# What can the SDMB agree on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459 "2015-12-04T23:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/41 "2015-12-05T14:45:49Z")
No matter who you are, or what your station in Life, you are living proof that your ancestors go All The Way Back. ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/42 "2015-12-05T16:22:32Z")
There doesn’t seem to be any interest in serious discussion, so I’m just going to ask a mod to close this thread. MODERATOR!! (they get here quicker if you yell, right?) NEED A THREAD CLOSED!!! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/43 "2015-12-05T16:24:23Z")
Medicine today is better than in 1600. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/44 "2015-12-05T16:50:17Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > We all seem to agree ISIS is bad [Don’t be so sure…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775965) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/45 "2015-12-05T16:53:05Z")
Better to have a bottle in front of me than have a frontal lobotomy ---
**Author:** ![IDtenT\_Error](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@IDtenT\_Error](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDtenT_Error)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/46 "2015-12-05T18:21:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Hopefully (though I’m not at all certain), at least the following: > > The best estimate for the age of the universe is between 13 and 15 billion years old or so. > > The Earth is an oblate spheroid that revolves around the Sun. > > The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. > > Life arose sometime between 3 and 4 billion years ago or so. > > The best explanation for the diversity of life on Earth is evolution from common descent. We’ve got at least one creationist that I can recall, so only your second is likely. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/47 "2015-12-05T21:10:59Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > There doesn’t seem to be any interest in serious discussion, so I’m just going to ask a mod to close this thread. > MODERATOR!! (they get here quicker if you yell, right?) NEED A THREAD CLOSED!!! We all agree that this thread should not be closed. We also all agree that all prior and succeeding blame for this tread should be pinned solely on **Stoneburg**. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/48 "2015-12-06T01:32:25Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > There doesn’t seem to be any interest in serious discussion, so I’m just going to ask a mod to close this thread. > MODERATOR!! (they get here quicker if you yell, right?) NEED A THREAD CLOSED!!! I think now we can all agree that when you yell at a Moderator, [bad things can happen to you.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=777252) ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/49 "2015-12-06T04:16:48Z")
Bill Clinton was the best President in recent decades? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/50 "2015-12-06T04:19:00Z")
I think we all agree that Tony Abott was the worst Prime Minister of Australia of the last 50 years. Never saw anyone on here trying to defend him. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/51 "2015-12-06T04:29:16Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Bill Clinton was the best President in recent decades? You misspelled philanderer. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/52 "2015-12-06T11:21:49Z")
Repeat after me… We all agree with Cecil. We _all_ agree with Cecil. **We all agree with Cecil.** ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/53 "2015-12-06T12:06:56Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > You misspelled philanderer. Well I was talking about the ability to run the country. But I suppose he might have also been the best Presidential philanderer as well, so thanks for the add. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/54 "2015-12-06T12:22:00Z")
I assume we all agree that the SDMB is a great place to visit online on a regular basis. This is despite the differences we may encounter from time to time, we all still come to check out the daily chatter about. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/55 "2015-12-06T12:26:24Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Bill Clinton was the best President in recent decades? Bush I ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/56 "2015-12-06T13:59:33Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Mary Ann is hotter than Ginger No. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/57 "2015-12-06T14:01:15Z")
“Things happen for _reasons_, and we can understand those reasons. We may be forced to bow to the Unknown, but never to the Unknowable.” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/58 "2015-12-06T14:17:07Z")
That there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/59 "2015-12-06T15:34:54Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > That there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. What about willful ignorance? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459/60 "2015-12-06T16:55:00Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Hopefully (though I’m not at all certain), at least the following: > > The best estimate for the age of the universe is between 13 and 15 billion years old or so. > > The Earth is an oblate spheroid that revolves around the Sun. > > The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. > > Life arose sometime between 3 and 4 billion years ago or so. > > The best explanation for the diversity of life on Earth is evolution from common descent. > [@IDtenT\_Error](#): > > We’ve got at least one creationist that I can recall, so only your second is likely. Did all of our hollow/flat/cubic-earthers leave or get banned? We’ve had a few. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-the-sdmb-agree-on/739459.md?page=4)