Imagine being a Trump apologist, having to argue in favor of border walls, climate denial, and the senseless scrapping of successful deals. :starstruc...
Isn’t it sad how far one has to go as a climate denier? Literally to the point of arguing that because we don’t understand everything, and can’t be 10...
First: we do understand a great deal about the atmosphere. There’s plenty to learn still — as with all sciences, it’s a continuous journey. Unless the...
And your thesis is wrong. Why would this be “unfortunate”? Humans “alone” don’t “control” the earth’s climate. No climate scientist ever has or ever w...
Okay, so we have on the one hand the scientific community, where there's 98% consensus due to years of accumulated evidence and research that overwhel...
The temperature at which water boils isn’t uncertain. So there’s no reason to believe scientists, but Bjorn Lomborg is a citable source. There’s every...
What "opposition"? You mean the entire scientific community? They've abandoned "objectivity"? Also, I don't think the media is scaring us ENOUGH. We s...
Yes but TARP wasn't the Fed. That was legislation from Congress. I was talking specifically about monetary policy and its relation to inflation. It's ...
I repost this as it may be helpful: In explaining climate change, for people who are truly interested in learning about it, I always like to start wit...
Fair enough. Perhaps I misunderstood. The way you worded it was ambiguous in my view. Incidentally, I don't think those who disagree are evil, but I d...
And...? Remember what I said: we can be as certain of this as we are of anything. Yes, absolute knowledge and 100% certainty isn't possible. So what? ...
It did increase the money supply. For years the supply has increased, in fact. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/money-supply-m0 Actually, ye...
So what? Both were meant to stimulate the economy. The Fed printed money back then too and people screamed about inflation. Didn't come. Yes, the Fed ...
Boiling water is a complex thing too. It's fairly well understood though. Natural catastrophes have always existed. Believe it or not, climate scienti...
That's not what you said. Human activity is the reason we see the rate of change we're seeing. There are people who have studied this their entire liv...
The Fed was printing plenty of money in 2009 too. No inflation. An unprecedented global lockdown has major consequences. Claiming this is used as a "p...
Yes. We can be as sure of it as we are of anything. Tell people in Pakistan and California how beneficial it is. No one is saying 2030 is the point of...
No, it isn't. It's an ignorant position. It's a position which ignores the scientific consensus, decades of research, and overwhelming evidence availa...
I’d say those are all relevant problems pertaining to his existential situation. I’d prioritize those questions over whether he believes abortion is a...
I find those quibbling over whether the term “existential threat” really applies to climate change rather amusing. Especially when it’s become clear, ...
? What would you call it? It’s a lot — the Fed buys a lot of bonds. Maybe that’s what you’re getting at. The point I was making is that it’s one part ...
They buy some bonds. The Fed has been doing so for decades. During QE in 2009, they were doing it on steroids. People screamed of inflationary effects...
:fire: It really is farcical isn’t it? The biggest Statist here claims to hate the state (now that Biden is president, of course). Don’t look for prin...
Where’s the evidence? Besides them explicitly saying it, I mean. Who are we to look into the hearts and souls of these people? We must be NUANCED. Exc...
Repeat after me: there was no insurrection. The people there were not there because the votes from a free election were being certified —they were the...
Many were deleted. A lot of really bizarre stuff, claiming he’s God, etc. Was warned but kept at it. Could be a mental health issue (and I’m not sayin...
Love to watch Trumpists try to square the circle in service of their delusions. :starstruck: Insurrection to overthrow a free election? Nah, nothing b...
Monetary policy — the actions of the federal reserve — inflate asset classes like stocks and housing. Currently, it accounts for some inflation— some....
A tiny insurrection. No big deal. After all, they were “burning down cities” all summer leading up to this. Election was stolen — can’t prove it yet, ...
“Russia interfered in the 2016 election” (turns out it was true, but not enough to swing the election — as I was saying from the beginning) = Literal ...
Of course there is. Unless we want to claim all problems are the same— or that problems don’t exist. But that’s absurd. I’d say any issue that’s poten...
I'd love it if there were some link, but I see very little in Heidegger in terms of discussing meditation. I wouldn't say all experience is evaluative...
It's difficult but not impossible -- just keep at it. Eventually you do reach a state where anything that arises (to use the lingo) -- thoughts, image...
The speech was rather tame compared to the lunacy of the delusional right-wing nuts out there. For those that didn't read it or listen to it, here are...
If we think of death as an event, then it's the point where life is over (where one goes from "here" to "no longer here," as you put it). That event m...
Maybe. If those in power were a little more aware, perhaps then they wouldn’t make such short-sighted, greedy, anti-social decisions. In that case I c...
That's an interpretation, sure. But then "greater reality" is really what you're discussing, no? Why use "God" or "Shiva" or "Blue Unicorn" and argue ...
Do you also consider the existence of Zeus or Hormaz or Shiva as one of the toughest? I think you see my point. The reason this question is especially...
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