Newai countered your thought, and I have already answered why animal rights still apply when instituted by humans.
Fair enough, I will stop after this post. I promise! :)
This is wrong, as many recent animal studies have shown. The question is not if they can plan for the future, or if...
That's great for those societies, but Japan/US are not hunter-gatherer societies, so this does not apply to us.
Don't take my word for it, just look around a few minutes. From Wiki:
"Vegetarian diets are usually rich in carbohydrates, omega-6 fatty acids, dietary fiber, carotenoids, folic...
Thomas, would you argue that animals (including humans) perceive death to be worse than pain? Because hunting is more than inflicting unnecessary pain, it is inflicting unnecessary death. There is no need to make tribes eat farm animals as you suggest. There is no need for the eating of...
And taken to extremes, we would get up every day with the goal of totally screwing our world over. You can't just ignore problems because you don't want to pay attention. If we did that then it would be the extreme. You say that the decision to eat meat is a matter of opinion, and that's...
This multi-quoting is a big hassle! :D Also I would like to bring in some ideas of another person, Gary Francione, because I think he has answered some of your points more succinctly than I would be able to...
You are saying that rights can only be applied to humans, but this is a fallacy...
Very good points!
Like I said, I am not arguing about extinction, I am arguing about the human right to kill other creatures, in this case intelligent sea mammals, but the argument works for any animal really.
I don't see why an advanced civilization needs deer and elk hunting either...
I don't understand your question. We are debating whaling, are we not? Pros and cons? I think part of the problem is that we are having two separate arguments. One is about the feasibility of 'sustainable hunting' and the other is about the ethics of hunting at all. So which point are you...
Agreed on all points, however if you take a utilitarian outlook, then you are very well justified by saying that killing for food is less immoral than killing for sport, since the food you get from killing provides a physical value, while in a sport the animal's meat is wasted as well as it's...
Well a 0.18 second Google search found me just the article I needed, and it is only one of many I have seen. YES, organic produce is MEASURABLY healthier than conventional produce. I really don't understand why people are so hesitant to this idea.
"In summary, this analysis found more iron...
I think nobody has mentioned it because there are rules against posting about how to make dangerous chemical combinations, especially weaponized chemical compounds. :rolleyes:
Not to put too fine a point on it, but how can you be against current animal farming methods and still eat meat? How can you be against gestation crates and still support the results of those crates (ie cheap pork)? How can you be concerned about animal suffering and yet support the absolutely...
The simple answer is that the soy milk in the fridge is hasn't been processed for long-term storage, while the shelf milk has. See the link below for the processing they do in order to get this to work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aseptic_processing" [Broken]
By the way, soy milk is...
Some episodes are simply vulgar (the X-Mas episode a few years back), but others are quite well done. Recently I loved the three-part episode with Cthulhu. Classic!
Not to be rude, but that link by itself isn't terrifically helpful for him.
I don't know the answer to your question, but Mathematica can solve an equation numerically or algebraically, depending on the instructions you give it. Do you have a spefic problem in mind?
Well I know this isn't helpful to the conversation, but I don't really see how anyone can say they KNOW what space is. At this point all we have to explain it is an abstract mathematical construct, and even the theories describing that are not set in stone.
Just my 2c. :)
I look at it that he conceded he wouldn't get anything he wanted if he didn't give the rich what they wanted, so he gave in. Fixing the taxes for millionaires isn't going to affect the economy much, but it would help the deficit and fix some of the imbalances in the current tax system...
Hmm true, but we still decide what to feed the animals in our keep. So this could be a result of cheaper, less filling food being fed to our animals for the sake of keeping costs down...
Thanks for the idea. I just looked through this page: http://drsquat.com/content/knowledge-base/fresh-look-strength" [Broken] and I'm not entirely sure how much I believe in his approach of time minimization. It was still a good read though!
Yes I know diet plays a major part of achieving...
Thanks for the reply Dr! I suppose I have always used physics to describe why things work the way they do, and coming across a subject that doesn't fit that is disconcerting to me. I have been doing a 5x8 routine (sets x reps) and that is working well, but I just wish I had a scientific reason...
Hi all! I have a few questions about physics and weight training. I searched around a bit but only found these two threads:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=451027"
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=381643"
which don't totally cover my interests. I know that...
Well I guess I just disagree! :)
I don't believe that sexual orientation is determined entirely by genetics or entirely by culture/society/nurture. I think it is a combination of all of those things, and I think that all of our other preferences show that, so why shouldn't sexual orientation?
To answer the OP, essentially ALL new software and operating systems will take advantage of multiple cores. Recent games utilize 2 or 3 (sometimes more for strategy games), and major software packages like Photoshop, Solidworks, Mathematica, etc. are all now taking advantages of multiple cores...
I don't see why anyone would be surprised that gay parents are more likely to produce gay children. Angry parents are more likely to produce angry children, and quiet parents are more likely to produce quiet children, and brown-haired parents are more likely to produce brown-haired children...
Dave you are officially awesome. I had always wondered about the 'being gay is a genetic anomaly since it goes against the genetic goals of species' idea, but you have clarified many things. However, I would like to mention that I think the above quotes can be argued against with the...
I'm interrupting, but I had to respond to this!
Why is this an outrage? It seems to solve a lot of the problems. The poor are much more likely to take advantage of this, thereby slowing the population increase of the poor (and usually uneducated), while the rich, educated folk tend to have...
I don't know why there is even a low-carb/high-carb debate! The large majority of studies I have seen point to a balanced diet of carbs, fats, and proteins. As a general rule, extremes are never good. Naturally we want to intake the foods that science has found to be the healthiest for us to...
Yeah our brains have outsmarted our bodies (AKA our agriculture outpaces our genetic evolution). It all comes down to the fact that it's damn hard to not eat a cookie (long-term positive results) instead of eating a cookie (short-term positive result)!
I'm not terrifically excited to debate right now but such is life eh? What I will respond with is that nothing you have said justifies the current taxation rates. Capital gains incomes are essentially no-risk investments. Look at the stock market. It has continued to climb over it's 100+...
Do you go to CSM? We have a notoriously difficult mechanics professor, and we use Thornton and Marrion as well (but it's a common book).
Yes, it should be hard, and yes, you should suffer. The beginning of junior year is what separates the kiddies from the adults. You should learn to work...
Take another year and do a double-major? Or get one degree as an undergrad and change up to the second major for your masters program. This option will also cost you another year probably. But computational physics is a great emerging field, very useful and very interesting! (just my 2c :) )
Statistically people tend to prefer symmetry over everything else. I highly recommend the book The Red Queen by Matt Ridley. It's a well-thought book and very scientifically based.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060556579/?tag=pfamazon01-20
Not to be rude, but are you an expert in relationship therapy?
As a general rule, getting relationship advice from a random stranger on a forum isn't a great way to go about things. :D