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Ah, thanks, good one. Sam’s on my podcast apps. I’ve already fallen asleep to this one, as I do with most podcasts. I’ll give this another try, like when it’s NOT at bed time! I rarely last longer than 10 or 15 minutes in bed with any podcast, especially the more sciency ones, even This Week in Virology, This Week in Evolution, This Week in…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
It is a pretty distressing albeit informative podcast. Hope ya enjoy it.

I deleted the post that I think you’re referring to, because it was blank. I hope you can post it again.

Ivy wrote:
There is a lot of other things but let that sink in for a minute 😂

Could be a Russian culture kind of thing, being attracted to or respectful of leaders seeking and feeling deserving of dictatorial powers?

From The Hill: Hypocrisy rules on both sides over replacing Justice Ginsburg

Excerpts:

[…] McConnell did not specify when a Trump nominee would be put to a vote, leaving open the possibility that it could be done after November’s election. In fact, given the amount of vetting that goes into any nominee’s background, and the hearing process that…

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Unseen wrote:
That’s my thesis. People use definitions that rule out inconvenient “facts,” and they do so in the service of preserving their attitude.

George Lakeoff in Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think was one of the first to point out how Liberals vs Conservatives frame their talking points. Religious values matter, too……[Read more]

I came here as soon as I learned she died. I’ve feared for a long time this was one of the worst things that could happen, even if Trump ultimately loses 2020.

Davis wrote:
[…] That doesn’t mean he will win. It is not four years ago. And it is not yet six weeks from now. Stop calling an election and do whatever you can to motivate people you k…

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Well, that was weird.

Johan wrote:
So i didn’t use the Scriptures to prove to you anything. Just giving you the source of my believe. And the source of my Creation. That was from that point. If you do not know that I have been created by that Word then you will never understand me.

Scriptures of all kind are written by fallible human beings. You are relying 100% on c…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:

PopeBeanie wrote:
I don’t mean “entangled” in its quantum context. Should I say “intertwined”, or something else

Yeah, “entangled” just confuses things.

Thx, I’ve updated the topic’s title and post.

Almost a week later, does what you posted still seem to make sense to you? (I hope not!)

Unseen wrote:
NO ACTIVITY FOR A WHOLE DAY!!!

Personally, I’ve been working (again, like annually now) at keeping my California air breathable. I have an array now of face masks from quick and dirty to a full face covering “snorkel mask” hooked via CPAP tubing to a plastic milk carton with a section cut out to hold sturdy a large section of HEPA…[Read more]

Andrew Brown wrote:
Accepting a pure argument from authority which defines their moral concepts instead of allowing them to think deeply on the subject is their primary failure.

As a preface, let me say that I agree with that statement, but it’s not just relevant in the context of one religion like Christianity, and it’s even relevant in some…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
Surely it’s all about selection pressures.

OK, but I’m differentiating between natural and artificial selection processes. Human intelligence is largely selected for, yes, but so have been the “terrible angels of our nature”, even if they seem to be mostly in our past. I like that we’re generally more humanitarian these d…[Read more]

[I’ve merged the two topics having the same title and theme into one topic. That’s why some posts say that I’ve modified them, although I did not actually modify any individual posts. All posts are still sorted by time, just intermingled.]