One use of the Divine is to provide a basis for other assumptions (e.g. Descartes starts with a proof of God's existence.) Hume argues that statements about truth - 'is' and statements about values -… (View Post)

I think that controls whether the animations only represent actual attacks when virtual dice are rolled, or if they are continously dodging about. So a high level fighter will likely move a lot more … (View Post)

I'm surprised no-one has gotten around to mentioning the Prime Directive yet ;). The asymmetrical power dynamic is an problematic aspect.... This debate has some parallells to the US steaming into Ja… (View Post)

Interesting. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster many countries have been phasing out nuclear power as a baseline source of energy e.g. Germany. The Japanese prime minister at that time Kan has com… (View Post)

It always fascinates me when Americans refer to the "left". It seems to roughly translate as "slightly right of centre" from a European perspective ;). (View Post)