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No, rationality can't be irrational, since that'd be a contradiction in terms.

Yes, it's garbage. This will give you some ideas as to why: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

Unfortunately, in some cases, some of the most popular are some of the least reliable. Fox News was the most-watched network in all of cable in 2016.

So, you were playing devil's advocate? I don't know why you won't directly answer my question. The assumption of rationality is made, at the least, fo...

Yes. Right. I'm not loyal to my country, like I said. You seemed be contradicting what I said. What you are trying to tell me here seems no different ...

You say that, but you have not directly addressed what I was referring to, so I don't see how you have not done so. You've made statements which seem ...

Strawman. I'm simply following your trail of thought blood. I'll repeat my question: what be the difference between the belief of a raven and a real w...

Yes, it suits my needs not to waste my time with someone who asks stupid questions that they should already know the answer to. Sorry. You'll have to ...

You're not so much following it, as questioning it to the point of ridiculousness. Like if I responded to the above as follows: But what does "mean" m...

But if you can't answer that question yourself, then I'd rather not pursue it. To me, it is like the questions I asked you in my last reply.

Not sure. Probably a reason not too dissimilar to yours. Boredom? An impulse? An urge to correct? Naïvety? Masochism?

So, you're not giving up on omnibenevolence, but you're not committed to it either. Otherwise, that'd be inconsistent with your second sentence. So, t...

Yes, I think you're right, given that context. That's probably what he had in mind. Although that doesn't actually follow if you take that phrase at f...

I don't believe that you have a valid counterexample to anything that I've claimed. The people who react in that way in that situation do so for a rea...

Honestly, why are you asking me that? Whatever next? How do you tie your shoe laces? How do you know that a bicycle isn't a tree?

But the problem of evil makes assumptions which could easily be avoided with that approach, and it would cease to be a problem for you. It'd be possib...

Why would it mean that? If it's a mystery, then wouldn't that just mean that that's possible, but we don't know? And that would equally apply to other...

No. It can actually work against you, since adults can do or allow bad things without good reason and/or for bad reasons (and children can be obliviou...

Your argument doesn't resolve the problem of evil. Ignorance doesn't resolve the problem, it leaves it unresolved. An explanation would set the record...

You don't ask for much, do you? Why is he doing all of the work? Aren't you capable of answering these questions yourself? You have the internet at yo...

The part in bold is begging the question. You're just assuming your conclusion in one or more of the premises. This is another logical fallacy, like t...

Are you claiming that these examples outweigh the counter-evidence? Because, in reality, there are so many examples of so many people reacting in this...

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Your original comment was funnier.

Exactly.

That's a red herring.

You've twisted what I said there by adding your own words to it and altering the meaning. So, even if that is faulty logic, you will have only succeed...

That's a red herring.

Why are you attacking this straw man? My position has never been that causality is simple likelihood. I already clarified that for you. I was talking ...

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Yes, for the umpteenth time, you are wrong. If analogies like the one quoted below don't cause you to realise that your reasoning is fallacious, then ...

True. I just hope that there aren't too many others in the electorate who think like him.

Twitter users are annoying. They block you at the drop of a hat and can't stomach disagreement. The guy that I was talking to was a moron, anyway. He ...

I played a little bit of one of the BioShock games years ago when I was round my friend's house, but that was it (until the other day after I bought t...

I currently have both, but in the back of my mind is the worry that I'm acting more like the grasshopper in Aesop's fable.

I caved in and bought BioShock: The Collection for £20. And there's no point kidding myself, I'll probably buy all of the others I mentioned too at so...

This talk of A and B is too simplistic, since in reality, there is A, B, C, D, etc. What I am saying is that we know that A is likely to cause B, whic...

No, not judging, being judgemental.

I thought that I might get that response. I meant that I'm fully loyal to those parts. The way that you worded it could be interpreted to contradict t...

Whether it is or isn't, tending and probability clearly relate to causality, and are relevant to it. If knowledge of a cause is uncertain, then it can...

Your first reply, which was the very first reply to the opening post, and the first reply that I read. It wasn't as harsh or strongly worded as Hanove...

I wasn't expecting that kind of reply. I've only become self-sufficient (or at least considerably more so) in recent years. I only moved out from my m...

Okay. Well, that is true. But I don't agree with what some of the other people in this thread, and perhaps you yourself, have judged to be a problem.

The only one of those I had was Shadow of Mordor. It was good for a while, until I completed the main stuff. I never care about 100% completion or tro...

I don't quite get what's supposed to be analogous to what - or who - in that analogy, to be honest. Or what the point of it is supposed to be. You mig...

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I don't think my accusations against Hanover are overblown. He called you pathetic for doing a job you find rewarding and for living with someone you ...

Every situation isn't exactly the same, but most have things in common, and they tend to produce the same sort of result way more often than not. They...

I never suggested otherwise. If you look back over our discussion, you will see that. My objection was against your not counting that - namely, someon...

Okay. Perhaps I was reading more into it than was present. But then, you used the word "idiot" which I think is telling. You were judging their reacti...