5 or 6 years ago I met a young woman, full of promise. When I say promise, consider that I did not know cognitively what I know now. Everything I knew to be right was instinctual. It was a view of life created as a result of my quest for understanding. Ironically it was the illogic of the logic presented in Star Trek that hooked me on logic and reason. It was that
Yes, we've established that I cannot spell without the wiggly lines of MS word. Sorry.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. -- Nitzche Taken from the "I want it, therefore it's good" man, but none the less, even Hitler made a good point sometimes.... "Never attribute to malace that which can be adiquately explained by incompetence." -- Hitler Thanks So
Reality is reality. People may have their own PERSPECTIVE and PREFERENCE, but reality does not change. It is not dependant on perspective and is not affected by it either. What most people make the mistake of doing is equating perspective and preference with some form of reality. It is not, it simply your like or dislike based on facts that are singluar to you and only you. Just because a group fo people are incapable of coming to a non-con
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm Point of fact, it was 80 years ago that Christians and the Church world wide were completely humiliated.... Point of fact, it's Newton's Law of Gravity. It's not going to change. The equation is always true given the construct and requirements of the experiment. Einstien extended this to deal with space time, but it didn't affect or invalidate Newton's laws at all. A
Yes, you can prove the subjectivist position incorrect. To summarize their point of view for those that haven’t taken a philosophy course and aren’t aware how badly you have been hoodwinked (they will try and twist this around and hide this, but boil down the words that they say, extend i
Suggestion from someone that was in your position: Buy a bowflex. NOW. www.bowflex.com Work out HARD for an hour every other day. "But I don't have time for it!" You don't have time not to do it. Because in another 10 years you're really going to be screwed. If you want to enjoy your life from now on, lifting weights and getting healthy and getting your ass out of that chair that us programmers sit in is going to be
Draginol has touched on this a little, but I'm still amazed by people. The internet has been the greatest tool for free speach that has ever been invented. It has been a great equalizer the likes of which we haven't seen since the dawn of a free market economy. Rathergate is proof of this fantastic power that each and every one of us that can afford a compu
Why even bother having this thread if you're simply going to delete the target's responses? I understand you dislike Baker and don't want to hear what he has to say, but if so then perhaps the forums aren't the place for you. You can keep discussions limited by only posting to your blog; there's a tick box in the "create new blog" that will allow you to keep your articles out of the view of those who peruse the forums. That might be helpful if you wis
If it was about actually finding the truth, and not about entertaining people with two twits arguing about nothing in particular other than sound bites provided by the same people that they are supposed to be examining, then Crossfire could have been an excellent show. However, no matter who was on Crossfire, they were more about a fight between Repubican and Democrate than trying to get to the truth. (but of course the subjectivists in the room are n
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050106-4509.html So John Stewart won :) About time. I mean I really like John Stewart. He's one of those people that gets it. He understands what truth is. He calls himself a democrat, but I would say that that is for lack of other choices myself. Most of the Daily Show sucks, it's simply fillter for his c
Its not giving in, its called being prudent and diligent. So somehow, you think its Brad's job to tackle the retards of the world, and fight back the scum and lifeless idiots of the internet? Then worse, that somehow, this is supposed to make him and his family stronger? You've been watching too many movies, Brad isn't Charles Bronson or something, hes the CEO of a substantial internet firm and a busy guy, and doesn't have time to waste thought on low
Whatever you do, do not lower your public profile or give into these freaks in any way. It's because good men and women such as yourself give in because it's the safest, most expedient way, that we live in a world were these freaks feel safe to say what they are saying to you. We need people like yourself, and we need you to fight back, hard and relentlessly and never give in, not a millimetre, not at all. Only through determination and nev
It doesn't make much linguistic sense in English because the whole language revolves around the assumption that linear time is true, but the Aborigines understood it well and didn't have nearly the same hangups about this chicken egg question as we do because their languages revolved around the assumption that the universe had always existed, which is a concept far beyond the possible understandings of most human minds. MIne included. This mak
Last time I ever respond to you BakerStreet: (and am doing so only because you actually have some rational point, however incorrect it is) Again, you have no way to know if a contradiction exists. You may not have found one, but you can't say scientifically that there isn't one. Most of what you know now may be totally invalid in other places, times, or circumstances. Therefore the conclusions you draw may be as well. If so, then your universa
Chip: Could it be one of those, "if you spot it, you got it" scenarios where grandma was on the dole? But, I may be wrong...... You're wrong. Sorry. As for your admiration of Canadians. Canadians aren't giving people because they want to be giving. They're giving to assage their guilt. Canadians are more about wanting to be left alone and paying whatever it takes TO BE left alone. Since we're a nation of conflict avoiders
you will see that I do actually give a lot of money to charities and I mostly choose charitieis that are doing things that will help people be able to become self-sufficient. This IS a case of an Oxymoron BakerStreet!!!!! If you give people money for nothing you aren't teaching them self-reliance, you're teaching them how to take without repayment even more. You can't teach people the be self-suffient all the while handing them money for do
While I also advocate for the elimination of welfare as we know it, it should not be done until a whole slew of other problems are remedied as well. Your statement as to how easy it is to support a family doesn't take into account areas where I was previously located where the average wages are $6-8 an hour, and a 3 bedroom place can cost you upwards of $1100 (because of a land boom, there are VERY few apartments, so apartment living is rarely an optio
Helix the II Wow Yummy BTW, I didn't leave anything out, and she DID spend the entire $2k minus "some left over for stuff on sale after Christmas" on toys and promised that the stuff she bought after Christmas would be more toys for her kids. Scarry but true.
Branding the poor as 'losers' is a great way to get your article featured on the front page of JoeUser , but it reflects a childish and illogical outlook. You contradict yourself! In a previous article you say The Gays aren't evil because they are born that way. Same goes for many of our unfortunate citizens; many come from sexually and physically abusive pasts, are mentally ill, or have had challenges that were not of their doing. Nobody is ascribing
would it not have been a total waste of our time (not to mention the world's valuable virtual paper resources) to suggest you look for information to further reinforce your own conclusion? In Ontario, the NDP's own numbers say that only 1 in 4 homeless are actually mentally ill. (My own observations, living two blocks away from Yonge St. in Toronto back this up.) Thus the argument that was being flipantly made, is not valid. And yes
That's just balls. You cannot get student loans/OSAP and get welfare at the same time. A full year term at Georgian is not just 2000.oo. You're not even factoring in books, additional fees, childcare costs, transportation, etc,. Hell, there are so many arguements that you have presented in your article that are way off... factoring in population and available employment opportunities is something that you've left out. Actually if you read what
I appologize for not reading what you wrote carefully about the $2000.00. The statement still stands however because while she is on welfare, the whole thing is essentially subsidized anyhow... In many cases this is true. But not everyone is born into the privilege you and I were either. Not everyone got the relatively smooth upbringing we got. It is possible to overcome some of the odds that people face from day one of their lives, but I dou
xtine: Glad I could entertain enough to allow you to get through it
ParaTed2k Excellent write up! My problem with Ayn Rand's point which you alude to in your peice is that she took the current thinking of the time at face value. At no other time (that I have yet to ever find in anything else she ever wrote) did she EVER do this. In fact she repeatedly states that it is the moral man's obligation to question everything with a critical eye. As Terry Goodkind states "Question everything. Finding contr
JoeUser Forums