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johnydon22:
Science is the greatest form of philosophy known to man today, a wonderful tool fueling the advancement of humanity.

I think that yes, science can in fact be controlled by worldview and even an authority, at least conventional science.

Few hundred years ago, religion was the highlight of humanity's trust, almosy all trusted it and thus it became the greatest tool for control.

Today, science enjoys the same amount of trust and therefore can be used as a great tool for mass control or delusion.

I was writing a paper on Transgenderism for someone somtime last year, one of my sources a doctor wrote a journal on how WHO is blacklisting doctors who refuse to accept that human sex is interchangeable or that transgendersm isn't delusion, a deviation from objective biological reality.

Is that science? Censoring ideas due to their polical implications?

See?

Science is funded and run by people and people are many times can be moved by agendas especially types of science that can have economic or political implications.

There is nobody more in control than the person who runs an enterprise that enjoys mass trust.

@bold
Lol. Seems the WHO has liberals/leftists/SJWs as authority. Liberalism infects and destroys anything it touches and science is no exception.

@boldslant
Even the mainstream stream media in America and Europe are biased. They are supposed to be neutral but they go out of their way manufacture propaganda, smear certain individuals etc. It boils down to who is in charge. I remember that Google sacked one of its employees for writing a scientific based study on gender.

budaatum:
You "don't need to carry Oxford Dictionary" because you are "fluent and vast in English vocabulary" and have "a rich vocabulary to describe certain thing" and the "English language remains the English language", "a defined standard of communication on it's own", regardless of the speaker, right, and the ability of the listener to comprehend and understand?

English language remains the English language regardless of the speaker and the ability of the listener to comprehend and understand. However, it still doesn't mean we cannot develop our colloquial/personal system of communication and use them freely but the standard of English remains.

budaatum:
We began this beans thing with definitions remember and in English Language.

Answer this, do you go around with Oxford Dictionary inside your head or do you not just make up your own beans as you go along?

I don't need to carry Oxford Dictionary. I am fluent and vast in English vocabulary. However, not all have a rich vocabulary to describe certain things they come across so they contrive a name for it. These names can freely be used by them or any group but the English language remains the English language and it is a defined standard of communication on it's own. Judging by English language, beans is beans.

johnydon22:
I said "God" didn't specify any particular God.

Okay. Depending on the definition and assigned attributes of "God," logical arguments can be made for it.

budaatum:
Depends on what? You chicken

Let's assume you refer to Nairaland as "beans" and I refer to Facebook as "beans," then your beans is not my beans. If we then decide to the English language as a standard then my beans is your beans regardless of the names we give to beans.

That's all I am trying to say. The concept is the same but the terminology defers.

johnydon22:
Do you think arguments for God can be logical?

If it's not the Abrahamic god then yes. Even for the Abrahamic God, certain logical arguments may surface but they are soon shown to contradict the bible. Anyway, how does my post show the close mindedness of atheists?

budaatum:
Eh no de ever finish o. Not until OtemAtum said.

We never conclude 19 with our beans. Answer this simple one.

Is buda beans HenryDion beans?

Depends on what they call beans.

johnydon22:
Actually No, atheists can just be as close minded on matters regarding God, religion or theology and they often.

This your post actually affirms that close-minded stance.

Care to explain?

budaatum:
You de Na beans na

Hope you never finish your beans?

budaatum:
It is the putting people in little boxes that nauseates me. You say one thing and they hear the opposite of what you said and they then tell you to defend what they made up in their own head and claim you said! How can anyone take half a look at what one says and stick a label on one?

Lol.

Lets see them win while funnily laying a trail for them to go back to and reflect and evolve however long they may try to cover their eyes and not perceive their faux pas.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JhvfoqdA

johnydon22:
Trouble

Atheist on here are quite as close minded and dogmatic as the religious people they accuse of same behavior.

Here, people don't read comments or arguments to understand, consider the point, they just read to throw back a reply and then Win

Atheism 1 - 0 theism
Atheism 0 - 1theism

Kinda

Are there regular hattrick heroes as well?

The close mindedness of atheists when it comes to atheism vs religion arguments is difficult to spot because the position that the existence of religious gods have no basis in reality can't be refuted and constantly maintaining this position is logical. Whether they are being close minded or honest and thoughtful isn't certain because their position and the maintenance of it are both logical.

We can spot out close minded atheists when the discussion drifts away from religion to philosophical issues, political issues and others. Just my take. Atheists can be as gullible as religious folks as well.

Bunch of clowns. Why not tell the government to improve the standard of living?

GEEBITE:
Only Careca of Brazil he had and they were facing hard nail defenders in the Baresi brothers of both AC and Inter.A man took a team from backwater Sicilian island to glory of Scudeto and European triumph. He took a step down from Barcelona and conquer,let Messi try this too before I can measure him against Maradona. In Argentina it is a sin to compare Messi to a player that a temple is set up and people are worshipping him despite his human foibles.

True. Football then was very rough and Italy had the toughest defenders. Player like Neymar wouldn't survive Maradona's time.

afroxyz:
when Maradona went to Napoli, please tell me the exceptional players there. When he won the world cup, the squad Maradona had is not as complete as Messi's Argentine squad. they got to the world cup and Copa America finals aan you are blaming his team mates. Like seriously? was it not the same team mates that played with messi that took Argentina to those finals? or do you think they dont want to win laurels? The only sensible you wrote is messi being a victim of his brilliance. Apart from that, please stop making useless excuses.

Before Maradona, Napoli was substandard and couldn't smell Seria A in a million years. With Maradona, they won their first Seria A in 1987, finished runner up twice in 1988 and in 1989 and then won it in 1990. Within that same four years, he won the Coppa Italia in 1987 and finished runner up in 1987. Napoli also won the UEFA Cup in 1989 and the Italian super cup in 1990. If Messi, the so called god, left Barcelona to Napoli today, pundits won't say that Messi will dominate instead they will be asking "can he survive without barca?", "will he do well?"

Ewu(goat) wey dey like anfield grass.

Beverlyjean:
Really ...goals ain't the only shit.. do y do they kick the ball around?? What's the main purpose ?? To smile to the cameras??

Lol. Are you minding the olodo?Compare a team that scores goals but have no skills to a team that has skills but scores no goals. Goal is to football as money is to life. Just as our survival and comfort cost money, the progressive and success of a team requires goals. Wouldn't it sound funny when a team has skills but didn't score through out the season?

There are many skillful players but few are recognised and respected because only these few have their skills scoring goals, building goals and winning top trophies. That's why Zidane, Ronaldo delima, Ronaldinho etc. were respected for their skills. If a footballer is skillful yet can't score, assist or win top trophies, he becomes a laughing stock many don't know and he soon fades into oblivion. It's similar to life. If your skill or intellect doesn't produce money and major intellectual contributions, you are not really a "somebody."

Roushy:
I don't know how you guys are coming to the conclusion that the Portugal team has been better than Argentina team. Check the fifa rankings, Argentina was around top 3 for along time till 2017 with Portugal struggling to make top 10... So how is Portugal better?

Don't mind MrMou. He just bias. Then if Portugal and Argentina of those days happened to meet, I would put my money on Argentina even those I love Ronaldo.

MrMou:
This same Portugal team you want to downgrade because you want to hype the tap-in merchant defeated France in France in their most important match in history WITHOUT him! Argentina can't do that.

Hush my friend! Where did I downgrade Portugal? Didn't you watch the match to know that France were the better team? Didn't you see how France pressuried Portugal and played them well? Portugal were on a thin rope in that match. To make matters worse, they were without Ronaldo. They prepared well but their victory can be attributed to luck for the most part. Don't act like Portugal were better than France to have beaten France. France were more superior.

In the 2012 ucl final, Bayern well better than Chelsea but Chelsea still won.

The tap-in merchant has won 2 international trophies, yet he wasn't even Portugal's best player in those tournaments, talk less of being the entire tournament's best player. Messi enters finals & wins best player of the tournaments, yet, he doesn't win the competition. That should tell you something about the respective teams! That should tell you that if Messi had this Portugal team, he would have won FOUR international trophies including 1 world cup whether he flops in all the finals or runs away like some tap-in merchant. No be by big name forwards wey you get; na by team balance & fighting spirit wey coach dey put for him team.

Yen yen yen yen yen yen yen. The Argentine team from 2007 - 2018 are way more superior and have balance — solid balance. The big names they've fielded are not mere names. In the semi finals of Nations League, it was clear Portugal were outplayed and they had no balance but Ronaldo's efforts saved the day. During Euro 2016, who saved Portugal from being eliminated in the group after a very terrible start?


Ronaldo remains the GOAT.

MrMou:
You fans of the tap-in merchant lie too much! What's the meaning of "singlehandedly"? You think say na only you watch the Euros? Did he not score the same number of goals in the tournament as Nani?
If Messi had that Portugal team, he'd have won 4 trophies including a world cup whether he flops so bad in the final or runs away in the finals like a certain tap-in merchant.

You are acting like the Portuguese national team is better than the Argentine national team. Be sincere with yourself, Argentina have had a FAR SUPERIOR TEAM from 2007-2018. Only recently did the Argentine squad become trash, not because the Portuguese team got better but they fumbled in their squad selection. Despite this Argentina still has quality players that better than most of the Portuguese players to select from. Given this, why has Messi not won any international trophy? If Ronaldo had played in Argentina, he would have won the world Cup.

charlesm91:
them still dey believe the illusion that Ronaldo no win Euro cos he got injured in the final.

Don't mind them. You can't help those who choose to be rεtarded. Were they not watching when Ronaldo rescued Portugal in the group stages of Euro 2016 after a bad start that they qualified as best losers? If not for those beautiful goals in the group stages, Portugal would have gone home. They've also forgotten about his goals in the knock out stages. By their logic, Messi contributed nothing to FC Barcelona's 2015 ucl success because he didn't score in the final. Bunch of f00ls.

Did they forget that in the Nations League semi finals, Portugal's opponents were the better team? Think of what would have happened without Ronaldo in that semi final. In that semi final, had Ronaldo not played, Portugal and Bernado Silva would have gone home.

GoTV:
In life you can't have it all. Life itself is full of up and down moments. As great as Ronaldo Delima who won many trophies with Brazil including World Cup, he couldn't win the Champions League which players like Daniel sturridge won recently despite playing for almighty Madrid filled with super stars. Jay Jay okocha as good as he was never won the African footballer of the year award which fringe players like Adebayor and El-hadji diouf won.


Many of you trolling messi's predicament with Argentina are doing so due to high expectations and unimaginable standards he sets for himself. He's a victim of his brilliance no doubt but never forget winning trophies is not exclusive to a player effort. Football is a team sport but i wonder why you all blame messi when he has been unfortunate to be with paper weight team mates. An injured Ronaldo won the Euro cup due to the fighting spirit of the Portuguese players (credit to Eder) after Ronaldo led them to finals with his goals. Same as the recent nations league which guedes delivered and Bernardo silva emerged best player.


Ronaldo is the arrow head of the Portuguese team no doubt but his team mates deliver when he's not in charge, unlike messi whose team mates are big names on paper but play terribly despite his efforts to inspire them to glory. Higuain missed 3 decisive one on one chances against Germany in 2014 finals before gotze scored, chances fringe players like guedes and Eder converted to win Ronaldo the international trophies you all troll about. Everything in Argentine football must not be delivered by messi. It's a games of 11 players so why place the burden on only messi as if Portugal fields only Ronaldo against other teams? When Elder and guedes scored to win the trophy when it mattered most, you guys ignore their efforts and give all praises to Ronaldo. When Argentina team plays badly even if defenders scored own goal all blame goes to messi. Haba guys, what level of hypocrisy?


This is not to defend or absorb messi of his involvement in the failure of the Argentine's team to win a major afterall he missed a penalty against chile in previous Copa finals, but i think we are too harsh on him with unreasonable criticisms.

I hope Majority of you guys criticizing him have achieved all you desire in life? I hope there is nothing again you which to achieve or conquer? Can you have it all in life? No. Even Atiku with all his billions stills dreams of being a president. You can't have it all. Ronaldo is fortunate to be in a team with winning mentality, unlike messi. Despite all Cristiano Ronaldo has won in his career, he would also wish to have a world cup medal which players like Giroud won without scoring a goal. There is always something left to chase and achieve. Despite all this challenges It doesn't dispute the fact that messi is indeed amongst the greatest players to play the game.


Had he naturalized to spain like diego Costa during their golden era of winning euros and world cup, this debate of who the greatest is would have been buried. Even if Argentina wins this year's copa America, you Ronaldo fans will still troll messi to win another international trophy to match Ronaldo's two. Nothing messi does will ever satisfy you people.


He's a victim of his brillance. Simple

Had Ronaldo lost international matches and tournaments in similar fashion, you wouldn't have accepted this excuse and apologetics if Ronaldo fans tabled it for Ronaldo.

Oga, Messi na Camp Nou scam. I can really feel your pain.

I don't know who is in charge of this Argentine team. Since before the world cup, I noticed that despite having good legs like Aguero, Di Maria, Dybala, Icardi etc., this team either fails to play them or benches them for most part of the game. How can Aguero, in his current form, not play in the first match and sit on the bench for most part of the second game? How can Aguero be replaced by unknown forwards? Where is the great Dybala? Where is Icardi?

This team is set for failure with their impolitic squad selection. Who is playing politics with the squad? Messi can't do it alone. He needs other players as football is a game of eleven on each side.

BTW, I am happy that Messi many not win the Copa America. He can't eclipse my GOAT — C. Ronaldo!!!

Blackmiserable:
No, they are not. AD and BG are not transversal. They don't cut through the line segments AB and DE.

AB and DE are parallel as indicated by the single arrow marks on both segments. A transversal is a line or line segment that intersects two or more lines or line segments at different points. AD and BG are two transversals that intersect both parallel segments AB and DE.

Don't rack your brains too much; you have a working simplified method here.

You failed to realise that AB and DE are parallel are indicted by the single arrow marks on both segments. Look through my solution again.

Cc. Ifada123, dejt4u

Blackmiserable:
I actually solved this question within 7 minutes but I couldn't upload my result because, like I said, I'm on a 2G network.

I'm going to upload it when I subscribe tonight, but here's a concise proof. There's certainly nothing wrong with the question Martinez, nothing wrong at all. Your argument is based on the fact that 55 degree and 20 degree are alternate interior angles, but no, they are not.

The Alternate Interior Angles Theorem states that, when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the resulting alternate interior angles are congruent. Granted, they are cut by a transversal but they are not parallel lines since they meet at a point. I mean line AD and ED!

From ABC
^C = 180 - (55 +40) = 85 ............... Since sum of angles in a triangle is 180.

So we have
A <C B = 85.

Now sum of angles on a straight line is 180; then

A <C W = 180 - 85 = 95

Then again D <C G = 180 - 95 = 85

Actually it's just vertically opposite angles but I showed it there.

Then again, 180 - (85 + 20) = 75

Which is actually C <G D. So C <G D = 75.

Then it follows that xis also 75 since we have another vertically opposite angle that can be proven using the concept of straight lines, and sum of angles in a triangle.

The line segments AB and DE are parallel(as indicated) and they are cut by two transversals AD and BG. Read my solution again and think it through this time around.

NDSMELODY:
Nothing is wrong with d question..any one with explanatory solution shld post it...poster of d questn shld pls correct d work if there is any error but if otherwise 75 degree is d ans then

This question was set by someone with no sound knowledge of basic geometry.

Since alternate interior angles are congruent,
∠BAD ≅ ∠ADE and ∠ABC ≅ ∠BGD

Given this, it's incorrect to state that
m(∠BAD) ≠ m(∠ADE)

Either the measures of both angles is 55° or 20°, ie. either m(∠BAD) = m(∠ADE) = 55° or m(∠BAD) = m(∠ADE) = 20°. Choose one.

If m(∠ABC) = 40°, then m(∠BGD) = 40°.

Since vertical angles are congruent, then
∠BGD ≅ ∠EGF
This means that m(∠BGD) = m(∠EGF) = 40°

A shortcut approach is to observe that ∠ABC and ∠EGF are corresponding angles and corresponding angles are congruent. This means that
∠ABC ≅ ∠EGF
m(∠ABC) = m(∠EGF) = 40° (given that m(∠ABC) = 40°)

∴ m(∠EGF) = 40°
OPTION A is the answer

Phosphenes:
Someone please help me solve this ohh

Blackmiserable, dejt4u

This question was set by someone with no sound knowledge of basic geometry.

Since alternate interior angles are congruent,
∠BAD ≅ ∠ADE and ∠ABC ≅ ∠BGD

Given this, it's incorrect to state that
m(∠BAD) ≠ m(∠ADE)
Either the measures of both angles is 55° or 20°, ie. either m(∠BAD) = m(∠ADE) = 55° or m(∠BAD) = m(∠ADE) = 20°. Choose one.

If m(∠ABC) = 40°, then m(∠BGD) = 40°.

Since vertical angles are congruent, then
∠BGD ≅ ∠EGF
This means that m(∠BGD) = m(∠EGF) = 40°

A shortcut approach is to observe that ∠ABC and ∠EGF are corresponding angles and corresponding angles are congruent. This means that
∠ABC ≅ ∠EGF
m(∠ABC) = m(∠EGF) = 40° (given that m(∠ABC) = 40°)

∴ m(∠EGF) = 40°
OPTION A is the answer

Regina Daniels, be careful of these nollywood actresses showing you support and trying to hang around you. They don't care about you. They are doing it for money reasons(they hope you can bless them with some change from time to time when they befriend you) and if the chance presents itself, they might snatch Ned from you or spoil your marriage out of jealousy. Women are there own enemies. They only team together when they want to challenge and tear down men.

CruellaDeVil:
ngwanu sorry, go and tell her to divorce her sweet, rich husband lmao or better still get him arrested
if you like wail from now till eternity, regina the f ;Dresh young girl has married her older boo and if other young girls feel like that's the way to go, they should carry on! it's better they get hooked to a billionaire ancestor than a broke young man with nothing to his name
whether you broke miserable fùckers like it or not, girls would forever choose money one thousand times over anything else and the rich men aren't even complaining, na only you poverty stricken losers dey open una mouth dey complain

Take it easy. See the way you are serving the stew hot hot. They go commit suicide o.

LesbianBoy:
This nollywood stars are bunch of money mongers! Especially the male actors. Where ever there is money na there you go see them. The funny thing is we don't even know what they spend their money on sef!

Exactly what I just said on this thread.

They didn't gather because they are happy for his doctorate degree. Do they care about PhD? Why didn't they gather when Helen Paul got hers? They are there because he is a billionaire and they came to make possible connections and see if the money can rub off on them. If you know, you know.

They didn't gather because they are happy for his doctorate degree. Do they care about PhD? Why didn't they gather when Helen Paul got hers? They are there because he is a billionaire and they came to make possible connections and see if the money can rub off on them. If you know, you know.

All these dances, jubilant mood and whatever na wash. All the "we are happy for you," "congratulations" etc. na fake nonsense. They came to blend for possible connections and try their luck to see if Ned can drop something. If you know, you know.

KendrickAyomide:
Why are people acting like this boy is the looser? He got his fair share of the Kitty. It's in the record books for life. And he didn't have to spend Millions to get it. So he's the champion in all these drama

What a disappointing, stupid and pathetic way of thinking. He bleeped Regina, so what? what has he gained? Who pussy epp?

"It's in the record books for life. And he didn't have to spend Millions to get it. So he's the champion in all these drama"
It's in the record book of life, so what? Who cares? Has it increased the money in his account? How is he a champion? Is that how you define a champion? Misplaced priorities!

pocohantas:
Typical U-25 homebased slayking.

Nothing in their komkom head.

The only thing they know is carve their beards and wear round neck tops.

As in. The gangster English and vibe are even what's more annoying. The most annoying thing is that they are puffed up with pride over that gangster English and lifestyle and forming tough. What a life.

AnalQueenluci:
I've spoken to uyai in private but is a healthy decision from her!

Lesson*
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lesbianism is sweet ,but na infection spoil am!

Isn't there protection for lesbian sex?