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I’m not arguing imposing— that’s your argument, remember? That’s called democracy. But regardless, I absolutely do have that right when it effects me....

Then you're a more mature man than I am. I struggle with it because of the stakes. Climate change and COVID are good examples. This level of ignorance...

In that case, it's "reasonable" to do (or not to do) anything. Which is why your argument is delusional. It's reasonable not to walk in a field, as th...

So here we're left, once again, as non-experts, with a basic choice: (1) Do we go with the overwhelming scientific and medical consensus, and the corr...

It's a straw man. Not an argument. If you want to make choices that harm no one else, fine. Do what you want. But, again, sorry to remind you, but we ...

Like most anti-vaxxers, you didn't read your own article. But it doesn't matter, because I'm willing to grant it as "true" -- I in fact anticipated th...

Straw man. If you live in society, you are. We do know. Which is why we mandate vaccines in schools and many workplaces. Yours is an idiotic and incon...

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/howard-stern-anti-vaxxers-go-fuck-yourself-1222672/ I agree with Howard. AJJ and James, both anti-va...

This isn't about mandates.

No, it isn't. It's called being an anti-vaxxer, which is what you are. Rather, look at the evidence and then form an opinion. Not the other way around...

According to irrational "libertarians" like this guy, the government is always the problem. Remember, that's the mantra. Socialism bad, government bad...

A while ago, wasn't one of the main anti-vaxxer arguments the fact that the FDA hadn't approved the vaccines yet? Funny how they haven't changed their...

Talking to anti-vaxxers is basically talking to walls. It's a bad habit on my part. I think I do it in case others -- who are actually open to evidenc...

Suddenly it's only about mandates, which is a different topic. We have had vaccine mandates for years, but that's simply not what's being discussed. I...

No, by deferring to the overwhelming scientific and medical consensus, and by looking at evidence. You, on the other, hand, as an anti-vaxxer, assume ...

No one has once claimed that. The fact that you have to resort to straw men gives away the bankruptcy of your position. There are laws made about what...

You apparently don't know what "begging the question" means. I haven't arbitrarily dismissed the examples -- I'm quoting FROM the examples, which stat...

It is true. There is no evidence whatsoever. That could turn out to be wrong. If evidence is presented that shows this, fine -- then they're freak cas...

As soon as you (or your children) enter society, where individual decisions effects others, things change. It's not longer simply about you and your k...

Maybe it's impossible for you to understand, but this isn't simply an individual issue. Also, the fatality rate of COVID isn't the whole picture. Plen...

:lol: As I said, I'm sure you can find freak cases -- which is all this is. It's also inconclusive and, as stated in the article, "very rare." Again, ...

There is no "death and debilitation." You're talking nonsense. Because there's no evidence to support that claim whatsoever. So not only "tenuous," bu...

Not even close. On most issues in the real world — ones that haven’t been politicized— we allow the possibility of being wrong, since our identities d...

It won’t make a shred of difference. Why? Because the very fact that you have decided to “question” this issue, but don’t do so in almost any other ar...

It takes place in the nose, of course.

But are stumped by your questions, despite their having been answered repeatedly. I’m sure you’ve understood them well.

Yeah, I hear Alex Jones is in the running this year.

I guess that proves it. Please take your discoveries to the AMA, CDC, or WHO. You could win the Nobel Prize.

Here is a good case of what I mentioned above: someone who doesn't know what they're talking about deciding to go with quackery and conspiracy theorie...

Yes, and those questions have been answered, numerous times. If you're unaware of them, it's because you're unwilling to find them -- nothing more. ' ...

We don't have to wonder -- it's happening right now, all around us. And people like Isaac help it along -- which is unfortunate.

I think this entire thread is a ruse to justify child pornography, which is repugnant by almost any standard. Including it in the same category as dru...

This is an example of bad faith, I think. I can't imagine why anyone would want to continue on like this unless they're secretly an anti-vaxxer. Other...

Worth quoting the whole thing. This is why philosophy gets a bad rep.

Yes, because that's an analogy. The point being made with that analogy is about decisions, and what we base those decisions on: knowledge or instinct....

https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-pleads-world-listen-cry-earth-climate-change-fight-1626788 Pope, along with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the...

:lol: There you have it, folks. Don't bother with climate science: some internet guy says it's all "pseudo-science." Evolution? Also pseudo-science --...

I initially said "credit," not "praise" -- you wanted to use "praise." That's fine, call it what you will. But as I've said several times now, I don't...

Yes, I've been saying that all along. This was my original statement in response to your emphasizing that most people, even those who are what we woul...

My statement is not subjective. I simply know more about the topic than average people. To react how you did is typical, I suppose, because it sounds ...

Yes, when it comes to laypeople. People should trust scientists and doctors — and these institutions should be trustworthy. As for others: it’s good t...

Do you? No—those are called examples. There’s gray area. I can, and do. I know more about climate science than the average person, which is what we we...

But one happens to be right and the other wrong, regardless of how one arrives at that claim. So while I also think it's a shame people aren't more ed...

A good point, and probably true -- even if you double the numbers, it's still not great. It comes down, in the end, to who we do trust. Nearly everyon...

I wouldn't use "cooperate," but be willing to learn and understand -- yes, that's assumed; indeed, it has to be. If that's not the case, what point is...

All kinds of things. How best to solve problems, personal and otherwise, comes to mind. Remember that I'm talking about answers to very basic question...

Very true. I have struggled with this since the days of AOL message boards. I have seen it everywhere. In real life I’ve run into problems too, but mu...

When it comes to climate change, vaccines, COVID, etc — yes. But overall, the general feeling is that government is bought by special interests.

They may very well be. I was being genuine when I asked you to clarify it for me, because the connection may well be an interesting one -- just one I'...

Yes, the overwhelming consensus of climate scientists -- like the overwhelming consensus of any scientific field -- should immediately tell a layperso...