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05-14-13, 09:30 AM

James R replied to a thread University of Ottawa Doctoral Candidate Withdrawn from Program Needs Your Help in About the Members

You say you need our help. How can we help? And why would we want to help when you haven't even told us why the university wouldn't let you defend...

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05-14-13, 08:56 AM

James R replied to a thread Rape and the "Civilized" World in Ethics, Morality, & Justice

iceaura's drunk driving example is quite a good analogy here. For example, where I live, we have lots of government-paid advertisements on TV...

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05-14-13, 08:38 AM

James R replied to a thread Homophobia in Human Science

leopold: Creationist and homophobic? What next. Are you a closet neo-Nazi, too? A UFO nut? Do you like guns, too? How many gay friends do...

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05-14-13, 08:28 AM

James R replied to a thread Water the new fuel..? What are the pros and cons in General Science & Technology

Where did you hear that?

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05-14-13, 01:35 AM

James R replied to a thread Rape and the "Civilized" World in Ethics, Morality, & Justice

lightgigantic: In general, we see lots of prevention advice targeted at potential victims of rape, and hardly ever any advice targeted at...

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05-13-13, 10:26 AM

James R replied to a thread Homophobia in Human Science

Is this code for "If you ban me, you must be homosexual"? Do you think that implying somebody is homosexual is an insult? Would you be afraid...

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05-13-13, 10:24 AM

James R replied to a thread Homophobia in Human Science

arauca: Are you worried that homosexual people might make you turn gay if they "propagate" their sexuality at you? Is it ok for...

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05-13-13, 09:56 AM

James R replied to a thread Homophobia in Human Science

Jan Ardena, Maybe. But I'm confused. What is "homosexual behaviour"? What particular behaviour or behaviours are you referring to? And...

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05-13-13, 09:52 AM

James R replied to a thread the EARTH is expanding!!!! in Earth Science

Formal Debate: The Earth is Expanding

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05-13-13, 05:25 AM

James R replied to a thread Rape and the "Civilized" World in Ethics, Morality, & Justice

Ten rape prevention tips Source 1. Don’t put drugs in a woman's drink in order to control her behaviour. 2. When you see a woman walking by...

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05-13-13, 04:26 AM

James R replied to a poll Does anyone else hate Science? in General Science & Technology

Trippy: I can personally vouch for this hypothesis testing by children. I have also found that they enjoy testing the hypothesis "When I...

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05-10-13, 12:34 AM

James R replied to a thread Rape and the "Civilized" World in Ethics, Morality, & Justice

I'm up to the part of this thread where lightgigantic recommends that women not hang around deserted railway stations in the middle of the night, in...

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05-09-13, 09:17 PM

James R replied to a thread Rape and the "Civilized" World in Ethics, Morality, & Justice

I'm gradually working my way through this thread... wellwisher: The "brutal beast-man" or "stranger rape" is the image that springs to mind...

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05-09-13, 08:07 PM

James R replied to a thread Science, magic and religion in General Science & Technology

wellwisher, I have previously disputed your left-brain/right-brain division as being overly simplistic, so I won't spend more time on that here. ...

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05-09-13, 08:01 PM

James R replied to a poll Does anyone else hate Science? in General Science & Technology

leopold, Guesswork alone is not science. Science is usually described as a method that involves the formulation of hypotheses followed by the...

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05-09-13, 07:52 PM

James R replied to a thread Is Ophiolite's Behavior Acceptable Under Site Posting Guidelines? in Site Feedback

On the basis of the extensive evidence presented above, I have banned Ophiolite from sciforums for 3 days (for repeated flaming). Let's hope this...

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05-09-13, 10:24 AM

James R replied to a thread Relativistic parallel rods in Physics & Math

Tach: Are you embarrassed about your performance in this thread? You ought to be. It's just a litany of one error after another from you, starting...

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05-09-13, 09:50 AM

James R replied to a thread A Being That Syntactically Self-distributes Itself in Religion

Moderator note: Thread moved from Philosophy to Religion

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05-09-13, 09:47 AM

James R replied to a thread Requesting name change please in About the Members

For now, you can be "Fork". If you're still here when you have 100 posts, then remind me.

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05-09-13, 09:23 AM

James R replied to a thread Please accept me back in About the Members

I see that Brainiac has now become Fork. My patience is rapidly diminishing with you, Fork. Please improve or you will leave.

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05-09-13, 09:22 AM

James R replied to a thread Interaction is a Reality in General Philosophy

The way you're posting, it doesn't look like it. Last chance to change...

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05-04-13, 01:28 AM

James R replied to a thread Is Ophiolite's Behavior Acceptable Under Site Posting Guidelines? in Site Feedback

It's generally more appropriate to hit the "report" button on posts that breach the site rules. I'll look into this matter. In the meantime,...

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04-27-13, 04:23 AM

James R replied to a thread How to calculate relative velocity of objects moving in different axes? in Physics & Math

Ok, so we can write this as: \vec{v}_A = 24 \hat{x}, \vec{v}_B = 30 \hat{y} although it's worth noting that "parallel to the x-axis" is...

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04-27-13, 04:07 AM

James R replied to a thread New phase of water could dominate the interiors of Uranus and Neptune in Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology

Hmm... interesting, but I'd like to see where this superionic ice fits on the usual phase diagram for water (in 3 dimensions). What type of ice is it...

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