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There is going to come a day when Cake will start serving ads. Just as Panels did not function as your team expected, Ads don't necessarily function the way that Google wants you to think that they …

Although this "riffs" off what Slamdunk wrote, it is more intended for Chris. In order for Panels to work, you are going to have to do a little surveying of those who visit cake often. You will need to discover what really interests most of those …

Over confidence is a legacy of Harvard going back into the Colonial era. It was alumni of Harvard that started the "Sons of Liberty" and a moot argument could be made that if it were not for the activities of Harvard Alumni in the mid-1760s that …

@Chris, There seems to be some contradiction between Harvard's study and MIT's article in regards to susceptibility by blood type. (And yes, I know that this is correlation and no proof of causation.) Harvard's research explains that regardless …

One of Cake's problem areas is that most of its "topics" are wide open to the public. Both with G+ and (I think) with Facebook groups, there is the ability to limit the conversation to those who are "friendly." (I've never had a FB account, so I …

I was not disputing your assertion. I was simply saying that he is not up for re-election for two more years.

Trump is seeking to have national laws. He has tried to use the presidency to coerce states. You are actually arguing for a weak national when you say that Trump "pushed".

The Georgia Governor is not up for re-election until 2022.

I have argued for years that people who have spent all their lives in Miami and Los Angeles cannot know what life is like in the remotest parts of Montana. There is a movement in America to give all decision making power to the densest population …

Speaking only of photo editing, accuracy is better than size. Of course, it is possible to over-obsess on accuracy but it would be better to get a smaller monitor with accuracy than a large monitor that has calibration issues.

@cvdavis, I directed my comments towards a specific person. Years ago, I quit voting and I am not seeking to engage in the political forum. My comment was not intended to be partisan in nature and this is one subject in which i will not engage …

It would be presumptious of me to say whether Solomon died in God's favor or not. There is nothing in the biblical text that makes it clear that he was in God's favor and much which makes it doubtful but we cannot know without revelation. The …

I seek to stay out of most political discussions but because you brought up the Bible, I am going to dive in. God forgives those who are repentant. Repentance is more than merely sorrow for the sorrow of the world produces spiritual death …

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Saying that you don't think that I am a fool is a very courteous thing to say but the fact is that if there is no God then I am a fool. In fact, the religious text which I consider the standard makes this same kind of argument. "If in this life …

Your question originates with a paradigm that there is no God. If there is no God then all religions are equal and are fantasies. If there is a God (which is my paradigm) then God decides what is acceptable to Him. Within my paradigm, God has …

Your desire to be beneficial to the long term consequences of the planet is still a personal desire. Your desire to benefit the largest number of people is also a personal desire. My approach to these kinds of choices is considerably different …

Because my views are not defined by my culture, I do not engage in cultural chauvinism when I am critical of that which is contrary to them. Yes, my beliefs have from time to time changed but not as a result of my subjective desires. If anything I …

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Now you are really going to disagree with what I say in this posting because what I am about to say is predicated upon a presupposition with which you do not agree. I believe that a creator exists. I believe that this creator has eternally …

I'm glad that you brought up the AI example because that perfectly illustrates why science cannot establish a moral standard. Science does not attempt to discuss the morality involved in things like the trolley car or the lifeboat scenarios …

@StephenL, I don't know whether you have been reading the discussion which @cvdavis and I have been having under the title "Sometimes it is good to be skeptical of skepticism" but my statement which you "applauded" was based in an on-going …

I like that quotation also and it fits with my view that it is not possible to produce a moral standard which is universally acceptable by every agnostic culture. (By universal, I am not speaking of every individual's acceptance, every society has …

I do not believe that Genesis is scientific. You made the statement: "Science and technology is not evil nor good." I agree with that statement and that is why I deny the idea that Science can produce a standard of right and wrong. To say that …