Comments by "Toby" (@toby9999) on "Lex Clips" channel.

  1. Maybe Trump was right? Just a thought.
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  2. Sorry but I lost interest as soon as your guest made the unsubstantiated claim that we're nothing but chemical systems. Absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence. There is a huge collection of work suggesting that our world and life might be more complex than just chemistry. There are still very many unknowns, so best not make claims about them.
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  3.  @mostbased  If IQ can be measured (and it can) then it's objective. The IQ discussion is not for people who value feelings over facts.
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  4. I'm shocked that anyone would spend $2400 for the service?
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  5. Not sure whether you've ever contemplated suicide... it's a pretty dark and heavy state of mind. I know that place. Finding the right direction to walk is not always possible.
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  6. The reason for the talk about nuclear weapons is because Putin made the threat. It's that simple.
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  7. Not sure about Ben Shapiro but Lex was right. His guest by contrast seemed to be pro Palestine which strikes me as kind of bizzare!
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  8. "America Bad" pretty much summarises Chomsky's world view.
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  9. His answers were good.
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  10. He's a complete clown on geopolitical issues in my opinion. Everything is framed by his hard left bias which obviously makes his opinions next to worthless. Obviously I don't agree with him.
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  11. It may feel a little left leaning to those on the right, but that's only because the left's position is more often correct than on the right, hence those on the right are more likely to dissagree with Wikipedia content.
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  12. So a house will lose all of its value over 100 years. Doesn't sound so bad until you realise how property usually appreciates exponentially over 100 years. That's huge and it won't be gradual. Most likely, areas near water will literally crash at some point when it becomes clear that the land is about to become unusable and uninsurable. Like places where eroding cliff faces fall away and the owners lose everything. Sorry, but Ben's take on this is nonsensical.
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  13. The second quotation is a gross misrepresentation of the situation.
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  14.  @Fizzbuzzbizzfuzz2  The limitation is that batteries are never going to come close the the energy density of aviation fuel. No where near. That's going to limit electric planes to a niche market. Don't ever expect to see battery powered wide body jets.
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  15. It's still fundamentally about hunting for food, shelter and clothing. Money is just a more efficient means of exchange than bartering.
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  16. Perhaps he already knew the answers would be predictably nonsensical?
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  17. There is a biological basis. How else would you explain the obvious physical differences between peoples... Japanese, Scottish, African, Chinese etc? It's obvious without looking for 'proof'. Even the brain is physical. Why is there a difference between human brains, dog's brains and cat's brains in terms of intellect? The difference has to be genetic.
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  18. I doubt it.
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  19. I guess that's why there are always error bars in any survey result, right? People like you stuff them up 😀
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  20. Same. I take low doses for short periods without any problems.
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  21. I don't see how capitalism does that? I just see capitalism as a wealth creation process. It's up to the individule to decide what to do with it. One could take a selfish approach or not. Religion and/or the search for meaning in life has little to do with capitalism, nor socialism. I believe religion is something else entirely. It's more about fear and power.
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  22. Ignore the negative waffling.
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  23. My most disappointing guest so far and that's even before listening.
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  24. ​ @sthubbins4038 That quote means nothing. You know they're just throwaway lines. Never take any of them literally.
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  25. No it's real and you'll have to face it eventually.
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  26. ​ @vaclavcervinka65 How is it related to the lack of a belief in mythical entities?
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  27. You're reading way too much into normal ways of speaking.
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  28. It would be understandable.
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  29. I've taken many IQ tests throughout my lifetime (now 60's) and my IQ has stayed pretty consistent. Nothing ambiguous about it. It also correlates well with the type of work I do and my school grades etc. I also grew up in a dysfunctional relatively poor family environment, perhaps even psychologically abusive - a very unhappy childhood. But I excelled at maths, physics and other abstract activities. It all correlates.
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  30. Yeah, I'm the dumbass who can't throw a ball, can't kick a ball, can't swim etc. but was top of my grade at maths and physics and have been a software developer for 30 years. While other kids were out in the park kicking balls around, I was reading science books. Most sport just bored me to tears. That said, I discovered roller skating in the 70's and loved it. Got hooked but I wasn't a natural. Took me years to learn what others picked up in months.
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  31. Both?
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  32.  @diegoolivarez1  Probably not what you're insinuating it was. Nuance is always required.
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  33. A lot of humans are horrifying The older I get the less I like people after a lifetime of being treated badly by them.
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  34. ​ @royromano9792 AI is over hyped. It's not going to eliminate the need to work.
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  35. Yes, in some cases but simply impossible others. For instance, it would be impossible to eliminate automobiles in my city. The cost alone would be prohibitive. But even if it were made possible by some miracle, an automobile provides advantages that public transport never can... like privacy, convenience, cleanliness, security, punctuality... etc.
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  36. ​ @phart0102 Sometimes.
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  37. How would you judge "waste"? Is there a good metric for its measurement?
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  38. This is fantastic. So much better than wokeism.
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  39. No one is forcing you to donate, right? So, what's your beef with it. I use it a lot. It's an excellent source.
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  40.  @stumble_leiner  Why don't you just explain what you mean instead of talking in riddles?
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  41. I agree. That was my experience, but get ready for the materialists to weigh in.
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  42.  @obzai  I believe you're correct on the muscle mass point. I was the skinniest kid in my class and no amount of effort ever changed that. I tried weight training (which bored me almost to death) but to no avail. I'm still skinny at age 60. My father was the same. Just naturally skinny.
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  43. I guess if you find them useless then don't bother with them. I find them interesting.
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  44.  @smartgenes1  It totally irrational.
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  45. Conversion to what?
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  46. Wow, what a wonderfully informative and balanced comment.
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  47. What does that statement prove? Nothing. But I have heard it parroted ad nauseam by ill informed climate change deniers.
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  48. Sam was right on the Covid stuff. He lost me way before Covid on the Trump stuff. Some time around 2016.
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  49. We were given our scores. And our IQ test results played a significant role in determining which class we would be placed in. The highest went into 'A'. The next 'B' etc. down to 'G'. Makes perfect sense.
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  50. I like playing chess as an intellectual challenge but I don't like playing against other players. I'm non competitive by nature. My main passion is computer chess. Playing against computers and developing chess engines. Computer programming and AI techniques in particular have always held a fascination.
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  51.  @begshallots  The comment was about sleep. I've experienced many times waking up with the solution to a complex problem I had been working on the previous day. Not claiming anything. Just an observation.
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  52. She might be wrong to jetset. It's not a good look. That doesn't make her wrong about everything.
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  53. I think she was heading somewhat in that direction but the topic was cut short. But yes, the way you describe consciousness is pretty much the way I see it.
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  54. I'm pretty sure those video games you refer to will be long gone and forgotten in a decade or two but chess will remain. It's also a case of personal preference. Some people prefer chess. As for 1990... what's the relevance? Chess has been played for 1000 years.
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  55. Trump stuff aside, he's pretty good.
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  56.  @Aluttuh  Great in theory, useless in practice. My problem is caused by external sources which cannot be removed. A "patch" is better than the alternative which is nothing.
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  57. Empty? Who? What? Religion?
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  58. What do you mean?
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  59. The Turing Test cannot prove sentience. Can AI be sentient? I believe not.
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  60.  @killbotone6210  That's so sad that you had to be insulting.
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  61.  @johne1743  No he wasn't. I see it as a free speech issue.
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  62. Yes, that's how I've always understood empathy.
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  63. Not really.
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  64.  @mazzerisk  It's settled enough to be useful. That was evidence back in the 70's when it was used extensively for grading in school. IQ testing was part of the entry process. It worked.
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  65. Problem is the lack of credible evidence for any of the claims relating to Jesus.
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  66. Ironic that Putin is using real nazis to rid Ukraine of imaginary nazis.
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  67. You mean Russian suppression? There is no way there is worldwide suppression. Impossible. There are simply way too many sources to block.
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  68. Sad that you can only find it in you to be insulting.
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  69. Sam Harris is spot on here. This is one of his positions I'm in full agreement with. I took a vaccine as soon as I could, and it wasn't even the best one, but it was the best available. As for Brett... he went tinfoil hat mode.
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  70. For me, face to face social interaction is a high stress activety. Eye contact might be part of it. I tend to look away. The whole process seems quite awkward.
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  71. The correlation of IQ and success is irrelevant. We're talking about measuring a human trait or ability. It's measurable. What one does with it is a whole other thing.
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  72. Yes, it's obvious. I don't understand why there's a debate.
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  73. Um, no. Global warming deniers are also science deniers. That the planet is warming at an alarming rate is now beyond doubt. Sorry about that but sometimes the truth hurts.
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  74.  @wp9860  You got that right.
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  75. Keep in mind that a UFO is just some object or phenomena claimed to have been seen but as yet is unidentified. Long way from that to space ships piloted by aliens how some believe it.
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  76. Lex did well containing himself on this one. I found West's comments quite offensive. I probably would have exploded.
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  77. The first statement would require good reason - evidence. The second while possibly true, would likely be a disadvantage right now given the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. I don't believe Trump would do much about it.
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  78. Lex is usually great but he really needs to push back hard against this one.
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  79. It was a reasonable comment within the context of the time. My computer had 64k RAM which seemed massive because I had just upgrade from a computer with 4k. Most CPUs couldnt access more than 64KB anway without complex bank swithcing. A friend in 1996 bought a 2GB hard drive. I was shocked. Who the hell would want that much storage I though. My 350MB drive still had 200MB free. See how it works?
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  80. Neither are perfect. Fauci is great in his field of expertise but not so great at communication. Trump is great at communication in some contexts but says a lot of silly stuff that gets blown up and blown out of proportion by his opponents. In both cases, there are people who are more interested in scoring points for their side than they are interested in the truth.
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  81. There might be a link but I would argue genetics is the biggest contributor as it is with every other physical trait.
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  82. Einstein didn’t have the highest IQ but he did have a very high IQ, easily within the top 1%. And saying he "cheated his way through college" actually says nothing about his IQ or his ability. So what's your point?
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  83. Not really.
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  84. Aside from your guest saying Muslims Christians and Jews can live together which is true.... he is wrong wrong wrong wrong about everything else. The so called "Palestinians" are the occupiers. Mostly Arabs occupying historical and cultural Jewish land. People have been fooled into believing that the so called "Palestinians" are indigenous and that Jews are not. This is a big fat lie. The introduction of "Palestine" as a place name was just one of the many dirty tricks that Jews have suffered in their long history of suffering at the hands of Arabs and others and this includes the Holocaust. They're trying to hold onto the only small piece of land they've ever owned, their historical homeland. And people such as this guest and his ilk don't like it. Arabs have massive lands already. Why do they want the tiny slip of land which has always been Jewish? Answer that if you can. Good luck.
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  85. Why is any voice like it is?
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  86. Some are. The more informed are not so worried.
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  87. He's been spouting the same stuff for decades. No signs of any deep thinking happening.
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  88. How do engines play? I mean, do they has some specific strategy or style of play? I know how engines work, at least the non AI type. I've developed one from the ground up but I can't say I've noticed anything specific about the game play except that I can't beat it.
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  89. I don't consider Douglas Murray all that controversial. I agree with a lot of his points but not all.
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  90. More to learn from a baby than a 90 year old? Really? LOL
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  91.  @Everret.4392  The bottom line is that species evolved over time and it's obvious that cats, dogs, apes and humans have significantly different physical and mental attributes and capabilities and all of those difference are genetic. Dogs never give birth to apes or humans. A cat is never going to be a great chess player.
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  92. So, IQ does measure intelligence?
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  93.  @deepseadarew6012  The term 'race' is the wrong one but no, 'race' is not an arbitrary social construct. Can you not see any differences between folk from the African continent and let's say Scotland or Sweden or Japan?
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  94. Did you really have to be a jerk?
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  95. Great comment. Lex should have interviewed you instead of Chomsky. Seriously.
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  96.  @michaelharvey75  The Ukrainian nazi thing is a Russian lie. Russia has the nazis fighting on their side which is pretty ironic.
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  97. That wouldn't work. Whether Putin would win in a fight or not, that would make no difference to his empire building aspirations, nor for his hatred of the west or of Ukraine.
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  98. Triggernometry LOL I used to watch that show.
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  99. Problem is finding anything decent on Spotify. It's the needle in the proverbial haystack situation. I've gone back to playing CDs and I still buy them. Rather access a small amount of great music than an enormous amount of junk.
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  100. ​ @RikkSpencer That's not context. That's just an anti Sam rant.
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  101. ​ @alexshaykevich509  Not really.
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  102. ​ @ACReji  Not really
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  103.  @deepseadarew6012  No, science (the scientific method) can not be racist.
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  104.  @MYNAMEISKLAY  The process of restructuring has already started. Who is waiting? People have been installing solar panels on roofs and building wind and solar farms for decades. My country has already closed down 30% of it's coal generation. People are already buying electric cars. Our trains and trams are all electric. Who is waiting?
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  105.  @MYNAMEISKLAY  You'll never get anywhere with Russia but china is already involved in the transformation. Where do you suppose most solar panels are manufactured? That's right, China. Same goes for electric cars. Search for solar and wind farms in China. They're transforming but it will take time and a lot of burnt coal to get there.
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  106. LOL
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  107.  @troyspears6470  Except that in my experience 99.9% of the songs are either junk or of a genre or style that doesn't interest me, hence the reason I've reverted to my CD collection. I therefore have zero interest Spotify and I doubt I'm alone.
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  108. Yeah, Lex great. Chomsky not so much...
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  109. Yeah, left wing cancel culture. I'm no fan of Stefan Molyneux but I think it sucks that he can be silenced that way.
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  110. What bullshit and what video?
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  111. It's a discussion I would love to hear.
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  112. ​​​How "bad" those ideas are depends on which side you're on if any. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't hear too many "bad ideas". My position is the Palestine is a fake nation. Palestinians are the occupiers of Jewish land. I would rather their was no violence but the so called "Palestinian" state is a terrorist state. My opinion of course.
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  113. Not really.
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  114.  @philosphorus  Noam Chomsky, LOL. No offense intended. I just find myself disagreeing with everything he says except for his old research into language grammar, which intersects with one of my interests - computer science and compiler design.
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  115. That's propagands. A complete misrepresentation of the facts. And it's not just about the readings. There is plenty of supporting and correlating data demonstrating an increase in mean global temperature. You're parroting global warming denier talking points.
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  116.  @MrExtr1234  Russia in NATO never made any sense and it makes even less sense now. LOL Imagine having a defence pact wherein you'd invite the biggest bully to join? Really? To answer your question... NATO should exist because Russia exists. Putin is only ever open to feathering his own nest. Totally untrustworthy and definitely not wanted in a trusted situation.
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  117. We get what we're given
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  118. Science is very often knowledge for knowledge sake e.g. curiosity. If it had been always about "what purpose does it serve" then science wouldn't have progressed in the way it has. I still want to know how the universe began. Does that serve any purpose? Nothing I can think of personally.
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  119. The importance of a value score is in it's explanatory value.
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  120. Everything he said was perfectly reasonable.
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  121. Seems like he's just making stuff up as he goes. All too conspiratorial and anti American. Almost Chomsky lite.
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  122. What are you talking about? He is correct.
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  123. ​ @rob6362  To hell with separate laws. Why do you people love being so divisive. One law for all is how it should work.
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