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Forum: Politics
04/21/13, 01:42 AM
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Forum: Politics
04/20/13, 05:00 AM
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Forum: Politics
04/19/13, 04:50 AM
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Views: 56,302
The point I made was not sophistical, but...
The point I made was not sophistical, but psychological. But let's pass that over. Of course ideas in themselves don't change anything. But the mere expression of an idea is an action, and that is...
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Forum: Politics
04/18/13, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 1,653
Views: 56,302
The phrase "ideas do not mean anything"...
The phrase "ideas do not mean anything" is self-refuting, as the phrase itself is an idea, thus rendering it meaningless. If ideas mean nothing, if they are not instigators of social change, then...
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Forum: Politics
04/18/13, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,694
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Forum: Politics
04/17/13, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,694
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Forum: Politics
04/16/13, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,694
According the the Wikipedia page...
According the the Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision), studies by the CDC and John Hopkins University conclude that male circumcision is cost-effective because it reduces the...
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Forum: Politics
04/12/13, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,694
If a hypothetical religion required parents to...
If a hypothetical religion required parents to beat their children, because its adherents believed God wanted that, because they sincerely believed that it somehow made their children into stronger...
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Forum: Politics
03/28/13, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,993
It is amazing. Kahneman should be required...
It is amazing. Kahneman should be required reading for any psychology or economics major--economics especially.
I haven't read that other one, though. It might be worth checking out.
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Forum: Politics
03/20/13, 07:54 AM
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Views: 1,993
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Forum: General
03/13/13, 07:41 AM
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Forum: Politics
03/01/13, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 1,653
Views: 56,302
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Forum: Personal Life
03/01/13, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,709
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Forum: Politics
02/03/13, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,252
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Forum: Politics
02/02/13, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 5,026
Views: 305,005
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Forum: Politics
02/02/13, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 2,252
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Forum: Politics
01/22/13, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 5,026
Views: 305,005
Link...
Link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9816803/Religion-does-not-make-you-love-your-neighbour-study.html). I searched for the actual study, but I couldn't find it. I don't think it's been...
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Forum: General
01/22/13, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 9,988
Views: 974,413
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Forum: Personal Life
01/20/13, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 2,438
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Forum: Personal Life
01/20/13, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 2,438
I do not see it as very complicated at all,...
I do not see it as very complicated at all, actually. In fact, I would argue that if the arguments were presented side-by-side, then the conclusion that raising animals for their meat is unethical...
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Forum: Personal Life
01/20/13, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 2,438
All of that is true. However, I would also add...
All of that is true. However, I would also add that most people never bother to seek out arguments that fundamentally question their dietary choices. Everyone else--whether they are presented with...
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Forum: Personal Life
01/19/13, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 2,438
I don't pay enough attention to PETA to really...
I don't pay enough attention to PETA to really have too informed an opinion on them, but it seems to me that if we really consider the fact that not only are millions upon millions of animals killed...
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Forum: Personal Life
01/18/13, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 971
Views: 26,718
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Forum: Personal Life
01/11/13, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,520
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Forum: Politics
01/11/13, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 3,857
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