Nicely put.

Your argument about speciation is merely your ignorance. Firstly, some closely related species do have an enormous spectrum, as you describe about dogs. It may be worth noting that some breeds of dogs could be classified as different species, since they cannot interbreed anymore. That's an aside. The main point is that your expectations are way off. When a populatiin lives together, they interbreed, and therefore exchange genes, and traits continue within the whole population. A branch occurs when a population is split, and the two populations can no longer interbreed. Then you should expect the populations to diverge, and this is exactly what happens. Note, this has actually been tested.

Nonsense. The only observations you have are your own. When someone tells you something, you're observing it.

An axiom isn't necessarily true. It's merely ASSUMED to be true for some purpose.

Normal and simple are very different things. Occams razor has nothing to do with normal or, indeed, other universes. The simplest explanation for what we perceive is that there is a reality that we can sense. Another explanation is only required if this one doesn't explain all the evidence.

In what way would my life be different if my brain were (or weren't) in a vat? If it's untestable then there isn't any useful difference. Any distinction at all some might say.

Cite some evidence.

It depends. I think it comes down to redistribution rights. You can license some rights to someone, but not redistribution. Some shareware likely fits into that category. So people who got licenses directly from the author would have permanent rights for his own use, but not to redistribute. The GPL explicitly grants redistribution rights.

I agree. You should stay away from that particular scam - the dollar. Let me have any that come your way: I'm a sucker.

What's wrong with sodomizing your neighbor's wife, so long as she consents? Are you worried about her dog? I doubt he'll be too jealous.

Lose != loose

Grammar-nazi! Wait... oops!

Racial profiling is morally wrong, ineffective and easy for a criminal to defeat. It's simply not justifiable.

I wonder why he was trying to avoid being caught...

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