A law professor writes a post on CNN opinion about how Christians can be for Marriage Equality. He gets called a "self-deceived sodomite with fancy titles".

onboleman · 1 day

Sad. So very sad. Old belief systems haunt us to this day creating pain and suffering in people.

sushisushisushi · 11 days

Now if we're to follow his line of reasoning, his view on the chair's humble beginnings makes sense from a psychological point of view. The one with height advantage has an advantage. Try looking up at someone, they feel bigger, more imposing. How close this matches the historical record, I don't know.

It shocked me when I heard of that these were 1k. If I'm to correlate things with status, the more expensive they are, the more status one gains. Such is the case with offices vs cubicles, cars, clothing, etc.

V_for_VinceVega · 11 days

I appreciate the answer, and the effort. But you've still not answered, why? It refers to how that makes you feel while he's doing this. The actual emotional response to him doing this is the why. In your case you're probably not as comfortable bringing your sexuality out in the open as he is. Which is understandable. There are numerous societal pressures on women to not be open (loud?) with their sexuality. Compared to men's pressures, we're expected to be masters of sexuality. This is changing mind you, but the pace is lacking. Or I may be off base.

V_for_VinceVega · 12 days

My experience with emotional states is that they're all logical. So when the girlfriend/boyfriend is insecure or what have you, there are reasons for this. Which make sense to them. Maybe one of their parents got cheated on, or an ex cheated on them. The issue of self worth also comes into play. And many more. All unique to the person. The problem now becomes, what do you do? Do you modify your behaviour because they're annoyed by it (easy way out, I guess) or do you put things on hold with that kind of behaviour and help her understand her issues. I'd argue the latter is the harder version. This of course depends on her and how she's feeling psychologically. At the wrong moment these issues can snowball things into directions you may not want to take.

V_for_VinceVega · 13 days

Have you considered why him stating a fact of life, and biology, in public is an issue for you. Basically, why are you offended?

trot-trot · 17 days

What are they doing? Breaking things. Creating problems where there are already enough.

Useful, I'm sure. /s

lightswarm124 · 17 days

Where might one buy the tickets from?

ProperAim · 18 days

On behalf of the human race, I am sorry. These are the biases that get us through the day using up as little mental effort as possible. If you pay enough attention, you do it too :)

chashr · 18 days

Our behaviour is up to us to change if deemed unsuitable to our needs. Do whatever you want to do, when you're not happy with the result, check out these other people and how they model the world. But that's just the first few minutes. I stopped cause I've seen it before.

Sulack · 18 days

I apologize for the double reply, but I just remembered reading this. Maybe it'll help more than my ramblings.

Sulack · 18 days

As an organism (machine) which adapts to its environment I have found it easier to adapt to mine than change it. After many years of trying to change it. That is, the people which don't like to discuss things in an intellectually rigorous way, I won't. People which do, I do so more. This doesn't change the fact that I am who I am and enjoy intellectual stimulation. This won't change, but I can modify my behaviour such that my friends, and sometimes family, aren't put off by it. For example I notice my group of friends are all university graduates, some more than that, but if I go off the deep end, they'll start nodding vacantly. Maybe my problem is the act of communication itself.

Adapt, or suffer the consequences. The adaptation process is up to you though. You may join different groups of people which provide you with the stimulation needed. Acceptance seems to be part of the process though. This is the situation you are in, where you go from here, is up to you. More specifically, the information available to your neural nets.

Good luck!

Sulack · 18 days

My good man/woman. You will always be surrounded by idiots if you believe yourself to be above average. Though, I enjoy having fantasies of superiority and excellence, these things are comparative terms. I compare my own performance against someone else's. Though it's far more likely I'm of average intelligence. Bell curves and Dunning-Kruger tell me this is far more likely than I'd like to believe. If you're smart enough to be happy, you will be. If you're not, you'll be just average like the rest of us. "Life is suffering, but suffering can be diminished." --buddha

Edit -- in this context 'smart enough to be happy' isn't related to potential but to actual actions taken towards reaching that goal. Being smart and not using that ability will not get you what you want.

aster1sk · 19 days

I'm down. I was actually discussing this with a friend. Find some open source project in need of bug fixing/features/etc. and contribute. You'll get your name out there and gain experience. "I did this." But I'd love to join you guys.

Balfe · 21 days

Well, not sure how unlikely it is. But given that it hasn't happened yet, is an argument. Though not a logically good one. Absence of a negative does not prove the positive.

I haven't even a clue what an argument could be when lives are at stake.

Balfe · 21 days

There really isn't. Not in the way the current issue is framed.

NBA, an organization which fosters competitive play to the point that any small increase/decrease in skill/ability will be problematic. The assumption is that both competitive forces do the best they can. Then the best men will always be the best. Regardless of effort put in by someone else. Because if effort is overall equal, physical differences aren't. Please be aware, luck (injuries, etc.) and other outside forces do impact this. Team mates and coach tactics are confounding variables.

Where we need to look are instances where it isn't all that competitive, and the actors involved don't need to do the best they possibly can. Then it would be sexist to discriminate. Because the results aren't strongly correlated with physical attributes.

Though, if you'd like to discuss such a case. The firefighters are a perfect example. Where physical attributes are a necessary asset. Here's a case I'd love to discuss.

sillylittlefilly · 22 days

Looking for some actual facts other than some 'mechanic'. If it's as good as they claim have independent labs test it. Show us the results.

Upon reading a 3rd page I found this gem.

The Teslagram technology is based on affecting how matter behaves at a subatomic level. It works by continuously emitting a photonic field of information that changes the behavior of combustible fuel. It neutralizes the hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides, and other pollutants that are a result of normal vehicle operation.

Just someone else trying to make a buck. Nothing to see here folks.

14mit1010 · 25 days

What would be the benefits of a change such as this?

Rivolver · 28 days

Hi, thank you for taking the time and effort to write this and share it with us. If I may make a contribution, scribd.com, pastebin.com, google docs, etc. may make this thing a little more readable. Thanks again!

Amicela · 28 days

Hey look, a white girl afro! JK! It's hair and it looks good. Don't worry about it.

thisisdumbb · 28 days

Next, you'll be telling me most of them matter. /s

CamilleElise4 · 29 days

Personally I'd rather not marry. But if it became that important, yes. I'm marrying her (somehow I got there), asking for permission won't be a big step after.

blusherz · 29 days

Basically he is saying that the author of that article posted that on his blog before even researching the very things he was talking about.

As for the 'quick', he's most likely talking about here. I know it's not quite visible, but it's there. Type in "subliminal messages". Now you know.

But going by the content of the blog, my hopes aren't set too high.

tdobson · 29 days

And history tells us we've learned nothing from it. No wonder people make such silly statements, they don't understand the networks humans create to facilitate communication or trafficking (moving something, whether it's information or goods). Any attempt to suppress these networks leads to adaptation in the network which means more sophistication, hence harder to detect. Just look @ the China Firewall vs TOR. One tries something, the other adapts. An arms race that will lead... nobody really knows. We just know it's a race to the bottom. We need to address the root causes of these networks, not keep trying to kill them off forcefully. As long as an incentive exists for the network to develop, they will. And on the Internet, this isn't quite trivial. But there are countless networks unknown to most of us, hence we cannot access them.

NGC300 · 1 month

However, I suspect that the random results of wavefunction collapse accumulate to affect the macroscopic level eventually.

I have regressed to the age of 5 for the future of this thread cause this blew my mind. What does it mean exactly?

zedgrrrl · 1 month

Just us neural nets here.

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