Recent content by Aorist

Well, until they actually do something dangerous, they ought not be registered at all. Post-dangerous thing, they of course ought to be registered as criminals, though with an extra bit about what they can do. Same as people having knives. It's completely cool until someone stabs someone with it.

The "may" in the phrase meant "is allowed", rather than "could possibly". Like "Yes, Billy, you may watch television today".

Yeah, see, the important term is not "visible", but "minority". There is a very pertinent wikipedia article for this - HERE. The phrase is: So, yes, as a tall person, you are visible. But you are not significantly discriminated against by social status, employment, education, wealth or...

I think I object to the scientifically-tested medicine being labelled as "traditional medicine". Medicine is always changing and new things are being discovered and tested all of the time. Alternative medicine is the one that has obeyed the same formula over and over again, and is thus far more...

Anecdotal evidence can be useful if, for instance, you just need to prove that something /can/ occur. It's not useful for basically anything beyond that.

Interestingly, and completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, there is considerable debate in psychology currently going on over whether or not the majority of these are due to actual ***** or confabulation due to the therapists asking leading questions. If you are referring to its meaning as...

Well, there would be two main problems with it. 1) Expense. Why go to the trouble of an alternative treatment when you can just say "Yo, here's a miracle pill" and hand them some glucose. 2) Once they're embraced by science for the fact that they show the placebo effect, I think word would get...

That's true. But they didn't go "Oh, I like that 'r' sound, and the "ape" bit is just dandy". The usage is completely derived from the proper usage of the word "****". Yes, but though you are techinically allowed to say it, you oughtn't. I'm not arguing that using the word "****" to mean "pwn"...

Right, are you familiar with cognitive dissonance? It's where your words and your actions contradict what you are thinking, and so your attitudes and thinking change to match your actions. Here's the wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance Even if you originally think...

1) Because of psychology. If the same pathways are used for "****" as a positive term, it will become natural for you to think of **** in a positive way. It's the same thing with "gay" used to mean "anything bad". Investigate cognitive dissonance 2) It contributes to a culture of oppression...

Actually, that's fairly essentially right. Nothing in science is proven, just tested to a reasonable level of doubt based on observations. Most of science is, indeed, at least partially reliant on other experiments to make any sort of conclusion. As a matter of fact, I challenge you to make any...

Because "Everyone else is doing it!" has been a really good defence in the past.

Uhhh, guys? I think it would maybe be nice if you didn't trivialise ****, nor espouse it as a good thing. Thanks.

I literally facepalmed when I saw the topic "Bisexuality: Real or Fake".

Well, yes, but your right to happiness doesn't override anyone else's right over their own body.