dimreepr

Who knew?

yep, scientifically speaking, it does; philosophically speaking WTF?

The problem is, there is no left in America (ATM) just right and far right, there used to be (as I'm sure Phi will attest). Free food for the poor puts me in mind of "The grapes of wrath" - John Steinback, especially the part where the capitalists threw away food and guarded it, from the starving. Then it's fear and need (and greed) you have to eliminate because they always precede/create political extremes.

Really? Surely the ability to mate is a simple definition?

There's a huge difference between not wanting too and not being able too Guess which side love is on? Spoiler alert, I'd love to have a choice.

Clearly, your purpose is to obsess about shit that doesn't really matter, the entropy of which will probably end in the same way your previous identical thread did.

I would imagine with a hint of jealousy (especially during the famines), as for the soldier I can't imagine he'd go on record saying anything derogatory about his country, perhaps his tone wasn't good enough and he was filmed trying to escape to the south.

So the answer to the OP is yes, it is possible.

Agreed, but science makes books and books over time minus understanding equals a bad idea...

Indeed, but it would be based on science. Or at least what we think science is.

You're missing the point, belief is the problem, not the answer. You're obviously correct, as of now, because it's well understood; but surely as a scientist, you can't really entertain that statement as a fact/true. As Swansont said Yet.

Given the number of people he's fired, I think he's confusing real life with reality TV, or maybe he thinks bankrupting a casino wasn't funny enough.

Nope.

When one thinks one knows, understanding is not to be trusted and belief takes over.

Nope, the disconnect is belief.

That only works when there's a disconnect between knowledge and understanding.

Touche.

are they cogent? Sorry, that seems harsh but I have to ask "what questions"?

That's why I don't report them, they're generally just confused. And it's quite funny.

As some members have pointed out the ultimate demarcation point is the individual but I don't think that answer is valid. Not only does it stop a reasonable philosophical question in its tracks but I don't think it's true; we're a social animal amongst many others as moony pointed out. It's clearly on a spectrum. My local village, for instance, competed in many ways with our neighbouring villages, as did my local town, county, region etc. But there's no meaningful cultural difference, if we take out the 'artificial' polarizing factors (yes I know), but I think a simplified question may be interesting to explore. But language is far too near the upper extreme on the spectrum; England, America, Australia, Canada etc... I sorta know what you mean, the closest I got was reading Les Miserables - Victor Hugo, two books in one, the story and a biography of the culture. Highly recommended and without spoilers.

Thank you Gees, what a lovely insult.

They just add flavour.

I'm simply trying to suggest that neither extreme makes sense and that you and raider are equally welcome to your warm and cozy moments and that neither of you actually needs a god, to do so, either way.

"You're conflating politics with atheism, the other extreme conflates politics with theism. However, you're extreme is more ignorant." This was my reply to Shauno (I think that's the spelling) a rampant theist, please don't be the other extreme, not as ignorant but... You must know that pedophilia exists outside of a religious setting, a gymnastics coach for instance. Don't condemn Raider and his fellows for believing in Jesus (his/her name may/may not be Jesus but someone clearly started it) and getting a warm fuzzy feeling, since I'm sure they'd be happy to accept, you don't. A classic case of trying to justify a belief you can't explain, by accusing others of having the same/similar belief. In the playground it goes something like this "I know I am but what are you ".

Is it? Understanding shows why dividing by zero is futile.