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Shakedown artists and opportunists that can turn small weaknesses into cash have existed for decades. The pros are politicians. The amateurs are confidence tricksters petty thieves.
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There's more to gain from less work for those who manipulate and threaten, so why would they be attracted to philosophy?
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The Truth About Malcolm X? Good show idea?
shirgall replied to Zanamaru's topic in Reviews & Recommendations
There is no empirical evidence that Stef reads the forums, but it seems clear that MMD forwards or summarizes individual items.- 3 replies
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Looking for help: I'm attending a talk on Islam
shirgall replied to Koroviev's topic in General Messages
Christian: the branch of Abrahamic religions that believes in the divinity of Jesus. Holy book: The Bible Muslim: the branch of Abrahamic religions that believes that Muhammad was a prophet of God (and a number of early prophets are shared with Judaism and Christianity, including Cain, Abel, Abraham, Daniel, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc.). Holy book: The Quran. -
And my point is that few individuals want to invest in this. Yes, it's possible, but it's not trivial. Is it probable that free-thinking individuals would do such a thing? They are far more likely to want to build a community-sized power plant or something more productive than a stand-off weapon (nuclear or biological) that is continental in scope. Free-thinking individuals are far more likely to invest in watchdogs to prevent people from making such things.
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A little more Nate Silver crow: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-i-acted-like-a-pundit-and-screwed-up-on-donald-trump/
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Because their development is so incredibly expensive, and few individuals would ever commit a significant portion of their wealth into such an endeavor directly.
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The rights of consenting sex and child support
shirgall replied to Catalyst's topic in Men's Issues, Feminism and Gender
Here's my approach, and a universal when it comes to using force to end a life: "The circumstance that justifies lethal force is the immediate, otherwise unavoidable, danger of death or grave bodily harm to oneself or the innocent." Having a baby doesn't usually rise to this standard unless the baby directly threatens the life of the mother. -
Problem is that this is a "knowing what I know now" kind of question. I'd embark on self-knowledge sooner, sure, but nothing in my life then was encouraging me to do so at the right time.
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It is widely accepted that parents take their too-young children into the bathroom with them even if they are not of the "appropriate" gender. No one second-guesses this and everyone was polite about it. Maybe I am too old. Of course, the other men were greatly amused when I stood guard outside the stall where my daughter was happily singing about what she was doing... Government has no need to get involved. They already have "disturbing the peace" for people that are disruptive.
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Why doesn't sound invert when you stand on your head?
shirgall replied to Donnadogsoth's topic in Miscellaneous
It might be, but in general you want the same sound to come to your ears from a few directions, direct, and reflecting off nearby surfaces. Listening to sound in a truly anechoic chamber is downright creepy in comparison. -
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Why doesn't sound invert when you stand on your head?
shirgall replied to Donnadogsoth's topic in Miscellaneous
Phase differences relate to the same sound taking different paths to get to you. https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr08/articles/phasedemystified.htm -
Why doesn't sound invert when you stand on your head?
shirgall replied to Donnadogsoth's topic in Miscellaneous
Perhaps I misspoke or was unclear. Stereo gets you a direction, but stereo over time can get you distance. It takes that "over time" element to get distance from natural effects like echo and reverberance. I think we are in agreement about the mechanism and effect.