Recent content by mechtheist

I think the DSM has been controversial for some time if not always. The latest, yes 5, I believe one of the biggest objections was it seeing way too many behaviors as some kind of disorder vs normal human reactions to, say, adverse or atypical situations/conditions, I'm not in any way real up...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, AKA the DSM, psychology's attempt to list the known mental disorders and the criteria needed to diagnose whether someone suffers from one. Sorta the bible for psychologists. I imagine most here have heard that the DSM has exceptions...

Have faith my child. [in the power of ridicule] Consistent, ubiquitous, and sustained, and from enough people, especially if from lots of former friends, etc, it could be enough. New converts to reality would likely be listened to more than the usual sources. But I ain't holding my breath...

The shame you're talking about, like shame for being caught lying or being a massive hypocrite, no they're all unconcerned with that, but there's a different sort of shame that can be much more powerful and that's the shame from merciless ridicule and that's what we need to inflict as much as we...

Well, they're going to start yammering about souls and god's children as mentioned. And, while it's not an answer to that question, a much more interesting tidbit of info and something the forced birthers never acknowledge is that god provides abortion services for men if they don't think...

Most of the forced-birth arguments are based on the idea that a fetus or even zygote is an actual separate person. This is absurd in many ways, the only justification they have for that position will involve something like there's a soul or it being one of god's children. If that isn't...

'Strange' just doesn't come close. I don't want to disagree with Hawking, but I can't see how using 'eternal' and 'lasted' can have any meaning without time, I keep calling lots of things 'incoherent', it's the best word I can come up with. Photons experience no time, if the Higgs field...

"at first there is only space and no time" Can someone tell me what that means? Like, how long did that state last? How long before you realize how silly that question is? I mean, if space exists without time, it does so for no time, like zero time? But that would mean there's no time when...

I think there is something seriously wrong here, I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I don't see how you can have space without time./ Hawking worked with GR and it doesn't provide for such a circumstance as far as I understand it. The best drastically simplified, in-a-nutshell...

I've often had to tell people I explained how they're wrong, multiple times, and I really can't stand going back over the posts copying and pasting proven they're full of shit, so thank you! And just to make it clear, that was ONE of the times I explained all of that shit in one form or...

Is A Dimmer Enlightenment always like this? I honestly can't fathom how he thinks. It's like dealing with a child with a vocabulary way too large for its age but then it doesn't actually know what most of the words mean.

I'm pretty sure we're engaged in an argument, if you accuse someone of an ad hominem, it means an 'argument ad hominem', a type of logic fallacy, as in it's part of the argument, a tactic used with the aim of convincing others of the truth or validity of your argument. Your definition...

Oh FFS, I told you you don't know what an ad hominem is, insulting someone is NOT an ad hominem. Why not look the fucking term up and see what it means instead of repeating your asinine claim? You also keep repeating that I didn't answer your question but I did, numerous times, by telling you...

You don't even understand what an hominem is, it's not pointing out your inability to understand and saying that makes you seem dumb. If I say you're an idiot and that means you're wrong, that's an ad hominem, if explain how you're wrong and say you're an idiot for not understanding that...

Well, you should argue with GR because that's what it says. Like I said, you're confused, so confused you don't understand I explained all of this showing what you're trying to claim is nonsense. It really isn't worth my time to talk more, you don't seem to have the capacity to grasp very...