I think there is a difference between meeting a young person on your daily activities and clicking with that person or thinking that person it attractive. The creepiness comes in when an older individual acts like they are young again over and over. They ply younger people with alcohol in order to have sex, rather…

It is true that young adults/teenagers do not have developed prefrontal cortexes. This means that we do not have the same long-term thinking, understanding of the consequences of our actions, or maturity of fully-developed adults. In the past, people were forced to grow up faster than they are now. Kids are encouraged…

Kids of 18 today are not the same as kids of 18 of yesteryear. At least, there have been studies about the extension of teenager-hood. Previously, there were two life stages - child and adult. Men had a little bit of an advantage in that they had an apprentice-adult stage, but they were expected to work. Now, kids are…

I believe these guys are preying on girls who are too young to know their limits. They bring them in with alcohol, but at what point does it become sexual assault? I believe the whole reason they like young women is because 1) they don't impress women their own age, 2) they haven't matured past the age of these girls,…

If all children were on a delayed schedule, or even half of kids, it would put everyone at risk. Kids in school are in close contact with each other and disease is spread fairly easily (kids share food, don't cover their mouths when they cough, don't wash their hands, etc.). On the playground, kids pick stuff up from…

A contract has to state exactly what will happen on a photoshoot in order for it to be okay. Perhaps that has not been the standard and models have never challenged photographers, designers, magazines, or modeling companies, but it doesn't mean it's not right. Even pornographers have to have contracts. Just because an…

I agree that there is no reason to assume non-existence is awesome or that it is nothingness. I am not religious. I just know that I don't know everything. This guy the article mentions (and you, in the above comment) seems to think that he knows it can't hold a candle to existence. I have no evidence to support…

Sorry for being so snippy - I just am too concerned with the harm this would do to the environment. Humans get so caught up in making nature over - improving, if you will - that we often ignore the potential consequences. I think immortality research should be put off until we solve some of the more pressing problems.…

My brother wasn't going to Africa to teach Western philosophy in order to make them more like us or change their method of thought, it was to tell them about different schools of thought. It was to share parts of our culture in the same way that he was learning about theirs. He was teaching at a college - not just…

How do you know? Why would non-existence not be "the next great adventure?" It seems like a fear of change and a fear of the unknown, to me. Yes, there are many things to do here and many things that I would like to see, but I don't know what happens after death and it may be even better.

This is theoretical, and no jellyfish has been observed to live forever. There is no guarantee that a jellyfish could go through this process more than once or twice. Also, the jellyfish is essentially going back to a stem-cell phase, which would most likely mean that everything that jellyfish had learned or any…

I am seriously wondering a few things. I know you have gotten a lot of replies, so I know you may be too annoyed with the responses to get back to me. If I go to graduate school and get a degree in biology, am I allowed to go to developing countries to teach others about biology, or should I wait until they discover…

There are plenty of groups that have been persecuted for centuries that don't get their own country.

I don't think any contract or tacit agreement by showing up can include sexual harassment. It just can't, sorry. That's illegal, and there are laws that prevent it. You may be asked to get naked for a photo shoot, but you can't be asked to perform sex acts when you are on the job. It's not okay. You may be asked to…

It isn't that simple. Some people absorb fat more easily than vitamins. This means that in order to be healthy, they must consume more food. This may lead to someone being overweight but more healthy than if they were thin. Other people lack the good bacteria in their gut that help to manage weight. There are also…

You're knowledge of genetics is not complete. And what organisms don't die?

I don't think any contract can say that your duties (implied by the fact that he is TR) include sucking someone's penis, touching someone's penis, seeing someone's penis, etc. unless the contract actually states it. You can't just take out your penis in front of someone and say, "Hey, I'm TR!" It's still harassment…

So you think that SeaWorld cares about animal welfare? Blackfish isn't a film about animal rights - no one wants the whales to vote, to be treated like humans, etc. They do, however, want orcas to be treated with the amount of care that any animal deserves. Would you consider someone keeping a dog chained to a tree…

I worked for a time at a primate research facility (that is, a facility that did research to primates, not on them - drug research, separating babies from their moms to see what happened, etc.) and I cared for the animals a lot. I did my best to make life better for them, but it didn't make it any less horrible what…

That's not actually true. Food calories (actually kilocalories) are generally estimated using a bomb calorimeter - that is, how much heat is given off when you combust a certain food item. That does not give you a good estimate of how your body will absorb those calories. Some foods are much more absorbable than…