Relativist

That's the nature of our political system, but it's unfortunate that it has sunk that low. It's particularly sad that Trump slings this kind of mud on...

If you're suggesting a criminal investigation is warranted, then you need to explain what crime Hunter or Joe has committed. Or is it that you're just...

OMG! Does this mean Joe Biden threatened to held up aid to Ukraine if Poroshenko wouldn't fire the corrupt Shokin? I'm shocked! ...shocked because we ...

We'll cross that bridge if we ever come to it. It wouldn't. Dueling authorities results in no one's mind being changed. Not that minds get changed ver...

I think "direct methods" are the only hope of settling a disagreement - which means examining the basis of the expert opinion.

Yes, I think you missed something. It is generally appropriate to appeal to authority to support one's position - it's a reasonable starting point. It...

I voted NO. Government is problematic as a form of government, but not necessarily as a way of life. My impression is that medieval monastic orders (l...

I imagine there would be no organized thoughts - it would be a life more similar to a lower life form.

I have a problem with anthropomorphizing "the Dems". Biden is the nominee because that's where the process led. Was there something unfair about the p...

Jeez, Trump has screwed with your mind. Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum anti-viral medicine. Hydroxychloroquine is not. If the latter turns out to be e...

My "piddling" entails using words consistently. You should try it.

It's an artful construction to refer to "the Obama administration" in this way. In one sense, everything the intelligence community did during Obama's...

From the article, in response to a question "what's the crime?": This is so very much like the Emperor's new clothes. Only Trump suck-ups see the invi...

LOL! You've pretended you hadn't drunk the Trump Kool-aid, and were merely being pragmatic. You're worse than the people you hypocritically criticize,...

You're confusing me with someone else. I just notice that he tells a great many untruths, largely from stupidity and arrogance. Given that he says so ...

But you displayed sensitivity to Trump's reference to "Obamagate". Sensitivity is not just negative.

Jesus probably didn't say that. That statement is taken from Psalms 22:1.

I had come around to accepting the fact that you didn't care what Trump says because you like what he does. But when you start taking his words seriou...

I'm not sure what you're referring to, but at the time - I opposed Kavanaugh's nomination. I thought Blasey-Ford's allegations were credible - both be...

Biden's accuser publicly praised him after the alleged event. That's odd behavior for someone who is the victim of sexual assault. Nevertheless, I thi...

I tnink we agree that something more is needed than an accusation. Some investigation is needed just to see if there's corroboration. Kavanaugh and Bi...

It's hypocritical to apply a double standard, and the potential is there for Dems, but it's more than potential for any Trump supporter who blasts Bid...

You had said you hoped the "political theater" was being "destroyed in the wake of Trump's presence". All I did was show that's not happening.

Consider that lots of Republicans give Trump a pass on his numerous instances of sexual misconduct but still go after Biden's. Many do the same with g...

It is routine for the opposition to react to a President's questionable statements. What isn't routine is the number of questionable statements.

Here's what I infer from Trump's words: His top priority is his own self-interest. He's arrogant to the point of narsiccism, rude, insensitive, never ...

Im retired but my erstwhile career was in IT. I could do my job just as well from home as when i the office. By your estimation, mine was a bullshit j...

I accept your view about Trump's words being irrelevant to you, but do you understand that his words are extremely off-putting and sometimes offensive...

An a posteriori necessity, right?

Something cannot come from nothing. Something in the classical world of material objects (as were perceived them) can come from a quantum system that ...

I agree. But despite our goodwill toward Trump on this matter, he reacts to the unfair reporting by lying, claiming he was being sarcastic. No, he was...

Trump says some extremely stupid things, but its less clear that any of his actions or inactions have caused preventable harm. It's easy, with hindsig...

Today our illustrious leader proposed the following remedies: “Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous ultra violet or just very powerful light. A...

I think restricting immigration during the pandemic is reasonable. Anything that reduces person to person contact is good. On the other hand, praising...

"1" refers to an abstraction , as do all natural numbers. Consider the abstraction, "3" . Three-ness is a property that is held by some states of affa...

I'm tempted to encourage Trump supporters to attend anti-social distancing protests. The bigger, and more tightly packed, the better.

Do any of you remember the Iraqi Information Minister (AKA "Baghdad Bob")? During the Iraq War, he would give daily briefing that were totally divorce...

I agree.

He was not supporting the states when he said it was entirely their responsibility to obtain ventilators they felt they needed. He later complained th...

Trump claims that he has absolute authority over Governors. How is that consistent with federalist principles? Federalism does not serve us well in th...

You brought up supernaturalism when you said divine creation avoids an infinite regress. That enlarged the scope of analysis to metaphysics. If we're ...

Trump has announced that he will withhold funding for WHO, because they're to blame for the pandemic's spread to the US. I have no doubt that WHO's pr...

Apologists claim that God's metaphysical necessity subsumes the residue. Of course, this doesn't explain his contingent choices.

I'm fine with that.

OMG, what an f-ing moron!: “For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors decisi...

Divine creation is not consistent with methodological naturalism. That hypothesis can only be entertained with a metaphysical scope.

That is appropriate for scientific inquiry, but metaphysical naturalism entails some sort of brute fact foundation for what exists. Otherwise there's ...

By that reasoning, we shouldn't consider there to be laws of nature at all. That makes no sense. Physics develops theories about laws based on empiric...

Parsimony entails explaining the available facts with the fewest assumptions, not with entertaing the possibility we are missing some facts. That said...