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#1  Edited By bacongames
@AlwaysAngry said:
" Whether you want to believe it or not, you have to have FAITH in evolution just like creationism.  You have to have as much FAITH in a giant explosion shitting everything into existence ad you do the big guy in the sky.  Either way, you have faith, science like people just don't like to admit it and try to act all smart. Darwin's theory of evolution relies on the theory that a star throw up and created a mass and complex universe (which to me, is absurd.)  Some believe it was created, which can seem absurd to others. "
Faith relies on the views, biases, and subjectivity of one person within their own perspective to count.  Science makes efforts to establish knowledge and truth that trascends our human biases.  If we all got blown up, the universal laws of physics would still be there and science can say that with authority.  Our neurons firing in a specific pattern as developed over many decades in our lives has no impact on that.  The ability for science to allow one person to take a step back and look at the bigger picture beyond themselves is something intrinsic to science and not so with belief systems and faith.
 
Faith in anything doesn't make it true, it just makes i t true for you.  More than likely it makes it seem true for you.  This goes for anything as an article of belief, and it happens that religion falls into that category and why religion and science are often forced to duke it out.  Evidence, logic, arguments based on probability, and consensus that builds over many experimentation, falsification/verification, and simply time is what contributes to the validity to a scientific principle, theory, or law. 
 
@SofaKing: The thing that I've noticed in my science education is that scientific laws by extension boil down to absolute if...then statements.  Within a very distinct assumption or condition, if a certain thing happens, then this other thing always happens.  Basically absolute causality within a certain context.  That's why mathematics employ more laws than science proper because it is much easier to define perimeters and it's all on paper in a way.
 
The larger question though is the fact that me believing in the theory doesn't change anything about whether or not its valid.  I know the theory is valid and choose to believe it will continue to be valid into the future (where theories are not assumed to be absolutely true going forward).  It's not a question of belief.  If you knew nothing of the theory or if the validity of it was yet to be established, then belief can very much matter (which must still be based on evidence) but ultimately me saying I believe in it doesn't say anything.  All it really says is that I happen to also know the theory checks out and the circumstances where it hasn't been shown to be 100%, I believe it does because it hasn't failed us yet.
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As far as an individual human being that is the source of all the sounds that you hear on a song, you don't beat Isaac Hayes.  He sung, arranged, and played a fuck ton of dope music that is in the running for the most sampled artist.  James Brown earning that title.
 
The problem is I don't think James did too much of the instrumentation where The JB's did a lot of that as a collective.  Individually I would say Isaac Hayes.  Overall I would say James Brown though.  Along the same lines Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti are close runners up.
 
In terms of Hip-Hop, I can't decide.  I could name lists of best producers and rappers for ages but I'm happy that there's no one that really rises above.  In terms of musicianship, J Dilla probably takes the cake for beatmaking and Rakim for rapping although this is by no means concrete.

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@Wes899:  So you do like Hockey.  Then the reasons why Soccer is great is similar to Hockey's reasons, minus the violence, size, and temperature.
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I frankly love Soccer (Football if you must insist although Association Football is it's real name whereas Gridiron Football is "American Football") and am entranced by it every time.  It also helps that my parents are Romanian immigrants so the sport was pretty much all around me.  Great fun on dusty streets to pass the time and spout some salty language.
 
Nothing of what happens on the screen matters unless you actually understand the strategy of the sport.  Positions and their importance, what each player is doing, and the various strategies and moves that players do as a team is fascinating.  Besides it's a fluid sport.  Like other pitch-based sports (Hockey, Rugby, Football), it's dynamic.  Baseball is a very individualistic sport where your role as a player is to just do your job very well over and over again.  In Soccer, the sport is dynamic and players have to adapt to their situation on the field.
 
Second the game very much relies on the circumstances around the game.  The politics and nationalities of the players are what adds meaning to who is playing where and against whom.  This is the appeal to European football and why it's the center of the soccer world.  That is where the reputation and the money is and there's a multi-billion dollar industry around buying and trading players.  Besides I find it fascinating to note the origins of players (nationality and which clubs they play for) and how that contributes to the game.
 
There's my sell.  If you're not into it, it's because you never had cause to be interested in it.  I personally can't stand baseball nor basketball because I'm not good at those sports and I was never exposed them at home.

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The clues lead you on to certain conclusions that are correct but the answer is a very similar but different page.  I'll give an analogy.  An answer would be "fruit" and here you would be looking up every individual fruit on GB.  That and they require different categories without tell you so.
 
I bet it will get better but dude...some of these are crap.  I really love the stuff that works though.

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I literally went through every female employee for Bioware and Black Isle and got nothing.  Famous my asshole.
 
Edit:  Her name is in no way gender specific.  Bullshit I calls it!
 
There's no hints you can give because this one can't be helped in my opinion.  Hope they get better at making some of these quests because goddamn.

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@CL60:  It's a cliche in the RPG's Dave plays.  It's a staple in the Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's gate series I'm guessing.
 
Yeah it's stupid.  Also it's not two names separated but one word.
 
I recognized #4 but only because I've played Torchlight and such.
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@mrhankey:  Sometimes I lose hope that I'll get new entries but goddamnit I get surprised every time.  Thanks man!