Flat Earth – the second largest geographical method in the world
It’s very easy to be the second-largest anything in the world, when the first largest group is defined as everything that’s actually relevant, and you’re defined as everything else.
A very large forum/bulletin-boards website here in Israel, Tapuz (Hebrew only), recently opened a new forum about Classical Homoeopathy.
That by itself is fine. I mean, they do discuss pure nonsense in the forum, even dangerous nonsense given that they recommend to people not to take proper medical care for their problems, but a forum about homoeopathy can be expected to discuss homoeopathy.
What amused me was the launch publication they did in their other forums. They posted links to this new forum, with a text that can be roughly translated as:
Want to be exposed to the wonders of homoeopathy, the second largest healing method in the world?
And, well, technically it’s pretty correct. There’s the first largest healing method, being science-based medicine, that covers all sub-healing-methods that can be proven to work and heal people. And then there are the other healing methods, in this case grouped under the term Homoeopathy[1], the ones that give people a healing chance which is equivalent to the random chance of spontaneous recovery, or to the healing from a placebo effect.
Since all you have are the two options, it’s pretty obvious that the second is, by definition, the second largest of its kind in the world.
Being technically correct doesn’t make that statement semantically correct, though.
---- Yes, I’m aware that Homoeopathy is just one kind of woo pretending to be medicine, and not the whole basket of them. In this case, however, the forum seems to happily deal with the others as well, and they clearly refer to it as anything besides actual medicine[back]
February 23rd, 2009 at 22:32 EET | Categories: Health, Language, Marketing, Religion, Science |
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February 26th, 2010 at 10:34
Science of the Earth’s surface, which describes and analyzes the spatial variations in physical, biological, and human phenomena that occur on the surface of the globe and treats their interrelationships and their significant regional patterns. Once associated entirely with mapping and the exploration of the Earth, the field today is wide-ranging, and geographers use a variety of methods and techniques drawn from numerous disciplines. Subfields of geography include physical, human, and regional geography, which may range in scale from worldwide to a continent, a country, or a city.
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April 28th, 2010 at 9:25
This method uses the fact that moon moves the fairly and quickly against the globe which is correct theoretically. Now because Chile already has highly developed mining, transport and processing infrastructure, but because its climate and geography are favorable for the evaporation that is central, these factors together makes the researchers to continue their findings.
May 25th, 2010 at 12:43
I am just making a sticky out of it so that no one will have an excuse for starting a thread about a topic that has already been discussed and debated to death. It will be updated as necessary.
June 7th, 2010 at 20:15
The first largest healing method, being science-based medicine, that covers all sub-healing-methods that can be proven to work and heal people. And then there are the other healing methods, in this case grouped under the term Homoeopathy.Tthe ones that give people a healing chance which is equivalent to the random chance of spontaneous recovery.
June 8th, 2010 at 7:57
I wonder how people get such ideas from. These are some of the important points that can be taken into consideration and if implemented very seriously many of the understandings can be promoted to actually out it in a practical usage.
June 8th, 2010 at 21:19
It’s very easy to be the second-largest anything in the world, when the first largest group is defined as everything that’s actually relevant, and you’re defined as everything else.This is been the fastest and latest method of the been developed and been invented.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:30
Now, since Chile has already developed mining, transportation and processing infrastructure, but due to its climate and geography are conducive to evaporation, which is critical, these factors allow researchers to continue their findings.I wonder how people get from these ideas. What are some important points can be taken into account and implemented seriously if much understanding can be promoted effectively in the practice.
June 28th, 2010 at 14:31
Great post.. Such a nice concept you have post here. I think this idea was embraced by Plato and Aristotle presented empirical evidence to verify this. He noted that the Earth’s shadow during an eclipse is curved, and also that stars increase in height as one moves north.
July 26th, 2010 at 13:27
Very Nice Post. Very good concept post here. I have more learn about this blog.I wonder about the earth surface.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:18
Sauer’s philosophy was the principal shaper of American geographic thought in the mid-20th century. Regional specialists remain in academic geography departments to this day. But many geographers feel that it harmed the discipline in the long run: Too much effort was spent on data collection and classification, and too little on analysis and explanation. Studies became more and more area specific as later geographers struggled to find places to make names for themselves. This probably led in turn to the 1950’s crisis in Geography which nearly destroyed it as an academic discipline.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:34
It’s very easy to be the second-largest anything in the world, when the first largest group is defined as everything that’s actually relevant, and you’re defined as everything else.This is been the fastest and latest method of the been developed and been invented.
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:54
It was considered to be the largest wood frame building in the world, … of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Geographic Society, revived the UZS, … Then he calculated the diameter of the earth using a second assumption: that the earth … Distance of sun from a flat earth, using Eratosthenes’ method. …
August 3rd, 2010 at 20:56
Geography is much more than cartography,the study of maps. It examines not only what is true on earth, but also because it is there and elsewhere, sometimes called location in space.
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August 6th, 2010 at 5:03
There’s the first largest healing method, being science-based medicine, that covers all sub-healing-methods that can be proven to work and heal people.
August 6th, 2010 at 9:59
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August 10th, 2010 at 20:41
Geography is much more than the survey cards cards. It examines not only what is on earth, but also because it is there and not elsewhere, sometimes called position in space. Consider whether the cause is natural or human disasters. It also examined the consequences of these differences.
August 11th, 2010 at 9:46
There are the other healing methods, in this case grouped under the term Homoeopathy.Tthe ones that give people a healing chance which is equivalent to the random chance of spontaneous recovery.
August 11th, 2010 at 10:28
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August 11th, 2010 at 11:43
The first largest healing method, being science-based medicine, that covers all sub-healing-methods that can be proven to work and heal people. And then there are the other healing methods, in this case grouped under the term Homoeopathy.
August 13th, 2010 at 5:40
Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
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