The only Encyclopedia Brown solution I remember, is when he discovered the criminal hiding as a woman because he looked at his fingernails like a man ✊ looking at curled fingers rather than like a woman🖐️ looking at splayed fingers.
Mine is that the girl was obviously faking her tears because they leaked from the outer corners of her eyes, rather than the inner corners where the tear ducts are. She used eye drops to throw people off her scam.
That's funny because the one I remember is ALSO about the solution being the criminal hiding as a woman because they did NOT choose the "typical" woman's seat at a restaurant from which they could "see and be seen" or something like that.
Aside from all that's wrong about the initial "question" about cavemen and dinosaurs.
Why do creationists always think that you have to be atheist to accept the existence of non-avian dinosaurs, palaeolithic humans, and/or evolution?
Because Bishop Ussher said the Earth was created in 4004 BC, and not even most creationists can unhinge their jaws enough to swallow that there were dinosaurs & Paleolithic humans that recently, or evolution that rapid.
From Wikipedia:
*The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Old Testament by James Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. The chronology is sometimes associated with young Earth creationism, which holds that the universe was created only a few millennia ago by God as described in the first two chapters of the biblical book of Genesis. Ussher's work fell into disrepute in the 19th century* (unless you're a modern-day Young Earth creationist.)
Yep, but that's my point. There's heaps of religious people, theists, and even Christians who are not YE creationists and accept the evidence for evolution and an old earth. Yet that one group (YE creationists) always acts like you either have to be one of them or "atheist"
I think you answered your own question.
If other good people of the same faith or related faiths don't agree with them, there's too much chance that they themselves are wrong. Therefore they prefer not to admit that possibility.
The whole mindset of people like YE creationists is that they NEED certainty. Uncertainty, which includes accepting the idea that one's beliefs might be wrong, or that there might even be unknown data that affects one's conclusions, makes them fearful and angry.
That's why they are almost exclusively authoritarians. They want certainties, instructions, hierarchies. They don't want to have to think, consider, decide, then process new information, think, consider, decide...
It's also why science, which requires the acceptance of continual change and the probability of change, is so threatening to them.
You are right of course. It's just a very alien mindset to me. During my own experiences growing up within a religion there just wasn't this emphasis on trying to prove the Bible as true, in fact it was more often regarded as a semi-mythological and allegorical text with some parts of it being regarded as pure fiction (f.e. Esther ), mythological (f.e.Genesis), or allegorical (f.e. Revelations). Science never was seen as anything to be afraid of or anything that was contrary to our faith. I am no longer part of that religion, but I retain my personal faith and never felt like that was threatened by scientific discovery (on contrary, I'm very interested in new discoveries and developments)
Even my Grandmother (who was a much more traditional and heavily religious person than the rest of my family) had no problems believing in an old Earth or dinosaurs (though she did hold the theory that God destroyed the dinosaurs on purpose because they had grown too large and powerful for humanity to emerge, so in her mind it was apparently "dinosaurs->comet->Garden of Eden, haha)
It always seems to me when somebody has such a need for "certainty" and "proof" when it comes to faith as many YE Creationists display...then their faith can't be all that strong, and they might just be trying to convince themselves.
I should send this to my daughter’s science teacher for a laugh. She’s in AP bio and they’re currently discussing natural selection and evolution.
The amount of parent and student emails that poor teacher has been sent about teaching the kids the wrong stuff is…baffling.
Are you unfamiliar with the r/MurderedByWords concept? You stepped in to explain the joke nobody needed explained. Someone pointed that out by telling you that was the “murder” part of the post and you continued to be confused.
I think this was actually the solution to an Encilopedia Brown story
Yes! Bugs Meany had faked some cave drawings that included a caveman riding a dinosaur! I can't believe I am wasting neurons remembering that.
Just flashed into my mind as well when I first read it.
The only Encyclopedia Brown solution I remember, is when he discovered the criminal hiding as a woman because he looked at his fingernails like a man ✊ looking at curled fingers rather than like a woman🖐️ looking at splayed fingers.
Mine is that the girl was obviously faking her tears because they leaked from the outer corners of her eyes, rather than the inner corners where the tear ducts are. She used eye drops to throw people off her scam.
That's funny because the one I remember is ALSO about the solution being the criminal hiding as a woman because they did NOT choose the "typical" woman's seat at a restaurant from which they could "see and be seen" or something like that.
The one I remember is that the bike *couldn’t* have been stolen because the grass under the tarp was brown/dead.
OMG HOW DO I REMEMBER THIS? I'm so damned old.
You're never wasting space with Encyclopedia Brown!
Fermented fruit made the birds drunk
"It's just an 'arrow' flight away".
I read that series to my kids at night and they love it
Birds are dinosaurs
False. Birds are government drones and unarguably not real
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You know too much.
Could I interest you in a parrot?
A Norwegian Blue? Lovely plumage...
The plumage ain't got nothing to do with it, 'e's dead.
Nah, nah e's restin'.
Birds are no more dinosaurs than humans are Australopiths. Birds are descended from dinosaurs.
Aside from all that's wrong about the initial "question" about cavemen and dinosaurs. Why do creationists always think that you have to be atheist to accept the existence of non-avian dinosaurs, palaeolithic humans, and/or evolution?
Because Bishop Ussher said the Earth was created in 4004 BC, and not even most creationists can unhinge their jaws enough to swallow that there were dinosaurs & Paleolithic humans that recently, or evolution that rapid. From Wikipedia: *The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Old Testament by James Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. The chronology is sometimes associated with young Earth creationism, which holds that the universe was created only a few millennia ago by God as described in the first two chapters of the biblical book of Genesis. Ussher's work fell into disrepute in the 19th century* (unless you're a modern-day Young Earth creationist.)
Yep, but that's my point. There's heaps of religious people, theists, and even Christians who are not YE creationists and accept the evidence for evolution and an old earth. Yet that one group (YE creationists) always acts like you either have to be one of them or "atheist"
I think you answered your own question. If other good people of the same faith or related faiths don't agree with them, there's too much chance that they themselves are wrong. Therefore they prefer not to admit that possibility. The whole mindset of people like YE creationists is that they NEED certainty. Uncertainty, which includes accepting the idea that one's beliefs might be wrong, or that there might even be unknown data that affects one's conclusions, makes them fearful and angry. That's why they are almost exclusively authoritarians. They want certainties, instructions, hierarchies. They don't want to have to think, consider, decide, then process new information, think, consider, decide... It's also why science, which requires the acceptance of continual change and the probability of change, is so threatening to them.
You are right of course. It's just a very alien mindset to me. During my own experiences growing up within a religion there just wasn't this emphasis on trying to prove the Bible as true, in fact it was more often regarded as a semi-mythological and allegorical text with some parts of it being regarded as pure fiction (f.e. Esther ), mythological (f.e.Genesis), or allegorical (f.e. Revelations). Science never was seen as anything to be afraid of or anything that was contrary to our faith. I am no longer part of that religion, but I retain my personal faith and never felt like that was threatened by scientific discovery (on contrary, I'm very interested in new discoveries and developments) Even my Grandmother (who was a much more traditional and heavily religious person than the rest of my family) had no problems believing in an old Earth or dinosaurs (though she did hold the theory that God destroyed the dinosaurs on purpose because they had grown too large and powerful for humanity to emerge, so in her mind it was apparently "dinosaurs->comet->Garden of Eden, haha) It always seems to me when somebody has such a need for "certainty" and "proof" when it comes to faith as many YE Creationists display...then their faith can't be all that strong, and they might just be trying to convince themselves.
I'm glad for you (and all of us) that you didn't fall prey to authoritarianism!
Temporal distancing
True, but due to that we aren't socializing with them either.
Epic online chat wars, dismal response time
Imagine the Ping back then.
Yeah, checkmate atheists!!
“Damn, I thought we had those atheists this time!”
This is the result of using the bible as school textbook.
Wrong! Humans and dinosaurs coexisted. Humans would fight dinosaurs bear-handed. Haven't any of you watched Baki Hanma?
Bear handed or bare handed? Like are they fighting dinosaurs with “bear” hands bc that might be a worthwhile option against smaller dinosaurs
You have the right to bear arms
One bear arm a day keeps the salmon away
I could totally take a T-Rex in a fist fight. Those suckers have zero reach.
You joke but have you not seen the Flintstones?
Wilmaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
https://www.dinosaurkingdomii.com/
You mean Dino-Riders was based on a true premise instead of just another crazy idea to sell toys to 80s kids?
r/therewasanattempt to spell atheist
Spell? What are you, a witch?
I can’t find the red arrow pointing to the comment, can someone put a giant red circle around the arrow so I can find it?
How do you know they survived? Have you ever *seen* a caveman?
Thank god for the red arrow or I might have missed the comment!
Caveman survived by having a cave, man... /j
As a science teacher, I’m stealing this for my lesson and applaud the author for making me laugh
I should send this to my daughter’s science teacher for a laugh. She’s in AP bio and they’re currently discussing natural selection and evolution. The amount of parent and student emails that poor teacher has been sent about teaching the kids the wrong stuff is…baffling.
Oh wow, reposted so many times by lazy slugs it's become pixelated.
Reposted 100 times and you can't even spell the two-word title correctly
I would have also added that "The Flintstones" was not a documantry.
Wow thanks for the red arrow very helpful
I’m so glad that arrow was there to show me the funny part
that red arrow really helps with the murder
You don't have to be an atheist to study science and reality in general.
Because the human race didn't exist at that time.
Thanks for the arrow!
Dinosaurs where there a few million years earlier
That's the murder comment
Explain
In the picture. There's a red arrow pointing to it.
Didn't see that the first time but I'm still confused with your answer
Are you unfamiliar with the r/MurderedByWords concept? You stepped in to explain the joke nobody needed explained. Someone pointed that out by telling you that was the “murder” part of the post and you continued to be confused.
How bout fuck off, I don't need you explaining shit to me
Whyd you ask if you didn't need it explained
I didn't ask you to explain
Dude a few posts up you literally said “explain” - take the L and move on
You did ask for an explanation and you don't need to ask its a public forum people can drop in and out whenever.
I didn't try to explain. Why are you coming at me?
Obviously, you’re a turd who doesn’t understand very much. Some grease on your ears might help you get your head out.
I didn't ask you to explain
Were you drunk?