No, infinity isn't possible. Right, @"Devans99"? There must be a first cause. A timeless first cause. A timeless, all-powerful, first cause, made of s...
No one can ruin a thread quite like me, but this puts us in a bit of a quandary, because this is my own thread. Should I spectacularly ruin my own thr...
It's how people ordinarily talk. This can be observed, and most of us pick it up to the extent that by our age, it is easily identifiable. We know tha...
This is the classic missing of the point when it comes to stereotypes. It's not that there's no truth to them whatsoever, it's that unfair discriminat...
Not true. There are plenty who answer, "Don't know", or who at least consider that to be a third alternative. This is where the distinction between sc...
They're fictional characters, so neither. Similarly, Harry Potter isn't in the bushes outside my house, and Gandalf isn't bombarding my inbox on socia...
Tell me about it. I once got someone else's blood all over my brand new shirt because they looked at me funny. And then I had to put up with the screa...
Interesting. We have slightly different priorities and ways of approaching this issue, it seems. I often just say what I think, if I think that it's t...
That would do more harm than good. Unconscious bias would influence the selection of "elites". And as Baden said, the result would be general dissatis...
That it's annoying, I agree with. That it's puzzling, I would qualify. It would definitely be puzzling if we knew nothing of psychology, or if everyon...
You've done a good job at highlighting a likely double standard. The problem here is that Tim seems more interested in pushing the line that drugs are...
A community of narrow-minded jerks will always retard the development of the open-minded and positive philosophy and lifestyle associated with hippies...
It isn't a salient point, and the reason why it isn't is because we're all aware of the existence of alcoholics, and that alcoholism is a problem. I d...
My position is that you should listen to what we're saying and what we're asking, and then respond properly, instead of responding to a question with ...
No, this is: Is the kind of "understanding" you're talking about some sort of attempt at conversion? I hate the "you must understand to believe" rubbi...
Yes, they understand what can be understood. Of course, nonsense can't be understood. And religious-sounding nonsense is still a type of nonsense. It ...
But that's very obviously false. There are plenty of people who are capable of understanding the arguments, yet do not find them convincing. Try again...
Well said. One thing at a time. We were talking about Pascal's argument, as paraphrased by you. I was not ready to move on to a different, possibly re...
I meant that it's possible for someone to commit a fallacious argument, have that pointed out to them, and yet still be unaware that they've committed...
Is this going to get a proper response or not? You changed the subject to a different argument, and instead of addressing the logical problem, you jus...
Ha! Is what you call it: "deconstructing"? I call it trying to drag rationality down to your uncritical feelings in order to bolster your belief in Go...
You would be delusional. Belief in Napoleon and the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not delusional. I have very little confidence that you know what you'r...
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