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  1. JasonK

    Weekly Competition 2016-44

    4x4: 53.27, 54.32, (1:01.74), 57.70, (47.40) = 55.10 4BLD: DNF(9:29.15),
  2. JasonK

    Weekly Competition 2016-43

    4x4: 57.17, 55.07, 56.72, (57.45), (50.63) = 56.32 5x5: 1:48.53, (1:55.10), 1:49.68, (1:46.32), 1:52.58 = 1:50.26 3BLD: DNF(2:18.96), 1:38.59, 2:07.11 = 1:38.59 4BLD: DNF(11:03.18), DNF(13:24.27), DNF(9:33.12) 2nd scramble had 5:30 memo, forgot the very first pair I memorised and spent...
  3. JasonK

    Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

    Guess I'm back hi 4BLD 13:21.17[8:13.06]. I think my last attempt before this week was in 2012.
  4. JasonK

    Solar Roadways

    I think you underestimate just how much power the developed world uses. Renewable energy is a complex issue - it doesn't just come down to "build more solar panels and wind farms".
  5. JasonK

    The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

    VHLS doesn't orient all pieces. VHLS orients LL edges if the final F2L block is already paired. It's a subset of ZBLS, which solves the last F2L slot + edge orientation.
  6. JasonK

    Speedcubing in Melbourne

    At the moment I can't make Sundays either. Uni Mon-Thu, Fri off, work Sat+Sun. So yeah, not much chance I'll get to a meetup in the near future.
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    Speedcubing in Melbourne

    ^Basically this
  8. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    Evolution started out as a hypothesis, or as a collection of related hypotheses. But the mountain of evidence in support of it and the inability of anyone to satisfactorily disprove it lead to it becoming one of the most well-supported theories to ever exist in science. You can argue over the...
  9. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    Er, no. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in a deity. There's no requirement to believe anything with any kind of certainty.
  10. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    lol
  11. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    It's the one person who insists on arguing over semantics who is an idiot.
  12. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    Unfortunately, I don't understand it much more than you do. Particle physics has an annoying tendency to be completely unintuitive. However, a huge amount of work has been done in these areas by people much cleverer than me, and I believe their observations and their mathematics much more than...
  13. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    And my post was a reply to yours. Your questions were answerable, Schmidt's weren't.
  14. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    Why does there have to be a "who"? I'm not a physicist, but my understanding is that quantum fluctuations in the energy-dense early universe were enough to cause the massive inflation predicted by the Big Bang model. It didn't/isn't expand(ing) into a medium, the medium itself is expanding. It's...
  15. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    You're right, you definitely can't disprove a God which uses his omnipotence to cover his tracks. But from what I've seen of Creationists, this generally isn't what they believe. Most of the apologists I've seen/read have maintained that the evidence really does support their claims.
  16. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    When you say you don't believe in "macro-evolution", what exactly do you mean? "Macro-evolution" is not a separate process from "micro-evolution", they are identical processes observed on different timescales. Genetic variation coupled with limited resources leads to some traits being more...
  17. JasonK

    Slang/Abbreviations of words?

    Youse and Y'all are not people "making up a plural form", they're real words in the dialects that these people speak. You can be singular or plural in "Standard English", but many dialects have separate forms.
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    Slang/Abbreviations of words?

    You talk about bandwagoning, but that's just how language evolves. Something is only "correct" in a language because its speakers accept it as the norm. If, over time, lyk becomes the normal spelling, then it will be just as correct as like is today. And why would you be ashamed of using...
  19. JasonK

    Belief in evolution?

    If by Old-Earth Creationism you mean "the universe works exactly the way we observe it, but God is behind it all", then there is obviously no evidence to support or contradict it. It's an unfalsifiable hypothesis. Young-Earth Creationism makes testable claims (6000-yr-old Earth, no evolution...
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