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Shaving my face takes one minute or less with my electric razor I got 5+ years ago. | Shaving your beard is a waste of time and money | 0 | 2015-12-19T03:52:41 | 98 | 1 | null |
Doesn't this validate the initial claim though? No, you claimed that people *always* were attempting to deflect the burden of choice when saying they don't care. Sometimes people really don't care, and your supporting observations are simply that sometimes people aren't truthful. It is like saying "When your wife says ... | When someone says that they "Don't care" about what to eat, they simply mean that they do not want to be in the position they are about to put the other person/people in. | 1 | 2017-05-26T21:05:06 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
I believe most people have the capacity to change their views if they are given an opportunity to form it themselves. People are less likely to change their views when the context in which facts and evidence are presented is not in a way they personally value. I can tell you a fact. Or I can ask a question and allow yo... | Most people don't change their views based on facts and evidence. | 0 | 2017-01-15T07:40:55 | 209 | 2 | null |
Any time you find yourself using a microeconomics example to address a macroeconomics problem; you're *probably* making a mistake. The short answer is sustainability. The government is not in the business of moralizing but it is in the business of survival. Lets take Uber's request for the first 500K self driving Googl... | I can't wrap my head around why individuals who earn more money should be forced to pay tens of thousands more in taxes, when they utilize the services as often as anyone else. | 1 | 2015-07-12T04:54:27 | 77 | 48 | 25 |
We're only entitled to stuff because we decided that we are. It's an arbitrary decision that is certainly not universal among all people, even today. A "right not to be tortured" doesn't exist for people in, say, North Korea. Animals in general lead tough, brutal lives full of pain, hunger, hardship, and disease. We pi... | Animal abuse and neglect should carry MUCH harsher punishments. | 1 | 2017-04-11T18:09:26 | 198 | 27 | 7 |
Since your background is christian, this may still be pertinent. Here's my favorite way around this one: Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me." I believe people misunderstand this totally; most seem to think Jesus is saying something unique about himself. I think h... | I believe that, even if God does exist, the human race doesn't need him. | 0 | 2014-05-06T19:57:42 | 121 | 1 | 1 |
1) Your vote definitely does matter in local elections, which are very often won by margins of less than 100 votes. 2) Even for huge elections, it's not just a matter of your vote "winning" the election that counts. It's also the consequences of your vote. You don't just assess risks by the chance of the risk happening... | I think it does not matter if I vote in an election or not. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-14T10:54:35 | 73 | 1 | 28 |
Reproductive organs determine your biological sex, not your gender. And perhaps people identify as a particular gender *because of* a particular set of hormones or other biological processes, which aren't limited to testosterone/estrogen, and don't always have hugely noticeable physical effects. | I don't believe that identifying as a gender actually makes you that gender | 1 | 2015-02-02T23:47:06 | 348 | 6 | 12 |
Since you're in the business of hypotheticals-- Suppose the internet were to mandate that the right 2/3 of the screen be content and the left 1/3 of the screen be advertisement. That format is mandatory. It's the same for every page. Would it be immortal to cut a piece of paper and place it over the left third of the s... | Using an adblocker is morally wrong | 1 | 2016-01-09T05:50:46 | 61 | 2 | 3 |
Lol, "most evil man in the world?" Seriously? Even with the qualifier of "currently alive," Rupert Murdoch doesn't even come close to "most evil." You must lead a very sheltered life, my friend. Since you've made a ridiculously broad blanket statement, all I need in order to prove you wrong is to demonstrate that there... | Rupert Murdoch is the most evil man in the world | 0 | 2016-08-18T03:15:00 | 101 | 3 | 3 |
Let's not give Hitler undue credit for what he's done. In the last federal election prior to Hitler taking power, the NSDAP only garnered 33% of the vote with Hitler becoming chancellor only by merit of being the largest party in the Reichstag. 33%. One-third of the vote. 2/3s of the German electorate voted against Hit... | Hitler was a great leader. | 1 | 2015-10-20T21:11:07 | 29 | 5 | 1 |
It sounds to me like you're still thinking that some issues are for men and some issues are for women, and those categories will never change and the amount of resources necessary to support people will never change. But I want to challenge that set of beliefs.   The most valuable resource here is education. A... | Men's suffering is a necessity | 1 | 2017-04-19T08:42:17 | 81 | 2 | 4 |
1. It doesn't make sense to hold her responsible for Bill's actions, which she wasn't consulted on, and had no authority over. 2. While I agree that the War on Iraq was a mistake, and thought so at the time, her decision was based on the information that was provided to her at the time. There was good reason to believe... | Hillary Clinton poses a bigger threat to Civilians in the Middle East if she becomes Commander in Chief than Isis | 1 | 2016-04-12T17:54:44 | 162 | 20 | 162 |
•Taste - Admittedly, they are not superior in taste to boxed counterparts. But they are indistinguishable What bagged cereal has duplicated Cheerios' quality? | Bagged Cereal is superior to boxed cereal in every way | 0 | 2015-07-10T20:07:51 | 34 | 6 | null |
you reject the belief that any deities exist And given that one of the main meanings of reject is [refusing to accept](http://www.memidex.com/reject), isn't that the most reasonable stance? You're effectively only suspending judgment, and could be convinced if someone presents good evidence or reasons to. | When discussing the existence of a God and an afterlife being agnostic is the only rational way of talking about it. | 0 | 2017-01-24T23:43:37 | 148 | 1 | 24 |
First, let me say that I believe Bush was a horrible president, and the country is considerably the worse due to his "leadership". But, I think you are way overstating his influence. **Bush v. Gore** Yes, I think the Supremes blew it. But it was in some ways a testament to our democracy that everyone accepted the proce... | The George W. Bush years (2000-2008) will be perceived by future generations as a dark age in world history. | 1 | 2015-08-14T16:12:47 | 79 | 3 | 127 |
Don't you have specialistic high schools in your country? I went to a design high school where the focus was more on art and design and less on math and science. | I believe people should be able to chose an area of focus in their education earlier than college. CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-14T16:08:21 | 27 | 1 | null |
Businesses should have the right to discriminate against whoever they want. I don't like bigots, but I respect their right to be assholes. Why should the government force a store owner to serve someone? I understand that it's a horrible experience to be discriminated against, but I think that the freedom to discriminat... | Fashion Designers Should Not Be Allowed to Discriminate Against Melania | 0 | 2016-11-20T15:03:39 | 42 | 0 | null |
I'm not sure I conveyed my meaning. Reporting is not strictly "unbiased" even when of good quality. You are in a way identifying your bias when you report on such things when you use the asterisk, and this is one way of doing things. If you agree that it isn't "censoring", then I'm not sure why you would object to it... | I think that censoring profanity with asterisks (f*ck, sh*t, c*nt) is as offensive as spelling out the entire word since it's obvious what you mean. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-29T21:28:18 | 79 | 21 | 24 |
(devils advocate mode loaded) The earth is far too large for tiny humans to have an impact on. Stuff we can't explain has been going on forever outside of climate but that doesn't mean climate follows any kind of pattern or rules. Global warming, global cooling, the earth is either getting warmer or colder, which is it... | I am not sure if global warming is a real issue. CMV either way. | 0 | 2013-04-23T20:40:19 | 76 | 2 | 4 |
doktatogun made some very good points against it from a medical point of view. Considering that, you surely understand the laws. Of course you peeing in public is not gonna hurt anybody, but when everybody starts doing it, it's a different story. Great analogy here would be Egypt where it is prohibited to take sand as ... | I believe there is nothing wrong with urinating in public. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-09T17:15:46 | 65 | 9 | 1 |
With regards to warthunder, thats simply the best way to play some planes. And arguably you are much more valuable to your team being able to pick your targets and cleanly kill them instead of being part of the ball of chaos over the ground and trying to kill anything that randomly pops up in front of you. It also esta... | Camping in gaming only shows that you lack skill and/or are unable to play the game "properly" | 1 | 2016-04-08T11:59:02 | 39 | 4 | 13 |
Many of the smartest people I know are very outgoing, popular, athletes and party animals. the idea that every intelligent person is bound to be a recluse or socially inept can't be correct. I would say that of the top 10 graduates in my class, 6 were popular athletes (genuinely nice people too), 3 were pretty average ... | High intelligence is a negative trait | 0 | 2017-05-23T05:38:07 | 180 | 2 | null |
For most of us, Atheism is not "I believe there is absolutely no god". It is actually "Well, I don't see any reason why we *should* believe in any god or gods, so I'm going to assume there probably isn't unless I'm shown evidence that it's possible". This really depends on what you consider 'pushing'. Is it 'pushing be... | I believe that Atheism is hypocritical and just as narrow-minded and dogmatic as religion. | 1 | 2014-08-20T20:17:01 | 66 | 4 | 16 |
I only know the California code which could be different in different places, but legally robbery (a specific type of theft) is taking property from the possession of another person (CA pen:211-215). The law does not specify that the person from whom the property is taken must OWN the taken property. I don't think all ... | Taxation cannot be theft, because no one can rightly claim 100% responsibility for their pre-tax income. | 1 | 2016-02-21T19:58:56 | 299 | 3 | 1 |
How many people in your state don't vote/campaign because they don't think their vote will count? | Living in a red state, I will have 0 effect on the 2016 general election | 0 | 2015-09-22T10:05:35 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
Language actually extends far beyond conveying an intended message, or rather, it conveys very many messages, some of which may or may not be intentional. I agree that for the purposes of simply understand something like 'the dog is behind the house', grammar may seem unimportant. 1. There is great beauty in language, ... | "Proper grammar" is unimportant. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-18T16:39:32 | 364 | 29 | 1 |
I think the mistake you're making here is to assume that all transgender people conform to gender roles, when this is not the case. There are plenty of 'butch' trans women and 'femme' trans men, they just sometimes pass less well and so you're not registering them as trans. It's a sort of confirmation bias. Of the 'vis... | with their voice therapy, implants, skirts and heels: trans people have a very narrow definition of the gender they want to express. Without socially constructed gender stereotypes and clothing expectations, trans people wouldn't exist. | 1 | 2017-02-24T01:32:49 | 405 | 705 | 4 |
Based off of the title, I assumed it was because of the latter's implications and that you weren't "liberal" and disagreed with them. But after reading your post I actually agree with your view. The only way I can say anything otherwise is, who cares what shares a week with what? Whatever people want to be recognized s... | It upsets me that at my university that Veteran's week is shared with Transsexual awareness week. | 0 | 2014-11-10T05:25:07 | 23 | 3 | null |
This is purely speculation, but in my personal opinion Rage Against the Machine is a great example of where the lead singer was not as important as one of the instrumentalists (is that the right word?). Yes, the singer was good. But the guy that rocks that guitar is what made the band. Aside from that, and a bit more c... | A vocalist is the key to a band's success and is therefore the most important member of a band | 0 | 2015-02-16T20:29:11 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
I'll handle your arguments individually. * In terms of accessibility, no short ranged edged weapon compares to a blunt one. Even just pondering the swing, you have to line up the edge to cut with. If you miss with a tomahawk, you have to angle yourself to line up the edge to hit on the next strike. A bat, crowbar, or h... | In a zombie (or similar, e.g., "Clickers" from Last of Us) apocalypse, a tomahawk or small ax would be the ideal melee weapon. | 1 | 2016-01-28T20:45:11 | 98 | 2 | 1 |
if your 'freeloading' has decreased the revenue of the company/author, whether or not you are within the law, then you are immoral. But only to the tiniest of extents. Yes, that means people who borrow a book from the library (if they would have bought the book if this was not an option) are immoral. I know this sounds... | I believe internet piracy is morally wrong and the reddit hivemind on this issue is ridiculous. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-19T22:37:49 | 150 | 0 | 23Δ |
Why isn't it the responsibility of the person who gets the disease from that person to be vaccinated themself? I'm your scenario, why isn't it your mother's fault for not being vaccinated? Under your theory, wouldn't it be the fault of the person who gave the unvaccinated child measles? What diseases get included in yo... | If you don't vaccinate your kids and harm comes of it, you should be punished. | 0 | 2017-04-11T23:27:58 | 93 | 1 | 14 |
I've studied in Cuba. It's not as much as everyone is middle class as everyone is just above dirt poor, with the part of the population fortunate enough to be able to interact with foreigners making much more money than others whose salaries are paid by the government. This creates a situation where buskers and street ... | Even though Cuban-style socialism leads to lower average standards of living than capitalism, it is immoral to allow anyone to live in abject poverty while others are rich and so socialist government is preferable | 0 | 2014-09-17T06:42:27 | 200 | 8 | null |
Firstly, money isn't the most important resource when caring for others. Time is. The assumption that being poor or tight on funds automatically equals a bad life is insulting; its a life of less resources, sure, but situations are unique. Often times, if someone has mental or physical health issues that prevent them f... | People should not buy pets or have kids if they cannot afford emergencies with them | 0 | 2016-12-28T18:10:52 | 92 | 1 | null |
It's based on evolutionary pressure. In a world where survival and reproduction is of utmost importance, you want as many mechanisms as possible that increase your chance of passing on your genes. In men, you spend your existence surviving long enough to have a child and raise if. This requires many resources that are ... | Sexual jealousy is manmade. | 1 | 2014-06-17T02:12:52 | 99 | 2 | 1 |
I see your point that tabs can cause a shortcut to virtuosity without understanding the fundamentals of what you're playing. Without understanding music theory, or even how to bend a note to make it "feel" right, tabs can be seen as a paint-by-numbers system. But for me tabs is what got me into playing and served as a... | Guitarists reliance on understanding music visually through tablature and shapes is a crutch, isolates them musically, and stunts their musical growth. | 0 | 2016-02-19T01:42:22 | 126 | 8 | 1 |
OP, you need to be grateful for the bullet you dodged. That Dane could have easily married you, strung you along for a few years, cheating on you the whole way. Then when she finally got knocked up, she could have had the kid and then obliterate your life with child support and allemony after she divorces you. She prob... | I want to post revenge p0rn of my last ex-girlfriend. | 1 | 2017-01-11T02:24:01 | 49 | 23 | 1 |
Most people who call themselves "egalitarian" in fact want only to oppose feminism and not support any positive change I am explaining why the concept of egalitarian by its definitions and without any group association is the most important in its meaning and function. I have demonstrated that humans who don't call the... | Most people who call themselves "egalitarian" in fact want only to oppose feminism and not support any positive change | 1 | 2017-06-16T16:54:51 | 223 | 6 | 6 |
Most bullies are themselves also victims of some sort of bullying [Source](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123001751.html). Even if you take stock in how people view your worth as a measurement of your own self worth, wouldn't the opinions of people of greater power and longer infl... | If I get bullied then it means that I'm a weak guy, inferior to other guys around me | 1 | 2017-05-25T19:12:51 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Moving to a different country wouldn't make this significantly less true. All democratic nations have a political elite who sit at the head of organizations that use you to manipulate the levers of power. There are some structural differences, but the root remains the same your power is being harnessed by political par... | I want to leave America and move to another country, because I hate the direction I think we're moving in, and I want to get out now. | 1 | 2014-07-07T20:36:43 | 205 | 5 | 70Δ |
http://rapgenius.com/Madvillain-money-folder-lyrics http://rapgenius.com/Pos-gimme-gimme-gunshots-lyrics http://rapgenius.com/Atmosphere-cats-van-bags-lyrics#note-1466604 http://rapgenius.com/The-underachievers-flexing-lyrics Your problem isn't what these rappers are rapping about, its that you just don't like their ra... | I despise "rappers" that only rap about money, clubs, guns, etc. | 0 | 2014-05-09T13:54:44 | 89 | 1 | 1 |
First lets define a term Oppression noun 1. the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. 2. an act or instance of oppressing or subjecting to cruel or unjust impositions or restraints. 3. the state of being oppressed. 4. the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by t... | Atheists are an Oppressed Minority in the United States | 0 | 2017-03-05T10:51:38 | 82 | 4 | null |
You don't care about global warming if you aren't ~~vegan~~ **taking the biggest step in reducing global warming by eliminating yourself** (or you're at least hypocritical in speaking and not acting). See why this argument of ideological purity is not a good one? | You don't care about global warming if you aren't vegan (or you're at least hypocritical in speaking and not acting). | 0 | 2017-03-22T11:58:07 | 50 | 1 | 2 |
But what if person A confessed their feelings because they THOUGHT person B felt the same way? But then it turns out that person B doesn't feel the same way at all. From personal experience, I've felt better after confessing my love for someone who potentially didn't feel the same way because it was weighing heavy in m... | It is selfish to confess romantic feelings to someone who is potentially or certainly unable to reciprocate. It only makes yourself feel better while placing an unnecessary burden on them to be responsible for your feelings. | 0 | 2017-02-14T03:07:30 | 173 | 1 | null |
I vote on principles I want to see enacted in the future. As a sanders supporter I know he might not even get one progressive idea of his passed. However having a president who talks actively about the real problems facing this country is what we need. I believe the mainstream media won't continue their near blackout i... | I will be voting for Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania Primary | 0 | 2016-04-24T19:49:43 | 132 | 8 | null |
"Moderately Strong?" If The Dems give up the White House in 2016 at best they might be able to prevent a supermajority in the senate. The House is going to remain a GOP majority, and the Senate could go either way depending on how the next year plays out. The Dems are not "Moderately strong" at the moment. From a pure... | It's much better for the Democrats to vote for Republican this election | 1 | 2015-08-13T12:05:04 | 45 | 3 | 8 |
Don't get me wrong, I don't think all let's plays like this should be taken off of the internet, but I think it should be up to the developer whether or not people can post videos of their game. Try and see it from the developer's point of view: you spend years working on a product, drawing all the art assets, composin... | I do not think that "Let's Plays" (videos of people commentating over video games) should be considered fair use. | 0 | 2016-05-03T07:03:36 | 88 | 2 | 3 |
Diversity is weird in leadership because we are used to only seeing white men in positions of power. For the rest of this I'm going to assume you're a white male. How would you feel, if year after year every position of power looked nothing like you? Year after year. Would you feel comfortable that that type of lead... | The new Canadian Cabinet should have been less about equal gender count and different cultures and more about who is RIGHT for the job. | 0 | 2015-11-05T08:43:29 | 51 | 6 | 39 |
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/05/the_trouble_wit.html Bruce Schneier does an excellent job of explaining why the belief that profiling is effective is really the result of fallacies and incorect. | Ignoring the fairness of it, stereotyping would reduce crime. | 1 | 2015-10-18T19:17:21 | 152 | 2 | 3 |
I'm not claiming that robotics is the answer, but it makes no sense to consider "decreasing birth rates" as the problem. The problem is the cost vs wealth generation, which may be correlated, but pointing towards the birth rates as being "the problem" outright ignores a huge class of potential solutions, which seems to... | Decreasing birth rates is Western nations' biggest problem. | 1 | 2014-12-19T06:25:54 | 169 | 1 | 39 |
How has the debeers diamond monopoly been buttressed by governments? | I don't believe it's possible for an abusive monopoly to exist over a sustained period of time without being buttressed by the government. | 0 | 2014-05-10T02:18:33 | 165 | 0 | 4 |
Regardless of whether it is morally correct, it is not ethically correct from a legal standpoint, and intentionally allowing or advocating something that is ethically wrong and bad for society (even if good for the individual) is itself a morally wrong thing to do. There is an article called [30 logical reasons agains... | Physician Assisted Euthanasia is moral, especially for terminal patients. | 0 | 2017-04-26T06:07:33 | 151 | 3 | 2 |
In terms of physical pleasure sure, but... or maybe middle school That's before the age of consent... The second factor is that as people grow up they become world-weary and cynical which makes them less passionate in relationships. But that's a good thing. There is so much nuance about the world, the biology/psycho... | Sex and relationships are best in high school | 0 | 2017-02-23T08:23:04 | 80 | 6 | 6 |
No there's not. But if a candidate would suffer from a week long migraine every month, I guarantee you that would decrease his chances A LOT from being accepted. Sure, but my point (and yours, earlier, with menstruation), is that there is no foolproof test for it. You can't actually read someone's mind and assess the a... | No matter how progressive we as a society aspire to be, women should never have any place in the special forces of the military! | 1 | 2015-11-22T17:45:22 | 105 | 1 | 1 |
I think one major difference is that many vegans don't believe we should take advantage of (by coopting, enslaving, and destroying) whole speieces of animals. Many argue that we're needlessly oppressing an entire speieces. They feel we (all humans) could live perfectly happy and fulfilling lives without exploiting anim... | Pro-lifers who vote to criminalize abortions would be no different from a vegan voting to criminalize meat consumption. | 1 | 2017-03-10T07:36:04 | 144 | 3 | 7 |
The first clarification I'd ask for is whether the issue is the penis/vagina/lack thereof, or the trans identity. A person's identity as transgender is wholly separate from their body transition, and they may be at any stage along that line. I'd imagine that you're envisioning a male-presenting individual who lacks a p... | It's deceptive when trans people wait to reveal that they're trans when things get sexual | 1 | 2016-12-20T04:11:49 | 360 | 38 | 31 |
One can't do philosophy and still believe in god. Your claim is a [fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance). *Absence of proof is not proof of absence.* Also, you may be interested in Kierkegaard's "[leap of faith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith#Kierkegaard.2C_Goethe.2C_Marx.2C_and_T... | One can't do philosophy and still believe in god. | 1 | 2017-02-25T06:47:00 | 55 | 6 | null |
In the United States, FDA regulation requires that pet food be safe to eat, produced under sanitary conditions, contain no harmful substances, and be truthfully labeled. However, it is not clear whether the FDA devotes the same amount of inspection and quality resources to pet food as it does with human food. In additi... | I shouldn't stop my baby from eating dog food. | 1 | 2014-09-29T23:44:15 | 52 | 2 | 81 |
And since the end results of hyperrealistic art offers nothing beyond what a photograph could offer - other than inflating the ego of the artist - it is truly pointless. The best hyperrealist artists aim to offer something that is better and more perfect than what a straight photograph can offer. Many of them even mix ... | Hyperrealistic paintings/drawings are vain, narcissistic, and pointless. | 1 | 2014-09-04T09:53:22 | 78 | 2 | 27 |
I don't believe collective punishment is the right solution for mass shootings. I believe for example that placing a school resource officer in all schools is a better solution, concealed carry in malls, churches, movie theaters, concerts, and other places with more than a dozen people. To me, banning weapons shouldn't... | I am against an "Assault" Weapons ban | 0 | 2016-11-28T01:51:25 | 158 | 1 | null |
I think the problem here isn't how you look at women, but how you look at rapists. They are not "subhuman beasts". I understand your expression comes from disgust, but it's clouding the fact that they are thinking individuals who *are* capable of going through a change in mindset. (Though of course the solution won't b... | Telling women to dress modestly and be generally careful is a valid action in the fight against rape. | 0 | 2017-03-03T03:56:49 | 211 | 1 | null |
1. Pies are filled with fruit, which is yummy and reasonably healthy even when sweetened and put into pie. Not every pie is a fruit pie. There are several custard pies, such as butterscotch pie or some savoury pies, as you mention later, that have absolutely no fruits. You cannot argue that pies are inherently better b... | Pie is clearly superior to cake. | 0 | 2014-05-24T01:31:31 | 427 | 6 | 1 |
No problem, it's very uncommon to change your view completely. Most view changes are tweaks. However, you have to admit that views: A) In **most situation**, there are practical reasons to hire an able bodied person over a person with disabilities. and B) There are some rare (basically contrived) situations, where the... | In most situations, there are practical reasons to hire an able bodied person over a person with disabilities. This is not ableism, if it is, then there's nothing wrong with ableism. | 1 | 2017-05-18T18:26:50 | 73 | 2 | 168 |
So, the one huge issue I have with a plan like this is how it would effect struggling schools. You see, if poor school performance only had to do with poor teaching quality, this approach would make sense. However, this isn't at all the case, and we have a great deal of information to suggest that external factors, suc... | Teachers in America should have incentive-based salaries | 1 | 2016-09-11T21:58:17 | 101 | 43 | 9 |
A 5-4 decision should be virtually unheard of. A 5-4 decision *is* virtually unheard of. You're looking at the wrong number. About [10,000 cases are appealed to the Supreme Court every year](http://www.supremecourt.gov/faq.aspx#faqgi9). The Supreme Court hears about 75-80 of them. I'll round up to 100 for easy math. Th... | If Supreme Court Justices actually did what they were supposed to do, virtually every decision would be a 9-0 vote. The fact that many votes - especially on "hot button" issues - are 5-4 votes indicates that the Justices are deciding politically, rather than simply interpreting the Constitution | 1 | 2014-04-03T16:53:58 | 353 | 2 | 5Δ |
I know this thread is change my view but the statistics agree with you. http://www.dailywire.com/news/7441/7-statistics-you-need-know-about-black-black-crime-aaron-bandler Now I'm not sure the how credible this website or it's sources are but if they are indeed accurate black people are disproportionately responsible f... | I don't want to be afraid of random black people on the street. I was just attacked. Again. | 0 | 2017-01-07T13:43:30 | 393 | 1 | null |
I was homeschooled from 2nd grade through 8th grade. I did not benefit from homeschooling the way I might have in a public or private school. I was not very good at keeping myself accountable for my own work, social interactions were a little awkward since I wasn't as accustomed to interacting with others, and my mothe... | Homeschooling is child abuse | 0 | 2016-02-23T20:59:13 | 60 | 2 | null |
I think the problem you pose is quite a basic debate in philosophies of science. If I for the sake of argument interpret your comments (specifically you referring to “300 years of empirical scientific results” when asked about your conception of truth), you seem a strict positivist for whom truth is only derivable from... | Everyone outside of the hard sciences needs a massive slice of humble pie | 1 | 2017-06-27T01:03:46 | 123 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics at higher levels is mostly about applying axioms in such a way to prove some kind of higher truth. It's a way of symbolizing arguments and convincing yourself and anyone else without any doubt that something is true. You become familiar with a large repertoire of logical tricks and techniques that can apply... | I believe that most people, unless they're going into a STEM field, have no use for math beyond basic arithmetic. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-03T20:28:46 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
So I'm not particularly familiar with Guy McPherson, though I had heard the name once or twice in a similar context, looked into him, decided he was a hack and stopped reading. I have no doubt he's a smart guy, but he seems to really enjoy his apocalyptic doomsayer fame. As an educated ecologist, he should know better ... | I think there's a good chance global warming will cause human extinction within the century. | 1 | 2014-07-27T06:50:21 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
I think you're mixing a few issues. The profit motive is good at creating efficiency and superior products for consumers *as long as there's competition & choice*. If there is no competition and no choice to purchase or not, it can rapidly become exploitative and destructive. That distinction is the case for nation... | I believe society can put a cap on company profit percentages without being communist. | 1 | 2014-10-31T15:20:14 | 45 | 2 | 11 |
I fucked up when I told my parents that Millennial's don't have the luxury to take frivolous trips like this, and that I don't have to be happy for my cousin going to a resort and island-cruising around on her in-law's rented yacht. That it's irresponsible for anyone who looks at the state of the world, and decides now... | People who travel to exotic locations but only experience the resorts and tourist locations are irresponsible travelers; they are basic; and it's fine to tell others who say, "Oh look, (x) looks so happy in the Bahamas", to fuck off; even if they're basic life-tourists themselves. | 0 | 2017-06-06T18:55:03 | 28 | 9 | 35 |
Well, what would have happened to the U.S. if the Axis powers had achieved a military victory? We might have universal healthcare, but no gays or Jews. I'm not sure that outcome could be called a "win". Moreover, the Nazis would most likely have been the first to develop nuclear weapons, and quite possibly used them to... | The United States lost World War II | 0 | 2015-06-13T11:14:34 | 49 | 3 | 34Δ |
I think that in general, the drone strikes are problematic in a veritable cornucopia of different ways, but here's my take on al-Awlaki. He was both a U.S. citizen a senior member of al-Qaeda, and so it's fairly difficult to argue that he wasn't committing treason, right? So in a perfect world, he'd deserve a trial fo... | I believe Obama should be impeached and tried in civilian court for the unlawful killing of US Citizens in drone strikes. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-23T09:58:27 | 205 | 50 | 30 |
Intent is difficult to prove. But more important, what about cases in whitch the outcome was worse than intended? Scenario 3: I'm intending to scare you by shooting just a few inches next to you. I 'miss' the shot, and hit you right in the face, you die. Since my intent was not murder, should I get away with it? | I think that crimes should be punished based on intent (not result) in all circumstances. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-28T17:30:26 | 53 | 2 | null |
Well what does it mean for a country to *not* survive? What do you think the ultimate result will be? And then you've got to put a time frame on it because nothing lasts forever. Of course someday the US will collapse like all governments do, but will that be in 5, 50, 100, or 1000 years? And if it happens in a thousan... | The United States cannot survive the level of division we are seeing today. | 0 | 2017-02-09T23:10:38 | 79 | 1 | 2 |
It looks to me like you've made so many exceptions to your main view that you aren't looking to have your view changed. I'd like to talk about the title of your post, but if you have to make so many exceptions to your view, then it seems you already know it's incorrect. | Eugenics isn't all that bad... And we don't even have to kill anyone for it | 1 | 2015-01-07T05:10:46 | 132 | 7 | 1 |
Using a throwaway for soon to be obvious reasons. I go to a fairly progressive college and recentlyish I was accused of sexual assault. It was an incredibly trumped up charge but I see how it came about (I really do not want to go into more details than that for personal reasons and because most details don't relate to... | Universities Ought to Conduct Rape/Sexual Assault Investigations | 1 | 2017-06-30T18:21:03 | 96 | 6 | 1 |
Former militant atheist here. I was not personally damaged by religion. Looking back, I just watched youtube clips of debates with the same familiar cast we all know and love and... emulated. People do this with figures they admire. Emulate the good and the bad. At the time, you don't know which is which. What made me... | Militant Atheists hate religion because they have been personally damaged by it. | 1 | 2016-03-24T23:08:24 | 35 | 9 | 7 |
I can think of zero instances in which a work of art directly brought about any major changes to the social landscape of the United States. Bob Dylan, Hurricane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_(Bob_Dylan_song)#Benefit_concert_and_new_trial | Art has no power to directly affect social change. | 0 | 2017-01-29T07:32:34 | 32 | 1 | null |
I think a continuous function is how they do the marginal tax rate in Germany. The graph looks different than yours and is easier to use to figure out taxes. But if it was truly continuous, wouldn't you need to know some calculus in order to figure out how much you owe? I'm not necessarily saying it'd be a bad idea, ju... | Instead of "bands" for income tax there should be a continuous formula for tax rates | 0 | 2014-12-31T04:27:00 | 168 | 2 | null |
The difference is whether rules are a starting point, or a result. Prescriptivism is looked down upon in Linguistic circles because it is the linguistic equivalent of Begging the Question, because the goal, as Linguists see it, is to *find* the rules that govern language. To draw an analogy from physics, consider what ... | Prescriptivism | 1 | 2015-05-12T02:30:49 | 36 | 3 | 7Δ |
I feel that when Apple can patent something as trivial as curved edges for their phone, Scientists should be allowed to patent and get royalties for thinking the way no one has never thought before. So the real question is do you think that Apple should be able to patent curved edges for their phones? Technology patent... | I strongly feel that scientists especially Physicists should be allowed to patent their theories | 0 | 2014-04-07T18:44:40 | 51 | 1 | 8 |
I have at least two arguments against your assertion that love is a cultural phenomenon: biology and universality. I'm specifically addressing romantic love, which is the result of deep bonding and sexual attraction. What you describe in your OP, as having attraction to women and wanting to have sex with them, is known... | Love doesn't exist. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-05T22:35:27 | 154 | 3 | 1 |
I think you're going off on a tangent, are you trying to change your opinion to now include abortion as well? That's a completely different topic you're talking about. | People should adopt if it is reasonable rather than give birth. | 1 | 2016-08-27T21:22:43 | 63 | 12 | 2 |
This whole conversation is hilariously off base to start with. Comedy primarily is a coping mechanism. Women aren't funny because they have a much better support system compared to guys that they rarely have to develop humor to the extent that men do to cope with life. Look at all hugely successful comedians, they all ... | Women aren't as funny (successful as comedians) because they don't have to use humor to attract a mate. | 1 | 2015-02-18T23:09:18 | 359 | -3 | 1 |
Im not 100% sure what your argument is. That people who can afford home and can afford to renovate and resell them should have some kind of obligation to not make a profit on their homes because some people cant afford to buy a home? From what i understand, you believe that owning a home is already profitable, so they ... | Flipping houses is a detrimental practice for society as a whole | 0 | 2016-04-29T19:54:39 | 60 | 2 | 1Δ |
I know that the anti-PC crowd isn't a monolith, but I feel safe casting them into a general group for this discussion as one might with Democrats or Republicans. And there's the fundamental issue. A portion of the anti-PC crowd consists of actually somewhat liberal people who just don't like to have their speech restri... | The reactions to the Clinton e-mails about Catholicism proves the anti-Political Correctness crowd is insincere about their goals | 0 | 2016-10-15T11:31:25 | 50 | 1 | null |
This axiom is typically used in reference to cooking sherry. Cooking sherry that you can pick up at the grocery store is absolutely loaded with salt to prevent people from drinking it. It's also typically very low quality wine. Just don't use cooking sherry. It's bad. As for other types of wine, no it doesn't usually m... | "If you wouldn't drink it you shouldn't cook with it" is a misleading axiom. | 0 | 2015-11-20T16:41:30 | 139 | 189 | 1 |
Earned income is a very poor measure of societal worth. To illustrate, I will give 4 explicit counterexamples to show you why this is a poor measure and why this view should be changed. 1. Simply, two people on the same project making the same income, but doing far different amounts/quality of work. This happens all da... | CMV the societal worth of human life is measured by earned income | 1 | 2013-12-25T18:12:55 | 92 | 24 | 82Δ |
I am not going to try to convince you that there is "a third gender" or whatever, instead I'm going to try to convince you that gender *at least* exists along a spectrum, rather than being completely describable as "man or woman". Gender is not an important part of my identity. I am biologically male, I use male pronou... | There are only two genders. | 0 | 2017-05-03T15:19:21 | 239 | 10 | 48 |
The child should not be "punished" due to choices made by the mother. Why punish the fetus by making it grow up in a home that can't provide for it and where it isn't wanted? If the mother failed to use proper contraceptive, then she should deal with that mistake as we all must deal with our own. Comtraceptives arent... | Abortion should only be legal in extreme cases (danger to the mother's life, rape, etc.) | 1 | 2017-04-16T03:29:31 | 79 | 12 | 50 |
Isn't it just pretty much the definition of "greedy" to want a lot of money? You're not talking about greed, you're talking about something having to do with fairness, I think. | It's not greedy for rich people to want to keep their own money and not be taxed | 0 | 2017-05-07T19:10:29 | 287 | 16 | 76 |
According to its philosophy, the reason men have trouble with women these days is because of the rise of feminism and break down of gender roles. This quite literally means that the reason men have "such a hard time" is that women are no longer second class citizens in our society. If your happiness **requires** other... | I believe The Red Pill is a valuable resource and that all men should explore its philosophy | 0 | 2016-01-03T21:24:24 | 106 | 26 | 20 |
This part: that causes an inability or difficulty to do something is essentially the same as: a person without the condition would be able to do without problems Which makes your definition circular. And as others have pointed out, LGBs face no actual inability to do anything. A disease is usually defined as somethi... | I don't want to upset anybody, but I think homosexuality can be classified as a psychiatric disease | 0 | 2017-05-18T23:02:16 | 73 | 2 | 41 |
I dunno how to fix it either If you are no longer convinced that a flat tax is the solution, I believe that I have changed your view. I just can't find any reason why, if a large corp were to leave, small businesses/individual people couldn't fill in the gaps. Small business and individual people are great for filling ... | I think a ridiculously high flat tax could save the USA | 1 | 2017-03-30T06:54:16 | 61 | 1 | 14 |
I don't see how you could be wrong. If either scenario were "easy" then everyone would be height/weight proportionate. Body types are different, some people struggle to lose while others can't seem to gain. When people claim that gaining weight is easier then they are speaking out of jealousy. The grass is always green... | As someone who has been underweight most his life. It is NOT easier to put on weight than it is to lose weight. | 0 | 2017-02-14T19:05:33 | 75 | 3 | null |
The lottery will benefit from peaks and valleys. If the jackpot is relatively consistent, then everybody will become fatigued and lose interest. Even if it stayed above one billion, it stops being novel and people stop talking about it. Starting low and going super high on rare occasions gives people time to calm down ... | The $1.5 billion jackpot will be bad for Powerball/lotteries in the long run. | 1 | 2016-01-14T20:02:41 | 63 | 7 | 47 |
It's armed insurrection. Terrorism is the use of [deadly] force against civilians. Destruction of infrastructure is sabotage. | The Oregon "Militia" are Terrorists, and if they were not white but instead from a brown/middle eastern ethnicity, doing the same thing, same reason, they'd be called Terrorists immediately | 0 | 2016-01-14T14:45:19 | 144 | 2 | null |
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