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1. BMI is a population measure of obesity, just as GDP is a population measure of wealth. Nobody would argue that a high-BMI person is necessarily obese, just as nobody in their right mind would argue that a person living in a high-GDP country is necessarily wealthy. Straw man. 2. How many...

At this time you have not written anything that convinces me that superheroes are "bad" for human civilisation. All you've done is written a whole bunch of conclusions with no real supporting premises whatsoever. No, of course not. I could be cheap and similarly ask whether or not God exists...

Our entire concept of reality is artificial and constructed. Our depth perception is a construct from two separate, 2-dimensional images. Our perception of time is a construct, as is our perception of touch, smell, taste, hearing, etc. I'm unsure when this artificiality suddenly became...

True, but it's not illegal to get into a relationship with someone with whom you're badly suited. Just like how it might be frowned upon, but not illegal, for a 20 year old woman to have a relationship with a man in his 40s or 50s (or vice versa).

So it's now a religious issue? Because from the tone of your first post I gathered that your opinion was we should endeavour to emulate the vigilante-style behaviour of these superheroes and "man up" as it were. What "healthy visions" do you...envisage? People have always been...

Why not?

I disagree with a "legal age" of any kind. It's puerile, naive, and slightly obsessive compulsive. I can understand the logistical reasoning behind a "legal age", but I would much prefer it to be similar to our current implementations of medical ethics and driving laws - i.e. recognise that...

Well, first, why is this a bad thing? The entire point of fiction is that it's not real. Would you feel safe if world security were managed and effected by a group of people with almost unlimited destructive potential but whose motives are uncertain/unclear and who cannot be controlled if the...

Which is why I said, "I don't think you could call it violence". See how it all fits together?

I don't think you could call it violence, but it is a bit strange how men could think someone that thin could be attractive. Well, actors (and actresses, by extension) sometimes have to make sacrifices to play certain roles. I don't think it was that she had to take on this role, but that...

The problem is that if you download a package or image from somewhere on the internet, the original producer of the file may not be malicious, but the file you download may end up being malicious. A hacker could use a vulnerability to change the file or replace it with something that installs...

nvm

In New Zealand, as in many other countries across the world, there is almost no such thing as medical bankruptcy. I did not even know such a thing existed until I started posting regularly on internet forums and found out what a huge FUBAR'd mess the US system was.

Except, it does. Both IQ and education (the latter of which is probably more important) are correlated with wealth.

I don't see what this proves.

The rich one. Cause richer women are statistically more likely to also be intelligent.

Yes. You're doing it wrong, cause what Christians actually want you to do is have sexual desires so that one day you'll be tempted to act on those sexual desires, so that said Christians can finally start hypocritically mocking you for giving in to temptation and telling you that you're going to...

1) Stop using Internet Explorer. 2) It's high time you found out the difference between "browser" and "search engine". 3) There is also a difference between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. 4) (this is the one that isn't meant to be condescending) Sometimes Internet Explorer just goes a...

I don't understand the point of this kind of argument. Could you possibly elaborate?

Really? Cause my parents forced me to eat what they wanted me to eat.