CarlosDiaz: Your last comment is rather comical, since it is self-refuting. So, by me asking a question, I "closed" the debate? Well, if I closed the ...
Trump's claim that he can with a stroke of his pen overrule the US Constitution is the very definition of authoritarianism. The fact he can publicly a...
thatoneguy: I definitely disagree with your statement that regression analysis can determine the actual shape of a demand curve. It can't. Even the Ec...
ssu: I never stated that anyone claimed economics was more of a science than a natural science, but they certainly claim it is a science. Milton Fried...
Rank Amateur: The reason for that statement is because the Catholics recognized the same immorality I did. But, since they have received no additional...
The whole idea of salvation is immoral. The claim is one must accept the very God that will torture them for all eternity if they don't. Now, what do ...
Wayfarere: It's not reductionist though. Far from it. In fact, in modern biology, if anything, it's about as anti-reductionist as a science can get. E...
Well, actually, the Jews don't even refer to that opening story, which was written long after many other stories were written as Genesis, and for the ...
Wayfarer: I stopped at this first claim made by you, because I am not sure where you are getting this from, but it's not true. You stated that, "The p...
Well, then I would defend the accused by first asking that the charges against the accused be amended, because presently the claim that guilt has alre...
Empathy most likely would have started out as concern for our children, and we also have mirror neurons in our brains that allow us to basically feel ...
If you are stating that he has already been found guilty, then what are the witnesses being called for? For a sentencing phase? You can say that there...
I don't think Pascal is in any way, with this argument, rejecting a person accepting a true belief. His argument deals with something that is unknown,...
Morality is definitely based on evolution. This includes cooperation between people, and there are scientific models laying this out for people, espec...
Relativist: It's most definitely not true that corporate tax cuts will have a positive short term impact on the economy. If the tax cuts are going to ...
Praxis: You keep trying to have it both ways. You can't claim that they are saying Trump "encourages political violence" but "makes no claim that Trum...
Noble Dust: The science has shown we have bias in our political and philosophical views. In fact, it's so well established, it's amazing that it's har...
This is the old problem of evil, which I think does rule out the existence of an all-powerful, all-good and all-knowing God, but I am not sure that el...
The free market is not democratic, and never has been. In fact, from an historical standpoint, democracy and capitalism were considered to be antagoni...
Rank Amateur: I'm making the point that natural rights do not exist. Never have and never will. People instead first figure out what is morally good, ...
Jake: I'm fairly confident Trump's plan is not to have me talk about him, because I despise him. I think he's an idiot, a fascist, a racist, a science...
Jeremiah: "As an aside and for the record, humans are absolutely more powerful than God." Talk about an absurd claim. What God? Spinoza's God? How are...
Rank Amateur: You asked the question, "Can I speculate all human beings have a right not to be enslaved ?? How without circular logic would one go abo...
Relativist: You just supported my position. Tax cuts do not automatically stimulate the economy. What will occur due to a tax cut depends on numerous ...
I'm not so sure any of these prizes are all that meaningful. After all, every year, there are numerous people who could have justifiably won a Nobel p...
Jermiah: That is part of the basic standard proof for there being no greatest natural number, and one can extend it to integers, real numbers as well,...
Praxis: Saying that the president has power is not the same thing as establishing that people killed because of things he said. And I note that the pe...
I would say that it is easier to get people to agree on facts than on values. Yet, even when it comes to basic facts, it can be impossible to convince...
Nils Loc: I largely agree with you. I personally hate Trump's rhetoric, as it is hateful, and packed full of lies. I don't think any sitting president...
Praxis: Quit assuming nonsense. Jesse Dollamore, or some name like that, just posted a video yesterday from his site about how Trump's speech caused t...
Marchesk: Nazism is objectively worse, because it can't function. It's not a method of having people flourish, and that's what morality is all about. ...
No system we have is grounded --- science, mathematics, logic, they all rest on faith. In logic and mathematics, we rely on the faith in axioms. In sc...
Praxis: All over. Just click on YouTube and watch videos of CNN, MSNBC, and numerous political pundits. They have been saying over and over that Trump...
Marchesk: Are you saying that if a society adopted rules that allowed for legalized child-rape that you would consider that society as equally moral t...
Marchesk: One cannot rule out the existence of an objective morality no matter how many people disagree over moral issues. The reasons for this are qu...
Praxis: Okay, so you think relying on a post hoc fallacy proves your point? Show me any scientific evidence for how Trump's rhetoric caused the bombin...
Rank Amateur: I understand that you are claiming such a right exists, but what is your claim based on besides pure speculation on your part? And if th...
Praxis: Are you claiming then that you know that Trump's rhetoric caused the bomber to send out bombs? If Trump's rhetoric was the cause, then how com...
If we view depression as an illness, then wouldn't a person being healthy be the opposite of depression, in the same way a healthy person would be the...
I reject premise one. Why would some supposedly greatest being of all be worthy of unconditional worship? I reject premise two. If the unconditional o...
This is the libertarian argument for open borders, and I think it has a number of problems. First of all, how can you say everyone has "rights"? I do ...
Math is definitely the closest related philosophy subject, but, it's not for everyone. Philosophy is about arguing, and that's what a mathematical pro...
Arkady: Okay, then, I'll make it simple for you --- science only makes epistemological claims. To the extent that you think otherwise, you are wrong, ...
Your proposal is doomed to failure. We have had times when government has collapsed in the USA, and the result has been mass rioting, not peaceful co-...
Jeremiah: What I stated is a fact. You are as ignorant of science and boring as Sir2u, so I'm also done responding to you. You literally can't grasp w...
Paleontology claims what is rational to believe based on the evidence, not what actually exists now or earlier. If you are a realist, then you can tak...
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