I'm reminded of Golda Meir when trying to deal with a series of assaults on women in Israel, one Minister suggested that women should not be allowed on the streets after dark. Her famous response was, "Men are attacking the women, not the other way around. If there is going to be a curfew, let the men be locked up,…

It's absolutely possible to separate a belief based on faith from a belief based on study. I do concede it gets fuzzy as one tries to make an argument without clarifying the foundation for their antecedents, but in the public sphere I tend to assume one argues based on premises they believe have been tested and hold…

This has been another episode of, "False-Equivalence Theater."

No.

Allies are wonderful but please don't act like you know what it is like and can fight my fight for me.

It is victim blaming when -

I'm aware of the rational, but it seems a bit thin or even arbitrary - the latter case perpetuates a pattern of racism that absolutely harms the doctor personally and professionally.

We can - but we can also acknowledge free speech absolutism is still kinda a dicey proposition. At some point you transgress from expressing a view to doing harm. I do find it a bit odd that in the US a person can be successfully sued for calling a black doctor a quack, but nothing can be done when a person calls…

One of us doesn't understand the other I think. I'm not talking about what gives rise to an individual's personality, per say.

Yeah, that was kinda my thought too, but rather than, "arbitrary species that fell relatively in the middle between ancient primates and homo sapiens." I thought latest common ancestor - which would seem to still be valid as an idea. Obviously you'd never know if you were looking at the last common ancestor, but at…

I wonder if there is a structure that can be found 'responsible' for personification and how individuals would judge a Turing test as this modified.

The point you're making is valid, but I think the counter is putting pressure on Foxconn's largest customer is an effective way to push for incremental improvements without being reduced to a Little House on the Prairie level of technology.

Maybe their training program needs tweaking? I enjoy climbing and I know women who can out-climb me, and likely out do me in pull-ups across a pretty diverse height and (I'm guessing) body fat range (though they are all strong). Perhaps the way they physically developed by climbing was naturally more suitable to…

With a galvanometer.

I think you're making two points; let me respond to them in turn.

I'm with you in not understanding the appeal, but it always helps to keep in mind that, as with most matters of taste, there's a continuum of preferences. You'll no more be able to understand someone with different preferences on sex than differences in favorite color.

I'm reminded of a historical precedent; back in the late 19th century Catholic newspapers would print the identity of members of the KKK, which as you can imagine caused quite a scandal even then and caused a great deal of upset in the KKK's membership. In retaliation the KKK would print the names of member of the…

I just saw the video. It was hard to not burst out laughing at work. What a tool.

There's always growing a mustache in November, on the off chance that anyone will recognize it's supposed to raise awareness - because doing something to raise awareness that will only be recognized by the already aware is super effective.

Or the more prevalent (even more so than breast cancer) prostate cancer.