Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,836
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 8,833
Re: Could We Have Won Vietnam?
Grunching,
Counter-insurgency wouldn't have worked, even if following the british Oman model (which is the bomb) because you'd have the chinese and the soviets doing pretty much the same thing...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,836
Re: Just A Reminder About Religious People
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Ya see, Brett Favre is is like an Old Christianity and and ah Tony Romo is like a new Judaism. And well Muslim is like you know a Brett Favre from a parellel world. Whos' the best...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,846
Re: I don\'t know anything about politics
"The prince" by Machiavelli is an entertaining read. Not because it is very endearing, but it WILL put politics into a historical context for you.
And don't trust stuff blindly. Political history...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,633
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,633
Re: If math were a color, it would be...
It is probably good. Too much heavy emphasis on formalized math could potentially remove much of the intuitivity of it, creating a barrier between the paper math and everyday situations.
I think...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,836
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,145
Re: Argh property rights debate
This thread officially have some of the dumbest replies I have ever read. There is no arguments in the quotes of the OP that makes it a contradiction to say 'this is my wallet so give it to me or...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,867
Re: How does my dog know to look at my face?
Facial recognition seems like a good adaptive trait, so having it probably means you survive easier and pass along your genes easier. As for why it looks at your face, most mammals share some facial...
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Forum: Politics
11-29-2007, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 4,688
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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Absurd. Having a government undermines property rights in the first place. That said, some gov't somewhere might have done something vaguely resembling this - I don't know, I'm not a...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 3,817
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
Civil debate does not need the debaters to think rationally, it only needs them to behave at some tolerable level of politenss.
There is no need to hide that many atheists, especially young ones,...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 3,817
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,560
Re: Why should we bother with you guys anyway?
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Considering the fact that only about 2-3% of the world's population is atheist, it would seem prudent to be able to engage theists in a constructive manner.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 2,967
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 299
Views: 4,266
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,358
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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Personally I think death may be less of a punishment then life in prison. But opinions may vary greatly about this.
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Most of the arguments against death sentences are...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 299
Views: 4,266
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 4,688
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
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So if you disagree with valenzeula- you are committing douchebaggery. Glad to know. Nate is also not nitpicking your statements, he is nitpicking your LOGIC. We all understand you are...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 1,700
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 86
Views: 1,700
Re: Society, Intuition and Logic
What do you mean by intuition exactly?
If you mean quick, fast thinking then we need that. We're biological computers in more need of quick'n'dirty than we are in need of continous quality....
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 932
Re: Philosophy of Xmas
I like Christmas.
When I was young part of my family were Christians so they never held Christmas to be a spiritual season - so they figured nobody really knew when baby jesus was born, and its a...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,358
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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Great. I oppose the death penalty as a form punishment because in a modern society it has high cost of error (ethically), enormous costs and little utility. I oppose most long...
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Forum: Politics
11-28-2007, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 172
Views: 5,358
Re: This is why I\'m for the death penalty.
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The principle is exactly the same, and Im pretty sure you know it too.
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Huh? Now I don't even know what we are talking about anymore. I certainly...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,645
Re: Don\'t taze me drone!
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That is NOT why your profession gets picked on more than most. Not even close. The reason your profession gets picked on more than most is the same exact reason the excuse "Well there...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-28-2007, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 2,867
Re: Slate.com on race and IQ
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So research is legit just only research from the 30's. Excellent.
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Come on Vhawk, you know there is no reason to suspect biased research on race in the 30s.
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