(It's often said of me that my writing is sometimes like that of a lawyer, which isn't meant as a compliment. So if this is how the following appears ...
I think you underestimate the degree to which I've looked carefully at your arguments and supporting evidence/data/citations -- but I engage with many...
I don't like "repeating myself over and over" either, but not everyone can follow every message on every topic on this forum -- least of all me. Other...
(1) I think rationality, logic, and mathematics -- which is especially embodied in natural philosophy (science) -- should indeed be vehemently held an...
I didn't completely ignore, but I didn't spend a lot of time on. Why? Because I'm not as privy to what's happening in the UK, which is why I restricte...
Right, which is exactly what's happening. I can't speak for the UK, but similar anti-vax misinformation has spread and taken hold there as well I'm su...
We agree on that too, if you deigned to read what I said instead of rushing into accusations. Then take some responsibility and be more clear next tim...
Who told you? Mandates have been around for decades, without much fanfare or controversy. The reason they’re controversial now is 1) the anti-vaccine ...
"Vaccine Mandates Are Surviving Nearly All Legal Challenges" https://apple.news/AZEFfw-igSJ23VzV_69gwFw What a shocker. Too bad some of our patrons he...
I'm not familiar with his views on climate change, although from what I've read he does seem in the same group as a Stephen Pinker, who I otherwise gr...
That’s exactly right. The people profiting off of destroying the environment— mostly the fossil fuel industry— have tried to suppress the data, deny, ...
I’ll repeat: vaccine mandates have been around for decades — at schools and many workplaces. The sudden resistance to them is due to politicization an...
Lomborg is the guy the WSJ climate deniers and every other person who doesn’t want to appear ridiculous cites as a source. I’m very familiar with him,...
There are allowed exceptions, and not every company is handling it the same way. Some allow for regular testing, etc. That's what I mean by nuanced. R...
Expert opinion is that vaccines are safe, effective, and slow the spread of the virus. I'll repeat that over and over again. Thus, mandates are necess...
It's really not new technology. But even if it were, this excuse can be used at any time. The polio vaccine was "new" technology, too, after all. A di...
I think so too. Someone who holds that holds a theory that the Grand Canyon was carved out by something other than glaciers doesn't necessarily have s...
:lol: No kidding. Notice this person doesn't ONCE say that vaccines are "dangerous." They're not: they're safe and effective. Safe does not = "absolut...
No. This isn't true. But even if it were true, as usual it excludes the point about slowing the spread -- which the vaccine also does. "Seriously ill"...
I asked for your economic claims -- I don't see the relevance of the first link, and certainly not for the second. If you're really getting your clima...
They would disagree with you. It's as if you think you've stumbled upon just the right wording, or the magical principle upon which we can finally gro...
Yes, flat earthers, creationists, and Holocaust deniers also “disagree.” Should we engage in the “hard work” of thoroughly debunking each and every cl...
If you have sources to support these claims I’d be interested. I have no reason to believe or disbelieve them— except I’m leery about the “more opport...
2024 is far too distant to know what will happen. But it’s very likely Trump is nominated and, once again, has the enthusiasm on his side as the “outs...
Yes but you see how this argument is often used to justify massively disproportionate growth. A good example is the 2017 tax cut. Yes, it’s true that ...
One thread was asking if it was worthwhile engaging with deluded individuals like yourself— and the answer was in the affirmative, mostly for the bene...
Similar to why we should ignore the rantings of people like you, who try to manufacture controversy where there is none to justify the fact that you’v...
Yes. Although I don't like "evil," too many Christian connotations. I never thought Trump was a complete idiot -- although he is certainly a buffoon. ...
Then don’t complain about it. You said you cited evidence— you didn’t. I’m not going up follow conversations I’m not involved in. Next time, don’t int...
No, if you continue reading I give plenty of reasons why. I see no cited evidence. Whatever you've posted before, I have no idea. No, it isn't. I have...
There were multiple ways of doing that, actually. There were different sections for smoking, at first. That's now stopped as well, until we have an ou...
Nor did I say that, notice. Stating the fact that we're more polarized now -- which has been well studied -- is not the same as thinking in "dichotomo...
A good point -- yes, it is largely about trust. Who do we believe? Since we can't be experts in everything, we have to trust all kinds of people. Trus...
No, what the issue is, for you, is that you don't trust the enterprise of science. That's generally not a bad thing -- one should question authority o...
Vaccines are safe, effective, and slow the spread of the virus. It's as sound as banning smoking from the workplace. That's legitimate. This is so obv...
Is it really going to take violence to get people to listen? Maybe the right has the correct tactic, like you mentioned. Their representatives are so ...
They tried to go the other way, and it wasn't working. Mandates are working. If that's what it takes to get people to push through the lies they're en...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/climate/biden-clean-energy-manchin.html Death knell. Might as well say goodbye to each other, because some asshole ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/climate/biden-clean-energy-manchin.html The death knell for the species. It’s surreal that it’s happening right in ...
The solutions are there, and ready -- it's a matter, ultimately, of political will. It'll cost roughly 2% of GDP a year. We've seen what governments a...
I agree wholeheartedly. That's why "denial" is exactly the right word -- as humans we're good at denying or putting things out of our heads, like deat...
You mean the hatred and contempt towards you, which at this point I must say is completely justified, given that you shamelessly repeat the same lies ...
That's fine -- but the companies and the government do see it that way, and rightly. They're informed by medical experts (and medical ethicists), who ...
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