McCain wants to raise the tax for everyone? I don't know where you're getting your information but it's wrong. McCain will lower taxes for everyone.

Obama will lower for some, raise for others.



In reply to this comment by nickreal03:
>> Obama would do an even worse job. Part of the reason the American economy
>> is on hold is knowing if Obamarx makes it in, people stand to lose even
>> more to taxation.

The taxation is the the problem. The problem is who you are taxing... In Obama he wants to raise the tax to the top 10% and lower the tax for the rest. Mc Dogle here wants to raise the tax for everyone. So you want less tax for you then vote Obama.

Hi there! I have now posted part 2 of "The Genius of Charles Darwin":
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Genius-Of-Charles-Darwin-by-Richard-Dawkins-Part-1-1
(dont be fooled by the url, I wrote Part1 by mistake at first.)

I think you're a little confused as to what an emotion is...

In reply to this comment by nickreal03:
The girl that co-hosting the show sucks. She injects too much emotion into the conversation.

I always have belief that emotions unlike what more people think are bad thing. I think is one of those things that are legacy from our evolutionary path. In other words less inteligent animals are more emotional, ex: Dogs. Insects could be said are 100% emotional so much so that they become more like machines, "Hide in Dark when in Light" type of thing.

The more calm and focus in actual solving problems the more progress is made. So politics for instance mostly indulges our animal instincts while science seem to focus on the more rational part of us.

What do you guys think?

Wikipedia outlines 3 interpretations here. The third echoes what I proposed earlier whereas the first sounds a lot like what you describe. While it does potentially have religious ramifications, depending on what 'answer' you subscribe to, it's still fundamentally a philosophical question, not a religious one.

In reply to this comment by nickreal03:
A sound is a wave traveling throw the air period. Perception is a hold different subject which I don't see how it could possible fit. I belief this question was originally targeted to asked whether the universe exits because of humans rather than regarless of humans. I think is just an old stupid probably religious question that still been echo throw generations for some really stupid reason.

Response for you in the thread...

In reply to this comment by nickreal03:
the sentence "if a tree falls and there is not one around, does it make a sound?". It is a sentence that most clearly explain what is wrong with human kind. For some f*cked up reason humans thinks that the universe go around them. I hate that! I hate that sentence! I am piss to be a human sometimes. Bunch of arrogant self center bastards.