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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.

Nobody types like that.

There’d be no good detection mechanism, few good ways to enforce such a ban, and this becomes doubly true when the forum “member” doing the posting isn’t even human but is instead itself an AI bot.

Understandable when viewed through the lens of the aerospace sector. That slice of collaboration may not be representative of the broader whole, though.

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You need to refresh your definition of logic.

And the dataset in support of that hypothesis continues expanding

Recommend beginning with your currently flawed comprehension of it

And you’re obviously ignorant of optical illusions

Negative, little buddy. I’m not the one making the claim. The onus of proof is yours.

Once you disregard the laws of physics, you can suggest any possible answer. My Time Machine will be powered by raccoons from outer space, but just the ones that eat tiramisu for breakfast every day and pistachios for dinner.

Yawn

Science for millennia has directly challenged the church’s claims to absolute truth. These particular subjects were more of an affront to core scriptures and teachings than most others. They don’t care how computers and GPS work, but get nervous when others start telling them about how life is the way it is or how the observable universe seems to have begun. That’s “their” territory. … at least that’s what they tell people when selling their wares.

In fact, it's chronologically impossible

Yeah, I forgot that all your threads are ridiculous time wasters. Appreciate the reminder.