Even laws of physics are bound by logic...logic supercedes even me...so a lot of my adjustments were to things like the gravitational constant and force magnitudes
The only reasonably justification would for God to say: "I don't have the ability to meddle. I'm not omnipotent. I did create your part of the multiverse. I can only set the laws of physics and initial conditions. Here's how that works....Let me explain why you are here....something something multi dimensions...some creatures brains evolved quantum something something....which is what is commonly thought of as a soul..."
Maybe if you provide a few examples, it would help provide some insight?
Stop and think about this. The only evidence is hearsay. There is a long string of evidence of retaliation. What jury would actually convict this kid because of this? We don't know that it actually happened. It could all be made up. The kid will walk, they will sue for enough money he will walk out of med school debt free.
Registering to vote takes less time than filling out the forms at a dental visit.
What does being white have to do with anything?
ID is just to identify you, it has nothing to do with voter eligibility.
I wouldn't listen to the everything is exaggerated and it is really just fine. We are boiling frogs.
Our economy hasn't collapsed, so there isn't going to be any dramatics like a movie or show
Rioting won't do anything. The GOP voters and media outlets will frame at as anything that isn't far right is bad.
In many ways, things are bad. We have large parts of the country completely dependent on cars. One of our chief judiciaries should be impeached. A former state governor actually faced criminal charges for far less than Clarence Thomas has been doing. The GOP is trying to dismantle public schools via privatization/vouchers, textbook manipulation, and gagging teachers. The GOP just might nominate Trump even though he is facing so many lawsuits his nickname should be The Defendant.
Right now, the Democrats far outnumber the GOP, buy the GOP has way better turn out. Saying vote constantly is to use our best defense, overwhelmingly defeats of these people in the elections. If all eligible voters voted, things would be quite different
Any work beyond the standard work week in your country should be working for yourself running your own business.
There was even a ridiculous song about cooking with gas:
How much more cartoon villain like do they have to get before people stop voting for them?
In fact, it is sometimes the other way around. When your people are the basis of movie villains, that is rather problematic:
Biff in Back to the Future 2 was based on Donald Trump:
Conservative is a misnomer. Car dependent design drives a lot of US emissions. That design is largely government meddling that they claim to hate:
- Government mandated minimum parking
- Roads paid for via taxes they hate
- Government tracking via vehicle registration
- Government permission needed via licenses
- Government blocking private land owners building what makes sense on their land (e.g. a small general store in the center of a SFH neighborhood)
- Government mandated insurance
- Government mandated vehicle requirements
That is what I can think of in like 2 minutes. Lots of small government there.
We better get to it.
Business as usual will more than likely make WW2 look like a trip to your favorite vacation spots.
The things the we can't do that crowd are worried about will not matter because those things will no longer exist. This will destabilize or collapse every nation on earth.
The can do right now things aren't even huge sacrifices. They will actually save you money:
- Eat less beef
- Drive less
- Cut food faster (eat your leftovers)
- Buy less stuff
- Adjust your thermostat
Those things aren't going to come close to fixing everything, but they buy valuable time for big changes that take time to implement like renewable energy to happen.
Epicurus had great instincts. He was pretty damn close to things modern science has discovered. As you mentioned, he was an atomist. He also said you can generally trust your senses, but they can be wrong and deceive you at times. His ethics of moderation and valuing relationships is spot on when it comes to life satisfaction.
It's interesting you mentioned naturalism in the evolutionary sense. Have you read Darwin's book? Darwin's ideas aren't entirely original, he himself pretty much says that, but his data collection and observations were something that hadn't been done on that level yet.