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Do you know what Google is, and how to use it? ;) Is 12 sq mi big or small? I wouldn't say I'm from a large family. And I'm not an orphan. Once upon a...

You don't help yourself, then.

I wasn't asking those questions. I was using them as examples. Your position is very predicable, so I didn't really need you to state it. Your sort of...

If there are a number of differences that the general population would consider to be of much relevance, then I think that it's fair to say that there...

What are you talking about? There's a world of substance behind our disagreement.

Since you came back three days ago, eight out of twelve comments have been related to racism or related to talking about racism. Maybe not eight, actu...

I have already done so. Out of a current total of 42 comments, many of them involve you defending your stance regarding racism. But I'm not willing to...

You don't post very often, and you've spent much of your time here defending your stance regarding racism. I just find that a bit odd. Perhaps a littl...

No, but some of us have found comments which strongly indicate it. Others are in denial.

No, he was implying that he doesn't consider them to be important enough for there to be a world of difference. Which is beside the point.

Racism is what makes things racist. I don't care about your views on what you call "SJWism".

You again? In another thread about racism. Okay. Aren't there other forums out there for that?

You were the one to bring up "SJWists", not me. I don't use that silly terminology. I was simply talking about decent folk. And I have good reason to ...

Anyway, the "world apart" comment might have been either quantitative (i.e. the number of differences) or qualitative (i.e. in terms of their signific...

Yes I can, because it was a general point about how they are generally judged. So appealing to the general population makes sense.

The problem is that that is beside the point. Wayfarer wasn't making a point about what is important to Metaphysician Undercover. He was making a gene...

Oh, come on, Michael. Get real. You have to go to extraordinary lengths to attempt to justify denying what we know through common sense: that there is...

Sure, all the decent folks are the idiots, and those who make sexist, racist, homophobic, etc., remarks are the clever ones, and they have you as thei...

Doesn't matter. If I say that the black people that would lead this country wouldn't be a bunch niggers who support the Black Lives Matter movement, t...

I mean ruling them out as irrelevant. But that is to superficially narrow the context. The differences matter in the context of the discussion, as wel...

What is ridiculous is your apologetics. He chose to use a derogatory term for people of a particular gender and sexual preference, and he used it in a...

We undoubtedly do. But to draw the line where he draws it rules out a vast number of significant differences.

I don't have a stake in the mathematical realism vs. mathematical anti-realism debate, but I don't think that your above argument against the former i...

This can work both ways, and in other contexts. Hence my point about it not being impossible for anomalies to arise with regards to established scient...

No, I mean: “That’s one of the unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement––that, in fact, the women that would lead this country would...

What about the sexist and homophobic quote which came straight from the horses mouth? And the quote about victimhood seems to have an undercurrent of ...

And the award for the most unintentionally funny argument today goes to........ @"Metaphysician Undercover", for arguing that there is not a world of ...

Your social circle is comprised of people who have been involved in a major accident or medical emergency, and are now hospitalised?

I found it hilarious earlier coming from Frankie Boyle (and guests). Frankie Boyle's American Autopsy on the BBC. Well worth a watch, in my opinion. O...

I'm still on page one, and I noticed that some of the people who have replied said that they hadn't seen any quotes indicative of antisemitism, sexism...

Yes, and like I was saying, the relevance of any attempted counterargument to a realism of some sort will depend on the context of the dependence/inde...

It depends what the dependence/independence is regarding. It doesn't have to be about intelligibility. It might be about truth, for example.

I'm not sure whether he stands by that claim or whether he has abandoned it. If he stands by it, then I find his position difficult to make sense of i...

So, you're now changing from "if it's illegal, then it's immoral" to "if it's illegal, then it's immoral from the perspective of those who uphold the ...

What? So, if it's illegal, then it's immoral. Even if the law itself is immoral. So, if the law says it's illegal not to kill someone who insults your...

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. If you don't see it, you don't see it. I doubt anything I say will change that.

It's not an appeal to authority. You asked, so I referred to some of his arguments which I think are both relevant and good arguments. You don't have ...

*facepalm*

Outside of your protective little bubble, that is a non sequitur and a category error. But I get it, you prefer your protective little bubble, where t...

Let me guess... you're going to treat that as the single absolute interpretation, and anyone who deviates from it - even if for good reason - is chang...

And I said that unlawful doesn't necessarily imply immoral, and that the latter is the only interpretation of "wrong" that would be relevant. Why are ...

No, we most definitely are not. He has said some things which I strongly disagree with, and I have made that clear. But he seems like a smart chap, an...

The good reason is all of the evidence which suggests that it is not impossible. (I referred to some of Hume's arguments in that regard, so you should...

It is based on good reason. For example, Hume has some good arguments which are relevant in that regard. Although I do acknowledge that I am to some e...

I saw it from the start. I don't know why you keep bringing it up. Obviously I'm going to say what I believe, and make comments consistent with my pos...

Wow. He actually did it. I precautioned him against this five days ago, back on page 26: Unlawful doesn't necessarily imply immoral, and the latter is...

Okay, well, if you say so... :-} Ipse dixit

Yes. But isn't that to define the scale based on the melting and boiling point of water, which would contradict what the Wikipedia article says? Do yo...

I don't need to explain the differences. You could look it up. The relevance is that your question seemed to be assuming one theory over alternatives....

Either it is or it isn't. The former is the default position absent any contradiction. If there's a contradiction, state it.