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    Thread: What is the current best scientific evidence we have that shows that consciousness...
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(Yesterday at 1:03 pm)born_to_be_a_loser Wrote: ends with death? Given that i dont want to live forever, it sounds awful (even if its perfect like i would personally desire still it would eventually...
Paleophyte General Science 27 424 Yesterday at 7:19 pm
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 10, 2025 at 3:13 am)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: (January 7, 2025 at 5:47 am)Deesse23 Wrote: YOU were the one bringing the term "cost" to the table. YOU failed to explain for a week to explain w...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 10, 2025 at 2:58 pm
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 7, 2025 at 9:07 am)Belacqua Wrote: Quote:the "cost" of someone on society is determined by their actions, not by their sex or gender - or any other stereotype you want to try to fit them in...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 7, 2025 at 8:59 pm
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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It's as if there's some odd notion of Conservation of Rights where if anybody else is given basic human rights and freedoms some of yours must be taken away. This is most likely the "cost to society" ...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 5, 2025 at 6:43 pm
    Thread: Stupid things religious people say
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(January 5, 2025 at 4:39 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: (January 5, 2025 at 1:50 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: William Lane Craig: "Or take the belief that the world was created five minutes ago; how could you pro...
Paleophyte Religion 1672 158097 January 5, 2025 at 6:37 pm
    Thread: Stupid things religious people say
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Yeah, nah, with all due respect this does not sound like an atheist of any flavour: [Video: https://youtu.be/YHjAUUQHynk?si=0rD7uDQlgmbdSr2I]
Paleophyte Religion 1672 158097 January 5, 2025 at 2:50 pm
    Thread: Stupid things religious people say
Post: RE: Stupid things religious people say

(January 4, 2025 at 2:59 pm)Tonus Wrote: Yeah, that comment from him is a good example of the tightrope that he walks. I've seen other interviews (I think Rationality Rules had a video about it) whe...
Paleophyte Religion 1672 158097 January 5, 2025 at 2:41 pm
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 5, 2025 at 9:36 am)Deesse23 Wrote: Is it me or did TWM still not reply to what the "Cost" is to a society for people being trans? Don't hold your breath. You also won't get a reply on the i...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 5, 2025 at 1:18 pm
    Thread: Upcoming Punctuated Equilibria Quote Mines
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Species that show little change over time are easily explained by being in niches that are relatively stable and isolated. If you're in an environment that doesn't change much and all of the neighbori...
Paleophyte Life Sciences 4 106 January 5, 2025 at 1:13 pm
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 3, 2025 at 7:05 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (January 3, 2025 at 9:33 am)Paleophyte Wrote: You either accept the science or you reject it. You can't have it both ways. If you reject the science and...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 5, 2025 at 2:53 am
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 4, 2025 at 4:22 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: (January 4, 2025 at 3:38 am)Deesse23 Wrote: And who gets to define other people? YOU? No; my position is that no one has the capability of definin...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 5, 2025 at 2:42 am
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 3, 2025 at 1:22 am)Belacqua Wrote: (January 3, 2025 at 1:00 am)Paleophyte Wrote: Yeah, isn't it a shame that somebody like the APA didn't get this figured out a decade ago.  :dead-horse: ...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 3, 2025 at 9:33 am
    Thread: Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues
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(January 2, 2025 at 11:35 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Debate among working scientists or university-level science professors seems more likely to be worthwhile. Yeah, isn't it a shame that somebody like the ...
Paleophyte Religion 110 3175 January 3, 2025 at 1:00 am
    Thread: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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Canada has agreed to join The Union just as soon as the US adopts the metric system.
Paleophyte Politics 126 6209 December 25, 2024 at 6:18 pm
    Thread: Christianity; the World's Most Violently Persecuted Religion
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(December 16, 2024 at 5:23 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: Quote:2. The poster clearly said, that the notion that Christianity is persecuted was laughable. Yeah; hence the response that finding 317 milli...
Paleophyte Religion 477 17974 December 17, 2024 at 10:12 am
    Thread: On Violence
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(December 15, 2024 at 6:10 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: (December 15, 2024 at 9:14 am)Paleophyte Wrote: (1) It assumes that violence and power, consent and coercion are mutually exclusive. Sadly, our...
Paleophyte Philosophy 94 3061 December 15, 2024 at 6:19 pm
    Thread: On Violence
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(December 15, 2024 at 3:51 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: (December 15, 2024 at 2:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Would it be morally justified to use violence to stop a man who was raping a child? If n...
Paleophyte Philosophy 94 3061 December 15, 2024 at 6:13 pm
    Thread: Christianity; the World's Most Violently Persecuted Religion
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(December 14, 2024 at 12:56 pm)Angrboda Wrote: No, it's not a valid criticism of it because you have misrepresented the bible.  The bible states that the act of homosexual sex is wrong, not being ho...
Paleophyte Religion 477 17974 December 15, 2024 at 9:26 am
    Thread: Christianity; the World's Most Violently Persecuted Religion
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(December 14, 2024 at 12:46 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (December 14, 2024 at 11:40 am)Paleophyte Wrote: God dooms people to hell by creating a reality where hell is a necessary feature. Seriously,...
Paleophyte Religion 477 17974 December 15, 2024 at 9:20 am
    Thread: On Violence
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(December 14, 2024 at 10:39 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Hello, I hope everyone is doing well—it's been a while. Here are a few disorganized thoughts I've had this week, based on current healthcare eve...
Paleophyte Philosophy 94 3061 December 15, 2024 at 9:14 am