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[MetalSlimeHunt]

You know, it just clicked for me but the policy of organ harvesting in the PRC suddenly looks like a terrible idea even from a pragmatic standard. You're taking them from people with a greater likelihood of drug abuse and disease.

I wonder how well that's checked for...

Heh. I just finished World War Z the other day and this struck a chord.

If you just finished it, you should go ahead and read this.

Don't worry, it's short.

[Loud Whispers]

You know, it just clicked for me but the policy of organ harvesting in the PRC suddenly looks like a terrible idea even from a pragmatic standard. You're taking them from people with a greater likelihood of drug abuse and disease.

I wonder how well that's checked for...

Imprison them, feed them healthy diet on a work farm, get them physically fit and detoxed, screen for health defects and execute on order of demand

Lol jk it's worse now since they stopped harvesting from executed prisoners, they had to rely on organ donations from the public (and continue with some extra harvesting under the guise of "oh no we totally can't get everyone in compliance"). Yet organ donations rates are the lowest in the world due to cultural significance of burying a whole body, and so the best organs usually go to whoever is best connected, resulting in a very thriving black market where for a certain price anything is possible if you don't care too much about medical screening

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

As an agnostic, being told that I "really do know God is real, I just won't admit it to myself."

Hmm. Reeealy tempted to get nasty mean.

[Egan_BW]

I know It doesn't, and I'm happy to admit it to anyone who'll listen!

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

But how can you really know? I wouldn't say that Russell's Teapot "definitely doesn't exist." That's why agnosticism is the annoying, pedantic, and yet technically more correct form of atheism. (Not that it matters.)

[hector13]

'cept you can get agnostic theists, so not really

[Max™]

I don't use a mouse, since I've got a mousekeys setup that I prefer with the numpad.

This means that I don't use a scroll wheel, and instead hit the arrow keys and pg up/dn to go through pages.

Twitter is always annoying, randomly lets me do this normally but most of the time it doesn't, so I'm glad I never go there.

Today I followed a link there and noticed why this stupid behavior happens.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Why is there an extra scroll bar? You are not that important twitter, why did you disable the one I had already?

[Frumple]

But how can you really know? I wouldn't say that Russell's Teapot "definitely doesn't exist." That's why agnosticism is the annoying, pedantic, and yet technically more correct form of atheism. (Not that it matters.)

Nah, it definitely doesn't exist anymore. I've got the bits of melted porcelain to prove it.

Though I guess you could say there's still some orbiting. Which is fine. They'll get their due.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

What is "agnostic theism"? Sounds like colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

[Egan_BW]

Sometimes people tell me that certain things exist, but I never believe them.

[Rolepgeek]

What is "agnostic theism"? Sounds like colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

Well, agnostic atheism is believing there is no god, but you can never really know, after all.

Agnostic theism is believing there is a god, but you still can't ever be sure.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

What is "agnostic theism"? Sounds like colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

Well, agnostic atheism is believing there is no god, but you can never really know, after all.

Agnostic theism is believing there is a god, but you still can't ever be sure.

I thought the latter was more you believed there is a god, but you don't know which one is the real god?

[Arcvasti]

What is "agnostic theism"? Sounds like colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

Well, agnostic atheism is believing there is no god, but you can never really know, after all.

Agnostic theism is believing there is a god, but you still can't ever be sure.

I thought the latter was more you believed there is a god, but you don't know which one is the real god?

And then of course there's agnostic agnosticism, in which you know you're agnostic, but can't ever be truly sure what exactly that entails.

[hector13]

What is "agnostic theism"? Sounds like colorless green ideas sleeping furiously.

Well, agnostic atheism is believing there is no god, but you can never really know, after all.

Agnostic theism is believing there is a god, but you still can't ever be sure.

I thought the latter was more you believed there is a god, but you don't know which one is the real god?

It can mean you believe in a higher power, but not necessarily the ones in the various "holy" texts.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

And there is Intermediatism.