Are you objective?

How about we deal with that in a thread appropriate for doing so? Have you thought about how your argument undercuts any defensive reason for having a gun? Why worry about defending yourself from some hypothetical crook when the real problem is anti-biotic resistant bacteria?The worry about everything else line of argument is not any more viable when someone other than *** uses it.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

And yet I've seen that you post on topics completely unrelated to any of those concerns. For example you've posted in this very forum regarding Lamarkian biology theories. How do you have the gall to post on something other than the top two or three most important topics?Seriously, what is the purpose of objecting to what other people choose to discuss. Is your own view of the universe so superior that you can to dictate priorities for everyone else? Perhaps some black people have good reasons for having a list of priorities that differs from yours. I think we can answer the question about whether or not you are objective. You object therefore you are objective.

I try to form opinions objectively, but I am sure that I hold a lot of already formed opinions which I cannot easily defended objectively. It is probably impossible to completely remove bias particularly when it is formed on topics that are not completely amenable to the scientific method, and on which even the definitions and basis are not agreed on. Some of our perspectives are colored by our own life experiences and I would not know how to correct for that. I would not even try.The best that can be done in such situations is to be very careful about your methodology and to attempt to frame your opinions in a persuasive, logical manner regardless of how firmly you hold your opinions. Whether or not your audience agrees with your opinion, the best discussion is when the presentation is at least logical and well grounded and also when the presenter is up front about his bias.Great topic Percy. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.