Well, it took 5 years, but Jordan Peterson and Gad Saad have won the debate:
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Free Speech - Jordan Peterson Debate Live 9:30 EST Saturday
by cofty inprofessor jordan peterson of the university of toronto will be streaming a live debate on his youtube channel on the topic of free speech and "bill c-16".. if you haven't heard (where have you been?
) peterson has been making waves by opposing the demands of pc "social justice warriors" at the u of t to use their chosen gender neutral pronouns.
in his judgement proposed "bill-c16" will make his non-compliance illegal - an egregious threat to free speech.. professor peterson is an intelligent and thoughtful academic who has found himself at the focus of attacks from the neo-marxists that are dominating the conversation at elite universities.
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Differences, on average, between men and women
by LoveUniHateExams inquite bizarrely, there are people trying their level best to blur the lines between man and woman, male and female.. so, i thought it a fairly good idea to list the differences, on average, between men and women.. ok, starting with the most obvious .... women have a vulva, a vagina, and internal gonads (ovaries); men have a penis and external gonads (testes).. women get pregnant, give birth and breastfeed their babies; men do none of those things.. men are taller than women.. men have greater upper-body strength than women.
men have greater bone density and percentage of muscle mass than women.. women live longer than men (this is partly due to life choices and behaviour and partly due to genetics).. men have higher testosterone levels than women.. men heal more quickly from physical injury than women.. the sexual dynamics between men and women tend to be different, too.
re sexual selection, women typically have their choice of the most suitable men.
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MeanMrMustard
I remember reading (or listening to - can't remember now) an experience of a trans-male and all the emotional changes he had as the hormone therapy took effect. He related that as the transition took, he would still go out with his former girlfriends. They were supportive, and it was fine for a while. Soon, though he found that his interests shifted, and the "girl talk" was annoying. He was less patient when they talked about feelings and would often want them to shift the conversation to "things" rather than feelings. It was interesting because he was aware of the emotional changes happening.
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A group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations
by Disillusioned JW ina group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.
that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.
seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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MeanMrMustard
(Ie, chicken is said to be 12% higher now)
It is usually a bit worse than that. I've noticed it with bacon and deli meats - the price goes up and simultaneously the quantity in the package goes down.
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A group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations
by Disillusioned JW ina group of 136 countries set a minimum global tax rate of 15% for big corporations.
that is a major goal accomplished by the biden administration.
seehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-agree-to-global-deal-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633709979 .. if corresponding legislation gets passed into law in the usa it will be much harder for corporations doing business in the usa to move their operations out of the usa to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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MeanMrMustard
Corporations do not pay tax. It gets passed on, either to employees or consumers (or both).
You can't tax your way to a better world. If you want wealth there has to be the production of the wealth by rational allocation of resources (markets).
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MeanMrMustard
Really, should **any** of them hold the position they have? In other words, the position itself is flawed.
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What up??
by Quirky1 inbeen awhile… thought i would stick my head in here and see what’s going on... how is everyone?
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MeanMrMustard
New phone. Who dis?
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Trying to update my email address
by HappyGal ini've been trying to update my email address without success.
after entering new email address and hitting the update key i then wait for the confirmation email.
have tried this several times.
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MeanMrMustard
It depends.
Simon - when you send emails, presumably you send through some SMTP service provided by the hosting provider? Do they allow you to set up DKIM? DKIM is basically a way of signing your emails with a private key. The public key is stored in a DNS record tied to your domain. It allows receiving email servers to quickly determine if the email is coming from a valid non-spamish domain. It prevents spoofing. Some email servers will reject any non signed email.
In other words, you could be sending emails correctly, but they never arrive at the destination box. But then again they do arrive for others because their email service is less strict.
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Steven Hassan on CNN today
by dropoffyourkeylee ina little surprised to see steven hassan interviewed today on cnn about the anti-vax believers and cult tactics.
here is the link:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/10/02/steven-hassan-cult-misinformation-anti-vaxxers-ndwknd-vpx.cnn.
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MeanMrMustard
@Disillusioned JW:
I'm not sure you got my point. It's fine to read any of that stuff. It's fine if you haven't. But you can find someone saying anything if you look hard enough.
In NY, the vaccine mandates are going to put approx. 20% of nurses and doctors out of work because the nurses and doctors are refusing to take the vaccine. Why? These aren't the people saying the vaccinated are going to be dead in 6 months (or whatever time period). Rather, they are the ones dealing with the direct fallout from these adverse events.
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Steven Hassan on CNN today
by dropoffyourkeylee ina little surprised to see steven hassan interviewed today on cnn about the anti-vax believers and cult tactics.
here is the link:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/10/02/steven-hassan-cult-misinformation-anti-vaxxers-ndwknd-vpx.cnn.
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MeanMrMustard
@Disillusioned JW:
Yes, and?
Do you judge science by the teachings of Scientologists?
Do you judge conservatives by the rantings of Richard Spencer?
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Steven Hassan on CNN today
by dropoffyourkeylee ina little surprised to see steven hassan interviewed today on cnn about the anti-vax believers and cult tactics.
here is the link:.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/10/02/steven-hassan-cult-misinformation-anti-vaxxers-ndwknd-vpx.cnn.
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MeanMrMustard
I watched the video. Hassan has lost credibility. He pushed the same line of reasoning with Trump supporters. There is no attempt to even understand what others are saying. There is one position, which is gospel truth, and everyone else is just a crazy "anti-vaxer" subject to cult-like mind control and conspiracy theories.
Hassan said in the video that we have to be driven by facts. You can visit the FDA website and read the biologic license document given to Pfizer. You can see, in the document, the dates, how fast it was rushed through. You can see that they skipped the public comment period for the original approval. You can see all the normal tests that have been bypassed, and the FDA's recommendation that Pfizer do those trials as soon as possible.
Also, you can browse the public data in VAERS. You can see the patterns of side-effects coming out. These are facts.
It is really clear : This topic has been politicized, and Hassan is part of that politicization.
From what I have read of the comments by those who are anti-vaxers, climate change deniers, and who think smoking tobacco is not a health hazard, their mindset regarding those ideas (including the way they determine what information sources are reliable) and the way they spread their views are like those of young earth creationists (and others who reject that biological evolution is a fact), people in religious cults, people who believe space aliens have visited Earth and abducted humans, people who denigrate science (even referring to it as a cult), and people with far 'right'-wing ultraconservative political views.
I am an atheist. I think smoking is unhealthy. I believe evolution is responsible for bio-diversity. I don't believe in space aliens abducting people. I believe in science. Science is a process, not a conclusion. Also, I am fully vaccinated.Yet, I don't agree with vaccine mandates. I argue in favor of people refusing. I understand the good reasons, based on facts, that cause people to be hesitant (see above). Also, I have personally experienced some of the side effects of the vaccine. Some of my friends in a much more serious way.
So - try to square that circle.
It has been more than 4 months since I took my first Covid-19 mRNA based vaccine dose and according to a number of blog/forum posts by anti-Covid-19 vaxers I should be dead by now or at least in horrible health. Yet, here I am with still excellent health (including normal blood pressure, normal heart rate, normal respiration, and normal healthy body weight) despite being over age 50. About 85-90% of the people at my place of work (of about 500 people) are fully vaccinated from Covid-19, but according to many blog posts by anti-Covid-19 vaxers they should all be dead now or in terrible health as a result of the vaccine, yet the vaccine has not caused them any harm (at least none that anyone knows about). Likewise my sister and my elderly mother took the same Covid-19 vaccine as I did and they tell me they have not detected any adverse health effects from the vaccine (other than the initial soreness at the vaccine injection site).
My parents, nearly in their 80s, have received three doses - two Pfizer, and one Moderna booster. Nevermind that the FDA doc (if you look says mixing them is not approved, doctors are doing it), and they are fine too. Amazing! No side effects at all. On the other hand, my son's friend (13) took the second Pfizer dose and had his face swell to the point he couldn't see, and he puked for the next 24 hours.
The "anti-vaxers" are not saying that you are going to be dead in 4 weeks. They are pointing to real-life, factual, reporting of side-effects, experienced by real people in VAERS. Its not just about the number of reports, but when patterns around the side-effects begin to form, the reasonable (ANTI-CULT) behavior would be to take note. Or do you think your two-year study of philosophy and logic disagree?