[IMG] Just came back from the game and wanted to say hi. Given that the last game I went to was the 2004 group stage game against Latvia, the...
I would argue that slavery by its very nature is not good for your economy as it prevents the slaves from taking an active part in it. However, I...
This actually leads to another good point, namely the question: When is the right time to address a major danger? So for the sake of the...
As a matter of fact, I don't. My prediction (albeit with low confidence) would be that unless there is some major event outside of human control...
I wouldn't call the Clinton bit a strawman but an analogy. Analogies are generally a good way to introduce people to a concept that is new to...
So your response to somebody strawmanning you is strawmanning him? How is that any better? Also, I would argue that he's using colloquial...
But you can debate them and you should. I don't buy that argument that a debate only gives them credibility. It's a cheap cop out and...
And that's exactly why the tide in public opinion is shifting. It's bad persuasion and intellectually dishonest. He interprets motive into the...
Climate change isn't. Wanting to reduce carbon emissions is.
Fun fact: When Copernicus and Galileo came along, there was no scientific basis for their belief in a heliocentric solar system. The existing...
Your analogy is not particularly apt as we're not talking about a measurable fact but a complex model. It would work if all we were talking about...
I think we're getting to one core problem of this "debate". Terms like "climate change denier" are poisoning the well. They create certain mental...
So does that make me a denier? Quoting a passage that acknowledges anthropogenic climate change but gets the numbers wrong? By the way, here's a...
So getting a fact wrong makes you a denier?
There was a pause. I'd be a denier if I ignored the facts. There might still be one. But if the future is anything like the past, around now...
