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Do you agree with him in that respect or not? If so, then I'm against you. I told you that I'm not interested in simply arguing against Socrates. And ...

Do you actually expect me to give you a number? What's enough can differ from one person to the next, and you can't really give it a precise number. B...

Yep. I don't agree that they can't be taken more than once. No, I disagree because I disagree. I'm just being honest. Would you rather I lie or kept s...

Do you agree with his stance? If so, present the argument, and I'll address it. But I have no interest in arguing against Socrates for the sake of it.

I disagree, and I don't think there's much more to what you're doing than expressing an opinion or a preference. Any apparent agreement was sarcasm. A...

So your point is that you see little use in it and would prefer to go to the cinema. They were bad for your health (well duh!) and you refuse to belie...

He was wrong, as are you if you think likewise. It's not difficult to convincingly argue against.

Because that's the only way to live a good life. You can't live a good life if you don't exist. You aren't on the side of people, yet you act as thoug...

Your point about necessity is really weak. I could spend all day listing actions that aren't necessary but acceptable nevertheless. So that aspect is ...

That's seeking an explanation for an infinite progression, not an infinite regress. We know that we're here. How we got here can be explained through ...

None of them have been. You're just making up your own rules, it seems. I don't see any reason to accept your made up rules. How is it not? The burden...

I did pay attention. It's a silly argument. Of course there's no need for it. You think I'm unaware that, generally speaking, no one is forced to proc...

People should be free to harm themselves from smoking, drinking, drug taking, eating too much or too little, piercing or tattooing themselves, partaki...

Yeah it is, and you obviously need come up with more stringent criteria than "medical application". Recreational activities. People do stuff for recre...

Giving someone a burden they didn't need to experience is not wrong, unless there is no greater good to be gotten from it. There are plenty of example...

That has nothing to do with drugs, specifically. You could ask the same questions about any other recreational activity. The clue is in the name. You'...

That it's a popular opinion doesn't mean that it's anything more than that. I'm entirely on board with those who would urge extreme caution with those...

It's an example of loaded language. It has a negative connotation. You could have chosen a more neutral term.

In your opinion. The harder stuff is more risky. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's worse. Is skiing more iffy than bowling? The former is more a...

There it is again. Resort?

No, that wouldn't be immoral, and they can be taken if one accepts the risks. My life, my choice. Maybe a lot of drug takers lack a meaningful life, b...

No, it's not immoral in and of itself. And it's not immoral, even at first blush, just because it would be breaking the law - Tim is simply wrong abou...

That conclusion does not logically follow from your premise, or make any sense whatsoever. It is impossible to reach negative infinity, or for any eve...

Not only is it possible, it's very easy. I can do it with just two words and a symbol: disagreement ? surprise.

I will keep a job. (Technically on my fifth in just around a couple of months. Quit, turned down before starting, fired after three weeks, quit after ...

An argument with a nonsensical premise that you can't explain is not an argument which can succeed. Why must there be? You never set out your reasonin...

What? What does it mean for an event to have taken place infinitely long ago? And no, there's nothing about an infinite regress which necessitates tha...

If I could vote, then yes, that would probably be what I'd do. I'm not fully onboard with your analysis. The tactic of trying to find a middle-of-the-...

But with the last Bernie-type - that being the man himself - the biggest obstacle to not getting elected was the Democratic party itself, which chose ...

They risk escalating tensions, as I said. You seem to be in denial here. The article made clear his hard line approach to those countries that I menti...

Are you seriously making that argument? It's an eternal being. That's like asking how an immortal can still be alive, and claiming that he would be de...

Did you read the Wikipedia page? Look at his political views regarding Iran and Middle Eastern allies, Japan, Russia, and China.

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Yes you are, even if you don't mean to. If you don't see that, then please review our discussion and give it some more thought. 1. That is begging the...

No, it would do the opposite, if it were even possible, which it isn't. Please think this through. An infinite chain of cause and effect cannot be bro...

1. It makes no sense to talk about removing a cause. That's not actually possible. 2. There cannot be an infinite chain of cause and effect with a gap...

Okay, well let's go back over it until you do, then. :grin: That's the claim I'm challenging. I'm asking you how you get from A to B. Nope, I'm not se...

There wouldn't - and couldn't - be any "removing" of a first cause from an infinite regress, because there wouldn't - and couldn't - be a first cause ...

Okay. I don't see how that follows, and I don't recall seeing an argument for that. Thus far, I've only assumed it for argument's sake.

I'm not just talking about the UK getting a better deal, I'm talking about a better deal for both. But anyway, I don't think that I'm disagreeing with...

Even under a late change of Prime Minister who was open to a deal seen as more attractive by both the EU and parliament? I guess they could try to for...

I'm against it. I would be very concerned about his foreign policy. I can envisage escalated tensions between the US and countries such as Russia, Chi...

Alright, I admit that you got me there with the unilateral qualification. I didn't read carefully enough and missed that. Twice. Sorry! :razz: You may...

I don't really get your focus on unilateral options available to the UK. What's relevant is that article 50 can be extended if need be, whether you fi...

I've given it some thought, and it seems like you're talking about a complete set - like, say, the set of all events - which contains a finite number ...

But it seems to me that time wouldn't really end, it would just transition over and over again infinitely. No, I don't think that that's right. On the...

It wasn't that part that I was taking issue with, it was the part immediately after, where you said "by revoking article 50". As I understand it, it w...

What's supposedly finite in that model, then? You say that it's not infinite, but you're describing an infinite loop. You yourself say that the same e...