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I'd like to addend my thoughts: Logical fallacy refers to any argument which does not persuade using sound reasoning. A persuasive argument which lack...
May 31, 2018 at 21:32
Letting existing farm animals live in peace would mean letting them die horribly (the farmer kind of has to tend to them, shelter them, winter them, f...
May 31, 2018 at 20:51
Because I'm too thin, have difficulty gaining weight, and I cannot afford professional assessments or expensive foods. It's a combination of risk and ...
May 31, 2018 at 20:19
Actually it's already been checked out. IIRC the spot will be gone within our lifetimes (though a new one might form somewhere else). It's a beauty ma...
May 31, 2018 at 20:02
You might save yourself some time and catch more inaccuracies. Being generally aware of common and informal fallacies does help dearly in the writing ...
May 30, 2018 at 23:20
Well I've explained why their death at our hands is made necessary by thermodynamics alone, else they cannot exist, and you don't seem to be offering ...
May 30, 2018 at 22:10
Anecdotal evidence can be fallacious for a number of reasons (subjective testimony, irreproducibility, etc...), but my testimony about myself would no...
May 30, 2018 at 20:55
Are farm animal lives worth living? This is the question; it's not nonsense. You have no excuse to keep saying this is nonsense. So release my chicken...
May 30, 2018 at 20:37
While I can relate to your pedantic attitude, calling the straw-man version of my question nonsense and dodging the actual question by saying "that's ...
May 29, 2018 at 20:07
Nonsensical is a bit strong don't you think? Is life worth living? Might be a better way to put it.
May 29, 2018 at 05:01
I've tried eating little to no meat, and I lost weight. I tried eating a variety of nuts and beans, as I indicated, but it wasn't enough. I'm not pres...
May 28, 2018 at 22:30
It's quite a curious thing. Imagine that I told you I had a replacement for your most beloved late pet (analogous to your favorite film). Chances are ...
May 28, 2018 at 05:03
Sometimes the songs become more accurate descriptions of reality though. They bring us insight, understanding, power, and affluence. Nothing is a comp...
May 28, 2018 at 00:15
I've done research, I've tried various diets, and I've known plenty of successful and failed vegans. If you're going to just refer me to a dietician I...
May 27, 2018 at 23:49
Yep... But broadly it's about the myriad of causes, be they biological, external, experiential, "natural", coercive, "unnatural", whatever, that under...
May 27, 2018 at 22:35
We're the intellectual brain-trust of contemporary global culture :) Making us all guilty... :worry:
May 27, 2018 at 22:05
I could restate most of my above position as the following: When the existence of two beings are at odds with one another (such as in the case of pred...
May 27, 2018 at 21:53
I'm a bit late to this party, but what the heck! I eat animals. I don't think I could maintain my health if I did not eat meat... I have a very VERY l...
May 27, 2018 at 21:40
It's almost as if some of Trump's magic pixie dust has rubbed off onto Guilianni. Nothing can drag you down when you can fly to neverland at any momen...
May 27, 2018 at 09:57
I revel in the creative exercise (I do need it), and if anyone can get kicks or catharsis out of it then that's a bonus. See you on the slopes!
May 27, 2018 at 03:52
How long does the probation last? :D I'll do my best man, but I make no vows. If you look hard enough almost everything can be interpreted as innuendo...
May 27, 2018 at 03:31
You always know just what to say to make me swoon :blush: These lyrics are interesting to actually read. Hearing them sung aloud doesn't allow for the...
May 27, 2018 at 02:35
Ah but I AM awesome, therefore you must know me! We've grazed one-another in the past if I recall correctly. We both seem to post at a slower rate tha...
May 27, 2018 at 02:17
An awesome member who is never wrong? :chin:
May 26, 2018 at 23:47
Finally I get recognition. Absolutely my good man! Time lines have changed... And we've often removed the post, Since the Puritans got a roast, When t...
May 26, 2018 at 23:37
The internet and social media are not the original sources of our present misfortunes, though as has been made clear they have likely amplified them (...
May 25, 2018 at 22:15
It's flabbergasting how similar the core-sample you've extracted from a random incel forum reads and feels to the style (and ideological contents) of ...
May 25, 2018 at 22:01
Oh fuck! We need a system. Hiss if by land, neigh if by sea. We should seek out a third to form some kind of triple entente. It's not like that would ...
May 25, 2018 at 20:26
"Nemeses": plural of nemesis. But you cannot have more than one "arch-rival" (the meaning of nemesis)... Is Nemeses a one word oxy-moron?
May 25, 2018 at 20:06
Don't sweat it! Sometimes we get too far into it but this place would be insufferable if all we ever did was blow sweet nothings up each-other's rears...
May 25, 2018 at 20:03
I don't see the irony. Is that the irony? We are living in a time of political polarization, and I've briefly summarized several of the more silly ext...
May 25, 2018 at 08:43
That's fascinating. In the broader sense I think what we're looking at are regimes of cultural and ideological transmission that tend to find purchase...
May 25, 2018 at 01:43
Internet culture is something I've intentionally drenched myself in. I've been familiar with the term "incel" for many years... "Involuntarily celibat...
May 24, 2018 at 23:06
You're not going to leave out communism are you!? To be brutally honest in response to the OP: it's unfair to philosophy and generous to rap to on one...
May 22, 2018 at 22:33
If you can convince me I've taken a hard position I'll happily fess up, but it's been years and years since I've done so (been foolish enough to take ...
May 22, 2018 at 21:45
In my view, both the theist and hard-atheist views are unreasonable. In the past I've searched extensively for proofs of god (for and against) and I'v...
May 21, 2018 at 22:31
Ladies and gentlemen, Pascal has entered the building! :grin: I agree that there either is or is not an uncreated creator, but I must ask by which for...
May 21, 2018 at 07:46
Another way of looking at this is that soft atheists take the position of rejection both ways. We reject theist claims and arguments and we reject har...
May 20, 2018 at 19:56
https://youtu.be/VUPfgwCrtlE?t=3938 You'd be amazed at the hundreds of satisfied students I've matriculated over the last 15 years!
May 19, 2018 at 23:42
Aye. I didn't mean for you to defend it, just wanted to share a reflection. As far as how these kinds videos tend to go, I'm really not displeased wit...
May 19, 2018 at 23:06
Perhaps just to cause confusion as an additional layer if rigor. In high school one my teachers set all the answers to a multiple choice test as optio...
May 19, 2018 at 22:26
I actually wrote an in-depth reddit article about how the Szechuan sauce is actually the fuel for Rick's portal gun. I infirmly believe that Harmon st...
May 19, 2018 at 22:15
I have mixed feelings about the video. I agree with it's intent and the gist of what it is saying, but the language he uses makes me invisible. Though...
May 19, 2018 at 05:32
Monarch is such a misleading term though. Constitutionally Canada is independent: the "Crown" proper retains power over ceremony and a few emergency l...
May 19, 2018 at 04:06
:D The most precious substance in the Universe is the Sauce melange. The sauce extends life. The Sauce expands consciousness. The sauce is vital to sp...
May 19, 2018 at 02:23
Nor the revolutionary Time's familiar foreboding frown... Change is risky and complicated business. Even with a well-placed heart and the best of inte...
May 19, 2018 at 01:25
As a Canadian I couldn't possibly care less... Some jerks sceptered a dingy isle, handed down their divine right to rule, conquered some foreign lands...
May 19, 2018 at 00:42
You're refusing to participate and engage in the topic of your own creation and you've been lazy and insulting towards good-faith replies. If by "got ...
May 19, 2018 at 00:35
What are the odds you describe yourself correctly in the following question: A: wise B: foolish C: foolish D: foolish E: foolish F: foolish G: foolish...
May 19, 2018 at 00:30
You make me glad I am not you. To each their own. Good luck with your conundrum.
May 19, 2018 at 00:27