Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,800
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,631
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,800
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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your snippits sound like nonsense.
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Now I gotta ask if YOU have read the God Delusion.
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Its not a matter of his views.... What matters is the force (or not)...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-30-2007, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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Best read it yourself if you want to comment. Much comment on Dawkins is mere bile,
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Have I misheard his views?
*Religious belief is a mental pathology.
*Faith...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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Safe to guess you've never read anything by Richard Dawkins?
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Wrong. Selfish Gene is fascinating, I love that stuff.
His current political musings in God Delusion...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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They don't think their belief is correct but they believe it anyway?
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No. They aren't exclusive at all. It's still God, whether it comes in a bottle or a can.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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The problem is how to react to people who are clearly living in a dellusional world.
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Yes, this is the question. In public, your response should be calculated to influence...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
11-29-2007, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 551
Re: JTs river spot in biggish pot
With KJ on the board, what hand that you beat is he going to keep pounding with? Not TT or AQ. The pf cap clinches it -- AK or premium pockets.
I also fold pf.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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That just isn't true. Many, many believers are very ecumenical. They believe in a divinity that is legitimately accessed through all sorts of religions.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-29-2007, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 1,279
Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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It's non-negotiable if you're religious. To a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/etc., there's nothing to talk about. It's either their way, or the highway.
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That just isn't true. ...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-28-2007, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 183
Views: 3,537
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Forum: Politics
11-27-2007, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 1,758
Re: Why Im no longer an ACist
Val, here's another fundamental reason to forgo the koolaid:
You can't get rid of the state. Even if smashed, a new one will quickly reconstitute itself.
The only way to get rid of a state is...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-19-2007, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 619
Re: I Met a Backwards Man
Can anyone explain how this illusion works? How does our brain mess it up? It occurs even with one eye closed. I can kind of imagine how it would work with a symmetrical object, but this floors...
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-09-2007, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 92
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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He repeatedly advocates an anarchy where there are basically no rules or property at all.
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Example?
And the lock business. Jesus, he was drunk on...
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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He repeatedly advocates an anarchy where there are basically no rules or property at all.
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Example?
And the lock business. Jesus, he was drunk on pretend beer, in a...
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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I don't see how this article by Chomsky can be interpreted to be anything other than tacitly supporting the Khmer Rouge and explicitly denying the genocide.
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So provide...
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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Serious question:
Would locks/fences be illegal in this type of society?
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You are missing the point. Chomsky refuses to provide such a detailed imagining, cuz things...
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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Jesus, go away. Everyone here is well equipped at doing google searches and can realise for themselves that Chosmy did not support the Cambodian genocide- or deny it.
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
Borodog wrote:
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productivity would completely crash without private ownership.... if you started with a completely, totally equal division of property, in the first minute of socialism...
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Forum: Politics
11-07-2007, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 627
Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)
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The closest example of the practical manifestation of Chomsky's political "philosophy" is the former Khmer Rouge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_rouge) regime in Cambodia in the late...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
11-07-2007, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 151
Views: 1,187
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-06-2007, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 112
Views: 585
Re: Justify procreation, please.
It will make sense if you start taking antidepressants.
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If there is no God, then I postulate it is immoral to procreate. (Immoral is not the exact word, because given no God there...
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