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The argument presented relies heavily on the 'evidence' that we have moral intuitions, and then goes on to say that morality needs to be reached rationally. These two parts of the argument do not cohere. Human beliefs do not make something true. For thousands of years humans all over the world...

It looks like my beliefs are closer to moral subjectivism than relativism. On the subject of a source for objective morality, that source must be logic. What is the source of logic? I don't need to answer that when dealing with the source of morality. We are conversing in logic, by...

Moral relativism is the null hypothesis for morality. It declares that there is no objective, universal moral rule. No evidence or argument has proven otherwise. Hence moral relativism remains the sensible belief. Morality is a (human) construct, not a universal law of nature. I have met...

Ever hear of the management jargon 'silos'? By which they mean a great variety of things, but all involve not communicating between different areas. Specialism is all well and good for efficiently dissecting a certain field. But to be honest, if I want to discuss something very specific, I can...

The woman has at least a 48% chance of survival until next year. That's not bad, but I'd still kill her, for Silurian's reasons.

Caffeine is very dependency-forming, not addictive. I dislike the taste of most caffeinated drinks (by coincidence, I assume), and have no need for a stimulant or for wasting my money when water is effectively free.

Give me an axe and time and I'll survive the apocalypse. All the rest I can scrounge up from anywhere in the country. Most importantly, I will get some armour. Enough rags or thick clothes to take a human bite and they'll never get me: workman's gloves, a leather jacket, multiple balaclavas and...

When I joined I needed discussions about politics, religion, philosophy and so on. I couldn't have interesting dicussions about those things in real life, because Oxford isn't a very intellectual place and everyone wants to talk about soap operas and who kissed whom last night. I have now cured...

It's clearly B's fault for imposing such arbitrary and limiting conditions on the relationship with A. Anyone emotionally needy enough to try to force a partner into an exclusive relationship falls into Wolfigor's category (3). It's neither A's nor C's job to pander to unreasonable demands of...

I thought of my one true love, and if I could have, I'd have been standing by her grave.

We should be trying harder to encourage sick people to stay away. We don't need sick notes here, but people are still rated on their number of sick days. If other people sneeze on me, why should I be ranked lower? If a company wants to use sick days as ranking, it should expect me to come in...

When I had flexible work only a few minutes from my house and my social life I wasted time here in between doing things, stayed late and went straight on to whatever life I had. I would work on weekends just to fill in time. Now I have to commute (40 minutes!) and do proper work, and I don't...

And the worst thing is that Brennivin is barely any better. I think that Stollen and mint sauce are both lovely. I can't think of a nasty traditionally British foodstuff. Unless we're the only ones with liquorice sticks and allsorts. Tea and coffee are both utterly revolting, but they're...

Why are people so obsessed with the average scores? If having rich and/or intelligent people in classes with poor/stupid people makes the average level higher beyond the addition of a high-end datum to the mix, it's not necessarily a good thing. Yes, we want low-achievers to achieve more. But...

Merrell makes good walking gear. There are a few poncy clothing companies that are American. Hewlett-Packard seems respected.

Worst year of my life. Death wasn't a shock, but sad nonetheless. 2012 is still uncertain. I predict being very busy and hard at work.

Aren't there prostitutes? I hear the oil men land in Aberdeen with a lot of money. What he said. As for London, it's a hellhole. The people are even worse than 'normal'; they idle along at snail's pace and spread out to block anyone wanting to go faster or in the other direction. It would...

The stories that have made the most impression on me are personal ones (mostly all of one person I knew). No sob story can rival their impact, and I get a bit sneery when someone starts tearing up at nothing much. I know it's a nasty reaction of mine, so I try to avoid any more sob stories so as...

When my father was very angry when I was a child. So not very close at all, given that at the time I could wriggle and dodge like a superhero.

I seem to accumulate enemies, but friends drift away. The really unpleasant ones are women, as above (and friends of same), but there are three men who are simply vile and callous. Well, two of them are and the other hates me because I ended up going out with the girl he had a crush on ... 4...