dimreepr

Because, being wrong is threatening and ugly; and all we want is pretty and predictable... Actual scientist's consider much more than that...

Some species are capable of both, so they're male, female AND both; by my fingers that = 3...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual_reproduction Which ever way you want to spin it, life/sex is more than a simple binary state.

I don't know for sure, but I think we're on the same page...

Indeed, you can chose to learn or you can chose to be ignorant...

Pride is a path to arrogance, humility is a way to avoid it and growth is what we do when we're growing up. What if my goal is, to sit still and think about stuff and if I'm already kind, why do I need to improve?

Why is what you want, more important?

does it matter?

The cost of weaponry, is understanding...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man... 😉

Sorry I had one too many shandies and thought of 'Young Frankenstein' as a witty response. My point is, if England hadn't declared war on Hitler, the outcome would be the same, it's only the death count that would be different and we simply can't tell which path would lead to the greater number. There's nothing wrong with sabre rattling, just don't draw a line in the sand with it...

There wolf, there castle...

If you don't like gay marriage; don't marry a gay person...

The next step is, the rest of our lives; be it Chinese or Russian or us... How do we know if fight or flight, is more appropriate...

The best teacher's understand that drink is always involved...

Indeed, we have to re-evaluate what an economy means, the problem is, most of us (by which I mean the important people) are too comfortable...

Who cares who wins??? Head's I win, tail's you lose...

What is justice? That which is justifiable... You may not think so @beecee but I do get where you're coming from... It's so much more satisfying to throw the hammer away, when IT hits my thumb; it's not your fault, it's mine...

An analogy is a way to explain, by way of a story; what standing for what, is the data on which the story is based; you can't cross the same river twice, yet we do so everyday...

If you want people to be scared of prison, put them in a holiday home on their own, with no contact with the outside world, for 2 week's and ask them to imagine that for the rest of their lives. Or force the murderer to face the wrath of his victim's mother. And if neither scares them, their probably incorrigible... 😉

There you go again, arguing in bad faith; unless that's your professional opinion. Just repeating the same thing doesn't magically make it right. If the 'evil man' is in prison with no key, society is protected; that is the punishment and deterrence is irrelevant. So why does prison have to be harsh? I would argue, they have to be harsh to prevent institutionalisation. But that doesn't work, some minor criminal's have been shown to commit more crime because the outside world is much harder and scarier.

It's based on any number of sensational media story's, but you're surely not suggesting the media is without bias? The only way to avoid bias is through training, like a professional judge is given, and/or a clear insight into one's own nature

You're arguing against yourself and for my position, my 'softly softly' approach is to give everyone a chance to change; those that can't can be locked up and the key thrown, but where we disagree is, I think that's where the punishment end's because society is protected. Why do you want revenge beyond their incarceration?

Fake news, how to alter the expert...

So, let me get this straight. You're not a scientist, soft or otherwise, you're not a judge or barrister and, correct me if I'm wrong, you've never been to prison, or otherwise forced or coerced into committing a serious crime. But you are able to dismiss a professional criminologist's reasonable well evinced hypothesis, as unrealistic and unworkable, armed only with a sensational media story and your common sense, and you can tell who the incorridigles are at first glance; you must be so proud.