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This seemed to be Popper's view (as someone else pointed out). Let us consider for a moment the proposition that singular instances provide no confirm...

Yes, I made what was apparently an error in the post you're quoting (explained in the bolded middle paragraph). It was unclear to me who "their" was r...

Tiff said: which is the comment that provoked my initial response. She then went on to say it is dependent upon the mother for its survival, etc which...

Yes. Tiff denied it. Which is why she and I were engaged in the discussion that we were when you interjected.

Go on to what? This would seem a non-sequitur. My interjection into this topic in this thread solely concerned that factual matter whether or not a 20...

You said "going by that definition..." your pinky is alive. I wasn't aware that any particular definition had been offered in this discussion, so I do...

Which "definition?" Tiff used the analogy of fetus as parasitic on the mother, which your pinky is not. Someone made the claim that a human fetus at 2...

Yea...I long ago dismissed Agustino as a moral lunatic. My question to the mods some time ago as to whether certain posters can be blocked from one's ...

I understand that this a complex issue and that your views may shift somewhat as we converse, but can we be in agreement that, whether or not it is vi...

Ahh, the dulcet tones of Benghazi references...how I have missed thee.

The circus peanut-in-chief has his Goebbels at his side...the circle is nearly complete. Oh, well...America had a good 240 year run (not perfect, sure...

Fair enough. I'm still not fully swayed by the analogy, but I accept this explanation as to why you believe it applies to abortion but not to the conj...

Cripes, I know that we were in the midst of the "space race" in the 1960s, but I just don't see what was the point of shooting that fetus into outer s...

You said "original" body. I'm not sure what the "original" added here. You presented an analogy which was meant to apply to abortion (specifically in ...

My example stipulated that they weren't mutually dependent, that one twin could survive the separation (this scenario is by no means medically unheard...

Again, even granted that it's "obvious," why does this "obviousness" translate to the abortion case, but not the conjoined twin case? As I said, the l...

I'm not sure I follow. This was the original analogy which was offered in the service of justifying abortion: "I think that if a grown person somehow ...

It is perhaps a coherent position in arguing for the permissibility of abortion in cases of rape or unplanned pregnancies which the woman took reasona...

Sorry to disappoint, but my comment was predicated on an assumed 36 week (i.e. approximately 9 month) human gestational period, not a 40 weeks' gestat...

Right...but my question was what is the basis for the claim that a human fetus less than 20 weeks old (i.e. approximately 5 months, or more than halfw...

I'm not sure I'd call it "fake," though. Tofu-based meat substitutes are "fake" meat, but lab-grown meat (from cultured muscle progenitor stem cells, ...

One of the latest frontiers in food science is "lab-grown" meat, derived from cultured stem cells. This method is still in its early developmental sta...

The fetus is not alive until 20 weeks after insemination? Could you tell me what is the basis for this claim? Below is the pic from Wiki of a human fe...

I am not particularly acquainted with the various flavors of supervenience (indeed, I already consider it to be a logical relation, so I'm not sure wh...

I don't see how this follows. Solipism is the belief or thesis that one's own mind is the only existing mind in the world. That you are certain that y...

I've seen definitions of physicalism which state that, roughly, everything which exists is either physical or supervenes on the physical. So, intentio...

Please do me a favor, Agustino, and don't do me any favors.

I've heard this claim (that women are poorly-represented in media and popular culture) made before, and I honestly don't know what is the basis for it...

Filthy...but genuinely arousing.

Qualifying terms like "significant" in such discussions usually poison the well from the outset, as "significant' is a subjective and elastic enough t...

This scientist's definition of "spirituality" (which I bolded) is so nebulous that it could mean virtually anything (from belonging to a social club w...

Hey, don't knock it: I could have said "thunderation!" :D

Egad...I'd call that nonsensical, but that would be an insult to nonsense.

Nothing about any of my posts suggests otherwise. If all of the 1.7 billion or so Muslims in the world were engaged in violent jihad, the world would ...

More broadsides from the "religion of peace." How much of this "peace" can the world handle, I wonder? http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/europe/berlin-tru...

My point was that I never said that all violence or human rights atrocities committed in, for instance, Saudi Arabia was a result of Islamic doctrine ...

No, it's the fact that they're Muslim which sets them apart from other religions in their behavior, which is the point of contention here. Christianit...

Please don't strawman me: I never said that every untoward act committed by a Muslim and/or which occurs in a Muslim-majority country is related to Is...

Yes. It is difficult to find historical examples of a truly benevolent empire. I just don't think there's any such thing (even if colonialism has had ...

Uh, what? "Shadowy conspiracies"? Unfortunately, there's nothing "shadowy" about the shrill cries of "Islamophobia" every time it is suggested that, j...

I've already explained what's wrong with this sophistry. It is possible to acknowledge the misogyny and gender inequality in one's own country (the U....

For whatever it's worth, I agree that I dislike burqas. I also disagree with general burqa bans (excepting particular circumstances such as driver's l...

No, it's a good example of a false equivalency, which speaks to my point. Yes, in the U.S. some rapists are given light sentences, and military has a ...

I see that false equivalencies are alive and well in these debates. The fact that you call women in the West "oppressed" and equate said oppression to...

Perhaps "counterpart" would be more apt. I think he meant to suggest that I was just like Augustino, except on the left side of the political spectrum...

Thorongil opened our "discussion" by responding to a post of mine by saying only "naive," and when I rebutted him (albeit in a sarcastic manner, which...

Come now, Thor. "Fatty?" That's the best you can do? I'm not even fat for Chrissakes. Why not take a page from the Trump playbook, and call me a "lose...

Exhibit A, everyone. Thank you, Thor. This is by far the most useful thing you've said on this thread.

Yup, read it. It even got a nod recently on Fareed Zakaria's show, GPS.

Democrats have been race-baiting, and engaged in xenophobia? The party that nominated and elected a black president twice in 8 years? The party which ...