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TrueEmpiricism

2017-07-04T14:46:14Z

2A02:C7F:900C:6400:A8D0:B56C:A855:8FA3: /* Things to Annotate */

== Basic Description ==
{{Member|title1 = TrueEmpiricism|image1 = Ronnie icon.jpeg|gender = Bitchmade|positions/opinions = Bent Over Steve McRae's Lap, Power Bottom, Intelligent Design, and Age Earth Skeptic.|main_debating_focus = Evilutionists and Anti-Intelligent Designers|skills = Jargon Bombing
Word Salad

Incoherent Nonsensical Rambling

99% Success Rate at Getting Things Wrong

Fucking up the Most Simplistic of Concepts

Running Away in the Middle of Debates

Maintaining the Most Glorious and Luxurious Head of Long Hair on G+.|links = [https://www.youtube.com/user/TrueEmpiricism/videos YouTube]
(Ronnie has recently removed all videos from his channel, because he was #Bitchmade a little too hard last time)}}Ronnie "TrueEmpiricism" Rodriquez, aka "Ron Ron the Magic Man" and "Rocket Ronnie", is a self-professed creationist and is one of the foremost advocates of "old" Intelligent Design (ID) that was supported by Discovery Institute.

Since 2010, he has engaged with various members of the Magic Sandwich show: [[Thunderf00t]], [[AronRa]], [[DPR Jones]], and [[HogTieChamp]] on the topic of [[evilution]].

He adamantly believes [[Evolution|biological evolutionary theory]] is inherently inferior to his proposed "theory," which primarily consists of "because something looks designed (Telonomic), therefore it must have been designed by some type of intelligence (Teleological)."

Ronnie is one of the "go-to" members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|Clown Car Posse]] for scientific information, although CCP members seem not to notice that he is as scientifically illiterate as they are.

Not to mention the fact that he couldn't type a grammatically correct sentence to save his life. His method of constructing arguments seems to be to pick up a grade school level biology or chemistry textbook, memorize a few of the sciency-sounding words, and then string them together into sentences with no regard to their meaning or proper usage.

Ronnie has built a reputation for himself over the years due to his astonishing lack of self-awareness and sheer dishonesty.

Rarely do members of the CCP practice introspection, but TE simply lacks the ability entirely. He's even gone as far as to claim that Alex Botten is a ''"hard solipsist"'' even though Botten was in the same hangout exclaiming the contrary.

This hangout became known as the ''[["The inner solipsism of solipsism"|"Inner solipsism of solipsism"]]'' in reference to a quote made by TE towards Botten.<ref>1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8k7h2Mgbg Alex Botten]</ref>

His hangouts are typically rife with equal amounts of self-aggrandizement and general scientific illiteracy. Ironically enough, he bemoans the "Evolutionists" who ''"know nothing about science"'' whilst making egregious scientific claims himself.

Upon allowing dissenters to join his hangouts he promptly hides them from broadcast and/or keeps their volumes muted. Most have figured out that this is something he does to control the conversation when he cannot respond to the claims being made and it a defensive tactic to save face. He's since stopped allowing dissenters to join his hangouts for fear of future criticism for this "habit."

Ronnie has a love/hate relationship with [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]]. Many have speculated that he is both jealous and envious of both individuals but harbors more anger towards Dragnauct because of his constant chiding. Ronnie keeps a running record of when he has "corrected" both Sam and Dragnauct and uses it in conversation as some form of leverage when criticism is levied against him.

While both individuals have acknowledged that he (Ronnie) has accurately depicted some scientific phenomena, they are in accord with the assessment that Ronnie has very little overall knowledge in the field of biology, but simply puts on airs as if he does.

Ronnie is now also known in certain circles as ''"the person who knows less about science than a porn star."'' This achievement alone is worthy of an epitaph on one's tombstone.

== Inability to Accept that He has Ever Made a Mistake ==
Ronnie has this capacity to never ever be able to accept that he could be wrong or accept that he may have been wrong on anything he has ever said. Any admission of having made a mistake would result in mental castration and could bring back memories of having to put on a dress and play with barbie dolls as a child. Ronnie will double-down on his original claims bending over backward to justify what he said erroneously and was corrected on.

Case in point: DNA degrades in water. The inner solipsism of solipsism, ATP synthase, phosphodiester bonds, the circumference of the diameter of pi and his failed attempt at web design etc... at a certain point this becomes a mental illness and one has to seek help. Unfortunately his CCP friends are not willing to tell him that he was wrong because they themselves are also too thick to pick up mistakes Ronnie has made.

'''The "Inner Solipsism of Solipsism" Incident'''

This video is a clear example of the "Ronnie effect." Ronnie got into a debate with Alex Botten with his own understanding of what "solipsism" means and not actually understanding the concept. He then accused Alex of being a solipsist, to which Alex then tried several times to explain to Ronnie that he is not, and that even if he was, it would not matter because of the definition of solipsism.

Ronnie then made a massive ass of himself by demonstrating a complete lack of listening skills and a thirst for being told over and over that he can't understand a complex concept and that he should stick to ''Marvel'' coloring books. This became known as [["The inner solipsism of solipsism"]] incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9hBKTcxYI

== The Never-Ending Saga of ''"DNA Degrades in Water"'' ==
(This needs a write up and link which [[Steve McRae]] should be more than happy to provide. You're welcome Steve.) :)

== Ronnie on Telomeric Sequences and Human Chromosome #2 ==
(See above)

== Fun Facts ==
Ronnie is famous for being a fervent defender of ATP synthase rights as well as the right of DNA to degrade in water (which is the title of his current work in progress NOBEL thesis that he works on when not spending his last paycheck at Popeyes).

He has rage quit his own hangout when he was the sole occupant.

Rumor has it that Ronnie was apparently the inspiration for the character of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZ1-xPbNHg Secretary of Defense in the movie Idiocracy].

Ronnie was offered free tuition for science classes at University of Chicago at Illinois by [[Le Med Student]] who Ronnie then blocked and never responded to (and is still blocked to this day while his offer is still on the table). A broad sample of Ronnie's videos were watched in a UIC class of graduate students who proceeded to vote on the names of the mental issues and fallacies demonstrated. Voting had to be stopped quickly as exposure to derp was becoming dangerous. This single event and exposure to such high level of ''derp'' resulted in more than 300 extra votes for [[Ronnie's DFOTY award]], enough to consolidate his win.

Having one of the most hideous looking and unintelligible web pages of all time, replete with factual errors and both numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes. [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]] did a review video of his web page and kindly pointed out with extreme laughter these mistakes, to wit Ronnie promptly issued a statement claiming that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J0x3Ic8Iw he'd been hacked] rather that admitting the mistakes were his own.

[Please change to a reference and need video of Sam/Drag's review as one too]
[[File:Ronnie's been hacked?|thumb|330x330px]]

[[File:True Empiricism "Explains" Solipsism|thumb|330x330px]]

To date, no-one actually knows the conclusion Ronnie has come to yet, because between the complaining, whining, calling people names, accusing people of perpetuating drama ''while he himself'' is perpetuating drama... he has never actually gotten around to reaching anything that comes close to drawing a conclusion.

It has been speculated that TE hadn't so much as picked up a book after obtaining his high school diploma due to the massive amount of spelling and grammar errors he tends to make. TE first stated, a number of years ago, that he'd taken college-level chemistry courses but decided to drop out because they were ''"...too easy..."'' and that [[God]] lead him in another direction. As ridiculous as this claim is, TE expected people to believe this.

'''([https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/10628/Chambers_Kent_Diss.pdf?sequence=1 Link] to study on University-level Chemistry Course attrition rates''')

After some scrutiny from GDC Members, he then began exclaiming that his ''"credentials'' [were] ''so high that ''[he'd] ''intimidate people if'' [he] ''told them..."''. This was witnessed by [[Dr. Fiona Robertson|Fiona Robertson]] during a past airing of the Magic Sandwich Show (MSF episode).

True then began the rumor that he'd obtained a master's degree in Organic Chemistry, yet [[Sam the Scientist]] questioned which institution he'd acquired it from as they both are originally from Illinois. True declined to give Sam an answer for fear of doxxing himself, even though there'd be no repercussions if someone were to uncover this information - assuming it was accurate to begin with.

Finally, True relented and admitted that he does not possess any formal education past high school. The rest of the community knew this, yet True felt that his education was a mar against his online persona.

== Debate Techniques ==
- Coughing: This tactic is generally used to provide time to read scripts and web pages while trying to talk without producing pauses in the conversation.

- Considers the usage of Powerpoint to be a factor to him losing the debate to [[Steve McRae]]. ([[G Man]] told him having a presentation is unfair to use in a debate, so Ronnie didn't bring one, nor an opening statement, nor an actual argument, nor anything that could even be remotely construed as a debate presentation).

- Hides his models. No model will be presented in debates to support his own assertions. Why? Because fuck it, that's why.

- Uses "nonsensically" as a thinking process.

- Blocks people he disagrees with and considers this a valid debate technique.

- Kicks people from his hangouts who demonstrate that he is wrong on a subject or that he said something stupid.

- Lifts sentences from wikipedia science pages and topics in the hope that by mixing what he considers complicated words and sentences together, it will confuse other members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]].

- Callling anyone who disagrees with him a ''"liar."''

== Super Powers ==
- Dunning-Kruger Zen Master

- Black belt in Psychological Projection

- Dishonesty

- A bewildering ability to suddenly backtrack on a position that was strongly stated for months and even years, and then claim ''"That's what I was saying all along."''

- Whinge incessantly about mediocre issues (the whinge meter once reached an amazing 14 (out of 10!)

- The ability to rattle off science-y sounding sentences at super-sonic speed as if he knows what any of it actually means, but then gets upset when people who do know what it mean call him out on it!

- The ability to remove comments under his videos by anyone who disagrees with him.

- Ability to focus only on his own thoughts while not listening to the conversation (also known as the LALALALA technique... widely used by members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]]).

- Circa 1997 web design skills; [[Nephilimfree]] grade.

- Ability to master Bio 100, Chem 1&2, Orgo 1&2 and Physics 1&2 without prior knowledge on topics. Basically can obtain college level knowledge in argumentation using scientific-sounding babble pulled out of own butt.

- Ability to see motors and turbines
[[File:52fac2b4e7223dc52dc17e02d1223c3b.jpg|thumb|330x330px]]

== Awards ==
- Winner of the 2017 Dumbfuck of the Year contest run by [[Reds Rhetoric]] with a staggering 839 votes.

- Recently received a #Bitchmade Award following his debate with [[Steve McRae]].

== Famous Quotes ==
''"Just because I'm not a scientist, that doesn't mean I'm not an idiot."''

''"The inner solipsism of solipsism."''

''"Scientists usually use water in their aqueous solutions."''

Once tried to calculate ''"the circumference of the diameter of pi."''

''"Binary is a four digits code."''

''"That's the fallacy of accomplishment."''

== Appearances ==
[[File:FIST ME IN THE GASH|thumb|330x330px]]
Ronnie made an appearance in 2016 in one of Sye Ten Atheist's videos: [https://youtu.be/xadqh8VZ9hs?t=33s Fist me in the gash]

== Fallacies used ==
- Arguments from ignorance/incredulity

- Non Sequitur

- Red Herring

- Straw-man

== Might be Suffering From... ==
- Massive case of ''butthurtitis'' (Ronnie promptly deleted all his videos after being told by a woman that he looked stupid to others because of his nonsensical argumentation. Since all of Ronnie's friends are virgin single males, the epiphany of having an intelligent woman tell him that basically he would never reproduce was enough for him to rage-quit youtube).

- Symptoms of recto-cranial inversion

- Delusions of reality, inflated ego, inability to listen and learn.

- Ronnie is regularly convinced that he knows more on topics than MDs, PhDs and various professors or members of the academia.

Is definitely suffering from being a Grade A tit.

== Things to Annotate ==

Thinks oxygen gives up four electrons to become oxidized rather than become reduced in complex IV of the Electron Transport Chain.

Claims DNA degrades in water such that if DNA goes into solution it ''"falls apart like tissue paper"'' and ''"breaks apart into it's constituent parts"'' and ''"loses its sequence."''

Claims DNA is ''"sekwanchal specified information"'' (whatever that means), and that this is definitive proof of the Biblical God. Somehow. Because reasons.

Claims not to be a Young Earth Creationist, but uses Young Earth Creationist arguments.
[[File:Ronnie as a girl.PNG|thumb|279x279px|#Bitchmade]]
Thinks 2000'''°'''C water can stay liquid at atmospheric pressure.

Has rage quit YouTube/ G+ more times than [[Brett Keane]] has.

Left in the middle of debate with [[Steve McRae]] before the Q-and-A.

TrueEmpiricism did so badly in his debate with Steve McRae that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXk6NkLa7c Jesus] was so embarrassed by it that he said that his sacrifice no longer covers TrueEmpiricism's sins.[[File:Jesus weighs in on TrueEmpiricism vs Steve McRae debate *MIRROR*|thumb|284x284px|none]]TrueEmpiricism is the only person known to have rage-quit two of his own one man hangouts ''twice in the same evening''.

Famous for his ''"inner solipsism of solipsism."''

Really doesn't grasp the [[DMCA]], causing him to run afoul of the YT rules.

Agreed live on air that birds fly by farting across the sky.

In a discussion on the League of Reason he claimed that DNA was a 4 character code just like computer code. Yes, apparently binary code has 4 characters. He later tried to edit that page but was caught out by Fiona Robertson who notified the League of Reason and they restored the original which can be found [http://theleagueofreason.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=152950#p152950 here].

It was noted on the last online/hangout debate between [[Steve McRae]] and TE that TE had no scientific model that could fight side-by-side, toe-by-toe, head-to-head and science-by-science to the powerful explanation of the Theory of Evolution (ToE) - a powerful battleship for Steve. This scientific weakness from Ronnie (TE) had caused Ronnie to lose his credibility to debate in science, when science deals with models. But Ronnie's attempt to show the errors of ToE from the perspective of the old ID is notable. - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]]

Typical example of Ronnie's incoherent babble: http://i.imgur.com/VXaRUO4.gifv

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[[Category:Clown Car Posse]]
[[Category:Dumb Fuck of the Year]]
[[Category:DCMA Abusers]]

TrueEmpiricism

2017-07-04T14:45:05Z

2A02:C7F:900C:6400:A8D0:B56C:A855:8FA3: sp., gr.

== Basic Description ==
{{Member|title1 = TrueEmpiricism|image1 = Ronnie icon.jpeg|gender = Bitchmade|positions/opinions = Bent Over Steve McRae's Lap, Power Bottom, Intelligent Design, and Age Earth Skeptic.|main_debating_focus = Evilutionists and Anti-Intelligent Designers|skills = Jargon Bombing
Word Salad

Incoherent Nonsensical Rambling

99% Success Rate at Getting Things Wrong

Fucking up the Most Simplistic of Concepts

Running Away in the Middle of Debates

Maintaining the Most Glorious and Luxurious Head of Long Hair on G+.|links = [https://www.youtube.com/user/TrueEmpiricism/videos YouTube]
(Ronnie has recently removed all videos from his channel, because he was #Bitchmade a little too hard last time)}}Ronnie "TrueEmpiricism" Rodriquez, aka "Ron Ron the Magic Man" and "Rocket Ronnie", is a self-professed creationist and is one of the foremost advocates of "old" Intelligent Design (ID) that was supported by Discovery Institute.

Since 2010, he has engaged with various members of the Magic Sandwich show: [[Thunderf00t]], [[AronRa]], [[DPR Jones]], and [[HogTieChamp]] on the topic of [[evilution]].

He adamantly believes [[Evolution|biological evolutionary theory]] is inherently inferior to his proposed "theory," which primarily consists of "because something looks designed (Telonomic), therefore it must have been designed by some type of intelligence (Teleological)."

Ronnie is one of the "go-to" members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|Clown Car Posse]] for scientific information, although CCP members seem not to notice that he is as scientifically illiterate as they are.

Not to mention the fact that he couldn't type a grammatically correct sentence to save his life. His method of constructing arguments seems to be to pick up a grade school level biology or chemistry textbook, memorize a few of the sciency-sounding words, and then string them together into sentences with no regard to their meaning or proper usage.

Ronnie has built a reputation for himself over the years due to his astonishing lack of self-awareness and sheer dishonesty.

Rarely do members of the CCP practice introspection, but TE simply lacks the ability entirely. He's even gone as far as to claim that Alex Botten is a ''"hard solipsist"'' even though Botten was in the same hangout exclaiming the contrary.

This hangout became known as the ''[["The inner solipsism of solipsism"|"Inner solipsism of solipsism"]]'' in reference to a quote made by TE towards Botten.<ref>1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8k7h2Mgbg Alex Botten]</ref>

His hangouts are typically rife with equal amounts of self-aggrandizement and general scientific illiteracy. Ironically enough, he bemoans the "Evolutionists" who ''"know nothing about science"'' whilst making egregious scientific claims himself.

Upon allowing dissenters to join his hangouts he promptly hides them from broadcast and/or keeps their volumes muted. Most have figured out that this is something he does to control the conversation when he cannot respond to the claims being made and it a defensive tactic to save face. He's since stopped allowing dissenters to join his hangouts for fear of future criticism for this "habit."

Ronnie has a love/hate relationship with [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]]. Many have speculated that he is both jealous and envious of both individuals but harbors more anger towards Dragnauct because of his constant chiding. Ronnie keeps a running record of when he has "corrected" both Sam and Dragnauct and uses it in conversation as some form of leverage when criticism is levied against him.

While both individuals have acknowledged that he (Ronnie) has accurately depicted some scientific phenomena, they are in accord with the assessment that Ronnie has very little overall knowledge in the field of biology, but simply puts on airs as if he does.

Ronnie is now also known in certain circles as ''"the person who knows less about science than a porn star."'' This achievement alone is worthy of an epitaph on one's tombstone.

== Inability to Accept that He has Ever Made a Mistake ==
Ronnie has this capacity to never ever be able to accept that he could be wrong or accept that he may have been wrong on anything he has ever said. Any admission of having made a mistake would result in mental castration and could bring back memories of having to put on a dress and play with barbie dolls as a child. Ronnie will double-down on his original claims bending over backward to justify what he said erroneously and was corrected on.

Case in point: DNA degrades in water. The inner solipsism of solipsism, ATP synthase, phosphodiester bonds, the circumference of the diameter of pi and his failed attempt at web design etc... at a certain point this becomes a mental illness and one has to seek help. Unfortunately his CCP friends are not willing to tell him that he was wrong because they themselves are also too thick to pick up mistakes Ronnie has made.

'''The "Inner Solipsism of Solipsism" Incident'''

This video is a clear example of the "Ronnie effect." Ronnie got into a debate with Alex Botten with his own understanding of what "solipsism" means and not actually understanding the concept. He then accused Alex of being a solipsist, to which Alex then tried several times to explain to Ronnie that he is not, and that even if he was, it would not matter because of the definition of solipsism.

Ronnie then made a massive ass of himself by demonstrating a complete lack of listening skills and a thirst for being told over and over that he can't understand a complex concept and that he should stick to ''Marvel'' coloring books. This became known as [["The inner solipsism of solipsism"]] incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9hBKTcxYI

== The Never-Ending Saga of ''"DNA Degrades in Water"'' ==
(This needs a write up and link which [[Steve McRae]] should be more than happy to provide. You're welcome Steve.) :)

== Ronnie on Telomeric Sequences and Human Chromosome #2 ==
(See above)

== Fun Facts ==
Ronnie is famous for being a fervent defender of ATP synthase rights as well as the right of DNA to degrade in water (which is the title of his current work in progress NOBEL thesis that he works on when not spending his last paycheck at Popeyes).

He has rage quit his own hangout when he was the sole occupant.

Rumor has it that Ronnie was apparently the inspiration for the character of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZ1-xPbNHg Secretary of Defense in the movie Idiocracy].

Ronnie was offered free tuition for science classes at University of Chicago at Illinois by [[Le Med Student]] who Ronnie then blocked and never responded to (and is still blocked to this day while his offer is still on the table). A broad sample of Ronnie's videos were watched in a UIC class of graduate students who proceeded to vote on the names of the mental issues and fallacies demonstrated. Voting had to be stopped quickly as exposure to derp was becoming dangerous. This single event and exposure to such high level of ''derp'' resulted in more than 300 extra votes for [[Ronnie's DFOTY award]], enough to consolidate his win.

Having one of the most hideous looking and unintelligible web pages of all time, replete with factual errors and both numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes. [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]] did a review video of his web page and kindly pointed out with extreme laughter these mistakes, to wit Ronnie promptly issued a statement claiming that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J0x3Ic8Iw he'd been hacked] rather that admitting the mistakes were his own.

[Please change to a reference and need video of Sam/Drag's review as one too]
[[File:Ronnie's been hacked?|thumb|330x330px]]

[[File:True Empiricism "Explains" Solipsism|thumb|330x330px]]

To date, no-one actually knows the conclusion Ronnie has come to yet, because between the complaining, whining, calling people names, accusing people of perpetuating drama ''while he himself'' is perpetuating drama... he has never actually gotten around to reaching anything that comes close to drawing a conclusion.

It has been speculated that TE hadn't so much as picked up a book after obtaining his high school diploma due to the massive amount of spelling and grammar errors he tends to make. TE first stated, a number of years ago, that he'd taken college-level chemistry courses but decided to drop out because they were ''"...too easy..."'' and that [[God]] lead him in another direction. As ridiculous as this claim is, TE expected people to believe this.

'''([https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/10628/Chambers_Kent_Diss.pdf?sequence=1 Link] to study on University-level Chemistry Course attrition rates''')

After some scrutiny from GDC Members, he then began exclaiming that his ''"credentials'' [were] ''so high that ''[he'd] ''intimidate people if'' [he] ''told them..."''. This was witnessed by [[Dr. Fiona Robertson|Fiona Robertson]] during a past airing of the Magic Sandwich Show (MSF episode).

True then began the rumor that he'd obtained a master's degree in Organic Chemistry, yet [[Sam the Scientist]] questioned which institution he'd acquired it from as they both are originally from Illinois. True declined to give Sam an answer for fear of doxxing himself, even though there'd be no repercussions if someone were to uncover this information - assuming it was accurate to begin with.

Finally, True relented and admitted that he does not possess any formal education past high school. The rest of the community knew this, yet True felt that his education was a mar against his online persona.

== Debate Techniques ==
- Coughing: This tactic is generally used to provide time to read scripts and web pages while trying to talk without producing pauses in the conversation.

- Considers the usage of Powerpoint to be a factor to him losing the debate to [[Steve McRae]]. ([[G Man]] told him having a presentation is unfair to use in a debate, so Ronnie didn't bring one, nor an opening statement, nor an actual argument, nor anything that could even be remotely construed as a debate presentation).

- Hides his models. No model will be presented in debates to support his own assertions. Why? Because fuck it, that's why.

- Uses "nonsensically" as a thinking process.

- Blocks people he disagrees with and considers this a valid debate technique.

- Kicks people from his hangouts who demonstrate that he is wrong on a subject or that he said something stupid.

- Lifts sentences from wikipedia science pages and topics in the hope that by mixing what he considers complicated words and sentences together, it will confuse other members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]].

- Callling anyone who disagrees with him a ''"liar."''

== Super Powers ==
- Dunning-Kruger Zen Master

- Black belt in Psychological Projection

- Dishonesty

- A bewildering ability to suddenly backtrack on a position that was strongly stated for months and even years, and then claim ''"That's what I was saying all along."''

- Whinge incessantly about mediocre issues (the whinge meter once reached an amazing 14 (out of 10!)

- The ability to rattle off science-y sounding sentences at super-sonic speed as if he knows what any of it actually means, but then gets upset when people who do know what it mean call him out on it!

- The ability to remove comments under his videos by anyone who disagrees with him.

- Ability to focus only on his own thoughts while not listening to the conversation (also known as the LALALALA technique... widely used by members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]]).

- Circa 1997 web design skills; [[Nephilimfree]] grade.

- Ability to master Bio 100, Chem 1&2, Orgo 1&2 and Physics 1&2 without prior knowledge on topics. Basically can obtain college level knowledge in argumentation using scientific-sounding babble pulled out of own butt.

- Ability to see motors and turbines
[[File:52fac2b4e7223dc52dc17e02d1223c3b.jpg|thumb|330x330px]]

== Awards ==
- Winner of the 2017 Dumbfuck of the Year contest run by [[Reds Rhetoric]] with a staggering 839 votes.

- Recently received a #Bitchmade Award following his debate with [[Steve McRae]].

== Famous Quotes ==
''"Just because I'm not a scientist, that doesn't mean I'm not an idiot."''

''"The inner solipsism of solipsism."''

''"Scientists usually use water in their aqueous solutions."''

Once tried to calculate ''"the circumference of the diameter of pi."''

''"Binary is a four digits code."''

''"That's the fallacy of accomplishment."''

== Appearances ==
[[File:FIST ME IN THE GASH|thumb|330x330px]]
Ronnie made an appearance in 2016 in one of Sye Ten Atheist's videos: [https://youtu.be/xadqh8VZ9hs?t=33s Fist me in the gash]

== Fallacies used ==
- Arguments from ignorance/incredulity

- Non Sequitur

- Red Herring

- Straw-man

== Might be Suffering From... ==
- Massive case of ''butthurtitis'' (Ronnie promptly deleted all his videos after being told by a woman that he looked stupid to others because of his nonsensical argumentation. Since all of Ronnie's friends are virgin single males, the epiphany of having an intelligent woman tell him that basically he would never reproduce was enough for him to rage-quit youtube).

- Symptoms of recto-cranial inversion

- Delusions of reality, inflated ego, inability to listen and learn.

- Ronnie is regularly convinced that he knows more on topics than MDs, PhDs and various professors or members of the academia.

Is definitely suffering from being a Grade A tit.

== Things to Annotate ==

Thinks oxygen gives up four electrons to become oxidized rather than become reduced in complex IV of the Electron Transport Chain.

Claims DNA degrades in water such that if DNA goes into solution it ''"falls apart like tissue paper"'' and ''"breaks apart into it's constituent parts"'' and ''"loses its sequence"''.

Claims DNA is ''"sekwanchal specified information"'' (whatever that means), and that this is definitive proof of the Biblical God. Somehow. Because reasons.

Claims not to be a Young Earth Creationist, but uses Young Earth Creationist arguments.
[[File:Ronnie as a girl.PNG|thumb|279x279px|#Bitchmade]]
Thinks 2000'''°'''C water can stay liquid at atmospheric pressure.

Has rage quit YouTube/ G+ more times than [[Brett Keane]] has.

Left in the middle of debate with [[Steve McRae]] before the Q-and-A.

TrueEmpiricism did so badly in his debate with Steve McRae that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXk6NkLa7c Jesus] was so embarrassed by it that he said that his sacrifice no longer covers TrueEmpiricism's sins.[[File:Jesus weighs in on TrueEmpiricism vs Steve McRae debate *MIRROR*|thumb|284x284px|none]]TrueEmpiricism is the only person known to have rage-quit two of his own one man hangouts ''twice in the same evening''.

Famous for his ''"inner solipsism of solipsism"''.

Really doesn't grasp the [[DMCA]], causing him to run afoul of the YT rules.

Agreed live on air that birds fly by farting across the sky.

In a discussion on the League of Reason he claimed that DNA was a 4 character code just like computer code. Yes, apparently binary code has 4 characters. He later tried to edit that page but was caught out by Fiona Robertson who notified the League of Reason and they restored the original which can be found [http://theleagueofreason.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=152950#p152950 here].

It was noted on the last online/hangout debate between [[Steve McRae]] and TE that TE had no scientific model that could fight side-by-side, toe-by-toe, head-to-head and science-by-science to the powerful explanation of the Theory of Evolution (ToE) - a powerful battleship for Steve. This scientific weakness from Ronnie (TE) had caused Ronnie to lose his credibility to debate in science, when science deals with models. But Ronnie's attempt to show the errors of ToE from the perspective of the old ID is notable. - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]]

Typical example of Ronnie's incoherent babble: http://i.imgur.com/VXaRUO4.gifv

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TrueEmpiricism

2017-07-04T14:28:54Z

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== Basic Description ==
{{Member|title1 = TrueEmpiricism|image1 = Ronnie icon.jpeg|gender = Bitchmade|positions/opinions = Bent Over Steve McRae's Lap, Power Bottom, Intelligent Design, and Age Earth Skeptic.|main_debating_focus = Evilutionists and Anti-Intelligent Designers|skills = Jargon Bombing
Word Salad

Incoherent Nonsensical Rambling

99% Success Rate at Getting Things Wrong

Fucking up the Most Simplistic of Concepts

Running Away in the Middle of Debates

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(Ronnie has recently removed all videos from his channel, because he was #Bitchmade a little too hard last time)}}Ronnie "TrueEmpiricism" Rodriquez, aka "Ron Ron the Magic Man" and "Rocket Ronnie", is a self-professed creationist and is one of the foremost advocates of "old" Intelligent Design (ID) that was supported by Discovery Institute.

Since 2010, he has engaged with various members of the Magic Sandwich show: [[Thunderf00t]], [[AronRa]], [[DPR Jones]], and [[HogTieChamp]] on the topic of [[evilution]].

He adamantly believes [[Evolution|biological evolutionary theory]] is inherently inferior to his proposed "theory," which primarily consists of "because something looks designed (Telonomic), therefore it must have been designed by some type of intelligence (Teleological)."

Ronnie is one of the "go-to" members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|Clown Car Posse]] for scientific information, although CCP members seem not to notice that he is as scientifically illiterate as they are.

Not to mention the fact that he couldn't type a grammatically correct sentence to save his life. His method of constructing arguments seems to be to pick up a grade school level biology or chemistry textbook, memorize a few of the sciency-sounding words, and then string them together into sentences with no regard to their meaning or proper usage.

Ronnie has built a reputation for himself over the years due to his astonishing lack of self-awareness and sheer dishonesty.

Rarely do members of the CCP practice introspection, but TE simply lacks the ability entirely. He's even gone as far as to claim that Alex Botten is a ''"hard solipsist"'' even though Botten was in the same hangout exclaiming the contrary.

This hangout became known as the ''[["The inner solipsism of solipsism"|"Inner solipsism of solipsism"]]'' in reference to a quote made by TE towards Botten.<ref>1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8k7h2Mgbg Alex Botten]</ref>

His hangouts are typically rife with equal amounts of self-aggrandizement and general scientific illiteracy. Ironically enough, he bemoans the "Evolutionists" who ''"know nothing about science"'' whilst making egregious scientific claims himself.

Upon allowing dissenters to join his hangouts he promptly hides them from broadcast and/or keeps their volumes muted. Most have figured out that this is something he does to control the conversation when he cannot respond to the claims being made and it a defensive tactic to save face. He's since stopped allowing dissenters to join his hangouts for fear of future criticism for this "habit."

Ronnie has a love/hate relationship with [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]]. Many have speculated that he is both jealous and envious of both individuals but harbors more anger towards Dragnauct because of his constant chiding. Ronnie keeps a running record of when he has "corrected" both Sam and Dragnauct and uses it in conversation as some form of leverage when criticism is levied against him.

While both individuals have acknowledged that he (Ronnie) has accurately depicted some scientific phenomena, they are in accord with the assessment that Ronnie has very little overall knowledge in the field of biology, but simply puts on airs as if he does.

Ronnie is now also known in certain circles as ''"the person who knows less about science than a porn star."'' This achievement alone is worthy of an epitaph on one's tombstone.

== Inability to Accept that He has Ever Made a Mistake ==
Ronnie has this capacity to never ever be able to accept that he could be wrong or accept that he may have been wrong on anything he has ever said. Any admission of having made a mistake would result in mental castration and could bring back memories of having to put on a dress and play with barbie dolls as a child. Ronnie will double-down on his original claims bending over backward to justify what he said erroneously and was corrected on.

Case in point: DNA degrades in water. The inner solipsism of solipsism, ATP synthase, phosphodiester bonds, the circumference of the diameter of pi and his failed attempt at web design etc... at a certain point this becomes a mental illness and one has to seek help. Unfortunately his CCP friends are not willing to tell him that he was wrong because they themselves are also too thick to pick up mistakes Ronnie has made.

'''The "Inner Solipsism of Solipsism" Incident'''

This video is a clear example of the "Ronnie effect." Ronnie got into a debate with Alex Botten with his own understanding of what "solipsism" means and not actually understanding the concept. He then accused Alex of being a solipsist, to which Alex then tried several times to explain to Ronnie that he is not, and that even if he was, it would not matter because of the definition of solipsism.

Ronnie then made a massive ass of himself by demonstrating a complete lack of listening skills and a thirst for being told over and over that he can't understand a complex concept and that he should stick to ''Marvel'' coloring books. This became known as [["The inner solipsism of solipsism"]] incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9hBKTcxYI

== The Never-Ending Saga of ''"DNA Degrades in Water"'' ==
(This needs a write up and link which [[Steve McRae]] should be more than happy to provide. You're welcome Steve.) :)

== Ronnie on Telomeric Sequences and Human Chromosome #2 ==
(See above)

== Fun Facts ==
Ronnie is famous for being a fervent defender of ATP synthase rights as well as the right of DNA to degrade in water (which is the title of his current work in progress NOBEL thesis that he works on when not spending his last paycheck at Popeyes).

He has rage quit his own hangout when he was the sole occupant.

Rumor has it that Ronnie was apparently the inspiration for the character of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZ1-xPbNHg Secretary of Defense in the movie Idiocracy].

Ronnie was offered free tuition for science classes at University of Chicago at Illinois by [[Le Med Student]] who Ronnie then blocked and never responded to (and is still blocked to this day while his offer is still on the table). A broad sample of Ronnie's videos were watched in a UIC class of graduate students who proceeded to vote on the names of the mental issues and fallacies demonstrated. Voting had to be stopped quickly as exposure to derp was becoming dangerous. This single event and exposure to such high level of ''derp'' resulted in more than 300 extra votes for [[Ronnie's DFOTY award]], enough to consolidate his win.

Having one of the most hideous looking and unintelligible web pages of all time, replete with factual errors and both numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes. [[Sam the Scientist]] and [[Dragnauct]] did a review video of his web page and kindly pointed out with extreme laughter these mistakes, to wit Ronnie promptly issued a statement claiming that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J0x3Ic8Iw he'd been hacked] rather that admitting the mistakes were his own.

[Please change to a reference and need video of Sam/Drag's review as one too]
[[File:Ronnie's been hacked?|thumb|330x330px]]

[[File:True Empiricism "Explains" Solipsism|thumb|330x330px]]

To date, no-one actually knows the conclusion Ronnie has come to yet, because between the complaining, whining, calling people names, accusing people of perpetuating drama ''while he himself'' is perpetuating drama... he has never actually gotten around to reaching anything that comes close to drawing a conclusion.

It has been speculated that TE hadn't so much as picked up a book after obtaining his high school diploma due to the massive amount of spelling and grammar errors he tends to make. TE first stated, a number of years ago, that he'd taken college-level chemistry courses but decided to drop out because they were ''"...too easy..."'' and that [[God]] lead him in another direction. As ridiculous as this claim is, TE expected people to believe this.

'''([https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/10628/Chambers_Kent_Diss.pdf?sequence=1 Link] to study on University-level Chemistry Course attrition rates''')

After some scrutiny from GDC Members, he then began exclaiming that his ''"credentials'' [were] ''so high that ''[he'd] ''intimidate people if'' [he] ''told them..."''. This was witnessed by [[Dr. Fiona Robertson|Fiona Robertson]] during a past airing of the Magic Sandwich Show (MSF episode).

True then began the rumor that he'd obtained a master's degree in Organic Chemistry, yet [[Sam the Scientist]] questioned which institution he'd acquired it from as they both are originally from Illinois. True declined to give Sam an answer for fear of doxxing himself, even though there'd be no repercussions if someone were to uncover this information - assuming it was accurate to begin with.

Finally, True relented and admitted that he does not possess any formal education past high school. The rest of the community knew this, yet True felt that his education was a mar against his online persona.

== Debate Techniques ==
- Coughing: This tactic is generally used to provide time to read scripts and web pages while trying to talk without producing pauses in the conversation.

- Considers the usage of Powerpoint to be a factor to him losing the debate to [[Steve McRae]]. ([[G Man]] told him having a presentation is unfair to use in a debate, so Ronnie didn't bring one, nor an opening statement, nor an actual argument, nor anything that could even be remotely construed as a debate presentation).

- Hides his models. No model will be presented in debates to support his own assertions. Why? Because fuck it, that's why.

- Uses "nonsensically" as a thinking process.

- Blocks people he disagrees with and considers this a valid debate technique.

- Kicks people from his hangouts who demonstrate that he is wrong on a subject or that he said something stupid.

- Lifts sentences from wikipedia science pages and topics in the hope that by mixing what he considers complicated words and sentences together, it will confuse other members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]].

- Callling anyone who disagrees with him a ''"liar."''

== Super Powers ==
- Dunning-Kruger Zen Master

- Black belt in Psychological Projection

- Dishonesty

- A bewildering ability to suddenly backtrack on a position that was strongly stated for months and even years, and then claim ''"That's what I was saying all along."''

- Whinge incessantly about mediocre issues (the whinge meter once reached an amazing 14 (out of 10!)

- The ability to rattle off science-y sounding sentences at super-sonic speed as if he knows what any of it actually means, but then gets upset when people who do know what it mean call him out on it!

- The ability to remove comments under his videos by anyone who disagrees with him.

- Ability to focus only on his own thoughts while not listening to the conversation (also known as the LALALALA technique... widely used by members of the [[:Category:Clown Car Posse|CCP]]).

- Circa 1997 web design skills; [[Nephilimfree]] grade.

- Ability to master Bio 100, Chem 1&2, Orgo 1&2 and Physics 1&2 without prior knowledge on topics. Basically can obtain college level knowledge in argumentation using scientific-sounding babble pulled out of own butt.

- Ability to see motors and turbines
[[File:52fac2b4e7223dc52dc17e02d1223c3b.jpg|thumb|330x330px]]

== Awards ==
- Winner of the 2017 Dumbfuck of the Year contest run by [[Reds Rhetoric]] with a staggering 839 votes.

- Recently received a #Bitchmade Award following his debate with [[Steve McRae]].

== Famous Quotes ==
''"Just because I'm not a scientist, that doesn't mean I'm not an idiot."''

''"The inner solipsism of solipsism."''

''"Scientists usually use water in their aqueous solutions."''

Once tried to calculate ''"the circumference of the diameter of pi."''

''"Binary is a four digits code."''

''"That's the fallacy of accomplishment."''

== Appearances ==
[[File:FIST ME IN THE GASH|thumb|330x330px]]
Ronnie made an appearance in 2016 in one of Sye Ten Atheist's videos: [https://youtu.be/xadqh8VZ9hs?t=33s Fist me in the gash]

== Fallacies used ==
- Arguments from ignorance/incredulity

- Non Sequitur

- Red Herring

- Straw-man

== Might be Suffering From... ==
- Massive case of ''butthurtitis'' (Ronnie promptly deleted all his videos after being told by a woman that he looked stupid to others because of his nonsensical argumentation. Since all of Ronnie's friends are virgin single males, the epiphany of having an intelligent woman tell him that basically he would never reproduce was enough for him to rage-quit youtube).

- Symptoms of recto-cranial inversion

- Delusions of reality, inflated ego, inability to listen and learn.

- Ronnie is regularly convinced that he knows more on topics than MDs, PhDs and various professors or members of the academia.

Is definitely suffering from being a Grade A tit.

== Things to Annotate ==

Thinks oxygen gives up four electrons to become oxidized rather than become reduced in complex IV of the Electron Transport Chain.

Claims DNA degrades in water such that if DNA goes into solution it ''"falls apart like tissue paper"'' and ''"breaks apart into it's constituent parts"'' and ''"loses its sequence"''.

Claims DNA is ''"sekwanchal specified information"'' (whatever that means), and that this is definitive proof of the Biblical God. Somehow. Because reasons.

Claims not to be a Young Earth Creationist, but uses Young Earth Creationist arguments.
[[File:Ronnie as a girl.PNG|thumb|279x279px|#Bitchmade]]
Thinks 2000'''°'''C water can stay liquid at atmospheric pressure.

Has rage quit YouTube/ G+ more times than [[Brett Keane]] has.

Left in the middle of debate with [[Steve McRae]] before the Q-and-A.

TrueEmpricism did so bad in his debate with Steve McRae that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXk6NkLa7c Jesus] was so embarrassed by it that he said that his sacrifice no longer covers TrueEmpiricism's sins.[[File:Jesus weighs in on TrueEmpiricism vs Steve McRae debate *MIRROR*|thumb|284x284px|none]]TrueEmpricism is the only person known to have rage-quit two of his own one man hangouts ''twice in the same evening''.

Famous for his ''"inner solipsism of solipsism"''.

Really doesn't grasp the [[DMCA]], causing him to run afoul of the YT rules.

Agreed live on air that birds fly by farting across the sky.

In a discussion on the League of Reason he claimed that DNA was a 4 character code just like computer code. Yes apparently binary code has 4 characters. He later tried to edit that page but was caught out by Fiona Robertson who notified the League of Reason and they restored the original which can be found [http://theleagueofreason.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=152950#p152950 here].

It was noted on last online/hangout debate between [[Steve McRae]] and TE that TE had no scientific model that could fight side-by-side, toe-by-toe, head-to-head and science-by-science to the powerful explanation of the Theory of Evolution (ToE) - a powerful battleship for Steve. This scientific weakness from Ronnie (TE) had caused Ronnie to lose his credibility to debate in science in where science deals with models. But Ronnie's attempt to show the errors of ToE from the perspective of the old ID is notable. - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]]

Typical example of Ronnie's incoherent babble: http://i.imgur.com/VXaRUO4.gifv

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Category:Clown Car Posse

2017-07-04T14:11:20Z

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The Clown Car Posse is the name given by [[Alex Botten]] to a specific group of scientifically illiterate bozos on the Internet. This group's entire education consists of watching YouTube videos and reading the first line of Wikipedia articles, then proclaiming themselves to be experts in a wide variety of fields.

They love to have hangouts to challenge people to come debate them, while at the same time blocking anyone who disagrees with them. The combined IQ between all the members of the CCP is somewhere just south of room temperature.

"Screaming from under your bed"

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A phrase coined by [[HogTieChamp]] to refer to those people, mostly [[TrueEmpiricism]], who are quite vocal in expressing their bullshit, but always cower in fear in the safe space of their own hangouts preventing anyone who can actually refute them into the hangout...or if they are allowed in, subsequently removed (ejected) from the hangout in a nominal amount of time.
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[[Category:GDC Lexicon]]

GDC Network

2017-07-04T14:07:48Z

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== GDC Network ==
The GDC Network is a network of YouTube channels that support each other through promotion and reciprocative support of each others channels. This includes shout outs, watching each others hangouts, participating in each others hangouts, being guests on various channels shows in the network, and putting the link to the [https://plus.google.com/communities/103523943494411190002 GDC forum] on G+ in their video descriptions.

Members in the GDC Network can be found here: GDC Network Members
[[Category:GDC Lexicon]]

Evilution

2017-07-04T14:02:28Z

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[[File:South Park - Mr.Garrison's Evolution Theory|thumb|330x330px]]
''Not to be confused with "[[Evolution]]".''

== Description ==
'''''"Evilution"''''' is the fairy tale created by Darwinist Evolutionism-ists, which is just a conspiracy to keep Jesus' prayer out of school, and teach kids that morality is subjective and there is no God. There are 6 types of Evilution, but the first 5 are not science because they have never been observed.
[[File:"Six Types of 'Evolution'" by Dr. Kent Hovind.png|thumb|240x240px]]
Because of this, it is a secular atheistic religion worshiped and believed on faith by heathens, sodomites, Catholics, God-haters (atheists), and sinners created by [[Satan]], being indoctrinated into good, vertically challenged, innocent, good little God-fearing Christian children by lies in the public school textbooks and "non-true" Christians.
[[File:The Different Stages of Evolution - Kent Hovind|thumb|241x241px]]
It teaches that "nothing" exploded in space creating "something". Then life came from a rock, evolved in to a monkey which then gave birth to a dog. Then, over millions of years, the dog evolved the ability to see, found someone to marry, and turned into a non-dog. Then that non-dog became a person, leaving behind no intermediary fossils except for the [[King Crocoduck|Crocoduck]].

== Things that Debunk '''''Evilution''''' ==
Of course, all of this impossible because Creationist science has taught us that, among other things, one ''kind'' of thing can never turn into a different ''kind'' of anything else. Also, there's...

Evilution is just a theory, not a fact...

The second law of Thermodynamics...

Macro evilution cannot be observed or proved because it is in the past, which is only ''"Historical Science"''...

While Micro evilution can happen, since they are small changes, Macro evilution cannot since the small changes cannot add up over time, because reasons...

Evilutionists are just God-hating atheists who don't wanna be judged for their sins...

It can't be true because survival of the fittest was the motive behind Hitlerism, Stalinism, Nazism, communism, eugenics, everything that is evil, etc...

Evilution must not be true or else it would mean that humans came here by mere chance and have no purpose or meaning in life...

It goes against scripture...

Belief in evilution causes crime, racism, etc by making people behave like animals...

Mutations don't add anything new...

We don't evolve wings when falling from great heights, nor gills when drowning...

Genetic information always decreases...

Every example of evilution is losing something, aka devil-ution...

Life cannot come from non-life...

Spontaneous generation has been disproved...

Life doesn't emerge out of peanut butter...

Something cannot come from nothing...

Heavy elements cannot form...

Galaxies, stars and planets cannot form via evilution...

Evilution doesn't explain everything, including gravity...

Irreducible Complexity...

Everything is just too complicated...

Everything coming about by chance is impossible and improbable...

Everything just looks designed...

Everything happens for a reason, an undisputable law known by common sense that is violated by evilution...

Intelligent design/creationism is a real science...

C''design proponents''ists do important science stuff...

Carbon dating doesn't work...

If man evolved from monkeys...

I donut wanna be a dang monkey...

We don't see any humans living in the zoo...

Chimpanzees don't give birth to humans...

According to evilution, the first human male needed to wait millions of years for a suitable mate to appear, which is impossible...

It takes more faith to believe in evilution...

We all have the same evidence, we just interpret it differently...

Evilution can't explain how bees fly...

The banana is intelligently designed...

A painting needs a painter, an organism needs an orgasmer...

No transitional fossil has ever been discovered...

The crocoduck doesn't exist...

All supposed evidences for evilution are fraudulent, concocted by the great evil-atheist conspiracy...

Evilutionists changes their minds all the time about what the science says, while truth doesn't change...

We are living in the 21st century, not in the year 4.5 billion...

Humans and frogs cannot interbreed...

You weren't there...

''"...90% of'' [all dating methods] ''contradict billions of years"''...

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God

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{{Member|title1 = god|image1 = 220px-Answer to Life.png|caption1 = Introducing the all time hide-and-seek champion......|gender = Non-Binary Asexual|positions/opinions = Conceptual

Dogmatic

Unfalsifiable|main_debating_focus = Satan

Existentialism

Atheists|skills = Cursing Humans in Perpetuity

Allowing/Causing Needless Suffering

Spiritual Extortion

Needing a Starship}}'''>Causer. Maker. Tinker. Meddler. Destroyer.''' From misopathy to philanthropy, this concept and its entailing dogma is the key contributor around which the [[GDC]] is centered for debate. Not beholden to brand, region, version, translation, nor context, it is the all-attributing attributelessness that makes this concept so enticing to be set as a placeholder for phenomena not yet (or already) explained.

'''>Automaton. Benefactor. Saboteur. Provocateur. Voyeur.''' All of these words properly describe the concept of gods, but none of them describe the god of the person you are currently debating. Saying ''"aw, but I can explain all that with my god!"'' We know they can, we could explain it too; it is not difficult coming up with ex-post facto justifications when you have a poorly defined being that conceptually can fix any problem for you. Such is the pursuit of rational discourse. Getting your interlocutor to elucidate the characteristics of their god in a way that would progress the conversation forward makes you want to go back to debating the definition of the word ''"atheism." '''''*'''

'''''*'''This is not an invitation to start debating the meaning of the word "atheism." Stop it. No, you heard me. Stop it. Don't make me pull this wiki over.''

>'''Cryptographer. Oracular. Indicter. Confuser. Prosecutor.''' The very grandiloquence required to write a wiki page about an all-powerful catch-all should be enough to turn you off to the concept. Though there are sincere and even perhaps rational believers, beware those that use this ill-defined construct as a crutch for their own ignorance. If their grand designer saw fit not to equip them with a cogent argument outside an appeal to the magical or mysterious, that's really not your problem.

'''>Monger. Redeemer. Expropriator. Comforter. Torturer.''' With so much to say, perhaps we should leave the rest to the debates. Should there be rationale demonstrated or even, (dare I say it?) evidence presented that indicates your version of your god concept positively exists in reality? Please contact the ''James Randi Foundation'' and the ''Nobel Foundation'' for your money and prizes.
== Atheistic/Non-theist Views on God(s) ==
> "And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence." ― ''Bertrand Russell''

> "I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in." ― ''Salman Rushdie''

> "Every generation is suborned in its favor. Those who dissent from it are losers, those who oppose it are ostracised; while in the past, for century after century, it has replied to criticism with imprisonment, and to scepticism with the dungeon and the stake. By such means it has induced a general tendency to allow its pretensions without inquiry and its beneficence without proof.” ― ''Joseph Mazzini Wheeler, Crimes of Christianity''

> "If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people." ― ''Dr. Gregory House''

> “The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.” ― ''Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation''

> “The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.” ― ''Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel''

<nowiki> </nowiki> > “One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody—not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms—had the smallest idea what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge (as well as for comfort, reassurance and other infantile needs). Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion, and one would like to think—though the connection is not a fully demonstrable one—that this is why they seem so uninterested in sending fellow humans to hell.” ― ''Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything''

> “The idea of “Ten Commandments” is a deeply compelling one. It combines two impulses that are ingrained in our nature as human beings: making lists of ten things, and telling other people how to behave.” ― ''Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself''

> "What does god need with a starship?" ― ''Admiral James T. Kirk'' [[File:Download (1).jpg|thumb|256x256px]]

== Specific Religion's Views on God(s) ==
'''Buddhist Claims:'''

> Overcome anger by love; overcome wrong by good; overcome the miserly by generosity, and the liar by truth.
Speak the truth; do not yield to anger;
give even if asked for a little.
These three steps lead you to the gods.

'''Islamic Claims:'''

> Holy Quran Chapter 13 Surah Raad verse 16 Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "It is Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with Light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One the Supreme and Irresistible."

'''Taoist Claims:'''

> "After ingesting a speck of this elixir for thirty days, a chick will grow wings and
become a flying immortal. The ten thousand gods will become your attendants and
offer protection, and the Jade Women will be at your service. The divine immortals
will welcome you, and you will rise to Heaven." ('''''Great Clarity: Daoism and
Alchemy in Early Medieval China''''')

'''Norse Claims:'''

> "26. In swelling rage | then rose up Thor,--
Seldom he sits | when he such things hears,--
And the oaths were broken, | the words and bonds,
The mighty pledges | between them made.
27. I know of the horn | of Heimdall, hidden
Under the high-reaching | holy tree;
On it there pours | from Valfather's pledge
A mighty stream: | would you know yet more?" ('''''The Poetic Edda''''')

'''Classical Greek/Roman Claims:'''

> "His first-born I, the third from Jupiter:
O'er spacious Crete, and her bold sons, I reign,
And thence my ships transport me through the main:
Lord of a host, o'er all my host I shine,
A scourge to thee, thy father, and thy line." ('''''The Illiad''''')

'''Scientology Claims:'''

> "A mechanism used in dianetics is the valence shift.
We know the way a patient gets into valences when he dramatizes his engrams in life.
He becomes a winning valence and he says and does rather much what the person in the
winning valence did in that engram.
The theory behind it is this: returned to a time the patient may consider too painful to
enter, he can be shifted into a valence which felt no pain. A dull way to persuade him is to tell
him he does not have to feel the pain or the emotion and let him go through it. This is very bad
dianetics because it is a positive suggestion and every safeguard must be taken to keep from
giving suggestions to the patient, for he may be very suggestible even when he pretends not to
be. But there is the valence shift and this permits the patient to escape the pain and still remain
in the engram until he can recount it." ('''''Dianetics''''')

'''Satanic Claims:'''

>by Anton Szandor LaVey

The Nine Satanic Statements originally appeared in The Satanic Bible, © 1969
# Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence!
# Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
# Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
# Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!
# Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek!
# Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires!
# Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all!
# Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
# Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!
'''Christian Claims:'''

'''>Intelligent Agent (''IA''). Intelligent Designer (''ID-er'').''' In the science of the new Intelligent Design <id>, ''God'' is simply the ''"Source of existence"'' or simply called as the ''"Intelligent Agent (IA) who had intelligently designed (intellen) everything that we know of and we don't know of"''. This Source of existence is parallel to the Christian God who had claimed through the Bible this claim:

'''Exodus 3:14''' - "''And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you."'' ― King James Version'' (KJV)''

''John 8:58'''' - "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."'' ― King James Version ''(KJV)''

''"I Am That I Am"'' simply means ''"I am the existence and I am existing"''. Thus, the new Intelligent Design <id> had made this Intelligent Agent (''IA''), aka God (Jesus Christ), as the Candidate for the Designer of everything/existence.

'''HOW TO TEST THE CLAIMS from religious people about "God?"'''

(excerpts from "Biology of the New Intelligent Design <id>)

".......'''''P10. He will be back on earth physically.''' One of the most strict and difficult criteria in natural methodology in the topic of the existence of an Intelligent Agent or Intelligent Designer is this criterion. There are many invented deities, gods, lords, and goddesses in the world that are being worshipped by many religious people – some are new and some were old, some probably are coming soon. Many people invented their own gods, goddesses, and deities. Religions and religious people, especially those who are very good public speakers with strong public charisma, can make their own gods and goddesses; they can make a “god” out of “dirt”. Since some countries are giving their citizens freedom to worship any deities that they wanted to, it is also imperative that they could also make any kinds of religions that they also wanted to – except for those religions or groups that will violate the existing laws of the land. Some countries force their citizens to worship the god that that countries had designated to be as their “god”. (In addition, we should not forget that there are many who claimed that aliens and UFO’s exist, so basically, anybody can claim anything just like religious people.)" .......''P11 However, our world had already an existing religions in our time, from the very early human civilizations and until now, and from the time humans amazed and wondered at the hugeness of the universe - and many religions are actually active today, 2013. So, what are the differences between the old religions to the new religions and to the future religions that will be formed? None since both is worshipping a deity or deities. Nevertheless, how can we test, verify, demonstrate, confirm, and falsify the existence of those deities offered to us by the market of religions from religious people and religious salespersons? The only way for us to know is to use natural methodology in science by using the Samurai Sword, the categorization process or method. Let those deities, if it is real, appear in physical form!" .......P17 That means the real Intelligent Agent or Designer or the real Almighty God has a dual nature and must, a necessary to Him, to come down from Heaven and let the earth see Him and witness His power – physically. I call that principle or rule of thumb in terms of religious claims for science as the '''Pinoy Razor''', 'That if the existence of the claimed God or worshipped Deity by religious people is actually real, then that God should appear in physical form for the entire world to see or confirm.'” - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]]''

'''Hindu Claims:'''

> 1000 Names of Sri Vishnu (Slokas 1-20)

viśvaṁ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkārō bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ |
bhūtakṛdbhūtabhṛdbhāvō bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ || 1 ||
# Viśvaṁ: The all or the Universe.
# Viṣṇuḥ: He who pervades everything.
# Vaṣaṭkāraḥ: For whom the sacrificial versus are uttered in the yajnas.
# Bhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥ: The one who is the master and beyond the past, present and the future.
# Bhūtakṛd: The creator and destroyer of all existences in the universe.
# Būtabhṛd: One who supports or sustains or governs the universe.
# Bhāvaḥ: Pure existence.
# Bhūtātmā: The essence of all beings.
# Bhūta-bhāvanaḥ: He who originates and develops all Elements.
(to be continued...)

[[Category:GDC Lexicon]]

Evolution

2017-07-04T13:44:34Z

2A02:C7F:900C:6400:A8D0:B56C:A855:8FA3: /* Something not worth anyone's attention */

''Not to be confused with "[[Evilution]]".''

While the term is used in various ways, in this context "evolution" refers to the process of changes in the inherited traits of reproductive populations over generations, which is summarily defined as ''"descent with'' [inherent genetic] ''modification"'' as coined by Charles Darwin. It is a natural phenomenon that encompasses the diversity of all life. One of the driving mechanisms behind this process is ''"natural selection."''
[[File:Tree of life.jpg|thumb|346x346px|You cannot escape your own heritage. ]]
The theory of evolution (ToE) is the scientific model that explains how and why evolution occurs, as well as explaining the unity and diversity of life (not its origins) by concluding that every known species extant or extinct, is the result of evolution through common descent (and a few other processes such as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer horizontal gene transfer]" and "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiogenesis endosymbiosis].") As a result of the overwhelming evidence in favor of the theory, it represents the [https://ncse.com/news/2009/07/views-evolution-among-public-scientists-004904 consensus of the scientists] in the field of biology and science in general, thereby making it one of the strongest and well-supported theories in science. The theory of evolution is the very backbone of modern biology and understanding evolution has become a fundamental aspect in that particular field of science.

Understanding evolution (especially how it works) isn't easy. In order to adequately understand evolution, you need to have a basic understanding of many different things, including cellular biology, genetics, anatomy, geology, palaeontology, taxonomy, and more. It is a very complex subject and passing biology classes in college requires following many lessons on evolution, [http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_public_schools_mapped_where_tax_money_supports_alternatives.html depending on what schools you are talking about.] Many notable scientists throughout history have devoted their entire careers to this very subject, and many still do. Despite this, there are quite a few people who dismiss the entire scientific paradigm by asserting that evolution is "just a theory, not a fact" (among other asinine statements), [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-in-the-cloud/201701/the-dunning-kruger-president as if they know better than every expert anywhere ever]. The bulk of this category consists mainly of [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Clown_Car_Posse scientifically illiterate morons].

== Something not worth anyone's attention ==
By using the science of the new Intelligent Design, or <id> for short, <id> has through its "Biological Interrelation," (''BiTs'') shown that the Theory of Evolution (ToE) had been using the following assumptions/presuppositions or scientific conclusions as basis for ToE:
# Life is probably '''''not''''' intelligently designed (not ''intellen'') since all species might have been following purely natural processes alone. If life is not intelligently designed ''(intellen)'', so are all species and their origins and behaviors with respect to time, surroundings and conditions;
# All processes that deal with living organisms are not following intelligent principles;
# All '''X'''s that deal with living organisms are not categorized as "intelligently designed ''(intellen) '''''X'''". Thus, all biological living organisms and their structures and anatomical parts are all categorized as simply natural '''X'''s'' (naturen)''. - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]] [[Category:GDC Lexicon]]

'''Correction:''' Setting aside the fact that "BiTs" is only valid in the mind of our friend, not taken seriously by any scientist anywhere, ever, and that these three "assumptions/presuppositions" are all the same thing, this is all wrong since the theory of evolution doesn't make any of these assumption/presupposition, nor ever needed to.

For one thing, evolution can occur as a result of intelligent intervention. Never heard of artificial selection before? The dog in your house and the banana that you eat are all "intelligently evolved." Of course, most life isn't subject to artificial selection. In this regard, natural selection, genetic drift, and other mechanisms that don't involve any intelligence are fully capable of accounting for the diversity of life that we observe and there is no scientific evidence that any biological processes are being controlled and / or the result of any intelligence. And a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise.

None of these are assumptions nor presuppositions, they are supported by an overwhelming amount of evidence. For clarification, while the theory of evolution doesn't conclude that intelligence is involved, that doesn't mean the conclusion is that no intelligence was involved. This is a subtle, but huge distinction and a misconception that needs to be addressed over and over again.

Many people, most people in fact, believe that any natural process, even the ones that are seemingly random and not guided by any intelligence, are being controlled by an all powerful, intelligent entity. For those people, everything that the theory of evolution concludes is in some way the result of a master plan, indicative of a higher power. Thus, evolution doesn't refute intelligence in general, only specific forms of it like "special creation." All of this shows that our friend here is talking out of his ass.

'''CLARIFICATION''': Because of space limitation, MrID did not include here some explanations but, for fair science, let us clarify (for Correction as posted by member of GDC) and add some info for thought:
# Yes, ToE must first clarify the real meaning and explanation of the topic of "intelligence" in science, as seen in reality. Does ToE follow the 71 researched definitions of "intelligence" or follow the correct definition from the new Intelligent Design <id>? Which? If ToE will follow the 71 definitions, then, ToE is wrong in the topic of "intelligence," but if ToE follows the new <id>, then ToE must be dropped/uprooted in science and be replaced by Biological Interrelation, BiTs;
# If "intelligence" is used in science per <id>, then, science will be forced to accept the fact that life also is intelligently designed (intellen), so is the cell, so is DNA, so are all structures/parts of a living organism, thus evolution (ToE) must be dropped since ToE uses natural selection and ToE never uses intelligence. It must be "interrelation" by using Intelligent Selection (one major mechanism of BiTs);
# If "intelligence" is used in science per <id>, then an Intelligent Agent (IA) is already predicted, which means if this IA had used "intelligence" in the origin of life (biogenesis), it is imperative or predicted that this same IA will also use "intelligence" in the diversities of all living organisms - thus, BiTs must replace ToE. - from MrIntelligentDesign

Evolution

2017-07-04T13:39:18Z

2A02:C7F:900C:6400:A8D0:B56C:A855:8FA3: Punctuation for consistency, spell-checking, singular verb forms and plural subjects or vice-versa confusion, paragraph breaks

''Not to be confused with "[[Evilution]]".''

While the term is used in various ways, in this context "evolution" refers to the process of changes in the inherited traits of reproductive populations over generations, which is summarily defined as ''"descent with'' [inherent genetic] ''modification"'' as coined by Charles Darwin. It is a natural phenomenon that encompasses the diversity of all life. One of the driving mechanisms behind this process is ''"natural selection."''
[[File:Tree of life.jpg|thumb|346x346px|You cannot escape your own heritage. ]]
The theory of evolution (ToE) is the scientific model that explains how and why evolution occurs, as well as explaining the unity and diversity of life (not its origins) by concluding that every known species extant or extinct, is the result of evolution through common descent (and a few other processes such as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer horizontal gene transfer]" and "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiogenesis endosymbiosis].") As a result of the overwhelming evidence in favor of the theory, it represents the [https://ncse.com/news/2009/07/views-evolution-among-public-scientists-004904 consensus of the scientists] in the field of biology and science in general, thereby making it one of the strongest and well-supported theories in science. The theory of evolution is the very backbone of modern biology and understanding evolution has become a fundamental aspect in that particular field of science.

Understanding evolution (especially how it works) isn't easy. In order to adequately understand evolution, you need to have a basic understanding of many different things, including cellular biology, genetics, anatomy, geology, palaeontology, taxonomy, and more. It is a very complex subject and passing biology classes in college requires following many lessons on evolution, [http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_public_schools_mapped_where_tax_money_supports_alternatives.html depending on what schools you are talking about.] Many notable scientists throughout history have devoted their entire careers to this very subject, and many still do. Despite this, there are quite a few people who dismiss the entire scientific paradigm by asserting that evolution is "just a theory, not a fact" (among other asinine statements), [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-in-the-cloud/201701/the-dunning-kruger-president as if they know better than every expert anywhere ever]. The bulk of this category consists mainly of [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Clown_Car_Posse scientifically illiterate morons].

== Something not worth anyone's attention ==
By using the science of the new Intelligent Design <id>, the new <id> has, through its "Biological Interrelation," (''BiTs'') shown that the Theory of Evolution (ToE) had been using the following assumptions/presuppositions or scientific conclusions as basis for ToE:
# Life is probably '''''not''''' intelligently designed (not ''intellen'') since all species might have been following purely natural processes alone. If life is not intelligently designed ''(intellen)'', so are all species and their origins and behaviors with respect to time, surroundings and conditions;
# All processes that deal with living organisms are not following intelligent principles;
# All '''X'''s that deal with living organisms are not categorized as "intelligently designed ''(intellen) '''''X'''". Thus, all biological living organisms and their structures and anatomical parts are all categorized as simply natural '''X'''s'' (naturen)''. - from [[MrIntelligentDesign]] [[Category:GDC Lexicon]]

'''Correction:''' Setting aside the fact that "BiTs" is only valid in the mind of our friend, not taken seriously by any scientist anywhere, ever, and that these three "assumptions/presuppositions" are all the same thing, this is all wrong since the theory of evolution doesn't make any of these assumption/presupposition, nor ever needed to.

For one thing, evolution can occur as a result of intelligent intervention. Never heard of artificial selection before? The dog in your house and the banana that you eat are all "intelligently evolved." Of course, most life isn't subject to artificial selection. In this regard, natural selection, genetic drift, and other mechanisms that don't involve any intelligence are fully capable of accounting for the diversity of life that we observe and there is no scientific evidence that any biological processes are being controlled and / or the result of any intelligence. And a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise.

None of these are assumptions nor presuppositions, they are supported by an overwhelming amount of evidence. For clarification, while the theory of evolution doesn't conclude that intelligence is involved, that doesn't mean the conclusion is that no intelligence was involved. This is a subtle, but huge distinction and a misconception that needs to be addressed over and over again.

Many people, most people in fact, believe that any natural process, even the ones that are seemingly random and not guided by any intelligence, are being controlled by an all powerful, intelligent entity. For those people, everything that the theory of evolution concludes is in some way the result of a master plan, indicative of a higher power. Thus, evolution doesn't refute intelligence in general, only specific forms of it like "special creation." All of this shows that our friend here is talking out of his ass.

'''CLARIFICATION''': Because of space limitation, MrID did not include here some explanations but, for fair science, let us clarify (for Correction as posted by member of GDC) and add some info for thought:
# Yes, ToE must first clarify the real meaning and explanation of the topic of "intelligence" in science, as seen in reality. Does ToE follow the 71 researched definitions of "intelligence" or follow the correct definition from the new Intelligent Design <id>? Which? If ToE will follow the 71 definitions, then, ToE is wrong in the topic of "intelligence," but if ToE follows the new <id>, then ToE must be dropped/uprooted in science and be replaced by Biological Interrelation, BiTs;
# If "intelligence" is used in science per <id>, then, science will be forced to accept the fact that life also is intelligently designed (intellen), so is the cell, so is DNA, so are all structures/parts of a living organism, thus evolution (ToE) must be dropped since ToE uses natural selection and ToE never uses intelligence. It must be "interrelation" by using Intelligent Selection (one major mechanism of BiTs);
# If "intelligence" is used in science per <id>, then an Intelligent Agent (IA) is already predicted, which means if this IA had used "intelligence" in the origin of life (biogenesis), it is imperative or predicted that this same IA will also use "intelligence" in the diversities of all living organisms - thus, BiTs must replace ToE. - from MrIntelligentDesign