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by David Quinn
Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:19 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

witness testimony (i.e. sworn opinion) is considered to be evidence in a court of law. That is completely meaningless, since as I've said many times already, evidence can be false, fabricated, inapplicable, etc. In other words, you are railing against the entire justice system. Even direct eye-witn...
by David Quinn
Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

I agree though that Kevin's approach to matters would make the legal process unworkable, even though it's been shown through research into cognition and perception that witness testimony can be 'problematic'. That's why you try to have corroborating evidence, from other witnesses, forensic investig...
by David Quinn
Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:40 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Serious conversations about important issues, Part II: Truth is the root of all evil.
Replies: 80
Views: 223614

Re: Serious conversations about important issues, Part II: Truth is the root of all evil.

If there's nothing outside illusion, then what is depth, consciousness, masculinity, truth? Are they just certain qualities of illusions? Are they particular illusions that happen to have stronger correlations through time, appear more self-repeating (e.g. appear to be reaching further into the pas...
by David Quinn
Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:47 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

According to the most recent figures I could find, Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims since his inauguration. That’s an average of 22 public lies a day. Correction, it is 13.5 lies a day. The figure of 22 refers to the preceding 65 days since the last count was conducted. In other wor...
by David Quinn
Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:47 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

The trouble is, why did he do it outside of normal official channels? As I just wrote, that's what he constantly does, even before his election. Read any unauthorized biography for a clue. And why do you think he constantly goes outside of normal official channels? Because he knows that it is an ef...
by David Quinn
Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

I'm not interested in people's mere opinions. The impeachment proceedings were a stream of people giving their opinion about what Trump meant in a phone call. Their opinion is worthless. Different people have different opinions, and different interpretations. In fact we don't really even know if wh...
by David Quinn
Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:10 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

jupiviv wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2019 1:17 am And that isn't even taking into account your definition of "free speech" which I happen to know by virtue of our email exchange (and your posts on this thread) to be incoherent to the point of self-parody.
Can you expand on that? What is the nature of the self-parody?
by David Quinn
Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:29 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

What is the point of having free speech if the only thing that is ever expressed is garbage? If the people in power are irrational and corrupt then they will stop intelligent and wise people from speaking. That's what has happened historically, and that's what is happening now, especially with the ...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:37 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

Again, there are many possible explanations. He may think he has been elected to do an important job, and he doesn't want to be sidetracked by what he considers to be corrupt and politically motivated accusations. There is room for countless speculations, which would take forever. The quickest way ...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:21 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

As I stated earlier, I think our best chance is with freedom of speech. You keep stating this without providing any reasoning or evidence. I think the evidence is obvious. If people are not allowed to speak the truth then this can be devastating for society. Again, you're not addressing the issue I...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:50 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

Nearly everything Trump does, being it destructive, upsetting or creative, appears like some attempt to do things "another way", often based on directly dealing between people, with Trump in the center of some negotiation, to break old deals and construct new deals. It's all he does , wel...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:57 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

David Quinn about Rhett: Rhett comes across as a kooky beta-male with anger issues and a desperate need to exert control. This could easily be a Trump tweet. It's too thoughtful and well-constructed. If it was a Trump tweet it would read something like: Little Kooky Rhett is a loser!! Many people a...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:41 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

I see it the other way. The extinction of the species is final; there is no coming back from that. Totalitarian regimes, on the other hand, are fragile and temporary; there is always the possibility that they can be overthrown and liberty can be restored. It’s a no-brainer, really. So, you have str...
by David Quinn
Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:49 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

You seemed to be saying that there is no point in the species continuing if we don’t have freedom of speech and basic human rights. I was looking for clarification on that. Yes. If people feel that they don't have a basic value to their life then life will have no value to them. So far as they are ...
by David Quinn
Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

Here is a question for you: If it is a toss up between the continuation of the species and free speech, which would you choose? I see your question as pointless. Can you think of another way to express what you are trying to say? I was making reference to something you said earlier in the thread: B...
by David Quinn
Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

I don't know, Kevin, it seems to me you've reached that point where, as Trump suggested, if he were to shoot someone in the middle of Times Square you'd find a way to defend him, because, you know, there's always the possibility that at that moment we all suffered a sudden increase in the amount of...
by David Quinn
Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:45 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

It’s interesting to see that, in his conversation with me, Kevin has now closed up shop and adopted a hostile/defensive posture. Those who have followed him in the past will know that he does have form for this. It is a common tactic that he uses when he is unable or unwilling to participate in the ...
by David Quinn
Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

Sadly, scientists and environmentalists are nowadays facing increasing levels of censorship by right-wing governments around the world. They might be, but the links you gave didn't demonstrate that. What you provided were just opinions. Two things: - I knew you would respond in this manner. In anti...
by David Quinn
Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:43 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

By far and away the biggest issue confronting us is climate change and the world-wide destruction of the environment. That's just a personal opinion. Others would say that the biggest issue confronting us is freedom of speech and basic human rights. Without these, the environment doesn't matter tha...
by David Quinn
Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:50 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jordan Peterson
Replies: 93
Views: 157325

Re: Jordan Peterson

It is easy to use labels like “caucasian” in a way that places all white people in the one basket on the assumption that, genetically, all these people are nearly identical. But in reality, the word “caucasian” canvasses a wide variety of genetic structures, which explains why there are so many diff...
by David Quinn
Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:38 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jordan Peterson
Replies: 93
Views: 157325

Re: Jordan Peterson

I can agree that caucasians (for the record, I’m not exactly sure what “causasians” are; for me, the term is too arbitrary and vague to be meaningful; I’ll assume that we are talking about Anglo-Saxons and Europeans (for the record, I’m not exactly sure what “Europeans” are; for me, the term is too ...
by David Quinn
Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:37 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jordan Peterson
Replies: 93
Views: 157325

Re: Jordan Peterson

Looking into the underlying psychology of Rhett’s post, one can observe how the romantic/mythical aspects of fascism come to be embraced. A once-dominant race staring bleakly into its own demise, impotent to do anything about the gradual tide of reality slowly eating away at its own power base, trie...
by David Quinn
Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Jordan Peterson
Replies: 93
Views: 157325

Re: Jordan Peterson

...usually a mix of academic long-windedness, incoherent reasonings, bluster, angry rages, extreme political bias, and waffling self-help platitudes. And this is just when he is discussing his so-called expert subjects of clinical psychology and political correctness! It is even worse when he start...
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:02 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Abortion
Replies: 48
Views: 85970

Re: Abortion

Where do you get your news from, Rhett?
by David Quinn
Tue Nov 12, 2019 4:49 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trump
Replies: 352
Views: 1418119

Re: Trump

The USA does not have an equivalent to Tibet, Hong Kong or Taiwan. It does not have hundreds of thousands of video cameras with facial recognition technology and AI algorithms pointed at its populace. It does not have a social (dis)credit system. It does not punish people in any way for criticising...