That is kind of my point, I keep hearing that atheists can still go to UU or similar. However, as you point out if you have no interest in the church then it isn't a very good idea to attend. I can't imagine an atheist having an interest in a Buddhist temple or a Quaker church. However, people keep telling me that…

But the main purpose of outreach programs is to promote their viewpoint. I was speaking of the catholic church. I can't imagine telling a parishioner that "I just come for the donuts, I don't believe in any of this hogwash" would go over well in any church. They would at least expect me to be open to their religious…

I wasn't really joking. I just have a fear that most people enjoy the social aspect of church because they hang out with like-minded people. I also know that church is a very popular social convention. In fact, the Post Office stopped delivering mail on Sundays because preachers protested that people were skipping…

My apologies. I typically look it up first, but where would the fun of conversation be if we looked on google before saying anything. I would never be wrong and then we wouldn't have an exchange.

My bigger problem is that I have ADhD. Sitting and listening to something that doesn't interest me is damn near impossible. I mean, I can be polite and listen to people. However, I think I would purposefully avoid attending if I knew there was a good chance I would be bored. So, I have heard of the UU thing, but I was…

I don't really care about "the church". I basically plan to skip service and just hang out with the people. My concern is that the parishioners will be a little upset that I find their beliefs insane and I am just showing up 5 minutes before the service finishes to have coffee with them.

Yeah, I have thought about going to church to meet people. My only problem is I am an atheist. Do you think they would get upset about this? I feel that we wouldn't hit it off very well.

The argument would be that this explains more of the difference in parenting style than anything cultural. I believe Gladwell argued it was cultural. NurtureShock cited studies that showed Chinese parents, as an example, simply addressed the process more than the person. I would probably believe this is more of a…

Quick correction. Isn't 80 in french "60 and 20"? My french is rusty, but I think all numbers between 60 and 100 are expressed as "60-20"

This was also discussed in the book "NurtureShock".

This is a great point. The whole "calculating the change" thing isn't the best example. I am a very mathematics oriented person, but I still relied on the register when I worked retail.
The one that surprises me is how everyone forgot basic trig. Trig is hugely useful for most people. Area of a room, length of the side…

Not really. At least not in any way corresponding to the level of their theft.

He would be talking smack about Sherman because Sherman would have failed to make a play on the pass(Sherman's job). If Sherman had stripped the ball out of Crabtree's hands or out played Crabtree then it would have made Crabtree look bad.

Am I the only person who didn't like Sherman's rant because I knew it would require me to do an internet search for the "bad blood" between Sherman and Crabtree?

It is, but you are now paranoid about risks that aren't any worse than when you were a kid. gordunk got it right.

You have a decently powerful computer, but I would hesitate to call it a "very powerful computer". The main advantage of getting a HTPC or similar is that they have an order of magnitude(or 3) more processing power. This is useful for a number of things and the main reason you wouldn't want to do all of your video…

I think the argument is that if he hadn't been a socially outspoken player, they normally would have approached him about a salary reduction. Would you rather pay an experienced veteran $1 million or an untried rookie $500k.

Do you think the Roman Empire=Holy Roman Empire?

At what point do you stop paying off debt and invest that money instead? 2% sound good?

To build on what Alan said, microwaves don't really "leak". Microwaves just use waves to cook food. Think of sound waves but at higher frequencies. A microwave is just a giant echo chamber(cavity resonance device).