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The circumstances you are born into are highly predictive of future success and attainment. We are unequal at birth. It's delusional to dismiss this as a huge factor in success - lots of successful people will tell you this, it's why so many billionaires are committed to philanthropy, because...

C'mon, Rafy isn't that bad.

Even though you know there are countless arguments for the existence of God, your willingness to go through only a few, and reject everything else, then to say that there is no evidence for the existence of God is a faith based opinion. They're not literally countless, and as I read some...

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Completely understandable, but then you would have to concede that it is false that there is no evidence for the existence of God. I wouldn't conclude something was true just because it is uninteresting/I am lazy. Not at all, the creation of the universe is itself an active act, this act...

I'm pretty sure it's winter in South America right now.

Alright, f the actual quote function, it is clunky, ctrl + B 4lyf, we all know who is being quoted here For one, Judaism is a religion one cannot convert to Incorrect So will you be able to argue against the 17 variations of the cosmological argument, the teleological argument and its...

How I determined that there is one god and that mohammed is his prophet, using the utmost scientific and rational induction; > Born into islamic family > Indoctrinated that the islamic religion is true > Follow standard scientific method; Determine outcome and then search for the evidence >...

Do you think these welfare reforms could affect your ability to fraudulently claim the DSP?

I used to love having sex at school but they made me wear this electronic bracelet so I can't do it any more.

if curtin is no.7 it would be ranked above some go8 courses, and some international students probably preferentially go there?

Why does Abbott say in regard to the funding of health and education, "funding will continue to go up and up and up." But the states say he has cut $80 billion? I am not across this.

Sure, all I'm saying is, if uni fees need to be higher, there also needs to be any actual pressure for students to repay loans, and not accrue more than necessary. As it is there is; - Unlimited capacity to borrow - No real requirement to repay, or for the individual to bear any consequence of...

The issue is you have a virtual disconnect between the students and the loans. There are few incentives for students to take out smaller loans, or to shop on price/value, rather than perceived service quality. Why wouldn't you take out unlimited taxpayer backed loans? The reason is future...

I was thinkin about the higher education changes. Fees = uncapped, maybe triple, maybe more/less In 2013 students owe $26.3 billion, $6.2 billion is forecast to never be paid back. Now the probable tripling of fees means a tripling of HECS debt. This increase in university fees funded...

Yeah I agree 100%, but they're not the changes senor Hockey is making. He didn't really do anything major to address poor targeting of welfare, but made some changes that will significantly impact the poor. With the paid parental leave scheme, on balance the budget has really gone the other...

My grandma is over 80, and still living in her own home, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, osteoarthritis, literally dying of cancer, untold additional conditions unknown to me. She doesn't even go to the doctor 11 times a year.

Australia has low debt to gdp ratio compared to oecd average People say this as though the OECD average is a reasonable standard of debt management to make comparisons to.

There was a question about how pensioners need to go to the doctor 100 to 150 times a year, so the gp co-payment is unaffordable.

If yucca mountain was a completely finished facility today, at the planned capacity of 77000 tons, it would be completely filled immediately, with zero capacity for future waste.