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Yeah, funnily enough, I'm not going to go out and conduct a survey in an attempt to verify your opinion about materialists. Obviously I'm not assessin...

I don't "have to" do anything. I chose to give him a piece of my mind, because shoddy thinking like that irks me into responding in that manner. And b...

A sample pool of just one is no basis to support such a judgement. Again, personal experience and speculation doesn't amount to much in the way of str...

I could just as well say that I think that people who believe in the primacy of consciousness over matter are usually more fanciful. I could do this a...

I'd rather keep my principles. If it was that bad, I'd rather move. Besides, it's not like he's living in the Bible Belt.

So you were motivated by that, rather than a genuine search for truth? That's not a sacrifice that I could make. Nor is it even necessary.

You should go back to being an atheist, unless you don't really care about things like truth, or reason, or science, or evidence.

Try harder.

Uh oh. He's stuck in the idealist trap of missing the point. They never seem to realise how stupid what they're saying is. It's like: without feet, I ...

Because you can't take harsh criticism. I'm not the type to mollycoddle. But blocking it out does you more harm than good.

You're just making things up that aren't justified by the science. It's important to distinguish between what the science says and what some novice sc...

Well that's ridiculous. Why don't you just call your toaster "God" and be done with it? Then you can get your rocks off by telling everyone that God e...

Haha! Nothing whatsoever that I've said justifies that assumption you've made about me. It just highlights your tendency to jump to conclusions.

And? Do you want a badge? Just because you've thought about this for years, that doesn't mean you're right. You could be just as wrong, if not more so...

So then you understand why it was silly to point out that these man-made machines are made through human intentionality, and that they require a consc...

Yes, I know what I'm talking about enough to correct your basic errors. I don't care about your attempt to boost your reputation. It's not difficult t...

The world existed long before us and our machines. You just want it to be the case that a consciousness is necessary so that you can justify your irra...

There doesn't need to be an observation to begin with. The results don't need to be interpreted. Be honest: you're only pushing this flawed and unorig...

No it doesn't. Do your homework.

I take that as a compliment from you, because what you really mean by that is that I don't willingly cave in to uncritical speculation and excessive e...

I don't see why I should spend my time and energy giving a detailed breakdown of your opening post. That would seem like an unfair working relationshi...

Wild speculation, vague and undefined terms, conclusions without any presented reasonable support, God bias, hand picked scientific theories - why str...

"Gluey mist". I liked that choice of words. An outdated academic discipline where opinionated people spout peculiar nonsense of little consequence.

The ones scaremongering tend to be those with a thinly veiled political agenda, such as the Lib Dems, the SNP, and the Brexit Party. That's to be expe...

They can keep Chuka.

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Yeah, he has a similar appeal as that of Trump to a certain group. I realise that. But I'm thinking more about the practicalities of what he has to ge...

Boris mentioned "alternative arrangements" to the backstop. Do you think that that's a pretence then? I have to say, I'm sceptical of these "alternati...

But you can blame the plentiful idiots who voted the Tories into power against their own interests, or those who split the Labour vote. If the Tories ...

Yes. The collective will for a third party is far too miniscule for it to be considered a serious possibility. There's no appetite for a third party. ...

There's no denying that Brexit would damage the union. Scotland was clearly against Brexit. And the SNP - the party for an independent Scotland - have...

I doubt hard right scum like Jair Bolsonaro would be congratulating Jeremy Corbyn if he had just become Prime Minister. I don't predict a no-deal scen...

Yes I am.

Blah blah is not a problem. It's a symptom. A result. Please shut up.

I watched a good film tonight: Peterloo. And One Nation, One King: a film about the French Revolution, was also very good.

Huh? Me? Oh no. You see, I'm not the problem. There are all sorts of problems, but I'm not one of them.

Well said. Hopefully that'll shut him up from repeating that silly point ad nauseam.

Bookies gave 'hard-left' Jeremy Corbyn odds of 1/100 of becoming leader of the Labour party. He was labeled as unelectable. Then what happened next? H...

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These statements are shocking. Trump is most definitely a huge problem, not merely a symptom, and that's really bad advice from Wayfarer.

Yeah, that's kind of my thing.

Just think of the possibilities! If this lead to cell regeneration, then maybe one day we could recycle pigs to slaughter and eat over and over again.

"Mosaic" should have a capital "M", unless you're talking about a God of small tiles.

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Applauding the efforts of a racist.

He's actually named Alexander. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. Man of the people. His children all have ridiculous posh names too. Lara Lettuce Jo...

This, on top of: This man is clearly racist, and all the Republicans keeping quiet about his latest remarks should be ashamed of themselves. Very asha...