Maybe you should read up on logical fallacies a little ! :) A personal attack, used during a rational (?) debate, very much constitutes an Ad...
Understanding why something happens does not imply condoning it. Who says we should not punish the criminals ?! - Sivakami.
I have. Thats why I posted ..."Why dont we look at the real numbers ..." ! My, this group sure is jumpy ! - S.
Both. But I'm also afraid (and extremely saddened) to see the real issues being sidelined for trivial ones. - S.
I remember seeing evidence for this (stats posted on another forum) too. Why dont we look at the real numbers instead of speculating in thin air ?...
So you admit that your stance is an illogical one . And yet you call me an insulting idiot ? Fascinating ... :) - S.
Good question. As long as health-care is not made widely available ... both quality and quantity wise, natural selection will continue to play a...
No, I'm just saying that there's no way for me to differentiate between a liar and one whose comments cant be verified. :) Ad Hominem, I see. Last I...
Riomacleod, I think the proportion of poor blacks is more than the proportion of poor whites. It is true that blacks do score a little lower, on...
And why should you think that our tools will be less powerful as we advance ?! Then where's the advance ?! ;) My point was that the trick is not...
I'm not sure you understood my point. I was just pointing out the difference between people claiming that the media is biased when it shows more...
You're assuming there is a cure. I'm doing no such thing. But I dont consider myself superior enough to decide who gets to live and who doesn't .......
Lucky for you that can never be verified. :) I just dont believe you ! - Sivakami.
Excellent point. A lot of it, IMO, has to do with people's hostility and mistrust towards science and technology itself. Most, if not all,...
Going by that logic you should never drive cars or fly in airplanes or use electricity ..... Its always a trade-off between safety and...
THE BIOSPHERE AND MAN - by EDWARD O. WILSON, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Zoology at Harvard University. Delivered to the Kistler Prize...
I think you might have got the question wrong . It should have been ... ' Are attractive young white girls more likely to go missing / get...
I dont quite agree. Recent studies suggest that addiction and aggression are more genetic than we thought they are. Of course certain environments...
Virtually every scientific and technological breakthrough has been ethically ambiguous. Cant fire be misused ? Cant the wheel be misused ? The trick...
First someone advocates destroying entire countries because they are "bad" and now someone else wants to discriminate based on race .... I'm getting...
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