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So the aggregate of a bunch of subjective decisions and adopted principles is objective? Is there a threshold for how many people must first form a consensus before their individual subjective notions officially earn the objective moniker?

How was that NOT subjective?

Isn’t the decision about what constitutes objective itself a subjective one?

Yes

Yes Not fully False premise. Neither were built.

I thought perhaps this topic might generate cool tangents like "what does it mean to dance?" or "what is a fish?" or "is there music in the ocean?" but that flopped

Woot! Necro-trolling!!

This made me chuckle. There are scientists who are Christians, but what exactly is the area of study under the specific purview of “christian science?”

Perhaps. My hope was more that HE would clarify what HE thinks, but I do appreciate your attempts to mediate.

You know it's all about that bass, no treble... lol

Thanks. I’m just a bit shocked that exchemist refuses to engage in good faith. Wasn’t expecting that from him at all given his otherwise really great posting track record. This subject brings out such weird behaviors in lots of people.

That’s a shame. It was a beautiful short film. Try searching: PBS Nature Soul of the Ocean

Oops, what? Maybe video is unavailable outside the US??? It’s a PBS show (public broadcasting)

Separate, but related. This just aired tonight and makes the answer to my question feel far more obvious (some seriously incredible film):

Nice! Where is here?

Careful, bud. You might engorge someone's up quark.

They forgot. Those knowns were unknown at the time of typing.

Do fish dance?

Which is irrelevant to my point since I never argued organisms are born with minds in a tabula rasa state. We are not purely blank canvases upon birth, but we’re also quite likely not born hating others for who they love. Since you’re making the positive assertion otherwise, the onus is on you to support that in the face of my challenge. Which is again irrelevant to the discussion about hating or fearing others merely due to whom they happen to love. Try to stop moving your goalposts and make a single coherent point, please. Fair enough. Babies don’t pop out of the mothers womb hating others due merely to who they happen to sexually prefer. Better now?

I wouldn’t have asked if I did. If you either can’t or simply won’t answer my question, please just say so. For convenience, you said: “my problem with the term "homophobia" is that it may be closer to my own personal discomfort at the prospect of a sexual advance from another man than it is to any inability by some to respect the sexual preferences of others.” And I asked: “What would you call it when a female experiences personal discomfort at the prospect of a sexual advance from a man? Why would that be different?” You replied that you like it when women flirt with you. I actually don’t know what you mean or why you think that ought to clarify your stance. Are you here in good faith, or do you refuse to even try clarifying?

You spoke of an unwanted advance by a man. I asked about a woman also receiving an unwanted advance from a man, and asked why/how that requires a different word. You answered that you like it when women come on to you, which I appreciate, but fail to grasp how it’s relevant to the question posed. Can you help me please to understand you better? Agreed, which is why I pushed back on the poster positively asserting it was likely innate. You seem to agree that’s not an evidence based opinion. It’s a shame that we’re still in a culture where people attack us for WHO we love and worry not THAT we love. I’d say we’ve got our priorities wrong and need to highlight that at every opportunity.

No. Infants don't pop out of the womb hating others for who they love. No This speculation is unsupported by evidence. What would you call it when a female experiences personal discomfort at the prospect of a sexual advance from a man? Why would that be different?

That’s not hard to change. You might start by fixing your program that adds space

… how well you do on IQ tests. Why laypeople still use this garbage score when it’s akin to phrenology is beyond me. Linguistics are writing and words. DJs are auditory and creative improv, layering of sounds. Which has zero to do with IQ. You’re conflating it with Myers Briggs. Their primary value is entertainment, not scientific.