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I was mistaken about that.

The global economy was on the verge of collapse on his first day in office. Cut him some slack.

Eh, a trillion would have been sent out already but the democrats held out for more. Politics.

I dont think any of those states would jeopardize the GOP.

There is no contemporary research that says that if we have trait X, then X must provide a survival advantage. Only neo-Nazis and Peterson incels beli...

Oh. Misunderstood that. Thanks.

My position is the same as that of contemporary biology. Your's is of 19th Century biology. Arent you curious about what scientists are saying today? ...

You are mistaken.

Ba-dum-cheee

This is an outdated view. As Banno mentioned, it dove-tailed nicely with some 19th and 20th century outlooks, but it never had empirical backing. See ...

Damn! It was that simple!

Some states allocate electors based on the national popular vote. So yes, if you want Biden, vote Biden.

Makes sense.

Cats are solitary hunters and humans are socializing, so the bigger question is why cats put up with us.

Maybe they can get Barr to do something about it. :meh:

Wait, you're a Dawkins fan, you picked the name Kenosha Kid, and you've inexplicably picked on orthodox Jews. I see a banning in your future.

Hotdogs, cabbage, and congee. :grimace:

Nooooooooooo! Let the Chinese do it. They like zapping muslims with cattle prods.

Exactly. Somebody has to be Sauron, otherwise there would be no rings.

I agree that Dawkin's influence shouldn't entirely be held against him. It's not his fault that while inspiring a generation, he was also embraced by ...

That's our middle name!

There are studies that show that humans look directly into one another's eyes more than our closest living relatives. The difference is down to geneti...

I'm hoping Italy isn't as bad as the numbers indicate. Jesse!

I'm in North America where foreign invasion, whether its birds, trees, vines, viruses, or humans, can radically alter the biosphere because the invade...

I guess if someone wants a quick straight answer, fishing reddit for an expert would work. If you find one, they're usually generous and they'll load ...

Neither is the right, but they seem to do a better job of putting aside differences to access the power of unity.

I haven't talked to him.

I don't see the contradiction for the believer. Is it that he has created God in his own image?

Probably. Lots of cool stuff will happen too, though.

Well put. So the non-believer can only arrive at moral absolutes by embracing delusion. Maybe it started as a coping mechanism, but it develops into a...

That's an odd thing to assume. Maybe he doesn't want to throw his pearls in the wrong direction.

What do you think will take its place?

I see what you're saying. In medieval times warlords paid attention to their moral standing in the eyes of their soldiers because if the soldiers beca...

Honestly, I think morality is mostly utilized to condemn others. We withdraw to the inner sanctums of our own personal courtrooms and judge the hell o...

But how do you know for sure what the word of God is?

So we wont know till Jan 6?

Why would basing morality on principle be quite irrational without God?

So after the election, everybody is going to sue everybody, the SCOTUS will have to weigh in, we'll have a president some time in February.

Why do scientists want to be metaphysicians? Partly power trip, maybe. Why do the philosophically minded want to ground their views in science? Becaus...

There's nothing controversial about anything ive said. It's all standard stuff.

Good science doesnt make unfounded assumptions. If humans are selfish, we cant assume there's a survival advantage to that. Same if humans are altruis...

What? Reference for adaptation is the dominant force in human evolution?

It wasnt Myers who did the research on that, but he did present that research in that lecture. This was fun when I thought you might be inspired to ge...

It's more the assumption that elements of human society must necessarily have explanations in the context of adaptation. Those elements may actually e...

Yes.

Not lying. An evolutionary biologist told me that. I didnt glean it from the internet. Of course. ? So back to how Dawkins isnt in step with science. ...

Nope. Biologists. Humans dont have a large enough population to exhibit adaptation as the primary force of evolution. So you answered yourself: if Daw...

Biologists do believe adaptation is the most important factor in bacterial evolution, but not for humans. What characteristic of a population tells yo...

Cool. So neither greed nor altruism have to be products of adaptation. Morality does not have to imbue any "survival" advantage. Assuming that it must...

No, its the view that all characteristics of a population must be products of adaptation. For instance, an adaptationist once created a hat that mimic...