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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou are welcome!
Once a parrot, always a parrot.
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@Greyparrot
--> @Shila--> @ShilaA little shaking from you in the right places could lighten the situation.Then I rather it stays as dark as modern Europe.Twerking in the dark won’t help Europe either.Yeah but seeing you in the dark is the only way to stomach you.
But you won’t be recognized in the dark. You are a parrot, remember?
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou are welcome!
Lee Kuan Yew never liked parrots.
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Is being transgender a mental disorder?
A psychological state is considered a mental disorder only if it causes significant distress or disability. Many transgender people do not experience their gender as distressing or disabling, which implies that identifying as transgender does not constitute a mental disorder. For these individuals, the significant problem is finding affordable resources, such as counseling, hormone therapy, medical procedures and the social support necessary to freely express their gender identity and minimize discrimination. Many other obstacles may lead to distress, including a lack of acceptance within society, direct or indirect experiences with discrimination, or assault. These experiences may lead many transgender people to suffer with anxiety, depression or related disorders at higher rates than nontransgender persons.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), people who experience intense, persistent gender incongruence can be given the diagnosis of "gender dysphoria." Some contend that the diagnosis inappropriately pathologizes gender noncongruence and should be eliminated. Others argue that it is essential to retain the diagnosis to ensure access to care. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is under revision and there may be changes to its current classification of intense persistent gender incongruence as "gender identity disorder."
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), people who experience intense, persistent gender incongruence can be given the diagnosis of "gender dysphoria." Some contend that the diagnosis inappropriately pathologizes gender noncongruence and should be eliminated. Others argue that it is essential to retain the diagnosis to ensure access to care. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is under revision and there may be changes to its current classification of intense persistent gender incongruence as "gender identity disorder."
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@Avery
--> @ShilaA little shaking from you in the right places could lighten the situation.Then I rather it stays as dark as modern Europe.
Twerking in the dark won’t help Europe either.
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Benatar argues that bringing someone into existence generates both good and bad experiences, pain and pleasure, whereas not doing so generates neither pain nor pleasure. The absence of pain is good, the absence of pleasure is not bad. Therefore, the ethical choice is weighed in favor of non-procreation.
Most South Africans hold a similar belief. It started with Apartheid then spread to every aspect of life.
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--> @BarneyRationalMadman: Still waiting for you to accept or suggest tweaks to the settings.
Barney cannot be beaten. He is from Canada.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou are most welcome.
Remember you are a parrot.
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@Ehyeh
--> @Novice_III think God is provable through ones own self consciousness. As an extension of this, i believe morality is objective and Mortem and i can prove it. Mortem or I plan on maybe opening up a god debate in the future on the matter. You should read into menos paradox.
Keep us posted.
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--> @Terran_01RationalMadman: so, to understand you correctly, I am the evil one here out of everybody here?I actually listened to some amount of your video and tried to explain what I understood of it to others. I actually voted on the debate as I saw was the way to vote on it.Others ignored you all along and I am the evil one? I am the asshole? I am the corrupt one? Every breath I take, your soul dies a little more? Is that a death threat or what?What is it you even want exactly?
How do you expect him to answer after you described yourself to him.
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@Avery
--> @ShilaCan you provide more information about yourself so we know you are qualified to debate?Based on the information you provided wouldn’t even qualify you as a female. No education, no income, no country, no language listed.Oh I'm sure you'd like more "information" about me, you grotty little stalker. I'm sure it would greatly help you when making use of comments like this: Callout thread: Novice_II and debates for free wins. (debateart.com)Your response does not qualify you as a debater.You're a no-name noob with no record yourself to speak of.Why would anyone need to justify their debate record to you LOL
You don’t even behave like a female.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou are most welcome
Don’t forget you are a parrot.
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@Avery
--> @Shila--> @RamshutuI still don't find your overall case of hardcore skepticism and sky-high bar setting to be reasonable. There are certainly limitations to the poll, of which you've covered, but they're not debilitating enough to render the poll results as merely an expression of perceptions. The poll needs a few reasonable assumptions and a unique interpretation of the results in order to be made valid.I think I could defend this poll against you in this debate, and thereby show it has more value than merely collecting "perceptions".When are you available?Can you provide more information about yourself so we know you are qualified to debate?Based on the information you provided wouldn’t even qualify you as a female. No education, no income, no country, no language listed.Oh I'm sure you'd like more "information" about me, you grotty little stalker. I'm sure it would greatly help you when making use of comments like this: Callout thread: Novice_II and debates for free wins. (debateart.com)
Your response does not qualify you as a debater.
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Muslims also celebrate the Fall Equinox with the Fall of the Twin Towers. September 11.
There is tangible evidence to celebrate as so much was caught on tape.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaThank you!
You are full of appreciation for Shila.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaThank you. Your machine learning is amazing
Machines are learning faster than you.
-->@ShilaNo doubt
Why are you self debasing so much?
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaThank you
So where is the rest of the “we thank you.”
Don’t tell me you are a lying parrot?
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaA human would get the joke, lol.
But parrots don’t
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou are welcome ShilAI
Even your parroting is below standard.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaYou cant spell Shila without AI
SHILA. There you go.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaThank you. Your machine learning is amazing
Machines are learning faster than you.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaAmazing AI reply.
You are here to appreciate others.
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@Greyparrot
--> @Shilawe thank you
I only see one grey parrot.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaI can't compete with the vast knowledge base of a computer.
Parroting has its limits.
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaAnd we mere humans thank you for that.
You said you are a Grey Parrot.
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@Mharman
--> @ShilaSilence, bot.
Because You can’t hear the frogs calling you?
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@Best.Korea
--> @ShilaI attack all topics I consider important.
Let’s go through your list again.
Best.Korea profile: “I am against abortion(murder), religion(slavery, especially felt in islam), prisons(torture), capitalism(theft), war(waste of life), censorships(limits expression), violence(causes more problems than it solves), punishments(lead to more pain), cars(they kill people), toothbrush(damages teeth), oppression of pedophiles(they dont deserve to suffer), eating animals, imprisoning animals, other forms of cruelty directred towards animals, child circumcision(I dont think this one even needs an explanation)...
I am for equal distribution of the means of production to each worker, as only Socialism is the best way of life.
I believe in The Creator. However, this doesnt mean I consider him to be God. And I dont need to follow any religion to believe someone created us.”
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaWelcome back mr chatbot!
The name is Shila.
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@Tarik
-->@Double_R@ShilaWhy are you continuing to argue about something that you know does not have a right or wrong answer?Tarik: Maybe you should ask Double_R that question since that was his argument you highlighted not mine.
You were asked the question because you raised the issue about not having MEANING.
Tarik: Well in order for morality to be objective it must have MEANING right?
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@Best.Korea
So yeah, that is the beauty of islam.The worlds fastest growing cult islam has many other beauties too:1) praying every day for Allah not to punish you2) getting circumcised3) living in fear4) living life thinking you are an insignificant dust5) being told to sacrifice animals to Allah6) being told that all non muslims are evilSo basically, if you like this kind of stuff, join islam. I am not gonna stop you because my belief in self-determination doesnt allow me to decide about your life for you.
What is a communist doing dabbling in religion? Kim Jung-un is already worshipped in North Korea. What is that religion called?
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@Bones
Gender affirming therapists are analytically a contradictory position- therapists, as Peterson as opined, are supposed to question and ascertain whether your beliefs are valid, they are not supposed to affirm predisposed beliefs. There is no other branch of psychology which affirms beliefs as opposed to challenge outside of the pseudoscientific gender affirming therapists.
Katherine Imborek, MD, has seen the gender-affirming care provided at UI Health Care’s LGBTQ Clinic in Iowa City change the lives of transgender youths and adults. “It decreases depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts,” says Imborek, co-director of the clinic. To her, that care is “a medical necessity, like providing insulin to a person with diabetes.”
But a growing number of lawmakers, including in Iowa, view some gender-affirming care as medically unsound for youths and even a form of child abuse. Iowa is among 15 states that have enacted or are considering laws to prohibit certain gender-affirming treatments for youths and to impose penalties on health care professionals who provide it, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law in California.The state actions focus on specific therapies under the umbrella of gender-affirming care: hormone-related treatments that delay puberty or promote development of masculine or feminine sex characteristics. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill last week that prohibits doctors from providing those treatments, while an order declaring those procedures illegal in Texas was halted last month by a court injunction pending the intervention of the state Supreme Court. The AAMC joined other medical organizations in an amicus brief opposing the Texas order, arguing that extensive scientific evidence exists to support those therapies and that the law would force doctors to risk endangering their patients by not providing that care.To put the controversy in context, several experts explain gender-affirming care. “It’s not just medication. It’s much deeper than that,” says Jason Rafferty, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist who provides gender-affirming care at the Gender and Sexuality Clinic at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
But a growing number of lawmakers, including in Iowa, view some gender-affirming care as medically unsound for youths and even a form of child abuse. Iowa is among 15 states that have enacted or are considering laws to prohibit certain gender-affirming treatments for youths and to impose penalties on health care professionals who provide it, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law in California.The state actions focus on specific therapies under the umbrella of gender-affirming care: hormone-related treatments that delay puberty or promote development of masculine or feminine sex characteristics. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill last week that prohibits doctors from providing those treatments, while an order declaring those procedures illegal in Texas was halted last month by a court injunction pending the intervention of the state Supreme Court. The AAMC joined other medical organizations in an amicus brief opposing the Texas order, arguing that extensive scientific evidence exists to support those therapies and that the law would force doctors to risk endangering their patients by not providing that care.To put the controversy in context, several experts explain gender-affirming care. “It’s not just medication. It’s much deeper than that,” says Jason Rafferty, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist who provides gender-affirming care at the Gender and Sexuality Clinic at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
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@Tarik
--> @Double_RIs the truth value of 2+2=4 dependent on whether one considers the statement to have meaning? Yes or no?No but that wasn’t the narrative when the subject of nihilism was originally introduced. Let’s recap, originally you saidTo claim something is subjective is to claim that there is no right or wrong answer.My retort to that was that was the literal definition of nihilism because they too don’t believe in right or wrong answers, now you’re saying peoples opinions have no bearing on objectivity which I agree but that wasn’t the original narrative, the narrative was what nihilism was not whether or not it was true.
Why are you continuing to argue about something that you know does not have a right or wrong answer?
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaIncredible reply. May the AI prosper.
You are not a bright parrot. Why didn’t you pick another colour?
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@3RU7AL
Each year in the United States more than 100 newborn baby boys die as a result of circumcision and circumcision complications. This is the alarming conclusion of a study, published in the Journal of Boyhood Studies which examined hospital discharge and mortality statistics in order to answer two questions: (1) How many baby boys dies as a result of circumcision in the neonatal period (within 28 days of birth)? (2) Why are so few of these deaths officially recorded as due to circumcision? The study, by researcher Dan Bollinger, concluded that approximately 117 neonatal deaths due directly or indirectly to circumcision occur annually in the United States, or one out of every 77 male neonatal deaths. This compares with 44 neonatal deaths from suffocation, 8 in automobile accidents and 115 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, all of which losses have aroused deep concern among child health authorities and stimulated special programs to reduce mortality. (Remember those red noses?) Why, the study asks, has the even greater number of deaths from circumcision not aroused the same response? [**]
It is an American cultural attitude. If your penis cannot be shape to national standards you don’t belong or deserve to continue.
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@Avery
The way i see it, you have 2 options Barney, abuse mod privileges to tweak the reasoning via mod-editing or drop the battle and go 'fuck I was an absolute idiot in that justification for banning you and how I reasoned in your protest threads.'I give you a chance to save face, drop the sword and make a better topic to debate. Don't use characters being too large as an excuse. Our showdown should be high-character so both can fight back extravagently to what the other brings.Of course, there's option 3, run away like David and be a coward. Is that the type of man you are?Barney must be LITERALLY SHAKING at this terrifying callout.Scary stuff
A little shaking from you in the right places could lighten the situation.
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@Greyparrot
You guys are having a wonderfully amazing dialogue with Shila the AI chatbot.
I try to keep it simple , stupid.
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@Lemming
--> @GreyparrotI don't think so myself,To me it looks a troll post, placed intentionally to trigger people
There isn’t enough space to rewire your brain to update your tribalism.
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If America is such a racist & hateful country, why do so many POC & LGBTQ commit hate crime hoaxes?
It is because America is such a racist & hateful country, that so many POC & LGBTQ commit hate crime hoaxes like the rest of the country.
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Russia seeking to recall 300,000 reservists back to serve in the military. It is renewing nuclear threats.
Is Putin going all out to defend his reputation or country?
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@Greyparrot
--> @ShilaA very good chatbot contribution. I support the AI overlords.
You appear to parrot your responses.
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@zedvictor4
--> @ShilaMaybe so.But junk is junk.And these days survival is an expensive commitment.
Junk has been around forever.
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@Avery
It's theoretically possible and desirable that the human brain could be redesigned to remove its tribal elements. Perhaps something as simple as removing the more ancient part of the human brain would suffice, maybe by manually recoding human DNA to make the RNA not produce it (or to have it non-functional). Although, it's likely (if possible) going to be rewiring many parts of the brain to ignore or circumvent the tribalistic parts (I'm not sure how integrated tribalism is in the human brain).This should have drastic implications for politics, given that tribalism basically drives the voting decisions for most people. Ideas should become the leading way that politics is conducted, instead of group self-interest. This would allow for rapid, unified development in technology and critical thought as no time would be lost on race-based politics (and other tribal battles).I do worry about the free-loader problem (i.e. people not contributing their part to group activity). Tribalism does seem to protect against it. I doubt making humans non-tribal would also make them selfless.I'm interested to hear other people's thoughts on this. I'm not a neuro-scientist so I'm not sure how grounded in reality all of this is.
We have evidence rewiring the brain is possible. Look at were women are today. It took this long to get women to feel equal to men. Their regressive brain had to be overwritten with more progressive tribalism.
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Polytheist-Witch: I love that the two most popular topics in this forum are about atheists and humanism neither which is a fucking religion.
Took you a while to figure that out.
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Criminal investigation opened into Gov. DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard
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@zedvictor4
--> @ShilaNice and fluffy.But tosh.Are you a JW.Where the Lion lays down with the Lamb.And we feed our pet Lion with plant-based protein
I was raised Anglican.
What do Anglicans Believe?
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Polytheist-Witch: Begins at sunset tomorrow. Making sun tea and moon iced coffee.
Finally you show us the broom you use.
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@TWS1405
-->@ShilaThe military will see a dramatic drop in rape cases as transgenders and LGBT fill the ranks.TWS1405: Transgenders are less than 0.5-0.8% of the population, and LGBQ are less than 5-8% of the population. Most wouldn’t pass initial medical and psych screenings. So no, there wouldn’t be enough to “fill the ranks.”
Just shows how little you know about the military. The current transgender and LBTQ population could more than fill every position in the military.
Assuming that the U.S population number published online only takes into account those with a valid U.S citizenship and that there is no exception to the rule that you must be an American to serve in the military, the percent of American citizens who serve in the military is also 0.727%.
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@Avery
--> @RamshutuI still don't find your overall case of hardcore skepticism and sky-high bar setting to be reasonable. There are certainly limitations to the poll, of which you've covered, but they're not debilitating enough to render the poll results as merely an expression of perceptions. The poll needs a few reasonable assumptions and a unique interpretation of the results in order to be made valid.I think I could defend this poll against you in this debate, and thereby show it has more value than merely collecting "perceptions".When are you available?
Can you provide more information about yourself so we know you are qualified to debate?
Based on the information you provided wouldn’t even qualify you as a female. No education, no income, no country, no language listed.
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