Yes. We engineer the system so that the police (backed up by the army if necessary) have the greater power. They have guns, we don't. That's why an as...
Yes. Yes, that's right. Russian HFI is low, so not being like Russia raise the HFI. I don't think that's in dispute. You've not provided the data you ...
None of those are things we can do. That's the point. they're all things government can do. Things we can do; 1. Put a brick through the window of the...
The problem is that points 1, 2 and 3 are in conflict with points 4, 5, and 6. People differ in opinion largely because they disagree as to matters li...
Yeah. That, I expect, is why the police don't offer the same advice to threat of rape, for example. Some things are not worth a struggle, but others a...
It did. It just did so less than the relief from communist dictatorship improved it. What dataset are you using, the HFI started in 2013 with data goi...
Yeah, that's right, but the point I'm making is that they are useful, not just descriptives, but predictives. they reduce surprise, they help us navig...
Lack of international law. The US don't even recognise the jurisdiction of the very court it's popular press are in such a lather about Putin having v...
I love the turn of phrase. Bit it's more than just an opportunity, I think. The construction of something as complex as a selfhood is really difficult...
Sure, but there's rules for that too. Like how all neologisms evolve, I suppose someone started them, but "I declare 'bobby' is now a type of cake!" i...
Climate is less interesting because experts don't really disagree. Sure one or two obviously paid off ones might take their 20 pieces from the oil com...
Sure, yeah. I think that people take up the new opportunities that new social groups present. I think this is at the core of how we see things differe...
Absolutely. It's got way worse. What was on the table at the time was fairly mild in the circumstances - knowing the West weren't going to seriously c...
Yes I agree, but we're a social species, we're dead without a community. Most people's 'needs' are primarily to be part of a social group. So yes, som...
Have any of their countries had their infrastructure wiped out and over a hundred billion debt racked up by war? No. Even the IMF can only lend people...
Yes, I think that's right, but as you said, predictability is the key, so that limits the number of opposing groups to a manageable level. Pushing peo...
Yeah. I think this is what gets in the way of people accepting Mearsheimer-like realism, they've been fed the bullshit of self-regulation such that it...
So sorry to hear that. Hope you're recovered now. Agreed. Neither side can win this and negotiation is inevitable. Ukraine must weigh any gains it mig...
The longer Ukraine continue their attempt to regain the lost territories, the more in debt they get to those institutions, the less sovereignty they h...
I'm sure they could. It's not how they do. Unless I'm very much an oddity, I've been using pronouns to address people differently on the basis of sex ...
I'm not defining it any differently. Read the quotes I provided earlier, they explain how the "strong central power" your Wikipedia article names need...
And I've explained how it isn't always the case, which is how we have a discussion because you're not the fucking teacher, and though this will blow y...
On the subject of the admirably obdurate Stock... This latest piece is very apt to the current discussion. https://unherd.com/2023/07/who-is-the-assho...
You said it was cherry-picking and fleeced a quote from Wikipedia. That's not 'describing specifically'. You haven't 'included' several indices any mo...
That you think it acceptable practice to just throw out accusations without any basis given and then expect them to stand unless sufficiently rebutted...
I meant 'our' as in humanity, not 'our' as in English-speakers. I don't know of any language that doesn't have those distinctions, but my knowledge of...
Odd then that none of your other arguments have simply been conducted by vague reference to Wikipedia articles. I gave you 15 articles about the falla...
Or they are. If a toddler were to refer to a girl as 'he' you'd correct them. If someone learning English mixed up 'he' and 'she' you'd correct them. ...
What fallacy? You've still not explained how my data selection in this instance is a fallacy. Throwing a Wikipedia article at it isn't an argument. Ho...
Yes. I see that and wouldn't advocate such a violent assertion, but we're not merely talking about assertion. If I'm asked to use the term 'she' in a ...
There ought to be a fallacy for treating a joke as if it were an argument - argumentum a gravitate perhaps... Seriously, you're going to get a lot mor...
The problem here is that your priming bias makes the argument you have seen seem more strong than the arguments you read here. So confirmation bias le...
I agree, but my point is that this is currently one way. Does a woman cease to be a woman if they're referred to as 'he'? No. Do they cease to be a wo...
Exactly. My take on this is relatively simple, but in it's simplicity it denies lots of wishy-washy stuff about 'feelings' so may not be overly popula...
I think our summoned @"Joshs" answers that. As you rightly suggest he would rightly say. We build these things as we go. But the point here is that it...
Of course it does. If the accusation is "there's no evidence for X" then cherry-picked evidence disproves that claim. There has to exist evidence for ...
My twopenneth; if I make predictions using my model and they turn out relatively unsurprising. If they don't, I've been dishonest (I've told a story w...
I need no other support. I'm defending against your accusation that the position has no support. One set of support disproves that claim. There's no '...
There isn't one. You made an absurd comment somehow implying that you know exactly what I've read and what I haven't (despite the fact that the eviden...
No. I think you're on your own there. I can't recall a time where I became convinced that I know everything there is to know. But hey, next time it ha...
Better how? As @"Srap Tasmaner" says... ... so not better as in more accurate. Better, as in, more honest? Doubt it, when was the last time you were h...
You seem to know an awful lot about my reading habits. Are you stalking me? Indeed; what can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. ...
Yes, you're right. The words here are category words and that matters more than I've given due. 'Woman' is not like 'cat' in this context. It's more l...
I get it now. When I look at sources and conclude that one or more seem better than the others, I'm cherry picking opinions to match my theory. When y...
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