I should have been more clear. By "directly related" I meant "a primary factor of inter-generational poverty transmission". If racial segregation, in ...
Yes, I'm aware this history, though it is not directly relevant to economic segregation; you could have rich largely black communities due to this his...
Thanks for identifying me as the saviour of mankind, but I think it's a bit over-exaggerated compliment even for your usual dedication of precision. H...
He who hath ability to type things into search engines, let him type things into search engines. He who hath not, let boethius doeth foreth him and pa...
I took some effort to indicate effects are on the aggregate and to not phrase my points in a way that opens up to "micro exception criticism" such as ...
Iran purchased the S-400, but then the West complained and Russia apparently "down-graded the system". We don't know how much, but Russia is highly mo...
Yes, this is the case. If you live in a poor neighborhood, you go to a poor school. Just as important, this creates a massive selection bias of where ...
Yes, it almost seems obvious now, though my first post was before the drone hit and this launching/cancelling op, so that events unfolded according to...
Yes, certainly the straight of Hormuz can be mined but also be covered by anti-ship missiles, so the mine problem would be more an post-war-hazard/nui...
Mines are not a big threat in the middle of the ocean. For instance, Iran would place a lot of mines around potential landing sites, but this wouldn't...
We don't know exactly what the Russians have supplied neither what the extent of their help is. As you've pointed out, optimizing the network of exist...
Maybe the first indication of a prediction (I made a couple of days ago) that Trump will throw Bolton and Pompeo under the bus for failing to defeat I...
Yes, that's why I say you still need "enough". My point was simply that in the context of a ground invasion you need significantly more. If you want m...
Yes, we definitely agree on this point. Though we can't dismiss what Trump says in terms of analytical value, nor can we dismiss the possibility that ...
You both seem to want to make things both simpler and more complicated than I would argue is plausible. First, Trump has definitely proven that he ima...
The question is not whether the US has a lot of planes. The question is how useful these planes will be in a world where there is a proliferation of a...
Also, key point, the US military massive commitment to stealth wasn't stupid. It made sense in a world without the neo-con driven Ukrainian conflict t...
Your points are very relevant in a situation like a ground invasion (as you mention in Iraq), where things are being bombed all over the place, chaos ...
The difference is that the Syrians couldn't retaliate anyways. So vis-a-vis the Americans, it's not tit-for-tat, it's just tit. With the Iranians, any...
Yes, it's a very interesting topic; if these systems do work it changes the global power dynamic. Well, I assume Russia did send operators to train th...
My guess is Trump liked having generals because he thought they would follow orders ... but discovered generals aren't good at brazen lying, so they b...
Well, I believe that's how science works. Trump also mentioned they didn't put no man or woman in the drone, and Iran's lucky about that, which I thin...
By S-300/400 I mean to reference the S-300 "with upgrades" the Russians have sold Iranians. What matters is not so much "having" an S-300 or 400 or so...
Well, literally a couple hours after my comment, it seems I was right what the high level discussion involve the high cost of war ... or then obviousl...
With the downing of a 120 million dollar US drone, whoever attacked the tankers, Iran seems to be calling the US' bluff. The Trump admin maybe now fin...
This is a naive assumption. Iran is very different compared to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, which are the "successful" wars. These countries were isol...
I think is doing a good job explaining Kant obviously knew that "always jump" and "never jump" aren't categorical imperatives of which one or the othe...
If you want to psychologize Rand, open a new thread in the psychology section. She's dead, so will not be able to benefit from any psychological analy...
They might mind or they might not, but such minding or does not follow from Social Darwanism. For instance, if they do mind they may say because of So...
This statement seems to have premise, that facts ought to be believed. Also, I'm not arguing AJJ's premise is false, that facts ought to be believed, ...
Ok, you have no standard of what is crank philosophy. You've obviously thought about it, and perhaps you offer no standard because you realize a lot o...
Yes, I have no problem believing you value facts, just as with AJJ. My point here is that we're not forced to. We can just see contradictory things an...
has already pointed out the obvious implication of your thesis lead to the absurd conclusion that we should live in worse conditions rather than bette...
As you may know, Kant refers to these as synthetic transcendentals, though I'm not sure Kant would say they are not objective because they are not obj...
Yes, you do actually have to defend your argument. I think that's what we do here. You are free to defend your case by flipping the burden of proof on...
Exactly my point. I can't convince you, and me typing this is achieving your goal, but I'm a friendly guy who believes people are ends in themselves a...
I agree that you can use the truth like this, if you define your terms carefully. But we usually, in common language and in most technical philosophy ...
Yes, was just writing that, just like with the truth, I just keep asserting the lie. You tell me that's a lie, I say "great, lies are what I ought to ...
Out of curiosity, does the author use objective that way? I've never encountered "objective truth" to mean independent from thought, usually "objectiv...
This is usually just skepticism, if you're emphasis is on the knowledge. Is the OP's meaning. I would agree there's no way to convince a solipsist tha...
Again, your use of the word objective makes your, otherwise perfectly sensible in my view, argument simply not true. The meaning of "objectivity" as y...
I'm also a plain language person, although I can engage in complex semantic discussion when required. In this case, I do not think that leads anywhere...
Well unless you can explain how literally "not reading" is useful for reading comprehension, I'm unable to take much stock in your opinion on reading ...
Yes, please defend your thesis by referencing Rand's material. If I was hunting for Rand supporters to attack I'd be on Reddit, not here. The question...
Well, if my premise is correct, that: Then it follows that your claim that I have poor reading comprehension you've selected because it maximizes your...
Following from my premise here, which is your goal is to goad people into wasting time and you will work backwards to whatever statements and beliefs ...
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