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['Member']Joined: February 03, 2019 at 23:09Last active: March 27, 2019 at 16:491 discussions17 comments

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In: The Climate Change Paper So Depressing It's Sending People to Therapy  — view comment
Make long term plans because Dr Jem Bendell doesn't speak for anyone else but himself. Bottom line, how many educated individuals are predicting socie...
March 05, 2019 at 03:39
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
Nope. Be that as it may, the transgender activists, whatever labels they place on themselves, at least based off what I've read, push for transgender ...
February 16, 2019 at 19:35
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
While my wife certainly isn't very mechanically inclined she knew how to get the nut off. She just didn't have the strength. Sure, there are some wome...
February 15, 2019 at 20:19
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
You're correct. I'm new to this forum so I'm still learning everyone. Next time I see you trying to drag me into an argument like this I'll just ignor...
February 15, 2019 at 19:23
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
There's nothing arbitrary about it when less than one tenth of a percentage of the population identify as transgender. It's been my understanding that...
February 15, 2019 at 19:18
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
Great, go find someone who disagrees with you because I do not.
February 15, 2019 at 18:51
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
Might be due to a small population size, as those numbers seem like an outlier. I see no reason to see that drastic of an increase in your average 30-...
February 15, 2019 at 02:05
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
This is also a very misleading summary of the results. 98lbs to 75lbs is roughly equal? So why is the seventy something cents women are supposedly pai...
February 15, 2019 at 01:33
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
And its also a trait that's heavily tied to biological sex - which was my point.
February 15, 2019 at 01:26
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
You probably could just considering strength differences. My wife can change a flat tire, I still had to assist her a few weeks ago because she didn't...
February 14, 2019 at 23:48
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
There are almost an infinite amount of qualifiers one can add to any comparison. Heck, you could even make an apples to apples comparison an apples to...
February 14, 2019 at 23:39
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
Neither does the claim that people have 10 toes, because some people are born with less or more. There's almost always exceptions to rules relating to...
February 14, 2019 at 17:52
In: Is Gender a Social Construct?  — view comment
Or "individual", assuming there are literally an infinite amount of genders that people can identify as. At that point you might as well acknowledge t...
February 14, 2019 at 17:48
In: An undercover officer dilemma.  — view comment
This is my understanding as well. Kant believed that morality resided in the act itself. An unjust killing could never be justified no matter the cons...
February 05, 2019 at 23:06
In: An undercover officer dilemma.  — view comment
Not quite :) No offense to you or anyone else here, but the "golden nuggets" are found in the works from Kant, Bentham, J.S. Mills, Carl Jung, etc. Wh...
February 05, 2019 at 14:40
In: An undercover officer dilemma.  — view comment
I agree, while scenarios might not play out exactly as I've described, I do think its close enough to reality to pass off as realistic in a story sett...
February 04, 2019 at 23:41
In: An undercover officer dilemma.  — view comment
Its a thought experiment, similar to the trolley dilemma, which, at least in my opinion, digs at the question "from where does morality reside?". Does...
February 04, 2019 at 20:49
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