BB100: You are interpreting the Constitution. What else do you think you'd be doing when you claim the courts are not adhering to the Constitution? Yo...
Who cares about the alleged "utility-maximization"? What's a util and how can one objectively measure it? And even if one could objectively measure it...
Apokrisis: Have you studied physics? Where you had to solve actual quantitative problems in mechanics? I'm just not sure what you are trying to argue ...
I see these comments a lot from non-attorneys, who seem to think that their interpretation of the Constitution is superior to the Supreme Court's. It ...
While I agree that this published hoax does not necessarily mean that the entire field is questionable, it certainly calls into question the legitimac...
Devans99: It's you who doesn't get it. By taking the position that it is strange that there is something as opposed to nothing, you are claiming, with...
Apokrisis: But, who's claiming that the point object is absolutely at rest? Who could say such a thing? All we can say is that the point object is at ...
Devans99: You aren't following the argument. You are simply claiming "I assert that there should be nothing as opposed to something; therefore, this m...
No, you don't have support from Occam's Razor. You merely made the assertion that Occam's Razor would support nothing existing over something existing...
I'm not sure I understand your point. If the particle is perfectly balanced on top of the dome, then there it shall remain until some net force moves ...
Devans99: Like I stated, you'd fail. No, it is not the simplest position to say nothing should exist. That's simply an assertion you made without any ...
Tim Wood: I gave you the name of an author and you can check up on his published pop works, you don't even have to read his actual textbooks for unive...
Denas99: Boy, the word irony must be lost on you. Talk about unsatisfactory pseudo-answers. Ok, gfo ahead and give us a rational, coherent explanation...
You are asking two different things --- evidence for the supernatural and evidence for a God, which I assume you mean some sort of omnipotent creator....
No one can answer the question "why is there anything at all." The answer to the question "how is it that something exists as opposed to nothing," can...
Tim Wood: I DID give you a citation ---- READ Raymond Smullyan. I'm not going to waste my time educating you, that's your responsibility. If you are t...
Tim Wood: Go read Raymond Smullyan. Before he passed away he was ranked something like the third greatest mathematical logician of all time, and I kno...
People who believe in a literal interpretation of Christianity, etc., are stupid. Even if there are a large number of such people, that does not make ...
Alistering: Please don't lecture me on logic and mathematics. Here are the facts: What I stated is correct. A proposition for which there is neither e...
Like all disciplines, philosophical issues arise in psychology. Just take cognitive psychology for example? In deciding whether people are being "rati...
Bitter Crank is right --- money has value because a government says so. The reason why people value US currency is because the US government states th...
I fail to see how anyone believing in the claims of Scientology isn't stupid. These claims have no credible evidence backing them up and are as outlan...
lupac: No, Pascal's Wager does not weigh in favor of the theist when it comes to the burden of proof. At least not under logic. Since there is no cred...
Pascal's wager is absurd on its face. It does not offer a single argument for the existence of any alleged God, and simply assumes one should be safe ...
There really were no free-market Republicans. This was merely dog whistle politics. The GOP slogans of "smaller government" never once brought about a...
Bitter Crank: It is my understanding the GOP finally released the documents showing that Kavanaugh was aware of the emails and used them. His testimon...
I'm fairly certain that the majority of the human race has blinders on when it comes to estimating their own personal moral integrity. Most of us are ...
Relativist: I agree with you that those are some valid points and there are definitely large segments of the American public that fall into each of th...
I can see Robin Hood as a hero, because he took money from the rich and gave to the poor, as opposed to keeping the money himself. Especially if the w...
Actually, it's very difficult to even define what a religion is and there are examples of religions as well as religious members who do not engage in ...
It's disingenuous to say that it is only a religious position if someone claims "because God said so." That's hardly the case for numerous religions. ...
There is a video by Stanford neurobiologist, Robert Sapolsky, that people can watch on YouTube, where he discusses depression. The alarming thing is t...
Cancer is basically another way of saying people are dying from old age, which is a sign of improving conditions, not worsening ones. While there are ...
The Dems should not have sat back on the information, and that tactic should be condemned. I agree with you that it does not change the actual facts, ...
The economy was doing well before Trump became president, and it was anticipated by the vast majority of economists to do well after he was elected. T...
If a religious person says that one should not lie under oath, because lies under oath undermine justice in a court of law, a position held by many re...
Strange that the Republicans are claiming that this is just all a big conspiracy hatched by the Democrats. These are the same Democrats who failed to ...
But then the Catholics went off on a crusade against scientists that claimed the Earth revolved around the Sun and was not the immovable center of the...
I only have two problems with religion --- 1. when a religious belief is used to deny a scientific theory, and 2. when religion is used as a basis for...
I'm not in agreement regarding how the OP defines the terms education and the process of learning. While it is true that some educational institutions...
It depends on what one means by religion. It's certainly true that some religion takes the view, "because God said so," in addressing moral issues. Ho...
It's impossible to state one way or another, at this time, what the realistic probability is of Trump being reelected is. We know for a fact that he i...
He's already been busted lying to the Senate during his first confirmation hearing, which means he should be facing impeachment proceedings. He lied a...
With respect to the very first sentence in the very first post, I'm not claiming any expertise at all in this field, but I do recall watching a video ...
I certainly sympathize with anyone who is puzzled about the current state of western democracies, especially given the rise in right-wing populism, as...
I never look up links referenced during a discussion. This is for two reasons: 1. Any nonsense can be posted on the web, and often is. 2. If someone h...
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