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I could be deluded, yes. But if I am, I didn't rationalize that it's ok to hurt people.

He hasn't denied climate change. I'd like you to stop bullying by intentionally misinterpreting him.

The problem for me, is that I don't think I'm smart enough to know when I'm deluding myself. I'm American. I have a heritage of rationalizing crimes b...

There is never a time when it's ok to be immoral. Never.

That's not what he said. I'd like you to stop bullying by intentionally misinterpreting. Let's be civil.

Again, he hasn't denied climate change. He just doesn't believe there's anything we can do about it, and he believes there will be some benefits from ...

? I probably should have said, "I respect your right to think whatever you like about climate change." Because I do.

If you look at the 2022 IPCC impact report, you'll see that they examine adaptation prospects. In other words, even the IPCC has begun to be skeptical...

Yea, no.

Okey dokey.

What? It would be beyond catastrophic if it happened again.

All perfectly respectable viewpoints.

It's happened before as a result of global warming, and the conveyor is slowing as we speak. So yes, it's a distinct possibility. The evidence support...

It's happened before, yes. Nobody has a crystal ball unfortunately. I'm not scaremongering. I don't want you to be afraid. You have a right to think w...

Strangely enough, human intervention in the climate might initiate a shutdown of the global oceanic heat conveyor. That would send the climate into a ...

There are no "climate deniers" on this page. It's a poor form of bullying to intentionally misinterpret someone's posts. Let's not do that.

He's said repeatedly that he believes climate change is underway and it's the result of human activity. He just doesn't believe it's possible to addre...

Agree to Disagree pointed out that addressing climate change may not be possible due to a lack of global unity. As others already pointed out, this is...

Seems like Kurt Vonnegut mentioned that solution.

Well, it could be.

Bananas. People keep slipping on bananas. That too. :groan:

But corruption will be there no matter what we do. Some people are going to look for ways to exploit what exists to the detriment of others. That's ju...

Yea, we'd need a global government probably. Or if a new power source was just so much better and cheaper than fossil fuels, that would do it as well.

I agree. My point was that the constitution of masculinity is in what it's not as much as in what it is. It's one of those obscure MerleauPonty type t...

Soylent Green is people.

:grin:

Last year the US government spent $15 billion subsidizing renewable energy, you get a $7500 IRS credit for buying an electric car, and in my state you...

The advantage of that is that you have the middle point of the spectrum: the Hermaphrodite, which is a potent symbol.

But like you, he's not in the USA.

Or you could say trying to pin down an essence will hide the fact that the term is half of a whole that can't stand independent if its opposite.

No.

Who controls the energy produced by natural gas? Fusion wouldn't be any different from natural gas other than it doesn't cause climate change.

You said recently that we should all be scared senseless about climate change. All sorts of bad things flow from deep seated fear, one of them being t...

Fusion power doesn't produce materials that can be weaponized, so it shouldn't be an issue.

Eh, fusion power would solve it along with other problems. Various parties are working on it.

Most people want a hospitable world for future generations. One thing we could do to contribute to that would be to stop emitting CO2. Short of that, ...

Masculinity, like anything else, stands out against a backdrop of its negation. You'll pick up on your own masculinity when faced with an opposition t...

Well done.

I don't think you could be certain. You start with the conviction that humans have the faculty of thought which gives rise to beliefs. You don't belie...

Good grief.

In order to understand others you have to put yourself in their shoes. See what they see out of their skull holes. Then you hook into their frame of r...

Oh, sorry.

That's probably not what's going on here, though. Remember, Russia attacked Ukraine and Obama let it go. This is Biden's call. He chose to publicly th...

What the heck, man? You've already notified us that even if he really was guilty of a crime, you don't care because you don't believe in laws. So you'...

They're just being buttheads.

In this case, yes. Our own usage was like the Rosetta stone for Egyptian, or Babylonian texts were for Sumerian. The latter two cases show that transl...

I know. It's weird, but true.

I agree.

On the other end of the spectrum is the Hittite language. When they were first trying to translate it, they thought maybe it was Semitic, because ther...

That's King Flutternutter to you.