On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:00:38 -0500, Taner Edis ... So. No plans to ammend your views if the evidence is strong enough then Taner? (I land very hard, don't kick...
Glenn Brady
groucho@...
Feb 1, 1999 8:08 am
13743
Obviously the optimal method is to have information about the unambiguously best methods of child upbringing, so that parents voluntarily chose only the most...
Eva Durant
Eva.Durant@...
Feb 1, 1999 8:35 am
13744
... It's called "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail": can't remember the names of the authors. The title itself is a reference to the fact that the French for...
Graham M. Watson
gwatson@...
Feb 1, 1999 9:05 am
13745
... Well, let's even step back a little and consider when it should _start_. At what age will a child learn the best lessons from being physically assaulted?...
Graham M. Watson
gwatson@...
Feb 1, 1999 9:28 am
13746
... Cathars? Barry Williams the Skeptic of Oz...
Barry Williams
skeptics@...
Feb 1, 1999 9:54 am
13747
I think it depends very much on the child and parents involved whether corporal punishment makes sense or not. Some people (including children) are simply not...
Samantha Atkins
samantha@...
Feb 1, 1999 10:02 am
13748
The few adults I know who "survived" heavy beatings when young, are having problems with periodical depressions etc, and have difficult time with their...
Eva Durant
Eva.Durant@...
Feb 1, 1999 10:12 am
13749
... My literature (the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution again... that's all I have :) has no Neanderthal sites in Australia, and the most recent H.n....
Ludwig Krippahl
ludik@...
Feb 1, 1999 12:56 pm
13750
... hominid of ... Is the fact that H.n. populations were widespread that indicates interbreeding? Or is there something else? The bone remains from the...
Ludwig Krippahl
ludik@...
Feb 1, 1999 12:57 pm
13751
... Is parental agression of offsprings a common trait in anminals? I have the feeling this is not so, even if we consider the primates only. IMO this could be...
Ludwig Krippahl
ludik@...
Feb 1, 1999 1:06 pm
13752
... From: Graham M. Watson <gwatson@...> To: skeptic@... <skeptic@...> Date: Monday, 1 February 1999 21:06 Subject: Re:...
michelle murray
steelhip@...
Feb 1, 1999 1:08 pm
13753
... ...of just the kind of mistake the overly-PC make. The man in mankind is from the Old English word, mann, meaning humans in general. The sex specific words...
Benedict Adamson
badamson@...
Feb 1, 1999 1:14 pm
13754
Anima made the good point that, if you deliberately use a term that you know will cause offence, even if due to the ignorance of your listener, you have...
Benedict Adamson
badamson@...
Feb 1, 1999 1:34 pm
13755
... Of course, having just spent several billions in getting every computer in the world to change its date-year reading from two spaces to four, a proposed...
Philosophers
J.Goodenough@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:00 pm
13756
... I don't know any details of this incident, and would be pleased to see some back up. While Greenpeace has many flaws, a tendency to violence is not one of...
Philosophers
J.Goodenough@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:01 pm
13757
I am not saying that I advocate corporal punishment for children or not. However, one of the most honest, noble, smart, and hardworking guys that I know is a...
Mark (Rocketman)
rktmn@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:15 pm
13758
... The 'HIV doesn't cause AIDS' claim is entirely separate from the 'lesser risks to heterosexuals' claim, though indeed some people do go around making both...
Philosophers
J.Goodenough@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:36 pm
13759
... Really? Round here, an adult female cat should be known as a 'queen', though I will admit that the term seems to be going out of fashion. But it's not...
Philosophers
J.Goodenough@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:39 pm
13760
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 22:10:00 -0500 Neil McDougall wrote: [snip] ... I guess for many Usanian parents, a willingness to smack their children corrolates very...
Philosophers
J.Goodenough@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:39 pm
13761
There is simply no justification for corporal punishment. It is a clear violation of the child. Other punishments have been shown to be more effective. Those...
Eric Roberts
ericroberts@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:52 pm
13762
Ludi, I am looking into this. You may be right that inbreeding was very limited. Eric...
Eric Roberts
ericroberts@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:53 pm
13763
It appears that Aborigines may have evolved seperatedly. There is some evidence that homo erectus appeared in Australia around 60,000 BP. Those who argue in ...
Eric Roberts
ericroberts@...
Feb 1, 1999 2:59 pm
13764
It occurs to me that the widely varying reports of witnesses at the assassination of JFK indicates how impossible it is to draw any conclusions regarding Jesus...
Eric Roberts
ericroberts@...
Feb 1, 1999 4:42 pm
13765
Paula, The quote was by Paul J. Meyer of Success Motivation, a motivational firm in Waco, Texas, that produces all sorts of stuff for salesmen, etc., to spur ...
Robert G. Grimes
grimes@...
Feb 1, 1999 4:51 pm
13766
Ginny, I am reminded of the wide variation in eye witness reports of the assassination of JFK less than 40 years ago. This tells us how fulile it is to try to...
Eric Roberts
ericroberts@...
Feb 1, 1999 4:52 pm
13767
... hard ... On a recent medline search re. the circumcision thread I found some papers claiming that several VDs seem to increase the likelihood of HIV...
Ludwig Krippahl
ludik@...
Feb 1, 1999 5:00 pm
13768
Originally published in "Contumacy" (www.contumacy.com) gettin that Ole New age religion: Cults at UT by Roahn Wynar One thing we don't want to worry about...
Roahn H. Wynar
rwynar@...
Feb 1, 1999 5:01 pm
13769
... Well, if I'm not terribly mistaken, even the word "man" originally meant literally "person," the gender connotation coming much later. ***************...
David Palmer
david-palmer@...
Feb 1, 1999 5:01 pm
13770
... Well, not to be facetious or anything, but "World's in Collision" was well-researched and heavily-cited. It was still a load of dingo's kidneys. Anway,...
Michael D. Sofka
sofkam@...
Feb 1, 1999 5:01 pm
13771
... [...] ... What religion doesn't make ridiculous falsifiable claims that contradict basic scientific principles? Sure, many of them have some sects that...
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