performing work? To keep the magnets floating...