Why are you slagging on SF? Haven't you ever heard of hard SF? As an aspiring writer in this genre, I take offense when people write off all...
I think an adult can learn a new language. When I took three years of Spanish in high school, it was nothing but abstration. However, when I spent a...
When the Japanese government tried to force their people to only use Romanji, there was protest. When you look at the many problems of Chinese...
Franz Liszt was a composer of the Romantic Era. He is, in my opinion, the greatest composer to have walked the Earth....
There are a couple things that people never seem to address: 1.) Creationism is a novel idea. Believe it or not, the idea of treating the beginning...
Weight lifters seem to fare well from suffering.
Any time certain topics come up, such as the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (not to be confused with "near death" experiences), I see an...
Define certainty.
I was referring to informal writing. It seems that a lot of people on here write more than they say.
I equate brevity with intelligence. Maybe it's the populist in me, but I feel that an idea ought to be communicated in such a way that anybody can...
I believe that the birth of AI is tantamount to the end of mankind. Suppose a supercomputer becomes self-aware. It will want to learn, which will...
I have yet to read one theologian who does this. I never said that a supercomputer exists. I used it as an analogy. You'll have to reread what I...
I'm not. The idea is kissing and hugging people sickens me, which is why I never do it. I also don't care much for emotions.
I don't remember ever having read their stuff, but I've read that Ayn Rand's characters tend to be one-dimensional. I might read her just to see what...
You'll have to forgive me. I come from the Ernest Hemingway/(Dr.) Isaac Asimov school of writing.
Enlightenment can be found in a whorehouse. Wait. . . .
Allow me to show you the fault of your logic this way: A.) Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon. B.) Neil Armstrong spoke 20th...
1.) There is no objective way to measure stupidity. 2.) Morality is not objective. And not only are your assumptions unproved, but your logic with...
I hate when the second poster in a thread feels the need to quote the first, and I hate when people quote themselves. You did both in one post.
Randy Rhoads was better.
Separate names with a comma.