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Mikie

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I don't recall referring to you once.
May 11, 2020 at 01:55
And what an insightful point it is. Where do we rank Trump's character? Rape and pedophilia aside, what we do know for certain is this: "Climate chang...
May 11, 2020 at 01:50
Oh, so you're in favor of rape. Got it. See how easy it is? This level of argument in a philosophy forum is truly pathetic.
May 10, 2020 at 23:04
Don't bother with these morally upstanding people helping to re-elect Trump. In their minds, if you vote Biden you're just as bad as Trump voters. It'...
May 10, 2020 at 22:44
You strike me as someone who has never seriously considered an idea outside of their own belief system in their lives. Of course Flynn is corrupt and ...
May 10, 2020 at 04:25
I see them as related. We simply don't consider most of our behavior reflectively, including sexual behavior (thoughts or actions). Any individual's p...
May 10, 2020 at 04:06
An interesting topic. Schopenhauer (and Freud of course) broke it wide open. The studies by Kinsey et al, Masters and Johnson, are worth looking into ...
May 09, 2020 at 22:03
We don't "all know" that, because that sentence itself has meaning. Does it or does it not mean anything? If it does, there's some meaning in the worl...
May 08, 2020 at 22:13
No.
May 08, 2020 at 22:08
All of these things, as you well know, have been around for decades. But it's the degree to which they've been amped up. They don't even care about pr...
May 04, 2020 at 22:36
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-in-every-four-circuit-court-judges-is-now-a-trump-appointee/2019/12/21/d6fa1e98-2336-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a...
May 04, 2020 at 20:59
Getting discouraged is a surefire way to keep losing. Remember too: Even though 5 will vote for Trump, the large majority will vote for someone else (...
May 04, 2020 at 20:25
5 people in this poll voting for Trump. I shouldn't be shocked that ignorance abounds everywhere, even in philosophy forums.
May 03, 2020 at 23:24
No I don't. I don't think most scientists think about or really care about the underlying philosophical assumptions or systems of beliefs that they ho...
May 01, 2020 at 21:05
It's a fair point, and if this were any other election (besides 2016) I might agree it would be worthwhile just to rile the population even more. This...
May 01, 2020 at 19:25
Appreciate the post, but I really don't know what you're asking me here. Perhaps you could be more straightforward. I think I've been fairly clear abo...
April 30, 2020 at 19:54
There's good evidence to suggest that, yes. The Sunrise Movement isn't based on Sanders as a leader. Nor was the Occupy Movement (in fact he was ridin...
April 30, 2020 at 19:51
No, it wasn't -- nor does any scientist believe that. Newton's theories are not "wrong," nor were "proven wrong." Yes, it's true that many simpletons ...
April 30, 2020 at 19:48
Getting back to the discussion after many digressions and diversions from the OP: _______________ Phusis is the basis of modern science. Why? Because ...
April 30, 2020 at 03:30
Who knows. Some say the younger voters just don't show up in the numbers that older voters do. I don't think it was manufactured either. There's a fil...
April 30, 2020 at 02:49
If it turns out he's guilty, and I hope he is, then maybe the DNC can prop up someone else. It'll never be Sanders, of course, but even Mayor Pete is ...
April 30, 2020 at 00:22
Is it really Biden's charming personality? I think Trump is far more entertaining as "personality."
April 30, 2020 at 00:09
I don't hold them solely responsible. It's true that in South Carolina, for example, he did very well with Black voters, the elderly, etc. More of Ber...
April 30, 2020 at 00:02
has a point. DNC made a big mistake putting Biden up.
April 29, 2020 at 03:03
Probability is the language of science. There is no proof; there are no absolute certainties. Scientists are always aware that new data may overturn o...
April 29, 2020 at 01:13
There was plenty of debate about Newton's theories, but the evidence was overwhelming. Nor was it proven "wrong" by Einstein or quantum theory. Not ev...
April 29, 2020 at 01:11
Ohhh, I see...tell me more! I'm interested in evidence which, in this case, is overwhelming. If you want to debate Keynesian economic policy and its e...
April 29, 2020 at 01:06
Sure there are plenty of unsolved problems and active debates in climate science. But if you look at the research papers coming out these days, the de...
April 29, 2020 at 00:53
Because climate science is "model based"? Global warming is not an output of computer models; it is a conclusion based on observations of a great many...
April 29, 2020 at 00:49
Good for you. I myself am agnostic about gravity and whether the Earth really is flat. Who knows? Things change. I'm also agnostic about God and the F...
April 29, 2020 at 00:48
No, I accept things that have overwhelming evidence -- like a spherical Earth, like that the holocaust happened, like evolution, like gravity, like cl...
April 29, 2020 at 00:44
I haven't what? Jesus you're a horrible writer. You've already given yourself away buddy. You've proven you only read fringe bullshit about climate ch...
April 29, 2020 at 00:36
Lol. Right, just like creationists have "one side" and "evolutionists" have another view. Or, better, flat-earthers have a view and NASA has another v...
April 29, 2020 at 00:30
And you definitely know, because you're so very informed. No, I've studied this for years actually. Yes, you've found two climate deniers who agree wi...
April 29, 2020 at 00:25
The IPCC is not the US government, it's a number of research institutes and thousands of scientists. Good to see you're very skeptical about things, y...
April 29, 2020 at 00:18
LOL. Oh, what a shocker. A well known (and well used by deniers) "skeptic." This is your example? Pathetic. Maybe read up on these people before spout...
April 29, 2020 at 00:15
One scientist who you don't remember. Can't read. Spinner of straw. Ridiculous claims without any evidence or sources. This last one is especially egr...
April 29, 2020 at 00:06
No, completely wrong. Saying the "only real good solid data" is embarrassing. There's a number of excellent sources of data on the climate, which you ...
April 29, 2020 at 00:02
Yes, really. No one -- not myself, not anything I've cited, is arguing CO2 is the only driver of climate change. It's a complete straw man. No, it isn...
April 28, 2020 at 23:58
Please do, and if you can point me to where he says we'll "easily survive." Lol. Right, and you know because you're a climatologist. Please explain wh...
April 28, 2020 at 23:55
No one is arguing this. Pure straw-man. Yes, methane is a more potent greenhouse gas, but doesn't last nearly as long as CO2. There's also plenty of o...
April 28, 2020 at 23:52
They can, and they have. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/climate-change-report-card-co2-emissions/
April 28, 2020 at 23:43
No, they won't "tell you" because there are a number of projections which depend on what we do now. If we do remain with the status quo -- we're toast...
April 28, 2020 at 23:41
I've changed my mind. "Organizing" and "activism" are stoopid. Better to be a political hobbyist. But make sure you don't vote Biden, because doing so...
April 28, 2020 at 22:21
Joe Biden's policies on the environment vs. Trumps: Eh, sounds good but could be just a bunch of nice words. Now Trump's climate change plan: "It's a ...
April 28, 2020 at 22:14
"If Trump is re-elected, it's an indescribable disaster. It means that the policies of the last four years, which have been extremely destructive to t...
April 28, 2020 at 22:00
That's why I said an authority that provides evidence which I could check. As I've shown repeatedly, that's not what I said. I mentioned someone once ...
April 28, 2020 at 20:25
Ontological basis. You're right, that may not have been clear initially, but that's what I'm talking about. Not scientific practice.
April 28, 2020 at 20:17
Just having fun. Dickless means well, I'm sure. But I have low tolerance for people who outright refuse to learn.
April 28, 2020 at 20:13
Yes, the "speech" of buying elections. Brilliant.
April 28, 2020 at 20:11