@the_ins_ru Ого, давайте запрём обычных людей в одной стране с придурками: пусть там живут и экономику качают себе — так мы точно приблизимся к завершению войны
@gayfoxwithabutt transforming it into technologies, goods, and practical applications, which are then distributed according to demand. Scientific disagreements have always been a normal part of the process, because it is impossible to arrive at the truth without considering and critically
@gayfoxwithabutt I assumed you were a creationist because, according to modern science, nature has no opinion or anything like that, and our evolution is merely the result of random events over millions of years; consequently, there is nothing to stop us from changing our lifestyle in line with
@gayfoxwithabutt What prevents us from using these tools according to our own judgment, especially considering that we have already overcome vastly different stages of human history, progressing from eating raw meat to creating all kinds of sophisticated cuisine?
@gayfoxwithabutt If we proceed from the creationist doctrine you seem to subscribe to (as I understand it!)—namely, that the world was created by some supernatural being with a predetermined beginning and end—then, having endowed us with various tools and intelligence, this so-called God may
@gayfoxwithabutt Even if we accept the notion of ‘objectively more important fields of science’, we cannot force scientists to work on something ‘of greater public importance’ for the very same reasons that communism failed and the planned economy in the USSR turned out to be a nightmare for all
@gayfoxwithabutt Incidentally, eating meat may be regarded as morally unacceptable in certain philosophical schools of thought, and they have their own grounds for holding this view—such as Peter Singer’s utilitarianism. Whilst the micronutrients found in animal meat can be replaced, it would be
@gayfoxwithabutt As one of many valid viewpoints. However, the fact that they secured funding for this research suggests there is a demand for an assessment of such ethical issues. I am not in favour of this idea, but I would not go so far as to dismiss the research as pointless, given the need
@susnyan Всё это правда, но можно же гордиться общей идентичностью, особенно, когда речь о международных событиях. Приятно же за своих типов поболеть где-нибудь на соревновательных мероприятиях.
Спирит побеждали в 24 и 21 на мажоре и интернешнл — приятно же порадоваться за это, нет? :)