Recent content by Cafeeine

Regarding Myers, it is possible that he's trying to do just what he said, not turn this into public drama. This affair is distasteful enough without having Pharyngula appear to all out attack RD.net, on third person accounts. The problem with He does have closer access to RD, so it may be a...

You're not telling the whole story here. A capitalist system allows everyone to do whatever the hell they want, as long as that makes someone money. This de facto disallows a bunch of possibilities. Freedoms are going to be restricted whenever we choose to live in a common society. The point...

It doesn't help that people will find even self-admitted comedy shows more credible than actual news (like the Daily Show).

There was an old debate on youtube, long since deleted [EDIT: It has been re-uploaded here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N239VRKjh38 ] where Hewitt was debating Sam Harris on a show hosted by Lee Strobel. I can't recall the arguments, but neither was really trouncing the other guy in my...

Isaac Asimov, "I, Robot" specifically but really anything of his is good. Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love" Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution is True"

The first man owned a prize-winning cat, who was insured against its death for a large sum. After a fire at the home of the man, the cat is found dead. The police team that discovered the cat's corpse sent it to the insurance company who needed to test that it was indeed the insured cat. After...

Great, now we can post on the same topics and seriously confuse people! I'm too junior to the forum to wish anyone welcome by 'Welcome!' nonetheless!

OK, a variation on the above scenario, only the murderer is one of the other 11 people (not the butler). He locks F in room 6 without F seeing him. He kills E through A and plants keys as above. He approaches Room 6 from the window. Recognizing him, F opens it. The killer gives him the [key 1]...

Well,the acts took place in the respective rooms, so it doesn't contradict that. I completely missed the first statement though. You ought to add all the red letter clues on a single post.

It's telling that whenever I've spoken to Calvinists, or Calvinist-type believers, they are always sure that they are of the 'Elect', through what they claim is God's grace upon them, but once you talk with them awhile, its their personal conviction that God has transformed them into being what...

No, F killed A in room 1, got stabbed himself then went back to room 6, with the key to room 1 through the window that had been purposely left open beforehand. He misjudged the seriousness of his own knife wound, thinking he would survive.

F did the deeds, and planned the keys mystery to give him an alibi. He locked the door to room 6 He killed E and planted key 6 and locked door 5 He killed D and planted key 5 and locked door 4 He killed C and planted key 4 and locked door 3 He killed B and planted key 3 and locked door 2 He...

Hello folks, first time poster on LoR. I've been mulling over a response to the argument from a Fine-tuned Universe. The form of the argument that I'm considering is as follows 1. Our Universe U has several constants X that allow life to exist. 2. If these constants were any different, then...