Well, I was trying to use you as a rare example of someone who could comfortably retire off of a normal income, so I appreciate your clarification tha...
So what if only 70% of the population can achieve that? What if only 10% of the population can achieve that? I would estimate that no more than 40% of...
When Europeans have adequate health care and education provided to ALL of their citizens that helps them attain freedom and security. Am I right? Or a...
Well if you look at life expectancy we are WAY down the list. Cuba is still beating the USA (I think we spend 10 times what they do). Although healthc...
Well that is easy for Obama and Hillary. Warren, on the other hand, would be a complete hypocrite. "Taking down the billionaires is important, but I d...
jhj I don't think it would be 99%, but probably high. However, it reminds of a riddle we used as kids: What is the capitol of Kentucky, Louisville (pr...
Dang, seems difficult to nail down. It seems to be completely natural (the tendency to accept opinions we agree with, without being critical), so it a...
Haha, yes...and believe that at 11:59pm the food is "high quality" but 2 minutes later it is no longer of the same "high quality" because of a date st...
Well, at the risk of sounding like an uncaring ass, I just want to defend @"god must be atheist"'s point for a bit (correct if me if what I am saying ...
Probably the same type of people that choose their car insurance based on television commercials...oh, and of course those who throw food away as soon...
I agree with what you were saying about crowd knowledge only working in certain scenarios. However, since the question above will never be measurable,...
As far as I can tell, @"Wayfarer"'s argument is that America has moved so far right over the last few decades, that they don't want this. I tend to di...
I far prefer local pushes to get the vote out over things like The Sunrise Movement (despite me agreeing with their overall aims). Large federal lobby...
Well that all sounds reasonable and I certainly hope you are right. I suppose I appreciate the optimism either way :smile: And no matter what a person...
I may have gone a bit long, and my tone can get a bit rude when I am arguing. But you are actually representing the opinion I am quite interested in f...
That was interesting. There is a lot in there I agree with. But they go much farther than I...I just want a more interested voter (not just interested...
Corporate tax rates were above 45% from just after WW2 until Reagan. Even then they were around 35% until 3 years ago. And America had a stronger econ...
Exactly right. While Trump has increased the average american's interest in politics (finding that silver lining where I can), it does not mean that p...
I appreciate your optimism here, and I will try to keep an open mind. And I certainly was not suggesting that people like us stop engaging with philos...
Do we even sort-of expect Presidents to live up to their campaign promises? I mean, none of them do. Aren't people voting for Bernie because of the di...
Well everyone keeps supposing that...when is someone actually going to make the argument? Why is he unelectable? What makes them (who?) more electable...
While I certainly agree that concern for morality is important, life has beat me down when it comes to being optimistic about MOST people being INTERE...
Interesting theory. And here I thought I was joking about Republicans bringing down property values...turns out it is low property values creating the...
Dang...I was way off. I guess I am almost 40, and things were closer to how you described when I was in school. I guess I am thinking of my teacher tr...
Just making sure you were just having fun by making up a very specific number here? Or were you referencing a particular study or something? I agreed ...
Sounds great :smile: I would love to see the summary when competed. However, it sounds like a complicated and potentially tedious study to complete. S...
That's me :blush: Ugh, yes it was, although they had (and continue to have) a very narrow definition of "responsibility". They also believe that the m...
We will ignore the "resolved" aspect for now...what "national policy" are you referring to that is based on LGBTQ+, feminism, and race? What was the p...
That's fair. Aren't there still countries trying to eradicate down's syndrome? (just one extreme example I remember hearing) However, that is A LOT di...
Well I probably am not the right man for that job :grimace:. I would think it is just a manner of phrasing as many significant questions as possible i...
@"BitconnectCarlos" I think I just answered half of my own question. My statement of "sorry" above should be fine because I am sorry you had to deal w...
hahaha, at the very least I am putting in more effort to learn than you are to help me. I am not particularly worried that my perspective is harmful, ...
I would say that I see my privilege every time I see a disabled person. But this recognition of privilege will tend to be shown as pity...which as I u...
So I should consider it an injustice that they don't make many movies that I like anymore? I am trying to learn when preference is just preference and...
That was exactly what I was unsure about. Wouldn't the people answering at least have to understand the question? If I ask a 4 year old how far to the...
And yet a third party watching my behavior would not be able to tell the difference? So the disabled person would still be offended and ask that I cha...
Interesting topic. Are you asking this question as a type of "wisdom of the crowd" situation? Because otherwise, I would just want to see a whole bunc...
I don't think so...am I wrong? If I am not wrong, then my point is that most scenarios that people might see as ableism, are actually just what I desc...
A question or two as I try to work through my ableist tendencies :grimace: And feel free to take me to task, but please do so specifically...I obvious...
So this is one of the reasons I vote Democrat. But I am not convinced the average Democrat is any more reasonable than the average republican, I just ...
Fair enough...I don't think the New York Times article I read went that deep :grimace: I have a few more questions related to this, but I would expect...
History shows this is certainly true. However, I sometimes think it is the "knowing" part that is more dangerous than the "will of God" aspect. Don't ...
Isn't the idea of new baboons coming into the tribe and trying to assert dominance then being shunned and shown by the rest "this is not how we do thi...
So to begin, this is absolutely right. I am not sure exactly how much of this Kohlberg takes into account when he says only 25% of people go beyond le...
I have to run for the night but your very first sentence is actually something I considered adding to my post. I definitely look forward to reading th...
Crazy story! It can be found with a quick google search. It was baboons not chimps, but otherwise, it pretty much went down as you said. Not sure if t...
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