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- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
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Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
Why don't those so-called "historians" value narcissism and psychopathology as Presidential virtues? Why waste bandwidth asking questions to which you already know the answer? rhe·tor·i·cal /rəˈtôrək(ə)l/ adjective (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather th...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
I'd like to know exactly which Uniparty RINOs were considered the historical experts on this question? Trump is on his way to a landslide victory for the Republican nomination with much less money than Nicky Haley . How many Republicans are voting for her over Trump? RINOs are likely way overrepres...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
Because criteria that might make a former president look good to one person might be the very same criteria that makes a former president look bad to another. Hence why it’s no more possible to make an “accurate” list of presidents from best to worst than it is to make an “accurate” list of songs f...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
I have extreme doubt, though, that future historians will ever rate Trump highly. He is surely destined to be ranked as one of the most corrupt, dishonest and bigoted Presidents as long as there still exist honest, well-informed historians. I predict, if anything, that disdain for him and what he d...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
Interesting take, Shades. I wonder why you put the word accurate in scare quotes. Because criteria that might make a former president look good to one person might be the very same criteria that makes a former president look bad to another. Hence why it’s no more possible to make an “accurate” list...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
Results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey This survey included widely respected historians and political scientists from a wide spectrum of political views from Democrats to independents, liberal to conservative. There were was not as much disagreement between those of Democr...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Science is wrong sometimes, therefore anything is possible
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2144
Re: Science is wrong sometimes, therefore anything is possible
It does indeed.Physics Guy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:04 pmAt this point I think my point stands that Harris's shot was a cheapish one, if you think about the issue seriously.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2569
Re: Latest Survey Ranking U.S. Presidents
I wouldn't put much stock into any of this. Rankings may be fine for presidents who served during living memory, but for ones before that? I doubt an assessment can be made that's anywhere near "accurate." Interesting take, Shades. I wonder why you put the word accurate in scare quotes. Anyway, if ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: Spirit Paradise
- Topic: 2024 Election Campaign MEGATHREAD
- Replies: 96
- Views: 29629
Re: 2024 Election Campaign Megathread
The fact that you had to google Navalny is a testament to something. I don’t know what that something is. But it’s something, that’s for sure. It’s a testament to the fact that I don’t follow Russian politics. Shades: I'm guessing, that while reading Jersey's music thread, you had to google 'the Be...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Science is wrong sometimes, therefore anything is possible
- Replies: 31
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Re: Science is wrong sometimes, therefore anything is possible
I get your analogy, Physics Guy, but it's a little flawed. In order to reduce costs, plastic has been tried as a component in things like power tools, only to be replaced by steel. I traded my plastic water bottle for a steel one over concerns about plastic pollution. The move away from plastic to s...