T_Clark

You were straight-forward and clear in what you had to say. I've complimented the clarity of your writing before.

This is baloney - self-righteous, passive-aggressive crap. I agree with you that conspiracy theories are almost always wrong and wrong-headed. At the ...

I have been thinking about starting a discussion on how, sometimes, it makes more sense to pay attention to the questions people ask than to the answe...

You forgot - that's Jewish space lasers. A good well-thought out response.

There are studies that show that human children start making what we would call "moral" distinctions at a very early age - two or three months. Here's...

I feel bad about being so harsh in my response. That's why I decided to stop.

You and I are not going to agree on this. I can't think of any more responses beyond what I've already written.

It's a strongly-worded statement of disagreement.

I agree with you that consensus is what's important. I sometimes say that truth is what you can convince people of. That's not quite right. It's more ...

I would accuse you of a lack of perspective, but that does not seem nearly strong enough a statement. You've moved beyond that and are crossing the bo...

From what I've seen of your own discussions and you participation in other people's, you and I share an interest in some of the same kinds of issues, ...

The science is pretty strong on this issue. Here is a link to an article about decision making in people with a certain kind of brain damage. https://...

I agree.

I'm interested in this discussion, but I'm feeling guilty. We're way off subject. Start a thread and I'll participate. You've obviously thought about ...

I misunderstood, but then again, I'll argue with anyone, even people I agree with.

I'd forgotten the book and Baggett. What can I say. I was much younger then. As I noted, there are physicists who believe there may be testable differ...

In my experience "woke" is primarily a disparaging term used by conservatives which acquires whatever vague right-wing meaning is needed. I guess in t...

I started out watching the first five minutes. Then, at your suggestion, I forwarded to the section on Bell's inequality and watched through the end. ...

Geez, now you're asking us to respond to the actual subject of the thread. That's pretty unreasonable. I just looked at the video and I see it's an ho...

Yes. Of course. I agree. The current social justice movement is just exactly like the Cultural Revolution. /uploads/files/m1/bbgn26nmytwssw4v.png Just...

Musk and SpaceX just won the contract to build a space ship to go back to the moon for $3 billion, although Jeff is making a stink. They just launched...

It's been a while since there has been much good physics on the forum. I'm thinking about starting a thread to prove that force does not really equal ...

Well put.

You're proposing a radical change in American federal and state policing and gun policy which you have acknowledged will lead to many deaths. The burd...

Come on, you are being intentionally dense. I've said I support 2nd Amendment rights. I won't argue whether your planned gun-owning utopia is legal or...

I don't doubt your sincerity or your anger. I even agree that a lot of what is called "woke" is destructive and counterproductive. I also think it is ...

But JR, you seemed like such a nice young man. This is the pipiest of all pipe dreams. Agreed. If we're gong to fantasize, we should definitely includ...

Say what you will. Costs for renewable and associated energy technologies; wind, solar, batteries; are approaching or surpassing those for fossil fuel...

I don't know just about everything. It might make more sense to ask what I need to know. I'm at an age when I don't really need to know anything more ...

First off, I am offering my solutions as responses to Synthesis's intentionally provocative posts. My language was also intentionally provocative. Sec...

Just about all complex problems in a society as big as the US's and the world's get solved using "a bunch of different approaches." Not only that, you...

Thanks.

I don't know whether your particular solution to the energy problem is the right one. Actually, I'm pretty sure it isn't the solution. Not that it won...

I'll define little "g" god. A god is the personification of existence or a portion of existence. It is a human act to personify - attribute human char...

No, I don't think so. @"Banno" raised the question and it set me thinking. I endorse a policy of toleration until it becomes intolerable. I think you'...

I've been thinking about this more and I wanted to follow up on this more. I wrote: First - a question for @"fdrake" and @"StreetlightX", two moderato...

Are you talking about this from above? I don't think that's particularly condescending. Or blunt for that matter. I guess I'd characterize it as rheto...

Still seems goofy that the best reason you can think of for dealing with climate change is to stick it to the lefties. And, as I wrote, whatever your ...

Explanation #1 - Poor enforcement of the pseudo-science rules. Explanation #2 - Failure to recognize that apparent similarities between phenomena are ...

Solution #4 Stop, Part 2 Tell the police to stop killing unarmed people.

Let me see if I understand. You're going to defeat the liberals by giving them what they want. Is that right? Boy, that'll teach 'em a lesson. They'll...

Solution #1 - Given that he is confident he won't be hanged, he'll be surprised whichever day he actually is. Solution #2 - The executioner comes to t...

Blunt is fine. Condescending is rhetorical rather than philosophical. And it starts unnecessary and unproductive scuffles.

Hey! I resemble that remark.

@"spirit-salamander" is the one who made a distinction between methodological and metaphysical naturalism. I think it may be a valuable idea, but it i...

This is irrelevant. I gave a definition of naturalism based on it's common philosophical meaning. That is the stated subject of this thread and the on...

I think that one's position on the good or evil of humanity depends on temperament and personality mostly. People who like others think they're ok. Pe...

Disagree. I thought they were pretty straightforward. That's why I generally look for a few definitions. I find that looking at them together generall...

Ignore the news mostly. Stick to science. Look at a general news site every day or two to make sure the world hasn't ended and Bob Dylan hasn't won th...

Solution #2 Stop All the racists stop being all racist and stuff.