10 traditionalist arguments against same-sex marriage,
support for same-sex marriage isn't unanimous (538 polls),
Argument: Same-sex marriage critics believe marriage has a purpose, i.e., the procreation and the formation of the nuclear family.
Marriage in the traditional perspective becomes:
1. a framework for raising children, and
2. a legal order to constitute the family unit of parents and children.
3. the nuclear family is the ideal family unit and bedrock of society,
because 1-3
4. the State has a vested interest in the stability of
heterosexual relationships for the sake of their children, while having no such
interest in the stability of same-sex partnerships.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
revolutions in science
1543 – The transition in cosmology from a Ptolemaic to Copernican cosmology.
1543 – The acceptance of the work of Andreas Vesalius, whose work De humani corporis fabrica corrected the numerous errors in the previously-held system created by Galen.
1687 – The transition in mechanics from Aristotelian mechanics to classical mechanics.
1783 – The acceptance of Lavoisier's theory of chemical reactions and combustion in place of
phlogiston theory, known as the chemical revolution.
1790s – The transition in optics from geometrical optics to physical optics with Augustin-Jean Fresnel's wave theory.
1826 – The discovery of hyperbolic geometry by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
1859 – The revolution in evolution from transmutation theory to goal-directed change to Charles Darwin's natural selection.
1880 - The germ theory of disease began overtaking Galen's miasma theory.
1905 – The development of quantum mechanics, which replaced classical mechanics at microscopic scales.
1887 to 1905 – The transition from the luminiferous aether present in space to electromagnetic radiation in space/time.
1919 – The transition between the worldview of Newtonian gravity and general relativity.
1964 - The discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation leads to the big bang theory being accepted over the steady state theory in cosmology.
1965 - The acceptance of plate tectonics as the explanation for large-scale geologic changes.
1974 - The November Revolution, with the discovery of the J/psi meson, and the acceptance of the existence of quarks and the Standard Model of particle physics.
1543 – The acceptance of the work of Andreas Vesalius, whose work De humani corporis fabrica corrected the numerous errors in the previously-held system created by Galen.
1687 – The transition in mechanics from Aristotelian mechanics to classical mechanics.
1783 – The acceptance of Lavoisier's theory of chemical reactions and combustion in place of
phlogiston theory, known as the chemical revolution.
1790s – The transition in optics from geometrical optics to physical optics with Augustin-Jean Fresnel's wave theory.
1826 – The discovery of hyperbolic geometry by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
1859 – The revolution in evolution from transmutation theory to goal-directed change to Charles Darwin's natural selection.
1880 - The germ theory of disease began overtaking Galen's miasma theory.
1905 – The development of quantum mechanics, which replaced classical mechanics at microscopic scales.
1887 to 1905 – The transition from the luminiferous aether present in space to electromagnetic radiation in space/time.
1919 – The transition between the worldview of Newtonian gravity and general relativity.
1964 - The discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation leads to the big bang theory being accepted over the steady state theory in cosmology.
1965 - The acceptance of plate tectonics as the explanation for large-scale geologic changes.
1974 - The November Revolution, with the discovery of the J/psi meson, and the acceptance of the existence of quarks and the Standard Model of particle physics.
behavioral dispositions and pre determinism
watch this video by B. F. Skinner,
watch this video by Sam Harris,
think of the following dispositions towards & against...
a. foods (veggies vs. non-veggies), carnivorous, pescatarian, vegan, paleo),
b. football, soccer, basketball, swimming, baseball, tennis, chess, etc
c. given personality traits, extrovert, introvert,aggressive, agreeable, fun, exotic, etc,
d. painting, animation, sculpture, performance, etc
e. ballet, modern dance, folk,
f. movies: horror, war, thrillers, drama, comedy,
g. music: rock, metal, country, hip-hop, rap, classical,
h. favorite subjects: math, science, poetry, languages, psychology, medicine, veterinary sciences, etc.
WHY ONE NOT THE OTHER, WHY BOTH? THINK.
watch this video by Sam Harris,
think of the following dispositions towards & against...
a. foods (veggies vs. non-veggies), carnivorous, pescatarian, vegan, paleo),
b. football, soccer, basketball, swimming, baseball, tennis, chess, etc
c. given personality traits, extrovert, introvert,aggressive, agreeable, fun, exotic, etc,
d. painting, animation, sculpture, performance, etc
e. ballet, modern dance, folk,
f. movies: horror, war, thrillers, drama, comedy,
g. music: rock, metal, country, hip-hop, rap, classical,
h. favorite subjects: math, science, poetry, languages, psychology, medicine, veterinary sciences, etc.
WHY ONE NOT THE OTHER, WHY BOTH? THINK.