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> one were to operate at that level then Facebook would be illegal. This shows a fairly low level of engagement with the sorts of people that are pushing to ban porn. It’s not unco…

> No one is aborting your baby - you can take an informed decision yourself. Of course, this is exactly the point of Gattaca: you won't be "forced" to do it, but you and your child…

> We first found out that GPA and GRE scores mean nothing. Neither GPA nor GRE scores are predictive of grad school performance! I’m skeptical of these claims because I’ve heard si…

Yeah, and there’s at least anecdotal evidence here: > The admission to medical school of Patrick Chavis, one of the black doctors admitted under the medical school's affirmative ac…

You missed the point: if I’m planning lunch with my friends and they want to go to barbecue on Friday, I’m going to be suggesting an alternative so I can get something to eat too. …

> no one needs to change the way they act around you. This is only because Catholics and Christians often don’t mention when workplace behaviors make them uncomfortable. I’ve been …

Contemporary art always has felt to me like an “the emperor has no clothes” enterprise. It’s appreciated and valued because this marks you as not part of some out-group.

Not only is it hard to acquire, such viewpoints are impossible to acquire: every attempt to put experience and research into words has a point of view and that point of view colors…

Yeah, the problem is coming up with a test that actually identifies who’s “informed” without biasing the electorate unfairly.

Isn’t it reasonable to want the people who make a decision to know what they’re making a decision about? I want all the informed voters to vote but, by and large, uninformed voters…