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Discrete math, calculus, and linear algebra are super useful in computing. That's why your university decided you needed to learn them. My degree is electrical engineering but I started in CS before I switched. Discrete math is important because everything in computers is discrete but the world is continuous. You have... | Advanced mathematics (discrete maths, etc) seems pointless outside of society. It's an advanced game with a set of rules that we invented and is no way a discovery. | 0 | 2017-05-04T21:31:47 | 30 | 2 | 3 |
You say you agree that the court correctly applied the law. Do you agree with the law in the first place? If you do, then why do you think the couple is petty for demanding the law be enforced? If a business refusing to serve you because of your sexual orientation is not that big a deal, why do we have the law in the f... | The gay couple that sued the florist in Washington was being petty and vindictive | 0 | 2017-02-16T23:08:39 | 167 | 1 | 23 |
One of the reasons you mentioned for not voting for Hilary is that you will feel that you've moved towards the Democratic party rather than them moving towards you (which you'd prefer). But you're missing a key point here. If you don't vote you count for anything, if you (and thousands like you) vote for Democrats then... | I won't vote in a Hillary v. Trump Election | 0 | 2016-03-07T21:42:03 | 102 | 2 | null |
I don't understand why you feel its wrong to play EDH competitively. I have done both the casual 4 hour games and the turn 3-4 format version. Both are fun to me. I would never turn 4 win against a casual group that was expecting a different type of game, but building competitive EDH decks is very gratifying and fun to... | EDH should not be "competitive". | 0 | 2016-12-09T12:28:52 | 120 | 1 | null |
There's just no way these guys spend this much time on doing fluff on TV and still find the time to do all the work a POTUS is supposed to be doing. All the actual work is done by "the administration" or "the party", so the actual individual thoughts expressed by the President really don't matter, he's just the clown o... | The President of the United State is not "the most powerful person on Earth" but merely a media puppet. | 1 | 2017-02-24T17:50:10 | 28 | 5 | 247 |
You seem to be working from a very wrong starting point, that economic models are inaccurate, they aren't. They are in fact quite accurate. The problems with economics arise when politicians decide they can get creative with the numbers, the media reinterpret the numbers to rile up an economically illiterate public or ... | A lot of economists are just glorified fortune tellers | 0 | 2014-05-24T08:55:46 | 82 | 1 | 1 |
Let's say you are 45 when you decide to have a child. It takes you a year to conceive due to low mobility sperm and old age. 9 months later you have a wonderful baby. You are now 47. You are not as young as you once where and I have heard many parents say it is much harder raising children later on in life because you ... | For a man, having a child in his 40s is not a problem. | 0 | 2016-09-11T17:27:11 | 57 | 1 | 2 |
Do you think ignorance an excuse for otherwise out-of-context immorality? Only when a person is in a position where they should have known better. Being "willfully ignorant" is certainly a thing. But unfortunately, the only way to fully understand a situation of morality as another person sees it is to *be* that person... | People should be judged only on the basis of their morality/character, rather than any other metric such as wealth or fame. | 1 | 2014-09-03T05:20:17 | 35 | 2 | 13 |
What's stopping someone just renting out their services and answering your questions for you? Also, at university at least, there are many open book exams or at least exams that allow a "cheat sheet" where you can bring in relevant info you think you might need. Isn't that already a better solution? | We should change the education system to allow for internet usage during tests or exams | 1 | 2017-03-06T20:28:18 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
The problem that I see with this is that it doesn't apply just to intentional fouls, but also adds additional punishment to unintentional fouls that occur naturally over the course of a game. An alternate proposal: a team that is fouled can choose to retain possession and do an inbounds pass instead of taking free thro... | NBA should fix the issue where the last few minutes of the game devolve into constant purposeful fouls and free throws. In particular NBA should consider a clock run-off for fouls committed by a team that is behind on points during last few minutes of the game. | 1 | 2015-11-06T20:36:00 | 331 | 34 | 16 |
What if you want to live in the desert? Or by a beach that you can swim in year round? The US has much more diversity in climates you can choose from. You mention this in your post, so it can't be better in every single way by your own admission. | Germany,as long as you are not rich, is better then the US in every single way. | 1 | 2016-06-04T21:13:25 | 929 | 357 | 2 |
Probably a good move on your part. Here's a hint: my theory isn't very complimentary towards you. I tend to lump you in with the other wingnuts: 9/11 conspiracy theorists, chemtrails, 'the south will rise again' separatists, alien abductees, etc. Those folks all obsess over theories with gaping logical holes that have ... | Animals deserve equal moral status to humans | 1 | 2015-07-29T23:20:36 | 159 | 0 | null |
1) "Why make them illegal when criminals will get them anyway"? Why doesn't this exact same argument apply to: - Breaking and entering - Murder - Theft - Any patently antisocial activity I think that criminalizing all of those activities increase the barrier to entry, and decreases total participants, and decreasing p... | I think that many of the major pro-gun arguments are fallacious. CMV. | 0 | 2013-05-29T13:22:33 | 175 | 3 | 3 |
Brigading is a problem, but would you say that SRS doesn't have a misogyny or xenophobia problem. If they are somehow *not* more enlightened, then there's no reason to single out SRS. Your argument can easily rest on 'brigading' is a problem. | ShitRedditSays should require np links | 0 | 2016-01-26T20:03:07 | 191 | 1 | 9 |
There are people using the phrase "teach men not to rape!" from a place of hatred or fear of men as a group. Yes, those people are wrong, including for the reasons you mentioned. However, other people use the term "teach men not to rape" from a different place: Men, in our culture, are generally the initiators of roman... | You can't teach men not to rape. | 0 | 2014-08-31T04:42:52 | 67 | 25 | 5 |
Somewhere else in the thread you said I would in fact argue that forced contraception/abortion is moral What's your view on abortion? Because punishing woman for not having an abortion is just as bad as punishing woman for having one. So how do you punish breakers of your law without breaking people's right to control... | People who can't afford to have kids shouldn't be allowed to have them. | 0 | 2017-01-23T13:50:03 | 549 | 29 | null |
I think you've raised some very interesting points, and I'm in agreement with the principle behind what you're saying, but I think there are some things that need to be clarified here. First of all, the key underlying assumption I think you're making, is that your mind and your body are two separate entities. Suppose y... | Rewinding time is the best superpower for daily life | 0 | 2015-11-03T23:13:05 | 111 | 2 | null |
Ok, there's a little bit of a misunderstanding going on here. First off, it wasn't Marx, but a (potentially mythical) guy by the name of Nedd Ludd. The group that spawned (the Luddites) first formed in the late 1700's going around smashing up factories that were putting them out of work... Only when technology destroye... | Capitalism in it's current form moving into the future isn't going to be possible | 1 | 2016-03-14T19:53:10 | 836 | 1,132 | 83 |
I don't understand why you believe they need to have a practical purpose? They're purely decorative. But I suppose if you want to get really pedantic about things, genital piercings are widely used for increased sensation. As are tongue piercings like you said. People in the modern world will rarely ever be in any situ... | Facial and body piercings have no practical purpose. | 1 | 2016-11-16T04:05:02 | 26 | 9 | 1 |
Point 1: There is far more going on in between snaps in football than in between pitches in baseball. I would compare the difference to chess and checkers based on the amount of possible things you could do in a football play vs a pitcher with 4 or 5 pitches in their arsenal. Point 2: Football, particularly the NFL has... | American football, particularly the NFL, sucks and is boring | 0 | 2016-08-31T05:35:02 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
There are very, very few 100% 'self-inflicted' diseases. Not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer. Some people smoke their entire life but die of something totally separately, while others smoke for 10 years and get lung cancer; there is certainly a genetic element, and, although we have proven cigarettes *increase* ch... | If certain diseases could objectively be said to be caused by the behaviours/actions of an individual, the individual should receive equal healthcare, but should be penalised for it | 1 | 2015-10-25T16:44:52 | 70 | 3 | 14 |
I think it is acceptable? I mean, "cash" seems a little crass, perhaps, but I think it's perfectly acceptable to ask for a gift card to someplace you will use. But okay, if you specifically want 'cash,' I think the problem is that people want to give 'gifts.' With cash, as soon as it's given, it vanishes into your wall... | "Cash" or "Money" should be acceptable responses for when asked what one (adult) wants for Christmas. | 1 | 2015-12-14T18:04:38 | 65 | 11 | 2 |
Ares Ares had absolutely no purpose and no influence on the story. Supposedly he was the one putting ideas in the heads of Ludendorff and Poison but the war itself wasn't caused by his influence. Ares doesn't work for two reasons. Wonder Woman needs someone to punch, and Ludendorf hopped up on drugs wasn't really much ... | Wonder Woman is not a good movie. It's dumb and deeply flawed. | 1 | 2017-06-08T08:57:45 | 69 | 4 | 10 |
Something I had read that by even making a choice in a partner that you are theoretically making a statement that person is a superior choice. If you say you are more attracted to whites, then you are making a statement that they are "superior" and the same if you are attracted to black, hispanic, or whatever you are a... | We are all racists, but some of us can control it | 0 | 2016-11-15T00:21:54 | 156 | 1 | null |
What someone wears or drinks has absolutely nothing to do with with whether they get raped or not. Effectively all rapes are committed by people the victim knows and is willing to have or be in their home. Rape isn't about sex, it's about wielding power over others. You're using the threat of rape to coerce women to dr... | Telling someone to watch what they drink/wear (to avoid getting raped) is no different than telling someone to lock their door (to avoid getting robbed) | 0 | 2016-05-04T08:38:42 | 363 | 2 | 12 |
I believe they should be required to wear them when working in any sort of security fashion. If I am in a confrontation with a security guard and don't know he is a cop I am in an extreme disadvantage. Laws are applied differently to police and we should be at aware of that going in to an encounter with a person. If a ... | Police should not be allowed to wear their uniform and city-issued equipment when doing private security work. | 1 | 2014-09-17T17:33:39 | 163 | 10 | 1 |
Foxes lack a natural predator in most places. This is especially true in the UK. Foxes are a pest to farmers and locals in rural areas, tearing up livestock and to a lesser extent property. They should be culled, and you don't seem to be entirely against the hunting of foxes - so I'll assume you agree with this sentime... | In light of the recent possibility of the Fox Hunting Ban getting repealed: I believe that there is no place for such traditional barbaric acts in a modern day, civilized society. | 0 | 2017-05-26T13:50:40 | 282 | 1 | 1 |
Okay. Why are you judging humans on the level of individual biological machines? Why not as social groups or a species? Why not from the level of DNA or specific traits? After all, evolution selects for phenotypes, not individuals. | Every single thing a person does is for selfish reasons. | 1 | 2015-02-16T04:39:51 | 122 | 1 | 6 |
Then I'd encourage you to reply to several of my questions. First, what happens when a service isn't technically necessary to life, but holds an effective local monopoly? What is a "necessary" service? Who decides this? What's the burden being imposed when an objectionable customer requests something that requires no s... | Businesses should be able to deny service to a customer based on religious beliefs | 1 | 2016-03-03T18:54:53 | 69 | 2 | 17 |
You're basically saying that you're a social liberal but economic conservative. This is hardly an outcast position. There are literally Senators who would fit your ideals on both sides pretty well, such as Susan Collins, Republican from Maine, or Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat from North Dakota | I am an outcast in today's political climate and do not have a "political home" | 1 | 2017-03-08T12:16:25 | 56 | 2 | 7 |
as we all know, not all humans are equal. Bullying is a way for the fitter humans to rise above weaker humans. Sure, humans may not all be equal in every regard, but whether or not something is a weakness is completely relative to what task that person sets out to do. Sure, a child with Down Syndrome who never learns ... | Bullying is a natural and beneficial human activity. | 1 | 2016-10-15T19:27:27 | 100 | 11 | 1 |
To start, I largely agree with you. I'm staunchly in favor of free trade, and I think it's necessary for global prosperity. That being said, TPP is very complex, and I'm pretty sure no one fully understands every stipulation involved. The strongest criticism I've heard of agreements like this is that it's not actually ... | I'm a fan of free trade, and probably the TPP | 0 | 2016-10-13T07:40:52 | 77 | 1 | 14 |
Our bodies and brains have evolved over millions of years [1] . Evolutionary change happens slowly. But our society has changed rapidly [2] in the last centuries. We have not genetically adapted to agriculture, processed food and the internet. This mismatch between our bodies and our environment causes a lot of problem... | The Paleo Diet is one of the most sensible diets | 0 | 2015-10-14T19:03:40 | 32 | 1 | 15 |
I am very far left of the Democratic party. Well, this is what I've been asking myself the whole time. Is it worth taking a completely ideological stance that I morally "can't vote for Clinton" because she's not as left as I make myself out to be. Or, is it more morally acceptable to enable Donald Trump to win the pres... | CMV I would rather vote for a third party candidate that is closer to my political standings rather than "the lesser of two evils" | 1 | 2016-07-25T15:57:38 | 1,101 | 795 | 1 |
This is unfalsifiable. "No matter how much we observe that implies the opposite, there is this secret thing we can't observe." I'm not accusing you of not being open to changing your view, but this does put us in a bind of trying to do it. Any help you can offer, here? | Every straight girl out there secretly wants to date a rich guy | 1 | 2016-09-28T21:10:43 | 50 | 5 | 27 |
Black Canadians have better lives than black Americans who have better lives than Jamaicans who have better lives than Congolese. The Congo was run by white people until ~60 years ago. It seems like white people fucked up that place pretty good and many of the struggles it has now are a result of that. That goes for ma... | Nonwhite people should be grateful for the accomplishments that whites have made. African Americans should be thankful that they do not still live in Africa and nonwhite countries should view colonialism in a positive light. | 0 | 2015-06-02T02:06:06 | 75 | 16 | 21Δ |
I remind myself of all the phony explanations that my parents gave me when I was their age. [I sometimes find myself being Calvin's Dad](http://www.s-anand.net/blog/calvin-and-hobbes-dad-explains-science/) I might say something silly at first but then I let them know I was joking or if I don't know we will look it up t... | I think that when asked about something from a child (less than 10) we should try our best to not lie to them. | 0 | 2016-10-26T16:37:49 | 121 | 1 | null |
I think the problem is that it's habit-forming and while it's okay to pee in your own shower, it becomes a problem when the child who never learned anything against peeing in the shower pees in the shower at the gym or pees in the shower of someone else's house. It becomes then a sanitary issue. And then, even if you a... | I think its OK to pee in the shower, and should no be discouraged at a young age, CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-04T09:44:37 | 154 | 36 | null |
I believe the lies create a distrust between the child and the world and they can have a hard time being convinced what is true from what is fake. **The child should be raised on the truth and be taught how to tell fact from fiction.** What rational adult do you know that still believes in Santa Claus or the Easter Bun... | Lying to our kids about Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc. is wrong and creates a false sense of reality. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-13T21:13:46 | 19 | 1 | null |
I would dispute the notion that life is a constant suffering. Surely you don't live every single moment of your day in suffering. The human mind is not that powerful. If we didn't occasionally become distracted from any suffering that we do face in our lives, then we wouldn't be able to function properly. The vast majo... | Life is meaningless and we should all commit suicide | 0 | 2015-06-28T11:32:46 | 110 | 18 | null |
Money=Speech People with more money have more speech that's just a fact. If I can buy a billboard advertising my business I have more speech than someone who can't afford that billboard. Someone with a TV show has more speech than me. But everyone has the same right to speech. If we limit someone's speech when it comes... | The root problem in American Government is the Campaign Finance System. | 0 | 2017-03-01T20:32:40 | 43 | 2 | 8 |
But the whole point is that they dont participate because, no matter what they do, their govt doesnt represent them. The legalization of marijuana, lgbt rights, better parental leaves from work, laws that deters racism. These are just a few changes that's happened to the law of the land passed by the government that re... | our political system doesnt serve us half as well as it could, and it needs a fundamental overhaul. | 1 | 2016-11-09T05:31:43 | 82 | 2 | 1 |
One of the most important issues facing us all at the moment is climate change. The US needs a leader who is serious about working to fix the problem. And that person is not Trump. His views on the issue [are idiotic](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/09/24/donald-trump-i-dont-believe-in-climate-change/) and since ver... | Dangers of Trump are greatly exaggerated. | 0 | 2016-07-14T00:51:50 | 52 | 9 | 247 |
Another thing that makes me think that SMG is a 4D game, is how you build up shapes. You connect two dots to make a line, a 1D shape. Connect two 1D lines to make a 2D square. Connect two 2D squares to make a 3D cube. SMG is made up of many 3D planets. So you could almost say that any two planets in SMG are like a 4D s... | The Super Mario Galaxy games are 4D platformers. | 1 | 2016-06-04T19:55:23 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
Okay, then I don't think you should use a "score" platform at all. Imagine it, as a race. One in which there's no determined endpoint. Let's call it street racing! So, I pull up next to you at a stoplight. I honk my horn, and give you the nod. We both take off on green. You beat me through the first light, but I'm sti... | America did not win the Space Race | 1 | 2017-04-20T01:28:35 | 38 | 15 | 14 |
I guess I can sympathize with them. I'd rather know someone who spent a great deal of time and effort educating themselves than someone who spent a great deal of time grooming. High school may have took 0 effort for you, but some people tried. And that's not something I take lightly. | Being recognized for being attractive is better than being recognized for being educated | 1 | 2015-05-18T04:51:18 | 111 | 1 | null |
second hand smoke and unpleasant smell have been solved, as far as we know I don't think that the vapor from an e-cig is as bad as smoke, but it's far from acceptable. I know a few people who vape, and their clouds range from knock-off marlboro to sickly sweet one-dimensional fruits to god knows what. Not to mention th... | Electronic Cigarettes shouldn't be banned from use inside most public buildings | 0 | 2015-04-18T16:36:15 | 105 | 87 | null |
How do you even type that up and not realize that's a ridiculous position to stand on? You watched 5 MINUTES of it, that is around 3 percent of the movie. You objectively can't judge anything about it yet, especially if its boring or not, considering nothing could have happened yet. Honestly this is one of the most rid... | Les Miserables is Boring and I Will Gain Nothing From Watching It | 1 | 2015-05-07T02:45:40 | 33 | 3 | null |
It's a good argument, though it doesn't change my mind. Can you elaborate more on why it doesn't change your mind? I am biased because Sci-fi that I enjoy beyond it's escape value is hard to find amidst a lot of uninteresting material, so I cherish those series that give me something more. And it is sad for me that pe... | I believe that "serious" science fiction writers should never prequel an existing series. - CMV | 1 | 2013-09-18T02:53:02 | 39 | 1 | 82Δ |
Google has accountability, if they were to propose to do that they would be voted down. as stockholders don't like plummeting stock also if that is your metric than any bank would be more powerful as releasing pincodes password. | I think Google is the most powerful company in the world. | 0 | 2015-02-02T15:15:58 | 90 | 3 | 11 |
I think a term focused less on how white people are so "ahead" and more on how minorities are "behind" would be much more fitting, and would bring a lot more people on board to support reasonable social change. How about "Black Lives Matter"? | White Privilege should be renamed to encourage the social rise of minorities rather than the condemnation of white people. | 0 | 2017-01-27T18:07:01 | 396 | 4 | 4 |
You do realize, right, that the news correctly accused of being "fake news" isn't from major media outlets, right? [They are websites that *intentionally make shit up* for views](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_website), which are passed off as "real" in social media. I mean, The Onion is the ultimate "fake new... | Fake news doesn't really exist. And people's distrust in the media is unwarranted. | 0 | 2017-03-16T05:23:18 | 41 | 6 | 1 |
She had a legal (in most locations) and ethical (in every location) duty to report what he was doing to the authorities. This would have saved his life. She didn't do that. She could have tried to talk him out of it, given that he evidently did *not* want to die at that point in time. She didn't do that. She could have... | Michelle Carter should not have been found guilty for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself in the texting suicide case | 0 | 2017-06-17T14:17:50 | 92 | 1 | 11 |
[ ... part two] Point #3: I'll preface this by saying that I think this is easily your best point, I think. That said, there is a possibility here that avoids hypocrisy altogether: you can only fight so many battles. The moralists are pouring their time, energy, and money into fighting against abortion and gay marriag... | I believe that in general, Republicans are hypocrites. CMV! | 1 | 2014-03-11T20:41:05 | 108 | 4 | 3 |
The first two points have an alternate solution: make healing take time. Either have their be a startup animation, or have the health bar fill back up gradually, or both. Switching equipment is rarely done mid battle, it's done before the fight, because the player already knows what they need for the fight or quickly l... | Opening your inventory in games should not freeze time | 1 | 2016-12-05T20:30:24 | 48 | 9 | 28 |
One key advantage for having two relatively small and rural states like Iowa and New Hampshire going first is that it is actually possible for a non-mainstream candidate to pound the pavement - grassroots style - and make a strong showing there, and thus capture more donor dollars for use in later states. In your propo... | States like Iowa and New Hampshire shouldn't have their caucuses/primaries earlier than the rest of the country. | 0 | 2015-06-08T16:16:23 | 91 | 34 | null |
So if they make a good Reuben but the bathroom is always a pile of festering feces and there are flies everywhere, it still passes the "test of quality for a sandwich shop, period."?? | the Reuben is the ultimate test of the quality of a sandwich shop | 1 | 2015-12-18T23:00:47 | 160 | 21 | 1 |
Electro pop and dance music is all about the beat, not the vocals. When you go to a club, the beat gets you moving even before anyone starts singing. That's why the lyrics are always so bland and generic, because the vocalist and the lyrics are not important in that genre. | A vocalist is the key to a band's success and is therefore the most important member of a band | 0 | 2015-02-17T10:45:54 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
It's about woman's place in the power dynamic that makes them function similarly to a minority, not that they're literally a minority. Remember that this majority minority stuff only matters and is only discussed since it gives those in the majority power. Women are a minority in basically any position of power and pre... | I don't think it is correct to refer to women as a "minority". Women are in fact, the majority. | 0 | 2016-12-19T03:31:27 | 454 | 69 | 36 |
This is roughly akin to the nirvana fallacy. There are indeed problems in the nation which are not solved by the military's current size, but think about your own life. There are many problems not solved, or even helped, by you brushing your teeth morning and night. This is not to say that brushing your teeth morning a... | Most all of America's problems could be solved by reallocating a good proportion of our military budget. | 1 | 2015-05-18T00:15:13 | 147 | 4 | 1Δ |
It is immoral to infringe on a person's free choice. Cigarettes do not infringe on a person's free choice. Often we like to think of ourselves as in complete control but this isn't the complete story. It's been well studied in psychology that there is a gap between what an FMRI of our brain shows and what we do. I.e. ... | Smoking cigarettes is a freely made choice. If selling cigarettes is immoral, it is for other reasons. Cigarettes should be allowed to be sold. | 1 | 2016-11-30T22:34:41 | 34 | 2 | 13 |
What about other things, that don't harm humans, but harm other life forms, or harm humanity as a whole? For example should a person be allowed to torture animals because they enjoy it? This harms no human. Should a person be allowed to set a forest on fire just because they feel like it... this doesn't harm humans dir... | People should be allowed to do whatever they want unless they harm another human with their actions. | 0 | 2017-03-26T19:34:02 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
Black men, even rich black men, can't get cabs in NYC as easy as much more middle class white people. And things like DWB don't care about the number of money you have. They just care about the color of your skin. And your filter edit is a tad odd. You can't that the only advantage comes from money and being straight... | The only relevant privilege in Western society is money. | 0 | 2017-03-02T10:34:27 | 310 | 5 | 35 |
Well then, if it is just your brain being imprinted on your past body than I will argue that this power is actually killing you. This is no different than creating a clone or a head in a glass in the future ala futurama and imprinting your brain on it. 1. Your son happens to have an almost identical body to you. 2. Y... | Rewinding time is the best superpower for daily life | 1 | 2015-11-03T21:15:05 | 111 | 1 | 5 |
Another libertarian chiming in here. I think you mischaracterize the discussion. You're looking at the ends only, and somewhat ignoring the means. What you describe is less "left-right" as they are commonly used in the US and more "Authoritarian-Libertarian." But anyway, as others have said, the libertarian types like... | having a "socialist" attitude is the optimal, rational, way for mankind to survive and thrive with no casualities | 1 | 2017-03-20T16:55:03 | 596 | 323 | 2 |
If some conspiracy theorists are to be believed we already have a space colony, but in all seriousness: 1. While currently we are extremely dependent on petroleum as a resource( plastic, gasoline, etc.) but we have already found several alternatives that will most likely be much more utilized in the future( hydrogen ... | We will never travel space in any meaningful way because we'll use up all of our resources long before that | 0 | 2015-01-20T23:43:15 | 41 | 1 | null |
Hey, there friend! Let’s start with education! Republicans are in favor of school choice or voucher programs which is essentially a tax credit that individuals can use to send their child to a private or public school system. Democrats oppose this because it could mean less money for public schools. Here are the benef... | If the Republican party was in office in my country, it would become a worse place to live for most of the population | 1 | 2017-04-24T23:00:24 | 158 | 9 | 5 |
Can I ask what gave you such a negative view of tourism? I can't imagine you came about these ideas all by yourself. I'm going to be honest, everything you said is full of generalizations, and throwing in 'many' or 'I believe' doesn't detract from that. That being said, we are talking about a very general topic, and ... | I believe that tourism is racist and classist | 0 | 2014-03-29T07:42:59 | 19 | 3 | null |
So basically I think the Olympics should be for the very best in the world at a certain sport. I’m perfectly fine with having a competition for people with disabilities but just not hang off the Olympic brand. Do you think that there should be men's and women's events at the Olympics? | There should be no such thing as the Paralympics and the Special Olympics | 0 | 2017-06-08T15:37:30 | 44 | 2 | 25 |
Your assumption does not take into account the different experiences of different socio-economic classes. You grew up in a middle or upper middle class household. You say you were told from childhood how bad smoking was. But that's only because you had a family who cared about you and you went to a good school. Many ma... | Anybody who has taken up smoking tobacco since the year 1990 has made a proundly stupid decision and has nobody to blame but themselves. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-26T13:09:17 | 924 | 3 | 2 |
In some societies money has less power For example, in the United States, you need money to pay for your education, for your housing, for your health, for pretty much everything that is not infrastructural. In Norway you don't. Education is virtually free, health care is virtually free. In Venezuela, however, you need ... | All cultures value money equally as much. | 1 | 2016-09-29T18:39:16 | 50 | 1 | 8 |
I guess I’m not sure what you are arguing? A. Marx and Engels shouldn’t be taken seriously, or B. communism is ‘doomed to fail’ Since (A) is your title, I’ll explain why you’re wrong. First, what does it mean to be ‘taken seriously’? Are you saying their ideas are wrong? Are you saying they shouldn’t be studied for h... | Marx and Engels shouldn't be taken seriously. | 0 | 2016-04-27T08:49:55 | 36 | 6 | null |
Its only heartless if you were in love with him. If it was just a temporary thing, it doesn't matter either way, there are way worse reasons that you could have broken it off. But if you had any genuine feelings and made a "pragmatic" decision to end the relationship for money reasons, yeah, that's cold. It just depend... | It's pragmatic and not "heartless" to break up with someone due to their significant student loan debt. | 0 | 2016-01-13T12:26:10 | 655 | 1 | null |
As someone who is studying Biology, I'm very surprised by your argument. If I've learned one thing from my studies of the sciences, other other than specific biological facts, is that simplistic arguments are rarely, if ever, sufficient. Your CMV exists under the premise that the positives and negatives of something as... | Religious views are detrimental to society (CMV) | 0 | 2013-08-12T11:00:55 | 291 | 33 | null |
My time to shine! This is actually an issue that I have been following closely both professionally and personally. I think that you actually have several misconceptions about the real problem and that once you understand the true nature of the problem you actually won’t need to change your view. First, there is a mis... | Terminally ill patients should be allowed to try non-FDA, experimental drugs if allowed by their doctor | 1 | 2015-12-08T02:03:46 | 92 | 3 | 1 |
You do realize that World War II happened right? As a result of WWII, England, France, and United States agreed that Israel would be a state. That is the reason Israel has a right to exist, its because England, France, and the US assert that it does. This is also the reason that Jordan exists. Jordan wasn't a country... | The Jewish state of Israel has no right to exist and should be abolished ASAP. | 0 | 2017-04-27T01:39:12 | 46 | 0 | 31 |
As for starting out, I totally understand the thrill of making music as early as possible. I just don't think tabs are the only way to do it, We're in total agreement here... and I don't think introducing a new student to standard notation inherently delays that process Mostly in agreement here. I agree because of you... | Guitarists reliance on understanding music visually through tablature and shapes is a crutch, isolates them musically, and stunts their musical growth. | 1 | 2016-02-18T23:28:09 | 126 | 2 | 16 |
You would run out of spoons. People don't normally buy enough spoons to use 3-5 of them before you need to wash them. So an afternoon snack would either cause you to run out of spoons for dinner or make you wash dishes twice - once to have enough spoons and one to wash the dinner dishes. | When eating yogurt, it usually makes more sense to dirty several tablespoons than to put it in a bowl | 1 | 2016-06-28T03:33:28 | 17 | 8 | 90 |
It seems like your argument proceeds something like this: You fall in love with someone because of their personality and not their body. Any member of any gender can have any personality. Therefore, any person could fall in love with someone of their gender, as long as their personalities were right. But this argument ... | I believe that everyone is bisexual. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-17T08:43:14 | 138 | 20 | 2 |
I think if you understand that what he said was in jest, you can understand that it was not really a suggestion. Now, the punchline is very crude, and targeted at people would approve of the idea of somebody "using their second amendment rights to overthrow a tyrannical government", but that doesn't mean that Trump is ... | Donald Trump suggested his supporters might assassinate Hillary Clinton or her judicial appointments | 0 | 2016-08-10T22:20:07 | 59 | 1 | null |
You're correct that saying "you're gay" is not necessarily insulting to gay people. If someone is legitimately behaving like a homosexual (in jest, or seriously), then there's nothing wrong with saying "you're gay." In these cases, the phrase "you're gay" has power because the person is, well, acting gay. But if someon... | Insults such as 'You're gay' are not an affront to gay people | 1 | 2015-01-02T13:16:45 | 290 | 96 | 9 |
**tl;dr:** Nobody is arguing for the right to marry (or have sex with) animals. It's a red herring, and it might be at least as interesting to explore your differences about morality before getting into the weeds on sexual politics. I think this argument frequently arises from those who are stridently opposed to homose... | I don't understand what people find wrong with bestiality. CMV. | 1 | 2013-02-11T06:47:31 | 62 | 8 | 7 |
To put things simply: shame is neither rational nor individual; it's emotional and social. You can be a perfectly rational person, with perfectly rational beliefs about how having a high number of sexual partners *should* affect you, and still feel ashamed when someone finds out because you think that *they* think poor... | No rational person can be ashamed of having a high number of sex partners. | 0 | 2014-11-17T21:01:12 | 104 | 1 | null |
You don't strike me as someone who has any idea how genes work or the effect they have on various traits. Your idea is scientifically unsound, just for starters. But even if it *were* sound, do you really think the only people who would carry the genetic makeup for "violent tendencies" would be violent criminals? If yo... | Violent criminals and their offspring should not be allowed to reproduce. | 1 | 2015-12-01T16:02:48 | 249 | 1 | 72 |
Its just because its your first time, so you feel nervous. Nothing will make that uneasiness go away until you try it, but a few things help: 1) Feel comfortable with being able to say no if you change your mind, even if its at the very last minute. 2) be with people you trust and like. 3) be in a safe environment. You... | MDMA is a bad idea, do I want to take it? | 0 | 2015-12-16T17:17:04 | 56 | 0 | null |
I don't think you can lump the two together. Absolutist rhetoric is often effective. For example: "we will not raise the debt ceiling without budgetary concessions, period" was an extremely effective way to extract budget cuts from a liberal president. And that wouldn't have been possible without the Tea Party wave in ... | Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good. | 1 | 2017-06-26T18:23:39 | 123 | 8 | 1 |
You claim to be knowledgeable, and I have no doubt about your education as you stated it. However, are you saying that libertarians are against all taxes? Because that is completely untrue. At a certain level, taxes help secure freedom. Above that level, however, they progress beyond securing freedom into "taking from ... | I think taxes are good for freedom, and libertarians have been tricked by the rich. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-28T19:17:37 | 652 | 4 | 1 |
Sports betting - You're making a wager as to whether or not X team will win, Y player will score Z amount, etc. etc. If you're wrong, you lose your money and it is distributed to other betting folks with a fee subtracted for your middleman (Or not). Ultimately, this is no different than playing poker; it's gambling wit... | I believe that investing money is akin to betting on sports. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-24T21:16:25 | 37 | 1 | 23 |
The reason is that the first amendment protects the behavior, even though it's repulsive. Most cases of street harassment could not possibly be made criminal in accordance with current first amendment law. The soda size thing is a non sequitur. The Constitution doesn't protect a right to buy certain size soda, but it ... | Catcalling and Street Harassment should be a ticket-able offense. | 1 | 2014-11-09T07:42:20 | 124 | 7 | 54Δ |
TL;DR first: A lack of men's advocacy groups doesn't make existing women's advocacy groups inherently sexist or hypocritical. By your logic, not advocating for ALL groups's issues makes you a hypocrite for advocating for your own issues. While I think I agree with where your stance is coming from (lack of advocacy for ... | Groups such as WISE (women in science and engineering) are sexist so long as they have no male for female dominated fields of study | 1 | 2015-03-18T18:59:34 | 36 | 10 | 1Δ |
I'm a physics educator and can tell you that the consensus of researchers in evidence-based pedagogy is that so-called "active" learning strategies produce better student learning outcomes than so-called "passive" learning strategies. There are a wide-range of different types of "active" learning strategies, but the ge... | Working things out for yourself is a waste of time if there's an answer readily available | 1 | 2016-12-30T17:34:59 | 32 | 2 | 3 |
Many many people will not change their minds no matter what evidence is put in front of them. Being able to figure out for whom that's the case is part of the art of politics and persuasion. Because 9 times out of 10 it won't be changed. The 1/10 can still matter enough to make a difference. There are elections wher... | Trying to change people's views on controversial topics is not only a waste of time, but detrimental to society. | 0 | 2017-03-15T22:45:09 | 48 | 2 | 69 |
Firstly, you must consider that your rape evidence is anecdotal and cannot be generalized across an entire culture or group. Secondly, how are you defining likelyhood? What makes a person from a certain culture more likely to rape? It could be just as easily that they are all drinking a certain type of water that make... | Men from Pakistan/Saudi Arabia are more likely to sexually assault or excuse it because of their culture | 0 | 2016-04-29T01:02:25 | 196 | 4 | null |
Keeping track of who owes what or devising shorthand/rules of thumb about who pays what bills, rather than just paying bills jointly, is by definition more complex. I'm not married, but I've been in a stable relationship for about 8 years, and if we do end up getting married, I expect we'd end up keeping our finances b... | Married couples that maintain separate finances are, at best, not fully committing to the true spirit of marriage as a partnership. At worst, their reasoning is cynical and/or selfish. | 1 | 2016-11-28T22:46:52 | 81 | 3 | 12 |
I (heterosexual male) don't support women's right for myself. I support them because I consider women equal in every way that matters. I don't have any gay friends, but I still support gay rights. Not because it benefits me, but because I consider them equal in every way that matters. Go to a doctor to check your empa... | As a masculine gay man without female friends, I and other gay men in my position have no rational reason to support women's rights other than preference | 0 | 2016-03-08T13:09:51 | 48 | 27 | 3 |
Hi there, teacher here. I going to respond as best I can based on your post, which was difficult to follow. It might help to add a TL;DR. Busy work is not the greatest thing in the world and it can certainly be used inappropriately; however, there are some very important benefits to repeated work. First and foremost... | We should not rank kids vs. each other. We should just track subjects that have been mastered, and those that still need work. | 0 | 2016-05-01T06:41:43 | 47 | 5 | 1 |
Without property tax people would just keep putting money in real estates. Why invest in stocks/bonds/businesses when its more profitable to just buy properties and wait for it to appreciate in value? Though this already does happen to some extent, removing property tax would just be incentives for people to pour into ... | Property Taxes are Inherently Unjust and Should be Abolished | 0 | 2015-04-11T17:57:06 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
You have fallen under a category that pisses me off. The category of people who say they are atheist and then make a point that makes it obvious they are not atheist. An atheist means a person who does not believe in god, or a higher power. If you believe life is meaningless without a higher power, you are obviously no... | A life with religion is more meaningful and fulfilling than one without. | 0 | 2014-04-06T00:24:48 | 118 | 0 | null |
Lets imagine a hypothetical: a person from this utopia comes here to try and tell us the truth (happens all the time in North Korea). Now, what would have to happen to stop us from finding out? 1) massive internet monitoring and a flurry of deleted posts on reddit, facebook, twitter etc. Have you noticed odd activity l... | Please convince me we aren't currently in a North Korea-like situation | 0 | 2015-08-04T19:17:08 | 42 | 1 | 22 |
I worked for the Office of County Counsel in Orange County, California in the Juvenile Detention Department (i.e. attorney for CPS) and I can say with total confidence that in Southern California, CPS and the Social Services Agency is top notch. If a child in an Orange County hospital tests positive for any drug, the p... | Child Protective Services (CPS), while a good concept, is virtually useless in practice | 0 | 2015-01-22T03:18:00 | 177 | 2 | 1 |
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