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2731
« on: November 23, 2014, 02:27:55 PM »
2732
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:49:30 PM »
Probably. We have enough drinkable water for the entire planet, the problem is distribution. Countries with water aren't going to want to share, and countries in need of water are going to be pissed off that they're not sharing. Desalination really isn't practical for poor countries, it's not even practical for western countries.
So what are these poor countries with a shitty infrastructure and military going to do? Invade America/Europe for water?
No, they'd fight each other over what little there is. And these poor countries aren't all that weak. India, Pakistan, China all have water problems and might end up warring with each other if it means securing water supplies for their own needs.
Countries with more water do share. That's happening right now.
Before you go on a giant insulting rant and get banned, please understand the reality of the situation here. Water shortages are a huge problem, and they're happening right now even in the United States. There are no countries within a thousand miles of Pakistan and India that have a surplus of water (Pakistan and India being the most dire situation). Even if there were, the chances that a country would want to build a giant pipeline (which is hugely impractical) to them is small. They can only deal with the limited amount of water that they have, and their supply is only dwindling. Tension of some sort is going to happen.
2733
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:37:12 PM »
Probably. We have enough drinkable water for the entire planet, the problem is distribution. Countries with water aren't going to want to share, and countries in need of water are going to be pissed off that they're not sharing. Desalination really isn't practical for poor countries, it's not even practical for western countries.
So what are these poor countries with a shitty infrastructure and military going to do? Invade America/Europe for water?
No, they'd fight each other over what little there is. And these poor countries aren't all that weak. India, Pakistan, China all have water problems and might end up warring with each other if it means securing water supplies for their own needs.
2734
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:30:03 PM »
Probably. We have enough drinkable water for the entire planet, the problem is distribution. Countries with water aren't going to want to share, and countries in need of water are going to be pissed off that they're not sharing. Desalination really isn't practical for poor countries, it's not even practical for western countries.
2735
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:18:53 PM »
Think of a city, and then tell me what it is. Change your mind as much as you like.
City-soul analogy?
2736
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:10:05 PM »
You really need an expert to read the Bible.
Because having "experts" read, decipher, and explain religious texts has gone so well throughout history.
How has it not?
2737
« on: November 23, 2014, 01:08:24 PM »
As I'm not militant, I don't necessarily have the time or resources to come up with a big fancy infograph. But here's a list of topic in science that contradict each other.
- An expanding universe and a model that shows us we should be contracting. According to a physical model of the Universe, we should be contracting not expanding. But yet here we are, expanding. The mathematics simply don't work.
- Life from non-life. According to evolution, life arose from a "hot mix of chemical goop". But there's no evidence for it and the process cannot be recreated in a lab. As a means of damage control, scientists then claimed that life came from somewhere else in the galaxy. But that still leaves the question as to how that strain of life came to be. Is there just a never ending cycle of strains of life that come from another planet?
- Consciousness and free will, a contradiction to evolution. How are you to act upon instinct, survive, and reproduce if you're not being told you have to? Scientists claim that consciousness is explainable through biological processes, and that its purpose is to give humans the illusion that we operate under free will. But there's still no purpose in evolving towards free will if our biology dictates us to act the way they want us to act and not the way we act through free will. And if consciousness is simply an illusion, who is this illusion being relayed to? Another consciousness?
- The four fundamental forces. There's no reason why or how the fundamental forces exist, and in fact we can only measure their effect, but the particles that should make up these forces don't seem to exist. We invent names like the Graviton to make it seem like they exist, but they have as little evidence for them as dark matter.
I might add more later, but we can discuss these contradictions for now. But maybe the point here is that just because we don't understand something doesn't mean we have to label it as a contradiction. Maybe there's more to it and we just don't have that information.
2738
« on: November 23, 2014, 12:25:17 PM »
It was a housing bubble, and houses are the largest asset for every home-owning individual. Of course it's going to be severe.
Except that simply isn't true.
Financial crises have never been enough to push a country into recession. Most countries, IIRC, didn't even experience a bubble, prices just plateaued. Not to mention, the stock market crash of 1987 had similar levels of bad debt to 1929, yet nothing even comparable to the Depression or the Recession followed.
When has the US or the UK ever not been in debt?
2739
« on: November 23, 2014, 12:16:57 PM »
Recessions aren't controllable. They happen... well naturally almost.
Of course they're controllable. It must have some sort of endogenous cause.
Recessions will always happen, sure, but there's no reason they have to be so fucking severe.
It was a housing bubble, and houses are the largest asset for every home-owning individual. Of course it's going to be severe.
2740
« on: November 23, 2014, 12:13:00 PM »
Recessions aren't controllable. They happen... well naturally almost.
2741
« on: November 23, 2014, 12:08:51 PM »
I'll be back for this once I'm at my computer.
But seriously, I'm going to go through some of these after work and talk about them.
*waiting intensifies*
I'm not going to take a biased source like that seriously either. You can expect me to read through my Bible as well to see how legit these claims really are. Often times it'll come down to bad translations or misconceptions. You really need an expert to read the Bible. I know this as I've only recently become a practicing Christian and I can understand how hard it can be to read and fully understand the depth of the Bible, especially if you lack faith and the historical understanding at the time.
2742
« on: November 23, 2014, 12:06:07 PM »
liberal atheist circle jerk! Count me in
2743
« on: November 22, 2014, 07:43:16 PM »
Sorry that I got off. I'll probably be back on in a few.
2744
« on: November 22, 2014, 07:41:22 PM »
The EPA's role is no where near as large as most of assume it is. For the most part they're just responsible for taking on polluters, it's not like they get to outline policy or anything.
2745
« on: November 22, 2014, 07:33:33 PM »
TBH, I really don't care if others think my beliefs are "intelligent" or not. I only believe in whatever is going to benefit me most personally, which happens to be Conservatism/Libertarianism. I don't care about the well-being of the poor, I care about the well-being of me.
Philosophically speaking, everything is subjective. It really doesn't matter what other people are up to. They only exist if you allow it.
2746
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:53:29 PM »
No one's sending me an invite
2747
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:42:24 PM »
Where is everyone?
invite me again? I had to fix my internet
2748
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:22:34 PM »
For real doe.
We should have friended each other before this. >_>
send me another invite plox
2749
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:20:10 PM »
ALRIGHT CHEAT ISN'T ONLINE, I'LL START THE LOBBY.
SEND A MESSAGE TO Simseo11 ON XBL AND I'LL INVITE YOU, I'M ONLY INVITING IF YOU SEND ME A MESSAGE. I'M NOT TYPING OUT EVERYONES NAME.
On second thought, let's just join Simseo
2750
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:16:00 PM »
ALRIGHT CHEAT ISN'T ONLINE, I'LL START THE LOBBY.
SEND A MESSAGE TO Simseo11 ON XBL AND I'LL INVITE YOU, I'M ONLY INVITING IF YOU SEND ME A MESSAGE. I'M NOT TYPING OUT EVERYONES NAME.
Hold on he just sent out a notification
2751
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:12:59 PM »
Why don't you guys get business degrees first? They're the most in demand degree right now.
Spoiler You cannot ban me for having the opinion that you must be skilled or educated before you can have an opinion so long as I share that opinion in a civil manner. Such butthurt.
Just because the mods aren't going to enforce it doesn't mean it's any less against the rules. Go ahead, make another insult. Multiple offenses are bannable.
It's not an insult; it's an observation. If you need to include a disclaimer about how you shouldn't be banned, obviously there's some unresolved issues.
>blatant damage control 
2752
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:09:49 PM »
Mass Effect easily.
2753
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:06:19 PM »
Why don't you guys get business degrees first? They're the most in demand degree right now.
Spoiler You cannot ban me for having the opinion that you must be skilled or educated before you can have an opinion so long as I share that opinion in a civil manner. Such butthurt.
Just because the mods aren't going to enforce it doesn't mean it's any less against the rules. Go ahead, make another insult. Multiple offenses are bannable.
2754
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:04:06 PM »
If this forum is still active in three years... just you wait
2755
« on: November 22, 2014, 05:02:25 PM »
Why don't you guys get business degrees first? They're the most in demand degree right now. Spoiler You cannot ban me for having the opinion that you must be skilled or educated before you can have an opinion so long as I share that opinion in a civil manner.
2756
« on: November 22, 2014, 04:58:50 PM »
Can I sign up at the last minute?
GT: Dustin Nugget
pls invite
2757
« on: November 18, 2014, 04:54:02 PM »
Redacted.
2758
« on: November 18, 2014, 04:47:55 PM »
From what I can tell they seem like a hindrance. Not always. If they motivate you and give you confidence, then they really help you out in life. Though you probably already know that.
2759
« on: November 18, 2014, 04:43:00 PM »
If it's for the sake of the majority (and I really mean majority, like the suffering of 1000 people for the sake of 7 billion), then yeah, it is justified. Fucked up, but justified. If it's solely for the sake of science, then no, it isn't.
This but only if there's an actual need to do it, like a virus outbreak or something. It can't just be for the progression of technology at least in my opinion.
2760
« on: November 18, 2014, 04:37:44 PM »
but it's possible that psychopathy is the next evolutionary step for humanity.
Have you ever noticed how any intelligent species with a decently functioning social order has a capacity for empathy?
It's quite literally the emotional foundation for all of civilisation.
I'm not disagreeing, but there are always examples of rich, successful people who are responsible for the misery of thousands or even millions of people.
That's more of an evolutionary anomaly than stepping-stone. Psychopathy is surviving in spite of society, not necessarily because of it. The psychopaths you see at the top of the ladder (and there are quite a few) are those who have learned how to play the game.
Most psychopaths just blend into society, and sociopaths tend to either be on the fringes, just hanging on or in prison.
Let's look at this argument from a case study then. Any CEO of a manufacturing corporation that has a problem with hiring child workers isn't going to be as successful as the CEO of a rival business who doesn't care if children are working in dangerous facilities. The less empathetic they are (and thus the more psychopathic they are), the more successes they will be. You don't think capitalism rewards ruthlessness?
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