Recent content by Varlot

Have a nice weekend, guys!

I kind of despise the whole "one big evil entity"-description of anything, including pharmaceutical companies. I think it distorts the perception of what we are actually talking about, and moves the discussion away from "What is the situation and how can it improve?" to "Boo, being evil sucks"...

Got no reason to believe it was fake, plenty of reasons to believe it was real. Easy conclusion to draw, then.

Been in quite a few protests! They have always felt meaningful and safe to participate in.

In principle, I think so. I do however have two reservations: one practical (and in some extent avoidable) and one more general reservation that is more difficult to solve. Many doctors do not want to be the one to "pull the trigger". Could be avoided as an issue by letting them opt in and...

In my country we're nearly cashless already. Cash is nearly exclusively used as 1) some old people's day-to-day money handling, 2) birthday presents for children and 3) for illegal transactions (drugs, unreported employment etc). Other countries in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and the...

I didn't see a thread for this classic dilemma. There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever...

Hey there Maria! Welcome to the gang :)

I try to base my life on what I know, and to the extent of my knowledge death is simply absence of life, just like before we were born. I might be proven wrong once I actually die, that would be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise, but I live my life in accordance with the somewhat justified...

Bit of a generalization to say that "Islam does not want to change that", given that very few muslims condone marrying four wives and even fewer actually do it. Some muslims are for it, others are not, and I'm not quite sure exactly who you are referring to when you say "Islam". Specification...

I don't believe in a god or gods, but if there is an omnipotent singular God, surely "having a lot of work" would not be an excuse, in virtue of his/her/it's omnipotence?

Taxes on the super wealthy and on dividends are way too low, while too little is being invested in structural changes needed in order to increase the everyman's economies.

Definitely! Although all users of birth control should watch out for side effects of taking them, especially if they have not consulted with their doctor, since some of the birth control can have some pretty gnarly side effects.

I'm categorically against the notion that death should be used as punishment. Also, I think death is the quick way out, and would much rather see mass murderers, child predators etc. be isolated in prison for the rest of their lives than quickly being murdered by the state.

Well, yep. Major economies is one things, another thing is the politics of all NATO countries, then there's the politics of Russia (I live in a country bordering Russia, so gotta watch out).