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by iammisc 5y ago
Nonsense, we directly regulate even that which is not about health care. For example, most countries limit the amount of children a man can sire via sperm donation. > These considerations do not apply to prostitution since we have contra
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Sure. Mozart had unusual skill, but it was mainly due to piano practice. (Don't know much about Bach's backstory, so I won't comment on him) Actually, this is an interesting point. I am also a great piano player. Many people
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> As it reads like you want to mock and shame kids who do well in school (which I hope wasn’t your intent). Not at all.. That was the opposite fo my intent. I believe names like 'talented and gifted' actually make it out so tha
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Yeah, I actually agree with you. But as I said elsewhere, the difference between a 9th grader studying calc and a 9th grader studying geometry/algebra is NOT innate intelligence. We're not asking these kids to derive new string th
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> One learned, at the tender age of 27, that flamingos weren't mythical a la dragons. Ignorance is different from intelligence. For example, it's highly unlikely Aristotle knew what maize was. That doesn't make him stupid.
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That's not the point of what I said... I acknowledge that some kids end up smarter than others. I just don't put most of that difference down to innate intelligence. I'm not even sure there is such a thing. I highly doubt the
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Why are you being downvoted?
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I agree with the premise of the reformers. There's no such thing as giftedness. Such a notion is unnecessarily divisive. The classes should not be eliminated, instead they should be relabeled as the study harders
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> You can hire a surrogate to carry a baby to term In the vast majority of first world countries this is illegal for precisely the reasons I described. Only extremely poor countries or barbaric jurisdictions, such as California, allow p
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Because the action under consideration is of a wholly different class than the others you mention. For example, we regulate ivf, don't we? Why? Because the action undertaken has the ability to create new life. The same is true of prost
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I'm not a libertarian and I'm not a small government person. I believe inimited government, not small government. If you need a giant government to enforce law then you need a big government. For example, if you have a government
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Do I believe the government has the authority to prohibit alcohol? Absolutely. Do I think it's wise.... No. Our culture is too dependent on it. If there was a country where alcohol wee not popular, I'd think it would be a good ide
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Sex is very different. Last I checked, no matter how much construction work you do, you will never construct another person, even by accident. Sex is not just another activity. Due to its effects of potentially creating a new human being, i
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In San Jose, this is common at the catholic cemeteries still
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> It's about Trump's efforts to weave a false narrative and the bi-partisan "conspiracy" to ensure the election was fair. No it's not. That is a conspiracy itself. The times article clearly articulates an at-the
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Yet, many men wake up with the desire to build things. That is not an atypical desire. Many men wake up with a desire to build things for money. Many women do as well. Few people wake up wanting to sell their procreative parts to the highes
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I dunno.. maybe the government should start an advertising campaign, but that would imply that they would be able to put individual interests above those of their corporate overlords.
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> Well yeah, the difference is that conspiracy theories purport that a group of people are secretly conspiring in order to fool the public into believing a false narrative. You mean like this: 1. https://time.com/5936036&
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Yes my mom did too. After several times she failed to deliver them to the school nurse for their daily tranquilizers, she was eventually put on administrative leave and then denied tenure. unfortunately, you cannot fight the system. The boy
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Prostitution is not a victimless crime. This is just mental gymnastics that people do to make themselves feel better abotu themselves. No woman wakes up one day and says 'I want to sell my body for sex to the highest bidder' unles
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> Decriminalization of marijuana in many places is getting people talking about it more openly, for example. It's not everything but it's a start. sure... and that's the best argument to recriminalize. Having yet more drug
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Insurance is not a magic industry that turns sustained losses into profits.
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It's not that the police won't bother.. the voters voted to decriminalize it essentially. Before I left California, I had this argument with many of my liberal friends who did not believe me that their proposition would lead to th
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Legalizing for protection of those involved is one thing, but it is completely orthogonal to 'reducing the stigma'. Frankly this is where these movements lose people, including the abortion movement.
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> What do you do, if I may ask? The only roles that I'd characterize as you describe are fixed income management and some actuarial roles What? As a software engineer, I'm constantly doing mental math to determine things like &
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There's a difference between a repairman and a teacher. The repairman's techniques are immediately assessable. If you pick up your car and it doesn't work, his technique failed. A teacher's results are not obvious until
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Yes, often times they are incredibly jaded and abused by the system. For example, my mom was a public school teacher. Lots of boys in her class were diagnosed with ADHD. She would make the children run off their energy before lessons, but t
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There's a difference between views you disagree with and conspiracy theories.
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My solution would be to stop conspiracies, such as TIME magazine's self admitted conspiracy on behalf of clandestine, powerful players to affect the election outcome.
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Oh I see... so this is just bribery. And 'Netflix' the organization didn't know basically.

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