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Woah, that is some craziness right there! Yeah. I wouldn't say that it's even a majority opinion even among self-identified libertarians, but I think it's a good example of how being focused on logical consistency in your political beliefs, and trying to have a system of rules (or even one rule) that covers every situ... | 'Rights' are not a real thing. They only exist as much as the state allows. Talking about (or legislating) 'Rights' without mentioning 'responsibilities and 'limits' encourages faulty, destructive thinking. | 1 | 2015-08-27T01:05:28 | 311 | 1 | 1 |
Are you saying that we should *only* allow animal testing on pests? I can see the logic behind saying that if we're willing to kill rats by the mischief because they're pests we should be okay with testing them. But I still think it's arbitrary to say it's okay to kill rats but not squirrels. If we were rounding up rat... | I believe that animal testing should be without any restriction for any animal that is considered a plague and killed routinely, such as rats, flies, birds, cochroaches and such. | 0 | 2016-08-05T23:37:35 | 58 | 2 | null |
You should read [this](http://mhunt.weebly.com/the-little-rock-nine.html) article and pay special attention to [this](http://mhunt.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/2/4/6524529/8302889.gif?1302201256) picture. Short version, when the states fought desegregation it was American solders putting their bodies between the racist mob a... | No soldier has defended U.S. freedom since August 15 1945. | 1 | 2015-11-23T19:20:30 | 381 | 679 | 9 |
I have a TON of genderqueer friends and I've never met anyone who used a pronoun other then "they" (assuming they identified as a non-binary gender). I don't know if made up pronouns are all that common outside of the internet. | One should never expect people to use invented pronouns (xe, xir, etc.) CMV | 0 | 2014-03-14T19:54:44 | 174 | 1 | 3 |
The reason for this is not that police officers have a greater value (if they do is not the question here) the reason is that police officers are more likely to to be killed. For example, if a criminal is being apprehended by the police, if he thinks that it would be possible to escape by killing the officer making the... | I don't believe that "cop killers" are any worse than regular killers. CMV | 1 | 2013-03-31T06:20:38 | 143 | 31 | 1 |
Eliminating jobs through technology can only result in a society with more wealth for everyone. The "for everyone" part is not necessarily true. What makes that necessarily true? There's going to be more wealth, definitely. That implies nothing about who gets it. Also, in economics "long run" means all variables are a... | Automation, i. e. eliminating jobs with technology, can only make everyone better off in the long term. | 0 | 2014-09-23T03:57:01 | 111 | 4 | 7 |
Let me take a crack at this, as someone with a philosophy degree (Minor + Master's) and a job in which I find practical uses every single day for things I studied in Philosophy. One thing I found studying philosophy is that a lot of people (even philosophers) have a bit of a useless conception of what philosophy is or ... | Philosophy has no tangible value as an academic field of study. | 1 | 2015-01-07T21:34:24 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
The premises I see here are a) abortion is murder and b) all murder should be illegal. I have no argument with b, so I'm just going to address a. Basically the two sides of this argument are abortion is murder and abortion is not murder. There are fringe groups on either side that either believe it is not murder but p... | I'm an atheist who is pro-life | 1 | 2016-05-08T21:01:04 | 209 | 5 | null |
In a reductionist, logical argument sort of way, I can see what you're saying. But in real life, the inevitable consequence of allowing businesses that are open to the public to discriminate against customers is that minorities are relegated to second-class citizens. And, in fact, we've tried your way. It resulted in J... | Business owners should have the right to refuse service whatever the reason. | 0 | 2015-03-29T22:33:22 | 164 | 1 | 1Δ |
Some regulations which apply to taxis, but not to uber are still necessary. For instance, if you want a [driver who can accomodate Guide dogs](http://fortune.com/2015/05/22/uber-lyft-disabled/) your only safe option is a Taxi. Would removing the requirement for taxis to allow passegers with guide dogs be a good thing? ... | In the age of Uber there's no point in having any taxi regulations | 0 | 2016-05-26T23:23:02 | 92 | 16 | null |
Please convince me that monogamy (till-death-do-us-part classical "marriage" style) is good and important It isn't. However normal monogamy relationships are. Okay, first biological basis. Humans are sexually dimorphic species. Every culture, has as the default go to style of family. A monogamy relationship. It's the m... | Monogamy is outdated, unnecessary and causes mental health problems. | 0 | 2017-05-23T21:32:42 | 34 | 6 | 33 |
I think a big part of your point is valid and will just focus on one part: what they signed up for. What many signed up for was what the generation before, their parents and counselors, had. There were large differences between the experience of the baby boomers and their millenial kids in a number of ways: 1. A colle... | CMV Students who graduate with arts degrees and complain about the job market got exactly what they signed up for. | 1 | 2017-05-18T07:36:01 | 108 | 87 | 2 |
Yes, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle tells us that we can't measure a system without affecting it. However, that does not mean that it will affect it to such an extent that it will ruin a computation. Data will still be in discrete units, just four rather than two states. Therefore, provided that it does not affect ... | I think quantum computing is a bust and will never work. | 0 | 2014-05-05T20:55:50 | 74 | 1 | 5 |
Slow Friday, huh? | Putting on one sock and one shoe, then the other sock and other shoe is superior to both socks and then both shoes. | 1 | 2016-04-22T21:58:35 | 92 | 1 | null |
I disagree with the libertarian view, but I don't think it's self-contradictory in the way you're describing (that it "fails to protect individual liberty in the manner it desires"). I think you're mischaracterizing the notion of liberty that libertarians desire. The central tenet making the libertarian view coherent w... | Libertarianism fails to meaningfully address that government is not the only potential mechanism for tyranny to flourish and thus fails to protect individual liberty in the manner it desires. | 1 | 2017-03-06T21:47:33 | 697 | 336 | 15 |
There's a difference between saying "I prefer not to eat dog/hamster/snake meat" and "eating dog/hamster/snake/ meat is wrong". The former is a preference and finding the consumption of those meats to be gross is a perfectly acceptable reason to prefer not eat them. | If you are willing to eat meat, then I don't think you should be grossed out by eating ANY meat, including dog meat, hamster meat, snake meat.. even human meat. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-03T04:17:20 | 64 | 23 | null |
Life must come from organic tissue Correct, everything we know up to this point agrees with this. Artificial life is made by intentional design and not natural selection Correct, the construct is being engineered and deliberately created by an intelligent being. However, as this is a creation, it need not be required t... | I believe that if we were to create a fully synthetic 1:1 replica of a human, it should still not be considered alive | 1 | 2017-02-07T16:06:04 | 72 | 6 | 1 |
Although religion isn't as prevalent today as it used to be, I feel like the fact that the west is more advanced than the rest of the word is proof that Christianity laid down the best fundamental guidelines about how we should live. There are some countries in Asia that are pretty advanced. Our education system lacks ... | I believe that Christianity is the superior religion. | 1 | 2017-03-10T18:25:48 | 116 | 29 | 79 |
She is entitled to some of her money back. She may be entitled to lower premiums, but certainly not to her money. If this sort of stuff started happening it would derail insurance. (Not that I have a lot of sympathy for the insurance industry, but what you're proposing would be bad for everyone.) | I think car insurance is a scam. | 1 | 2016-03-13T07:04:51 | 66 | 7 | null |
I've realized it's nearly impossible to address this topic properly without hours of discussion. One thing you said that I'm curious about is this: Why unlimited free market when in about 100 years it still didn't solve poverty, sickness, and so on? Why fight when it only ends in people getting more and more miserable... | having a "socialist" attitude is the optimal, rational, way for mankind to survive and thrive with no casualities | 1 | 2017-03-20T17:24:45 | 596 | 9 | 1 |
Well, I would argue that it normalizes a sort of sex and frankly worldview that is harmful to everyone, but most directly to women. For starters, let's look at the front page of a porn site. I think this can be used to demonstrate the default types of porn you are going to see. I picked xvideos.com first. The front pag... | I believe that the porn industry, as it exists, is a beneficial part of society and that the world is a better place for it. | 0 | 2015-10-21T17:13:54 | 183 | 29 | 10 |
I do not know your parents and I do not know the argument. My guess is this started with a reprimand. You 'talk back' as a means of defending yourself. When I argue with my parents, they always tell me to shut up, it seems like my facts are too strong and you can't handle them, so shutting me up seems appropriate. I... | Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute | 0 | 2017-03-02T03:53:02 | 55 | 4 | 1 |
Others have already said a lot about this, so I'll leave you with [this](http://mikerugnetta.tumblr.com/post/123744373585/op-onions-pretty-disappointed-with-idea-channel), a really, really good post on why "egalitarianism" has come to be at odds with feminism and why feminism embodies the ideals of egalitarianism way, ... | Feminists should change their title (maybe to egalitarians) to disassociate themselves from the extremists. | 1 | 2015-07-15T05:12:24 | 127 | 13 | 8 |
Because again, you are making a statement of objective fact. Attraction comes with the understanding that everyone has a different definition. I can say that I don't find someone as attractive as you do without implying that you are "wrong" in your preference. If you say that you find black people more violent, and I s... | Having dating and attraction preferences based on race is an acceptable form of racism. | 1 | 2016-11-21T20:54:25 | 65 | 19 | 80 |
First, I do not deny the value of facts to debate. I do agree that on some (if not most) issues the acceptance of facts and knowledge would be a good thing. That being said, I do not agree to your basic statement that of any two opposing opinions, at least one is irrational, or that we are lacking facts. Your view appl... | if we disagree on a particular subject then either there's lack of supportive facts, or one of us is thinking irrationally. | 1 | 2016-09-26T17:13:44 | 41 | 13 | 1 |
I'd fund the business idea and fruition with my personal bank account and if my parents and friends wanted to, they could send some spare cash my way, though I wouldn't expected them to nor are they obligated to do so. With crowdfunding, I feel like you're essentially begging for money via the internet. It's the intern... | I believe crowdfunding is stupid. It is lazy and a waste of time and money. | 1 | 2015-02-19T00:18:28 | 31 | 1 | 15 |
This mentality is a legitimate one, but it has some flawed reasoning as well as many reasons against it. First, watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo) about some of the inherent problems with our system. Secondly, I would agree that this mentality is true for most elections, I think this one i... | There is no point in voting for President in the US unless you are in a swing state | 0 | 2016-03-23T18:01:59 | 36 | 1 | null |
/u/swearrengen has already touched on this topic, but I'll elaborate and provide some context. If we're talking about the concept of state sponsored welfare then the reason that Christians would be not supportive of it is that it is *compelled* giving, not giving out of a love for God. This is most exemplified in the l... | Christians should morally support public welfare | 0 | 2017-05-16T16:37:29 | 134 | 9 | null |
Yes, you are probably correct. Most atheists are actually agnostic about their belief in God. The problem is that that "agnostic" as it is commonly used is not a great descriptor. I used to call myself "agnostic" but when I told my theistic friends that, they would always counter back that, "Well, you say you aren't su... | The majority of atheists are actually agnostics. | 1 | 2017-03-16T20:42:21 | 73 | 40 | 103 |
Now, I know there are some people with big bandwidth requirements -- those doing some major file sharing, or maybe needing a big pipe for a VPN to work. But I think that in the commercial marketplace, that's a small percentage. It's more than just that. Consumer's can have a need for higher bandwidth as well and it's... | Internet speeds above 20Mbps aren't useful for most people. | 0 | 2014-09-17T16:09:01 | 102 | 1 | null |
Screenwriting/Film student here. I disagree that shows/movie will fail with weak writing. The truth is, weak writing has never made as much of a big impact as much as poor direction. A script can be written horribly and a director can make it better. My argument is that a good script doesn't make a good film. The reaso... | Screenplay writers should be given the main recognition and glory from a movie/show instead of the director. | 0 | 2016-12-13T19:04:58 | 96 | 1 | null |
I remember doing a research paper on nuclear power a while back, and can tell you what I remember from it. 1. The paper didn't focus too much on the cost associated with different power sources, but in terms of the monetary cost per terrawatthour, nuclear power was one of the better sources. 2. Nuclear power, it terms... | "Nuclear power is bad", CMV | 0 | 2014-03-18T03:30:11 | 44 | 2 | null |
To the many citing personal finance, much of the basics that the average person needs to know still falls under the realm of basic math. What I'm talking about is math that you would require as part of general education in college, or what college admissions officers would be looking for among applicants even those int... | I believe that most people, unless they're going into a STEM field, have no use for math beyond basic arithmetic. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-03T09:47:01 | 25 | 2 | null |
It's interesting, Lincoln himself addressed what I think is your argument, and I think he did a pretty good job. It was pointed out that the usa itself was built from illegal secession. For him to keep the south from secession went against the very principles of the union. His reply, and I will stand by it, is that sec... | Secessionists and southerners are frustrated because they feel that the most important lesson of the Civil War is ignored by the American left and mainstream American culture | 0 | 2016-02-24T15:48:05 | 104 | 1 | null |
What if the father didn't have sex? | I don't believe men should have the right to abandon their child. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-14T09:12:02 | 222 | 1 | 7 |
Assuming Trump's plan goes into action and we lose a significant portion of low wage labor via deportation, farmer's employing undocumented workers will be forced to hire more expensive labor (i.e., citizens that would receive minimum wage) which will drive up the cost of food. This would increase the costs of living f... | For legal immigrants, a Trump presidency won't have any detrimental effects. | 1 | 2016-11-13T22:46:04 | 62 | 1 | 2 |
I'm going to address your personal account first. Let's lay out the facts: you had told her "no" several times in the past, she was aware that you did not want to have sex with her, she waited until the power dynamics between the two of you were in her favor (she had full control over her mental and physical faculties,... | Sex under the voluntary influence of drugs or alcohol is not rape | 1 | 2014-06-06T03:58:58 | 231 | 4 | 2 |
Slate Star Codex has a [really great article on this phenomenon](http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/), that I highly recommend that you give a read-through. Why are Christians called bigots for condemning homosexuality, but I am called a bigot for condemning the exact same... | It is hypocritical to refuse to condemn behavior from one religion that you DO condemn in another religion | 1 | 2016-10-06T21:56:52 | 326 | 3 | 8 |
http://lifehacker.com/the-perfect-salary-for-happiness-by-state-1605278164 Princeton did a study to find the happiest income. They found it to be $75k/year. At this level of income you can afford necessities and most base luxuries, while not having so much money that you become a target for major crimes. Assuming you a... | In the lottery, it is worse to share the jackpot than it is to win the entire jackpot | 1 | 2017-01-30T09:49:18 | 84 | 1 | 26 |
Abortion is the killing of a life form. I think even the most adamant pro-choice people would agree on that. Abortion is exercising control over your *own body*. If you don't want something growing inside your body, consuming resources, and risking your health; you get an abortion. Like animals, a fetus is made up of ... | If somebody refuses to eat meat because they don't want to support killing animals, then it is hypocritical for that person to be pro-choice. | 1 | 2016-03-03T19:33:13 | 75 | 0 | 50 |
The others have made some excellent points which I totally agree with, so I won't just restate their arguments here. But I would like to emphasise: I tend to agree that a country should have the right to make and retain its own laws (the UKIP campaign video stated that the EU has a lot of regulations and laws that have... | As a foreigner, I believe UKIP has some good points and it would not be the end of the world should they win. | 0 | 2015-04-30T13:56:09 | 110 | 20 | 6Δ |
It's wise to resist drawing conclusions about the many from the actions of a few. Meaning, maybe your atheist cohorts are just being jerky about religion. Why? Could be due to growing up in a religious atmosphere and wanting to distance themselves from it. Or they could be using their lack of belief as a way to feel b... | I associate Atheism with close-mindedness and lack of empathy. | 1 | 2015-12-24T06:28:27 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
But here you are making the assumption that the people in the marriage would want to convert the other person to the same religion, or lack thereof, that they are a part of. In my own experiences most people do not feel a need to convert other people to their faith so why would either one of the married couple have to ... | I don't think an atheist and a religious person could realistically have a good marriage, CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-17T19:15:52 | 270 | 42 | null |
About that unstable equilibrium: You give the prisoner's dilemma as an example of how moral truths could be discovered. By that you're basically arguing that morality equates to the [nash equilibrium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium), of which the conclusion to always defect in the case of the prisoner's... | Until given a strong, knock-down argument against moral realism, I am obliged to act as if objective moral truths exist. | 1 | 2016-10-23T17:44:01 | 85 | 7 | 5 |
I agree with a lot about what you say OP. I am also a nihilist. I don't believe there is any meaning to life either. However, my view on life is this: the meaning of life is to get as much pleasure as possible. Let's look what most animals do on Earth: They eat, sleep, and have sex. All these things are pleasurable. Ou... | Life, in general, has no point | 1 | 2017-02-06T07:50:51 | 41 | 8 | 1 |
There would be no way of proving that the woman actually knew she was carrying another mans baby. In order for a crime to be committed there has to be criminal intent. If she was sleeping with both men at the time then there's a fifty percent chance that it is either mans child. Most women would be hoping it is their s... | Paternity tests should be mandatory at all births or even before. | 0 | 2016-07-06T05:33:37 | 199 | 1 | null |
Those shows do play fast and loose with history, and I am not as far along in Vikings as you are. But it should be noted that at least with the Norse, women were much more equal to men. Women were allowed to, and even expected to fight and they had their own fighting order (shield maidens) that were highly respected. T... | When a show like Vikings, Marco Polo or Game of Thrones tries to present a struggle towards women's rights and equality as a thing of the time, it kills the mood (and the show). | 0 | 2017-03-05T03:04:57 | 96 | 4 | 80 |
I would say that a persons views and values are something that they grow into. When you are born you have no views and values, those things are learned. You learn them from your parents and your surroundings so initially I agree with your statement. However depending on how that person was raised and the views and valu... | Your personal views and values are not your own, but rather belong to your surroundings | 0 | 2015-12-23T21:49:03 | 34 | 2 | 2 |
Fair warning, this is probably going to sound a bit racist. Did it occur to you that you may have been in a camp for troubled /impoverished youth? I hate to stereotype on the fact that the camp was comprised of entirely black people, but generally speaking camps designed to receive troubled youth or to be affordable to... | Due to my personal experience, I find black people to be just as racist as white people | 1 | 2017-05-09T21:30:17 | 154 | 34 | 6 |
Lacking firsthand experience with a culture makes it easier to simplify it in your mind. Once it is simplified, it's easier to ignore potential drawbacks. For example, you might like Mediterranean food more than any other kind of food and really appreciate marble work. You know from history that Greece was famed for ma... | Being obsessed with the culture of a country other than your own when you are from a developed country is very strange to me | 0 | 2016-10-21T16:18:24 | 34 | 2 | 84 |
Lets say you kill an unarmed burglar instead of scaring him away with your gun. That burglars' friends / family members might come after you and your family. Why do you want yo risk that. If you think thieves and burglars are bad people then the must have a lot of friends who are bad people as well. Why would you inten... | It's perfectly reasonable and justified to kill a burglar even if their intent was not to hurt anyone | 1 | 2017-03-29T11:17:19 | 202 | 10 | 11 |
I'm not aware of the shortest line algorithm Here's a pretty quick explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9uvYyn3A But I do think allowing some discretion in the creation of districts might make the amendment politically feasible. Is it really meaningful reform if there is still leeway for politicians to draw t... | To prevent gerrymandering we should require congressional districts to be convex. | 1 | 2017-02-22T20:16:29 | 107 | 2 | 3 |
I'm not sure that sounds like it falls that far out of the (at least recent pre-Trump, pre-Tea Party) Republican Party. I think that some of your viewpoints still hold at least some interest in the party. In now "ancient" history the Republicans invented the EPA and certainly understood the value of NASA, infrastructur... | I am an outcast in today's political climate and do not have a "political home" | 1 | 2017-03-08T07:05:25 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
Where squares has its advantage is number of possible slices. A standard pizza gets cut into 8 slices from 4 cuts. This gives you 45 degrees per slice. The 4 cut method is fairly easy as it is two cuts 90 degree from each other, then bisect those. If you want smaller slices to share between more people, the 5 cut is mu... | Cutting pizza into squares is wrong | 1 | 2016-04-29T03:32:26 | 41 | 13 | 4 |
**Libertarian argument:** Every American adult has the constitutional right to vote. The government does not have the right to require citizens to carry any sort of photo ID. The government is allowed to use identifiers such as Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, etc. but only if people opt in. There are a few ... | Voter ID laws should exist | 1 | 2016-10-07T02:28:29 | 61 | 31 | 96 |
The months are uneven. It's confusing to have irregular fluctuations in the length of months. Only one month having 28 or 29 days? Alternating between =31 and <31 days, only to reverse at August? There's no reason to have a complicated calendar just because some ancient emperors had oversized egos. 365 has few facto... | The Gregorian calendar should be scrapped and replaced with something more logical. | 0 | 2014-12-24T16:39:54 | 192 | 1 | 2 |
Can it happen in the next year? No. These things take time to escalate. Let's assume Trump gets elected, and Putin remains in Russia. Trump decides to retake Crimea. Putin is too proud to let that go without a response (and if he did let it go would lose much of his support in Russia), so HE takes Kiev. Well, Trump su... | I don't think there will ever be a major world war event between two major super powers | 0 | 2015-10-28T19:31:17 | 62 | 3 | 137 |
Two questions: Is there being a benefit even necessarily important? If it doesn't cause negative outcomes for any of these parties either, then it's just neutral, so hey, might as well do it as not, right? Second: Taking someone's feelings into consideration This is confusing to me... is this saying you don't consider... | Compelled speech concerning gender identification does not benefit the speaker, the recipient, or society. | 0 | 2017-02-20T21:18:34 | 193 | 3 | 59 |
It's very easy to get a good idea of what you're buying. Also, this risk is almost completely taken out of the picture if you pre-order games from franchises or companies you know and like (Saints Row, Borderlands, Tomb Raider, etc.) and don't throw money at unknown devs. I would have agreed with you on this before pla... | I don't see anything wrong with pre-ordering games. In fact, I think it just makes sense for most consumers. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-21T22:28:36 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
Is poetry useful in a purely utilitarian sense? No, probably not. But at the same time, is that sci-fi book you read useful? Is that song you are listening to useful? Is that painting you saw useful? No, not really. But that's not really the point of them. The fact that they aren't "useful" is disparaging for a lot of ... | I believe poetry is/was a waste of time, specially in the modern world. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-13T02:16:14 | 41 | 12 | null |
Even if you don't trust the police, how is disobeying an officer's command a good idea for you personally? In what scenario will disobeying their orders make things better for you? A police officer could reasonably knock on your door and say "Open this door." Now, you have the right to privacy, and you don't have to op... | It is always a good idea to follow any command a police officer gives you | 1 | 2015-04-10T21:11:28 | 77 | 11 | 1Δ |
Do you have the revenue for the ad-supported Hulu? That's the real comparison here. they'd lose a few subscribers Or some people who were on the fence about getting it wouldn't get it at all. Like me refusing to get Hulu. Lol | Netflix should have ads. | 0 | 2015-02-11T05:24:58 | 57 | 1 | null |
Climate change is slow. It may be a huge problem in the long run but not in the "near future" most likely. There is no evidence WWIII will occur or there will be a nuclear apocalypse. In fact, the world is much more peaceful since the advent of nuclear weapons and the world is relatively peaceful right now, outside of ... | The world will worsen in the near future. | 1 | 2017-05-01T18:53:18 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
I completely agree we should encourage people to not be religious. The best way to achieve that is to leave people freedom to be religious and respect their choice. The moment you try to dictate someone's life choices you become their enemy and they are more likely to do exactly the opposite of what you ask. History pr... | "religious" discrimination is vastly different from racism and sexism, mostly in that the "victim" could have prevented it by not being religious. We should encourage people to not be religious | 0 | 2015-12-17T13:36:57 | 80 | 2 | 8 |
Yeah, he might stop bullying you, but what about others? What about the bully? The problem isn't being solved by doing that; it's just being passed to a different person. These are kids you're talking to. It is not their job to fix the system, it's not their job to better their peers and make the bullies see the light.... | I stand against the notion of bullying bullies back, and think that it's wrong to hurt others regardless of their actions. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-19T17:31:19 | 44 | 3 | 3 |
It's not possible before high school. "Basic programming" requires algebra 2. A degree in computer science requires dozens of courses that use calculus. The only thing you can teach children is if statements and while loops, which is only two weeks of an intro course. For example, look at the AP computer science curric... | Basic computer programming should be taught in primary education. | 0 | 2017-06-02T09:53:08 | 217 | 1 | null |
he has left the country economically crippled in many ways. Countries will likely impose sanctions on travel and goods on the United states in support of this accord. * These two things don't equate. * That is a guess, not a fact. including building a wall along the Mexican border once he found out that we don't have ... | Donald Trump and the current Republican legislative branch has not done a single positive thing for the United States and should be removed from office | 1 | 2017-06-07T04:24:32 | 67 | 19 | 14 |
Well, if you're an empiricist you might not be convinced by an anecdote, but I personally heavily debated these ideas for quite some time and it lead to me ultimately changing my views. I went from being a super committed Christian to an atheist. Now granted, I didn't listen to most arguments when I was actually in a d... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 0 | 2016-04-09T08:42:15 | 139 | 1 | null |
Are you in a position of power over people? If the group of people who speaks has the ability to be silenced then they are almost certainly a minority that does not hold power over those who can silence them. If anything, the majority "silencer" would hold the most power. Are your words more powerful because of the we... | I believe that free speech should not apply to all forms os speech, example, religious hate speech. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-18T14:50:27 | 64 | 4 | 1 |
Change-for-change's-sake is a bad thing, just like conservation-for-conservation's-sake is a bad thing. Any successful endeavor- be it scientific, artistic, or societal- requires that we experiment with new ideas, and stick with the ones that work. In other words, there needs to be a balance of "progressive" and "conse... | Conservative 'traditional values' are inherently flawed due to them being traditional, that is, of the past. | 0 | 2016-04-18T01:11:59 | 172 | 1 | 2 |
First, there would be billions less wasted on law enforcement and incarceration. Plus when we take an otherwise average capable person and put him in jail for pot, we've probably lowered his earning potential for life due to the criminal stigma, thus reducing tax revenues. Even if tax revenues only break even with the... | Legalizing Marijuana Will Not Help the Economy | 0 | 2015-01-22T23:06:21 | 105 | 1 | 2 |
Most people believe there is an unchangeable essence of what it means to be male or female. If we could step into a machine to change our chromosomes from XY to XX (as pointeless as that would be), they would simply move the goalpost to exclude us from being accepted as female (this can already be seen in the people th... | As a trans person I believe that current trans activism has completely lost the plot. They will lose much of the public debate they choose to engage in due to their overly radical agenda. | 1 | 2017-02-19T19:46:58 | 568 | 124 | 3 |
Because of this I have trouble believing people who were not theistic from childhood, but decided later in life that the existence of god makes logical sense, and I'd rather not suddenly feel that someone is a bit dumb because I don't know of any sensible argument that they could have run across to convince them. In my... | There are no defensible arguments for the existence of a god. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-15T04:32:12 | 136 | 2 | 1 |
Yes. Just label it under gender neutral issues. Homelessness, domestic abuse, war, etc. We have made great advances, such as laws against torture of POW, cruel weapons etc, where most of the victims are male. You are not saying that these things are harming women. | Men's suffering is a necessity | 1 | 2017-04-19T06:36:57 | 81 | 12 | 2 |
You should value the sport, rather than the name of the sport. And I think the American soccer league would suffer if they changed their name to football. American Football is simply far, far larger in popularity than American soccer. Everyone in America associates the word "football" with American Football rather than... | America should stop calling football "soccer". | 1 | 2017-03-05T21:01:00 | 20 | 16 | 15 |
Infowars is utterly insane and I'm actually astonished you used it as an example. Here's the thing: Everybody is calling everybody fake news. The "Alternative Media" rodein on a horse named "The MSM is fake news". This is part of what news organizations *do*, is sort out what they believe to be real or not. One way or ... | I believe the term (not the concept) 'Fake News' is one of the most dangerous and destructive forces against free speech we have seen in a long time. | 1 | 2016-12-01T03:54:33 | 36 | 13 | 6 |
Can anyone name one single major achievement the ISS has made? [Here's a list of research done](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station), Major research is done on the effects of weightlessness on things and organisms, as well as materials science, medical research and astrop... | I believe the ISS has been a complete waste of money. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-17T17:02:44 | 38 | 6 | 2 |
I think this is pretty easy to answer with some simple arithmetic. Let's just think about the U.S. alone. Costs of manufacturing and shipping a single cheap plastic toy gift would likely be in the $15-$20 range. Shipping outside the continental U.S. incurs much higher charges. There are maybe 50 million children under ... | A dedicated, philanthropic 1%er could become a Santa-figure. | 0 | 2015-12-15T19:07:22 | 142 | 29 | null |
2) The idea of having the country defended by a militia (or many of them), turned out to be impractical, and was abandoned in 1813 after the Canadians routed the invading US Militias, and marched to Washington, burned down the white house. 3) By lowering the value of being a public servant you are reducing the populati... | It is time for a Revolution in the United States | 0 | 2016-11-08T17:59:12 | 86 | 1 | 4 |
It sucks to lose someone who was really unique and who I loved. It's happened; friends who meant the world to me have drifted away as their lives went down different paths, or they've moved to the other side of the country, or I have. I've had friends die in sudden accidents. And it sucked, every time. And I know it wi... | I think we should be mediocre, so people don't miss us painfully when we're gone. Maybe CMV? | 1 | 2013-08-24T06:53:05 | 27 | 1 | 14 |
Right by what metric? The Na'vi clearly value harmony with nature and traditionalism over colonialism and exploitation. From their perspective, the humans are clearly in the wrong. The humans are only 'right' if we consider conquest and colonialism as the measures of a civilizations success, which arguably are shitty m... | Colonel Quaritch from "Avatar" was right. | 0 | 2015-01-05T07:21:59 | 70 | 1 | null |
There are two major holes in your argument (1) Life change substantially over the course of 18 years. Specifically the 18 years between when a person becomes a parent and when their child is old enough to go to college tend to be the formative years of their career. So while the average grad student cannot afford their... | One should not bring a kid into this world unless they can afford to pay their college tuition. | 1 | 2015-07-10T19:37:01 | 117 | 2 | 25 |
And that it's not "discriminating" against those who are 38+ since the number of those enlisting and wishing to be in combat is so low. If I owned a restaurant and I put up a sign that said: "No black males with red hair and freckles", would that be discrimination? What about: "No women over 6'5""? How many people nee... | There should be an age limit in the military, in terms of combat. | 0 | 2017-04-24T06:02:27 | 66 | 2 | 9 |
You're also forgetting the hairstylists, they're also in the category of people to tip. It's not mandatory to do so (as in you get put into jail for not tipping someone) but any tip, whether it's loose pocket change, ocd rounding on the card machine, to adding 10-20% to the bill, is appreciated. What I think people ar... | I should not have to pay Tips to waiters or cab drivers | 0 | 2017-05-03T06:49:37 | 71 | 2 | null |
To be fair, I also believed in God as a small child. Not in any sort of fervent religious way, but basically in the same sense I believed in Santa Claus - as a personification of an idea. Children work better with such personifications than the abstract ideas they represent. At some point, I realized some logical incon... | I believe that people who say "Why don't you just let your child believe in Santa?" are essentially no different from people who say "Why don't you just believe in [my deity]?" CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-26T18:20:30 | 60 | 1 | 5 |
Id just like to point out that this has never remotely seemed the case from my perspective as a lesbian. Beyond that, there are many people who want close relationships without romance, an obvious example would be asexual people. They can have close relationships that rival that of marriage, but how would you even quan... | The highest form of relationship between men and women doomed to be romance | 1 | 2014-12-29T03:56:03 | 32 | 2 | 1 |
For me, the stigma doesn't come from the genetic defect argument. The problem is that the risk for abuse and grooming just seems way too high. We don't really have much a way of knowing if a parent, uncle/aunt, older cousins, etc. are using their position of power to psychologically manipulate or "groom" their relative... | Because the sole reason for marriage isn't to reproduce, incestuous marriage shouldn't be stigmatised | 1 | 2017-04-03T01:55:37 | 77 | 6 | 2 |
Different types of bananas are going extinct. The variety of bananas we used to eat in the past are already gone and the ones we eat now are on their way out too. Strawberries will always survive. So OP, what kind of first place fruit goes extinct? Doesn't sound so great to me. | The banana should be the fruit winning gold medal, while the strawberry has no place on the podium at all | 0 | 2016-08-21T20:11:39 | 148 | 7 | null |
Republicans don't want lower taxes (except for on the rich) or smaller government. They *say* they want those things as a bamboozle to trick people into voting for them. American history since Reagan proves that when the GOP is in power they don't lower taxes (except on the rich) and then run HUGE deficits when compare... | Americans in the rust belt are not voting against their best interest when voting republican. | 1 | 2017-04-25T18:11:39 | 240 | 7 | 2 |
Just block r/the_donald like the rest of us did. There are dozens of app options for mobile users. | A sub that you are banned from should not appear on your /r/all | 0 | 2017-04-14T18:02:04 | 211 | 51 | null |
Trump seems to really be standing up for LGBT folks lately. Really? He has stated again and again that he'd like to appoint judges to the Supreme Court that restore "traditional marriage." He's currently pandering to LGBT Americans and that's fine, but his recent rhetoric has not been LGBT-friendly. Even Ted Cruz "defe... | I'm probably going to vote for Donald Trump | 1 | 2016-06-18T21:26:12 | 136 | 7 | 246 |
The first controlled use of fire and the making of tools occurred in sub Saharan Africa. This has been the principle technology for all of the history of mankind and is still in use today. | Nothing worthwhile has ever come from sub-Saharan Africa. No scientific breakthrough, medical innovation or brilliant philosophy was ever created by the the people from that part of the world. | 0 | 2015-08-28T00:00:54 | 91 | 1 | 5 |
You have chromosones that define your gender: XX is female, XY is male. So when you look at someone, do you wait to call a geneticist to determine their gender? No. Like everything, gender has a phenotype and a genotype. The genotype is XX/XY, but the phenotype is the actual behaviors and looks we associate with gender... | You are the gender that you are born as. There is no such thing as being transgender. | 1 | 2017-06-04T05:40:26 | 69 | 12 | 27 |
I'm confused. The premise is: "It is irresponsible to have children if you cannot afford to provide them a college education." I suggested: "There are many unfilled jobs that do not require a college education, and parents can be responsible by pointing kids towards those careers." Then you said: "That was part of my v... | One should not bring a kid into this world unless they can afford to pay their college tuition. | 1 | 2015-07-10T20:53:50 | 117 | 2 | 76 |
The alphabet soup acronym, once a simple 4 letter acronym (LGBT), was created with the intent to give a visual representation of the oft-silenced "sexually deviant" minorities within the heteronormative Western society. The acronym, at its core, represents **facets** of these individual communities. Similar to how femi... | Using the LGBTTQQPAAS2 acronym doesn't represent the gay community and so shouldn't be used. | 1 | 2016-06-17T20:41:07 | 751 | 1 | 2 |
Daenerys will rule Westeros, but not from the Iron Throne. This is the only reasonable endgame. The lore of A Song of Ice and Fire is full of epic wars and kings and queens and conquerors of destiny. But it's implicit in the fact that *this* story is the one being told (as well as in its details) that this story is the... | There is no plausible ending for the "Song of Ice and Fire" series that isn't Daenerys on the Iron Throne. | 1 | 2016-07-02T06:01:56 | 285 | 368 | 16 |
Service members are not defending your Constitutional freedoms. They, by virtue of having volunteered to serve, are defending your freedom to *not serve.* | I believe that the idea that US soldiers have fought for freedom in the United States in modern times is for the most part false. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-06T07:23:00 | 175 | 0 | 1 |
Castration improves health, should people be nagged until they get castrated? Being married and having strong social ties improves health. Should people be nagged to do it? Just because something makes you healthier doesn't mean you have to do it. If someone wants to be fat, that is their decision. Everyone gets sick... | Normalizing being fat is a huge societal issue in the United States | 0 | 2016-09-02T20:50:36 | 149 | 0 | 1 |
There are people who are part of music discussing communities, who follow music criticism outlets like Pitchfork media. Even though they have preference for a genre, they enjoy songs in a wide variety of genres. I used to be among them, until I realized that even for the very best of what indie rock has to offer, I fin... | People who refuse to listen to certain genres of music are missing out | 1 | 2016-12-21T14:09:18 | 35 | 3 | 10 |
Well, let's say for the sake of argument this is true. What's the issue? Presumably, arguments that religion is inherently evil or wrong should be judged based on their own merit. In theory, even if it were the case that everyone who believes that religion is not just false but wrong was personally damaged by religion,... | Militant Atheists hate religion because they have been personally damaged by it. | 1 | 2016-03-24T23:37:31 | 35 | 3 | 37 |
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