SealHammer

They are subjective as valuing something to be 'defective' is itself subjective. Differences are obvious, but objectively they are just different.

Things such as 'harm' 'damage' and 'defect' do not objectively exist because they depend on one's interpretation of what is harmful, defective, or damaging, and as opposed to what. If you do not emote about it, harm or defect has zero value whatsoever.

Fully formed and undamaged are subjective notions that evolution doesn't really care about.

Additionally the concept of convergent evolution indicates that different species will converge to have similar traits due to environmental pressures, which is probably why hyenas are doglike in some regards even though the are feliformia. There's no ideal form or rule that says a human brain must remain 'human' - if environmental pressures or mutations cause it to take a different form, it will take that form. If environmental pressures or mutations cause everyone to have epilepsy, then everyone will have epilepsy. Evolution does not care what is ideal or detrimental, or damaged, or anything else.

If that were true it would make evolution logically impossible because it would preclude speciation.

I'm not saying that it's actually true that somebody has the brain of a cat. Just that evidence points towards such changes as being possible because if they were not, behaviors would never evolve. Human brains now are probably not the same as they used to be, and the way they will be in some future probably will not be the same as they are now, and mutation implies the possibility of gradual interim differences which are not taxonomically 'the norm' but are present none the less.

I'm fairly certain that this use of 'always' is literally false. I'm also certain that this conjunction of it with 'unique' is also literally false.

That man does indeed have a troll's hands. I tried to play violin in high school and failed superbly, always blending notes, sometimes spreading out to an adjacent string; should I get the chance, I may try again.

ur mom is a man

I keep it real,
And I keep it ill.
Do I keep it realer,
Or do I keep it iller?

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You stayin' classy, SH?

I think you are mistakenly interpreting that to mean 'willingness to kill' rather than that they would rather die themselves than be forced to abandon their own beliefs and values.

I'm having a hard time following your stance on the matter.

In the video, Sam Harris argues, in regards to the veiling of women, that they should be free to make that choice. In the thread you made reference to men's wearing of their choice of traditional garb as zealotry. Why the distinction?

In public service and policy making, these decisions affect everyone and hence are all subject to moral and ethical judgment.

The initial premise that science does not concern itself with ethical and moral principles is what he is arguing against, not for. Hence, he is arguing for science to delve more into a moral and ideological framework.

Science already does contain an ethical framework insofar as it directly relates to the practices of scientific investigation.

no, we're just evil :becky:

Are you a fan of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic or is your avatar just a random picture?

awesome quote for your signature!

eat muh ass

ps thx for all your thumbsup support! hope things are going okay.

problem son

one does not simply not feel bother

LOL