>> ^doogle:
It's f n Silly Putty.
Come on guys.


Except that Silly Putty, when struck with enough force, such as dropping a one pound brick from a 2nd story window, explodes into a bajillion little Silly Putty flechettes. Or so I've heard. I've also heard that it's impossible to truely clean up after an event such as that given the number and size of the Putty-ettes.

Even though I am an atheist, I don't think this video makes a compelling demonstration of of religious apologists and the actual arguments they make. While the prime mover argument is made over and over, this is used to argue for the existence of a god. Generally, they go farther before they get to proving that their particular god is the one "proven."

To Winstonfield_Pennypacker: You said, "Real religion is the effort to improve the self." This sounds like the road to a No True Scotsman logical falacy. If I were cite Southern Baptist Christianity as an example of a religion that does not meet your criteria, would you claim this is not a real religion?

A couple of more thoughts on healthcare, wrt the data analyzed in this video:

(1) Using Florida as a comparison point skews the data because of the mean age of the population. There is a disproportionately large older population in Florida and they require more health care.

(2) While I sure there are a few doctors (more than likely actually hospitals) use echocardiogram tests as a money making mechanism, it, as well as other expensive are usually unneeeded tests, is also used as "defensive medicine" against malpractice suits. The measure of whether malpractice occurs is whether what the doctor could have done was within "the standard level of care" for the area in which he/she practices. Since this is not an objectively defined standard, doctors have to play it safe by ordering tests that may not be needed in case they happen to get the 1 in 10,000 patient for which that particular test produces actionable data.