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  1. It Aint Necessarily So

    Let's Debate Inequality

    Yes. I'm a humanist. The humanist philosophy is (among other things) about tolerance, promoting human development, and optimizing social and economic opportunity for the greatest number. Do you like the roads you drive on? How about trash collection and police protection? Why won't you...
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    Is there any reason to reject the science of evolution, other than religious beliefs?

    Yes, some ideas that have not been proven or disproven are more likely to be correct than other unproven and undisproven ideas but believing either of them at that point is guessing. We are more likely to have guessed correctly if we choose the more likely option, but it's still guessing if we...
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    Variations on Wordle for wordies.

    Yes. We never explain the meaning of our bids. The partner only explains their understanding of it when asked by the opponents. For instance, if an unethical player is asked about their one spade opening bid, they might use the opportunity to describe their hand to their partner: "It shows 17...
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    Is there any reason to reject the science of evolution, other than religious beliefs?

    The statement I indicated as incorrect was, "there is no place for intelligence to be guiding evolution." I do not find your claim reflected in those words, as they seem tautological. The use of the word 'first' in describing intelligence (which has now shifted from simply 'intelligence' to...
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    Is there any reason to reject the science of evolution, other than religious beliefs?

    You wrote that with a materialist orientation to nature/reality, that "there is no place for intelligence to be guiding evolution." That's incorrect. Materialists would simply say that that intelligence if it exists is based in matter. OK. I choose not to guess and just remain agnostic on the...
  6. It Aint Necessarily So

    Homophobia

    I almost wrote that you sounded Muslim the way you refer to "women who don't know how to cover their bodies," but chose not to. Instead, I wrote, "You and they will have to coexist with that unless you relocate a place like Iran or Saudi Arabia, where they share your values on modesty and...
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    Is there any reason to reject the science of evolution, other than religious beliefs?

    That's incorrect. There's simply insufficient evidence of intelligence being involved to conclude that one is. Bring a reason to think otherwise like a bona fide example of irreducible complexity in a biological organism and we're all ears. Until then, intelligent design is just a hypothesis...
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    Homophobia

    Rhetorical question, right? She's a zealous Christian. She been taught that other people's business is her business, especially when it comes to sex. They used to call that panty sniffing, as when a parent is trying to find out if a daughter is sexually active. It comes from worshiping a deity...
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    Abortion

    How depraved is a religion or any of its adherents to think that their religious dogma should limit the lives on non-volunteers? Nobody outside of your religion cares what you consider a child or a right - just others generated from the same mold as you and so many millions like you. You people...
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    Abortion

    Agreed. A fetus and placenta growing in a woman's womb isn't any less a part of her body than a uterine fibroid growing there. She shares all of the DNA with the fibroid and only half with the conceptus, but that doesn't matter to the assessment of whether one of these intrauterine growths is...
  11. It Aint Necessarily So

    Variations on Wordle for wordies.

    Not really. I gave you my reasons for wanting to continue as before. It seems that you rejected them. Nevertheless, I'll make my choices according to my values and preferences. Originality is important to me, and as another poster suggested, I don't expect to significantly improve my outcome...
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    Abortion

    Man and woman now have two definitions each. The original one is biological, the second definition psychological. A person is now appropriately called a man if he is biologically and psychologically male and if he is only psychologically male. He should not be called a man if he is a trans woman...
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    Variations on Wordle for wordies.

    I don't know how to search my games, but since I've played almost all of the last 929 games (occasionally I forget one day), those lists should be about the same. If you're asking me (you quoted two of us), yes, I intend to continue using LATER first and following it up with PIOUS whenever one...
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    God can not be disproven by science

    That was in response to, "Most of our knowledge about how the world works, how the world affects us, and how to best navigate it to optimize experience by maximizing the euphorias (enjoyable experiences) while minimizing the dysphorias (unpleasant ones). We get almost none of our individual...
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    Variations on Wordle for wordies.

    Thanks. You might find this of interest: SHRDLU - Wikipedia My first word is always LATER. Unless the A and E are both hits (yellow or green), my next word is PIOUS, which might not be as efficient as my buddy Clint's choices, SOARE and UNLIT. We have nine letters in common. He has an N where...
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    Are American "Independent" Voters Truly Independent?

    I don't think so. Democrats regulate in an effort to protect people and the environment. If you've had trouble getting a building permit because of such regulations, for example, that's not repression. My brother-in-law, who lives in California, and who is a Trump Republican like you are...
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    Variations on Wordle for wordies.

    OK. Then you're familiar with the game. I've been doing Wordle for over two years, and just started these multi-grid games a few weeks ago. Strategy is different and the experience different. I also enjoyed @9-10ths_Penguin 's game, which very fun to play. The starting grid and finished puzzle...
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    Are American "Independent" Voters Truly Independent?

    Yes. It sounds like you're familiar with her. She's a climate scientist by trade before entering politics, which I respect: Claudia Sheinbaum - Wikipedia Yes, I'm an American living abroad (Mexico). Yes, but only for president and vice-president. We don't have state anymore. Our only American...
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    Are American "Independent" Voters Truly Independent?

    No, not "an independent" or "Independent." Unaffiliated liberal and progressive is most accurate. I don't actually consider myself American any more except in a technical sense (I have an American passport and file American taxes, but I have no skin in the game any longer). I'm like...
  20. It Aint Necessarily So

    What is the Authority of the New Testament?

    They've been told it is and have accepted that uncritically. They believe that a deity exists that channeled its revelation to man. Skeptics don't believe that because there is no reason to believe it and plenty of reasons not to. They're weasel words: "words or statements that are...
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