John Dub

Why not publicly and loudly dissect and force them to look at all the ways they avoid PHYSICAL REALITY (let alone humanitarian realities)

Because I don’t think you can do that. As soon as you start “forcing” someone to do anything, a casual observer from afar will see the forcing and not the underlying crimes of the one being forced. And most…[Read more]

That flowed much better for me, each section, starting with the “IF” was neatly demarcated and you built your conclusions on premises. You give a teaser for what you could talk about and enough introduction to show there is lots more there. We’ve argued about those details before, but that’s not what you’re looking for here. So, just a few words…[Read more]

Here’s what I’m planning on sending him to explain why there is no “contradiction”.

Biden in 2016, representing our government, backed by Congress and in agreement with other countries around the world, told President Poroshenko that we would not support them if they did not take a tougher stance on investigating corruption in their own country.…

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Is the entire thing within the quote block the pitch? I get the gist of what you’re saying, but I have no idea what this person is looking for, so I’m hesitant to critique.

Mark; Your credentials are perfect for someone who would prefer keeping the oil based economy in place without concern for future generations.

Just as aside,  this forum is moderated by volunteers . Opening lines like the one above are considered counter productive.

I had to read Widdershins’ full post to understand what Flacus was saying (I didn’t realize he was quoting). The characterization of his mental state is a bit over the top, but let’s move on for now.

I agree that religion and science can’t be combined in any way that we could be left a recognizable version of both of them. And I don’t think there…[Read more]

The LGBTQ+ community should be treated the same way as an ordinary straight person.

Welcome to the forum Kunj. This is an old thread so not sure what kind of response you’ll get. I agree with the line that I quoted here, but don’t get the rest of what you’re talking about.

Welcome to the forum. This is an old thread, so the person who asked the question hasn’t been around lately. I think he was asking is something considered wisdom based solely on it being ancient. You kind of addressed that.

Just gotta share this. My cousin posted this on facebook.

The whole premise of Liberal objection to Ukraine investigation of past Ukraine involvement in US politics is self-contradictory

It’s only a contradiction if there was a shred of evidence that Biden was involved in anything. I pointed that out, and he said this:

The post was a propositional…

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As of now ima just settle with clair anything is just mentalist pointed guessing. I just wanted to hear some opinions of non skeptics to get the full picture

Thanks for actually considering the responses. You don’t often see that on forums. If you develop your powers, please send me winning lottery numbers in a private message 🙂

You’d need to his book(s) or at least a few studies, but he’s a summary of Scott Atran’s work.

Evolved elements of cognition that favour religion include the inherent susceptibility of religious beliefs to modularised (innate, universal, domain-specific) conceptual processing systems. Cross-cultural experiments in developmental and cognitive…

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I just want to float this here, since it could be kind of dangerous to say at a cocktail party.

If Trump was anybody but Trump, he would have resigned by now to preserve his own integrity and the country’s. But he’s not, and we have seen how the issues he raises can be used to whip up a lot of anger so we are entering a period with a lot unknown…[Read more]

Watched this Frontline last night, about Stephen Miller’s influence. Scary. Miller has survived a lot of firings, the guy really knows how to manipulate Trump, and through him, a lot of people.

Sorry I responded to oneguy at all. A little slight of hand, redefining the word “region” and suddenly, he sounds like he has made a point.

Coal and gas will not run out.

Way back in early internet days, I saw an economist being interviewed about this. The environmentalists were trying to get him to answer a question about what would happen to the economy when the resources ran out. He kept insisting that they would never “run out”, instead they would become more expensive to extract,…[Read more]

The view isn’t saying that it’s saying there is no “what you want” there is no core you and that our minds are afraid of being without thinking or sense perception. Did you see the whole thing?

I did see the whole thing? I can’t tell what you’re saying it’s saying or not saying here.

Do these tweets mention that Republicans used secure private rooms for hearings on Benghazi? Just like Democrats are using now for Impeachment witnesses. Probably not.

So, what do we do when the coal and gas runs out?

I’ve lived in flyover country all my life. I’ve watched the process of polarization that led to Trump.

This is a great analysis of that. I’m a bit rusty on my stats, but it’s explained in the text. Basically, it’s saying racism and class warfare are just easy issues to manipulate, but really it’s the economics. The coasts and big cities do ignore…[Read more]

OneGuy seems to think that a system that I only pay a few pennies a day for is the equivalent of hiring a lawyer to protect me against a corporation with a team of lawyers. I was disabused of the notion a long time ago that because I have the right I can expect my rights to be protected automatically by some kind of institutionalized system.