FPT Cyclefree said: "It's curious how most focus is on the anti-Semitic nature of this abuse but not so much on the anti-women nature. It's almost as if it's taken as a given that… (View Post)

I think that certain actions, particularly violent ones, are differently justifiable in different situations. Sometimes what ethics label as wrong - taking a life or causing harm - can be necessary a… (View Post)

Generalizations are not irrational. They are how we make sense of the world. We start making generalizations the moment we first encounter a new situation (such as being mugged, regardless of the rac… (View Post)

I'd like some of the spox to simply use that line from US courtroom dramas: "Asked and answered". (View Post)

I find it fascinating how these epidemic waves do seem to follow Farr's Law, even when a wave is not infecting anywhere near herd immunity levels of the population. (View Post)