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Still, I wouldn't give anyone a high five for dating a 17 year old when they are 26, even as a fantasy. Most people would think that was creepy and inappropriate. Do you have any statistical evidence of that? I suspect it's just your inner circle, I think most people would be fine with that. I've h...

Analytics DCP seems to take the fact that some people believe in irrational things as a license to believe in those things, too. He then goes down the rabbit hole of searching out books that justify what he wants to believe rather than figure out the truth. Very interesting. That is definitely the ...

Where are the philosophers of logic here? Another: If it rains the grass will be wet. The grass is wet. Therefore, it has rained. I think this is a trick question. Following strict deductive logic, the grass being wet doesn’t mean anything. In contrast, if your second assumption was the grass is no...

I imagine Gavin Newsome would have a great chance to beat Trump. I think Republicans have so thoroughly and effectively given California the "Hillary Clinton" treatment, to where anything or anyone associated with California would have a hard time overcoming the negative connotation propaganda tain...

I have always wondered about those who manufactured the relics, the pious frauds, as some call them. How did they justify their actions? What makes a sacred relic sacred if it can’t be its authenticity as the item in question? Is Joseph Smith more in touch with that world than we might ordinarily s...

As a personal anecdote, when I get my hair cut short, a noticeable scar on the top-back of my head becomes very visible and the barber always comments on it. Getting that scar is one of my earliest memories. I was at my cousins’ house, which at the time was a single-wide trailer, and at the time the...

If John Dehlin sexually harassed someone it’s not their fault for being susceptible. That’s just victim blaming. Responsible businesses put caution tape on steps like that all the time. In my opinion Dehlin’s affair should be similarly public as a warning to any women around him who aren’t already ...

So, your point is that if the victim can be defined as being "freakishly susceptible" to sexual harassment, that should mitigate the charge of sexual harassment? Not in the least. What I am suggesting is that if you have a fling at work and lose your job over it, the financial harm you suffer is la...

This reminds of a lawsuit I saw once. A woman was walking out of a small retail store in a strip mall. The sidewalk was about an inch lower than the floor in her store, which causes a minor tripping hazard. One day, a woman was walking out of the store and she tripped. She fell, broke several bones,...

$50 billion is not “unconfirmed.” That much in liquid (publicly traded) investments is disclosed in the SEC 13F, which is a regulatory disclosure for large holders of certain publicly traded securities (stocks, options, ETFs, convertible stock and warrants). I just checked the latest 13F and it’s $...