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iamoyindamola:
We have new generation of talents.
Our squad should be winning afcon and reaching at least SF in world cup.
We should go for Wenger or lowe

Both aren't realistic options.

Prayers are mere wishes. Only people that don't think deeply rely on or have faith in mere wishes.

An advanced civilization could have ruled earth millions of years ago, says the Silurian hypothesis: https://newstangail24.com/an-advanced-civilization-could-have-ruled-earth-millions-of-years-ago-says-the-silurian-hypothesis/

PDPGuy:
I don’t think he should continue with the team cos he is bereft of any tactical flexibility/ingenuity.

Finidi will be a good replacement as he has some coaching experience, and his legendary status with the team would help ginger the young players to give their all on the pitch.

Finidi? I never looked in that direction. Let's see how things go.

Unlimited22:
I agree with you on the fact that Rohr is a useless coach, but we haven't even qualified for anything. Na world cup qualifiers be this, and after this we will play a 2 legged playoff to know who's going to Qatar. Also, if we lose to Cape Verde Next Week we won't even make the final qualifying round.

Well said.

PDPGuy:
The team only qualified for the playoff stage of the WCQ.

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Yea, I made a mistake. Do you think Rohr should continue with the team?

If not, why?

And who do you think will be a good replacement for him?

Skimpledawg:
I Got married today guys.

Congrats.

Away from that: Now that the Super Eagles have qualified for the Nations Cup with a game at hand, it's time the NFF sacked Rohr.

That gaffer is clueless.

UncleHaba22:
Which truth??
Abeg no make laugh for public abeg


Hazard can never b better than Neymar

Make Dr. Hazard first better pass vinicius or rodrygo for bench

That means Vinicius and Rodrygo are better than Hazard abi?

This one no know ball

A001:
Please, any update, bro?

@musicwriter, please check your email, bro. Thanks.

NaijaphiliaBlog:
Some of Benin's ancient treasures are finally coming back home!

For the detailed history of the invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897, see the link below:

https://naijaphilia.com/2021/11/13/naija-history-1897-invasion-of-benin-kingdom/

Good news.

BlueMann:
His talent and abilities have never been in doubt. But he's always lacked the ethic and the drive to become one of the very best.




I love Hazard die, but I'd be lying if I said I believe he will be able to regain top form - or reach anywhere close to that level. He was never a mentality beast even while he was enjoying his football, so I don't think he will have the mental strength to push himself back up, now that he's suffered setback after setback. And his body just isn't the same too. The injuries have taken a toll on him, and time isn't even on his side.

I pray that he proves me wrong soonest. But honestly, that seems like wishful thinking. Hazard is finished IMO and he has only himself to blame - that's what annoys me the most.

It doesn't look like Hazard is finished to me whenever I watch his performance in the national team. His move to Madrid is an unfortunate one, but he can still bounce back if he can stay fit.

As regards his comparison with Neymar, he's never been better than the Brazilian at any point in his career.

But the gap between both superstars is not that wide.

Do the laws of physics and neuroscience disprove free will?

Many have argued that free will is in illusion, but science does not support that.

-Are we free to make our own choices, or are we automatons controlled by some mysterious conductor?

-Until recently, a debate raged in neuroscience circles concerning this very question because an experiment showed that the brain decides before we are aware of it.

-Fortunately, the experiment was recently debunked, leaving us to face the hard reality that we must be responsible for our actions. Choose wisely.

Are we free to make choices or are we automatons in a giant and invisible cosmic machinery, cogs and wheels turning about, not knowing why we make the choices we make?

This is a thorny question that has important consequences, and not just for law enforcement.

Of course, we all want to be free, even if freedom is a very difficult idea to define — firstly because no one is completely free. We all have our professional, family, and social commitments.

We grow up within cultural norms. In a sense, to be free is to be able to choose to what we are going to commit.

Most people believe that they are free to choose what to do, from the simplest to the more complex: Should I drink coffee with sugar or sweetener?

Do I put some money in savings, or do I spend it all? Or, as a friend of mine likes to say, “Should I get married or buy a bicycle?”

The question of free will is essentially a question of agency, of who is in charge as we go through our lives making all sorts of choices.

Traditionally, it has been a topic for philosophers and theologians. In the Old Testament, free will became an option after the Fall, when Adam and Even were kicked out of Eden for eating the apple of knowledge.

This seems to imply that with knowledge comes the independence to make choices and the freedom to act according to your will. There are good and bad choices, and the bad ones will cost you dearly, if not in this life, then in the afterlife.

Even if you don’t subscribe to this particular narrative, the point is that choices come with consequences.

If there is no free will, if we are indeed automatons of sorts, then to what extent are we really choosing when we think we are?

And if we are not choosing, what or who is? And if we are not choosing, why do we have this notion or feeling that we are?

A clockwork universe
Early in the 19th century, the idea that the universe was a giant clockwork mechanism was all the rage (at least for the intellectual elite).

The French mathematical physicist, Pierre-Simon Laplace, had beautifully refined Newton’s physics to describe, in quantitative detail, the formation of the Solar System and planets and the stability of the planetary orbits around the Sun.

They all followed precise quantitative laws that were able to predict when Halley’s comet would return and when and where the next total solar eclipse would occur, among many other astronomical phenomena.

Laplace even speculated that if a super-mind had the power to know the positions and velocities of every particle in the universe at the same moment of time, it would be able to predict the future for all eternity — even the fact that I wanted to write about free will today and that you would be reading this.

Legend tells that when Laplace gave a copy of his book Celestial Mechanics to Napoleon, the emperor saluted him on his accomplishment but also asked, “Why is there no God in your cosmos?” Laplace replied, “Because I have no need for this hypothesis.”

That is the apex of deterministic reasoning and why people thought free will was a goner. Laplace probably knew, I suspect, that it was all hubris. But it was impressive for sure.

Neuroscience and free will
Fortunately, the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. We have no clue what kinds of laws it follows, apart from very simplistic empirical laws about nerve impulses and their propagation, which already reveal complex nonlinear dynamics.

Still, work in neuroscience has prompted a reconsideration of free will, even to the point of questioning our freedom to choose. Many neuroscientists and some philosophers consider free will to be an illusion. Sam Harris, for example, wrote a short book arguing the case.

This shocking conclusion comes from a series of experiments that revealed something quite remarkable: Our brains decide a course of action before we know it.

Benjamin Libet’s pioneering experiments in the 1980s using EEG and more recent ones using fMRI or implants directly into neurons found that the motor region responsible for making a motion in response to a question fired up seven seconds before the subject was aware of it.

The brain seems to be deciding before the mind knows about it. But is it really?

The experiment has been debunked, which actually is far from surprising. But what was surprising was the huge amount of noise that the claims against free will emerging from this type of experiment generated.

To base the hefty issue of free will on experiments that measure neuronal activity when people move fingers to push a button should hardly count as decisive. Most of the choices we make in life are complex, multi-layered decisions that often take a long time.

Be thankful for free will
This should be a relief to most people, for many reasons. First, we are definitely not automatons without choice.

Second, we actually do need to take responsibility for our actions, from wasting water in a long shower to shooting someone dead.

There is no cosmic machinery making us do stuff, one way or the other.

This means that we must face up to the way we live our lives and how we relate to each other and to the planet, knowing that our choices do have consequences that go beyond our small bubble of being.

Source: https://bigthink.com/13-8/physics-neuroscience-free-will/

https://www.nairaland.com/6846231/nurse-shares-encounter-patient-needles#107539932

Interesting thread. If the claims are true, there's no juju at play. It's all physical and scientific (with limits).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSEJ4YLXtt8

izzou:
[color=royalblue]God will judge all of you that brought Drogba here to be dragged like an iPhone thief

Especially you Donstan18

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Lols. No player big pass dragging online, especially on this thread. Even the almighty Messi isn't safe

musicwriter:
So you think everything will be over once you get rid of her and make her take the blame?

Look, the way the algorithm of nature works is that once you successfully get rid of her, nature would think you love that type of thing (of course, you've proved you love it) and nature would lead you to (not one) but many people who'll do same or similar thing to you. And it's not because nature is doing it to punish you, rather it's just giving you what you prefer, just like watching one YouTube video would suggest more similar videos to you. This is where ignorant religions got their "reap what you sow " and God nonsense but which is just the law nature at work. Every living thing is subject to this law including your God if it exists.

Please, any update, bro?

xcvb:
Science still fails

Science, as a body of knowledge, isn't perfect and never claimed to be, unlike religion.

Thus, the former regularly grows and improves in many aspects, unlike religion that's static and absolute.

Science can't solve all of the problems in this world at the moment but has the potential to solve all of them with time.

With science, all things are possible.

Science is the best man-made tool at our disposal to understand the unlimited mysteries of nature and to solve the myriads of problems life throws at us.

On the other hand, religion — another man-made tool — is useless and doesn't solve any life's problems, except being useful for mind control and politics.

kingxsamz:
The sooner you realize that you are the only one who has control over your life, the better.
If your problem can be worked out, you better start putting in work rather than wasting your time praying. Think of how long we've been praying for Nigeria and ask yourself if any of those prayers have been answered.

If only most Nigerians can realize this great truth, this country would really develop significantly and our leaders will be kept on their toes and forced to perform their duties responsibly.

VULCAN:
I'm still waiting to find an intelligent atheist.

Then, you must be suffering from a special kind of blindness then.

If not, you should have known that the owner of this platform you're spewing tripe on is a well-known atheist; also, many of the inventors and scientists around the world that made key contributions toward the development of the phone you're using and thousands of appliances and machines in homes and industries are atheists.

All these are highly intelligent atheists that have left indelible marks on the sands of time.

VULCAN:
Go and read any of the books by the following scientists.

Dr. Joe Dispenza
Dr. Bruce Lipton
Dr. Greg Braden

If you can't afford their books go and listen to them on YouTube and stop spreading ignorance.

The Spiritual Realm is Real and Quantum Physics has proven so for quite some time.

You can quote as many books as you want. It doesn't make Jesus real or his name useful.

If a person has health issues and they keep on calling Jesus' name without seeking treatment, such a one is joking with death.

Calling Jesus' name achieves nothing in reality since Christians that chant his name in prayers don't enjoy anything special that others such as traditionalists, Muslims, Buddhists, freethinkers don't also enjoy.

This argument isn't about whether the spiritual realm exists or not. As a physicist, I know ours could be just one out of the many realms in existence, but it's clear that Jesus Christ is a fictitious character.

The body of evidence in support of the assertion is great. You only need to research the history of your Bible and that of some religions predating Christianity to know the truth: Jesus Christ is just a Roman invention, a mere word that's powerless and useless by its innate nature, but you give power to it with your beliefs.

Read about placebo effect to understand this psychologically.

IamAsiri:
Well, I not only talk to Him, He also talks to me. JESUS CHRIST IS NOT JUST AN IDEA, HE EXISTS.

Lols. Having a conversation with a fictional character that only exists in the pages of a book (the Bible), not in reality, sounds like mental illness to me.

Toks2008:
You for tell am make e no allow anybody die so that all of us go kuku die at once from suffocation as a result of a congested earth space.

How do you talk to a fictitious character that doesn't exist and never existed?

Is that not madness? Jesus Christ is nothing but an idea created by Rome. He's just a word.

Jesus deceives; only science saves.

In the near future, when more advances are made in medical science, deaths from cancer will be reduced as the disease will be treated more successfully by doctors.

Jesus has failed again.

Nice one.

IMAliyu:
Gravity and radiation will be the difficult things to overcome.

Studies from the ISS show that humans loose bone and muscle mass at zero G without constant exercise. We don't know what the effects of 1/3 earth gravity will have on the human body.

To combat radiation, some have come up with the idea of underground habitats.

Sounds interesting

Workch:
The philosophical approach to this doesn’t have evidence.
I’m an empiricist and I really do not take philosophical rationalization seriously because it’s always tinted with uncertainties unless of course those that has been backed the evidence.

I am not arguing about whether there’s a true vacuum or not, my argument is that there’s a definition for nothing in physics.
Nothing doesn’t mean that it’s an absolute vacuum, that’s why even this nothing will weigh something.
I hope you get it

Okay

A cool online resource for Introductory Physics: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/

A high resolution image of a Solar Eclipse!