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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preliminary draft DSM-5 released |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2010, 8:16 am
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| ^ I like that the Tampa paper called DSM the "diagnostic bible", I have always taken the DSM with a grain of salt; the actual condition of the human minds being studied has changed not one whit since its inception, but the paradigm and accuracy has improved with each revision. It amuses me that each... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preliminary draft DSM-5 released |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2010, 10:57 pm
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Replies: 153
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| :) :? :( :? :D A part of me likes this because in a lot of ways it seems like a better understanding of the mind, as have all the revisions of DSM, I learned III-R when I started college--archaic by the standards of today's science of mind! Another part of me does not like this because Aperger's Syn... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Global Warming. Fact or Fiction? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 12:08 pm
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Replies: 281
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| ...a floor speech made by Us Senator James M. Inhofe on the issue of global warming. He is much better at making a clear argument than I am. I seriously doubt that he is, guy is lock, stock, and barrel in the pocket of carbon-based fuel interests; check the numbers if you doubt that he is no more n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The path to enlightenment - can it help with Asperger's? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2009, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 12
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| The path to enlightenment - can it help with Asperger's? Yes! Absolutely! In many ways it did not help me as much as a community like WP. In the 80's, when I was a huge disruption to everyone around me. they gave me a battery of tests; I was so high functioning that none indicated autism or anythin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How should I face Old Testament violence? |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 17
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| ...there are a large number of reasons that he could give. Sure, there always are. Can you name a couple? I'll admit that I can't... Not really. It is an absurdity. Yes, an absurdly beautiful tapestry. Kafka and Monty Python were both existentialist. Absurd can be a good thing, too. Frankly, if one... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How should I face Old Testament violence? |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 10:04 am
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| *descends from the sky* The parts of the books that really resonated with me the most were the condemnations of the old testament and the warlike Israelites being commanded by God to ransack cities, kill children and capture girls for their wives. Always bothered me, too. I left the church but kept ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Legalize polygamy |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2008, 11:23 am
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Replies: 67
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| Polyandry is the only viable alternative, whether culturally acceptable or not. The issue isn't just one of cultural acceptance, but of uncertain descent. It is better for various reasons if people know who their father is. Reasons such as...? Patrilineal inheritance is better, good, or even accept... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God(s)...? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2008, 10:24 am
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Replies: 124
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Atheist: God(x) x = 0
Monotheist: God(x) x = 1
Agnostic: God(x) 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
Dualist: God(x) x = ±1
Polytheist: God(x) x > 2
My $.02: God(x) x = 1/0
This is as close as I have come to describing my true beliefs. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How does it feel to make eye contact |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 10:31 pm
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Replies: 60
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Like a Vulcan mind meld. It shares too much, and feels like a battle of wills.
 Sunglasses are the magic shield. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you hear music differently to NT's? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Notice the words more than most people, also notice the music more, but generally notice more details than most people most of the time in all five senses. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should suicide be legalized? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 100
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| Will be quite angry if forced to die slowly, painfully, and at great cost to society. A dignified death isn't just my right, it's my responsibility to those who survive me. Against forced euthanasia, but think that education on the subject is a good idea; slow, expensive deaths can evaporate an inhe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do all humans have the ability to reason? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 71
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| Having been forced to read a good bit of Kant, wonder if he had the ability to reason, much less critique it with such gusto. Talk about overrated... Like all good German philosophers, had no trouble filling hundreds of pages while leaving enough ambiguity to keep Philosphy majors busy for a long, l... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Crazy Christian Lady on Homosexuality |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 10:11 pm
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| godhatesfags.com -- Westboro Baptist Church -- out of the three, it seems that "Westboro" is the only remotely accurate description... I know what Baptists are like, and this is not it. ...Their favorite slogans all seem to use the word 'hate' in them somewhere, and I don't think I found the word '... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY == Ultimate Evil |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2008, 9:06 pm
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Replies: 76
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Dogbrain wrote: Fnord wrote: I'm confused ... whose sacred sky-fairy is the topic of discussion this time? JEHOVA1 is God. Are you ready for X-Day?
Already killed "Bob" and replaced him with myself.  Got Slack? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY == Ultimate Evil |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2008, 10:03 pm
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Replies: 76
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| I have no idea what you're talking about. :? Did you follow the links? Or do you mean about ontic dualism? If the latter, it comes down to the structure of the universe; the origin is singular, not dual. Negative and positive are electromagnetism, but the other forces have only positive values. Tha... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY == Ultimate Evil |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2008, 5:02 pm
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| This is. UC-Berkeley also has a nice introductory piece. The Merriam-Webster definition of Supersymmetry: "the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of n... |
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