Two wrongs make a right? Nah. Still need to address systemic discrimination. Either way, we still need to address the social/cultural problem, systemi...
Sure, I guess. And "black lives matter" is a part of "all lives matter". There's some focus on that sub-set because some systemic discrimination has b...
Right, . So, with the cancer example, if we suppose it's for an unknown greater good, then the right thing would be not doing anything about it. There...
The thread took a turn. :) If we cannot say that relief from cancer is good, then we have nothing. (Martinez, StJude) In case there's some unknown gre...
(y) Maybe there's a "can" ambiguity? Modal can: it's possible to quit the nasty habit "Free will" can: you don't will it so Yeah, neurotic apes, unrel...
Hey, it's not really about me, just what the syllogistically styled argument looks like to you folk. I guess it could be written as: if 1 ? 2 ? 3 then...
Depends on the context, doesn't it? Whether or not it's indefinite. Via John Watkins, where the domain of inquiry is indefinite: (?) empirical univers...
Surely it's not such an exclusive either/or thing? Individuals go about their business in societies all the time. So, there are some thresholds in wha...
, I hear Baffin Bay, Greenland, is good. The Sirius Patrol doesn't cover the area. You could run into the occasional polar bear and Inuit hunter/fishe...
With the "innocent until proven guilty" rule we favor the risk of not punishing an offender over punishing an innocent. (y) With the death penalty, we...
Not authoritarian. Except I'm always right. ;) Except in the presence of my wife. Hmm and sister... and some others. Hope things are well on your end!...
The two old Voyager probes are still going and making new discoveries. Once they reached interstellar space, they both independently found an increase...
What good is a definition of good, when, in some given situation, you still have to figure out if following it is the right thing to do? Sure, we can ...
Fu_king people. China sends more jets; Taiwan says it will fight to the end if there's war (Reuters) Russian forces are massing on Ukraine's border. B...
First results from Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics (Tracy Marc; Fermilab; Apr 7, 2021) There's < 0.1% chance of a fl...
I guess that's where the harder work lies. I don't see any particular reason to doubt we're chatting in English here, for example. Some trivialities d...
If all skepticism is wrong, then anything goes. Since that's not the case, some skepticism is right. You might doubt anything, but not everything. If ...
(y) (T), you make an existential claim to others ... if you're referring to something extra-self, then show us something (existentially mind-independe...
Don't think that can be right. Objects tend to be breakable (under conservation), whereas things associated with mind are interruptible (experiences, ...
I'd say a development of our natural way of learning. We learn from accumulating experiences, interacting with it all, ... We might then extrapolate (...
I'm not so sure it's "belief in God" that's "innate". Rather, we're prone to a variety of known cognitive biases or "features", like apophenia, patter...
My 2 cents for now. Guy yells in pain when his hammer misses and hits his finger instead. Other guy notices, recognizes, points, and grunts "Hammer", ...
Belief in revelation is evidently unreasonable either way. Put differently, personal revelations are unreliable. • Did Jesus Really Visit the Americas...
With 100 total: Guilty: 57 (67 required) Not guilty: 43 (34 required) I imagine Trump saying "he's a good guy, I like him" to various non-guilty'ers, ...
If so, then Protestantism, Sunnism, and many other religions, are no longer theisms. Redefining theism like so, doesn't really do much here (except rh...
Copied from elsewhere: A Brief History of Philosophy 1. Socrates deletes his account 2. Plato posts screenshots of Socrates 3. Aristotle unfollows Pla...
:D That's a clean getaway! Fake buyer who test-runs people's washing machines to do his laundry for FREE sweeps the web (but all is not what it seems)...
Strictly speaking, shouldn't that be: In any possible world with triangles, a triangle will have three sides. ? Otherwise you might inadvertently have...
That's awesome. In the scheme of things, it's nice to know that some politicians are actually doing something right down to hungry children on the str...
, there have been other..movements/trends as well. :sad: Holy Hate: The Far Right’s Radicalization of Religion (2018) Accompanied by a hyperbolic "red...
, sure. I just meant that conspiracy theories haven't replaced Christianity. Rather, going by evidence, it seems more like Christians have been more p...
, the US conspiracy theorists are largely Christians, though (but vice versa surely not all Christians are conspiracy theorists). Maybe a variation of...
A first-hand account, which the author then relates to the US: Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It’s a Set of Actions to Fight (by Aleksandar Hem...
Anyone know how much truth there is to this stuff? • Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General (The New York...
, I can heartily recommend the Bernie meme inauguration threads out there for a good laugh. /uploads/resized/files/58/bz7n45oibi1vagcj.jpg /uploads/re...
Haven't read the two articles yet, just glossed over a few paragraphs. Just FYI, there is some history to this take on liberalism/liberty/freedom. Ele...
Extremists sometimes quote each other interspersed among others: Yes, It Was a Stolen Election (John Perazzo; Frontpagemag; Dec 23, 2020) (The Federal...
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