No he just can't grasp it

If you think I'm misrepresenting it, you either didn't read it carefully or you didn't understand what you read.

He did not differentiate between valid and invalid new information, between truth and lies. He said to listen to what others say and then abandon your previously held beliefs based on this new information.

The point people are taking away is a good one, to have an open mind, to be willing to change ones views. That's just not the point he made. At all.

My hypothesis is that there are flying pigs on Neptune. You need to prove my hypothesis wrong.

Both are not really good at understanding others or debating.

That's not what this is about.

So it's 'about' something other than what it says? All I know is what it says. It says to listen to others, accept their opinions as facts, and then change your own beliefs to match the opinions you've just heard. It does not provide any instructions or mechanism for filtering or assessing or critically analyzing new opinions.

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Wally, the point of the comic is not to change your beliefs. The point is to change your neurological reaction to opposing viewpoints. The comic doesn't want you to go from Pro-Choice=>Pro-life. but rather not be insulted when somebody says something Pro-life.

I think the comic advocates for a good "state of mind" when discussing politics but nothing beyond that.

Wally, the point of the comic is not to change your beliefs

I'm not interested in what you think the point was, I'm only interested in what it actually says.

Maybe you should write a letter to the comic and tell him what he said does not support the point you believe he was trying to make.

Change here refers to changing ones beliefs. That's not what I *think* the point was, that's what he actually said when he repeatedly referred to our beliefs changing in response to hearing new opinions.

Well said, Tabby. Overall, I think science will advance to a point where we won't need traditional pregnancy to create people. When such a procedure becomes cheap enough for large scale use, I imagine that the government or private charities will take unwanted pregnancies and serve them to term before putting them in foster care or adoption services.

Until then, I consider myself Pro-life, with exceptions. Namely, life of the mother. Additionally, birthing somebody with a painful, untreatable disability can be considered cruel.

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Damn, I was ninjaed by Wally.

Quote from comic: "I'm not here to... tell you what to believe." Case closed.

Edited 5/8/2017 16:35:03

"That wasn't the point"

I repeat: I don't care what you think the point was. If what he said and what you think the point was contradict one another, what he said wins.

He says that he, personally, changes, aka he's using himself as an example.
Every reader can choose what to do what that, after all, that's what the whole long introduction is about.

If he changes whenever he hears a new opinion, he needs to learn how to think more critically than a 4 year old. Even 5 year old know not to believe everything you hear come out of someone else's mouth.

Guys, we all know that Wally Balls has never changed his opinion about anything in his life. Why are you engaging?

heh. nice comic.

SJWs/leftists never change their opinion. You should only debate an SJW under these circumstances.

1. There is an audience present to witness the SJW get humiliated.

2. You are familiar with the SJWs line of argument and come prepared.

3. The SJW has an open mind and is willing to accept logic. Said SJW has never been discovered but scientists are trying to create one. Results inconclusive.

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Ah yes, just like your delusions about Dogs being extinct never change.

Good lord that was the greatest statement I've ever read.

Math Wolf I think you posted this about 3 years too late, judging by the comments.


The funniest part of it was that the part of it,that said that it from an evolutionary standpoint made sense, since that part made no sense what so ever


Yeah what was that? They were comparing saying "God is fake" to a religious person to a caveman throwing a rock at your head?

>implying I or anyone else should care Washington had slaves and used their teeth
>a pledge to a (((REPUBLIC))) was not written by a rightwinger
More news: water is wet
>implying it matters WHEN Jesus was born rather than follwing tradition and recognizing he was
>implying Roe v Wade isn't a good thing that has preserved Republican demographic hopes
also >implying Republicans and Democrats are different
>implying that tradition, family, and religion should not be upheld at all costs
>overall implying that people in general should have any political beliefs
>implying it shouldn't just be left to elites and the common people shouldn't just follow tradition
>strawmanning that hard with muh tacos = 4

Wth is this garbage? Muh tolerance, muh let ppl with radically opposite beliefs "debate", lmao slag off.

inb4 some1 tells me I'm just triggered because my core beliefs were challenged by this

Edited 5/9/2017 13:47:08

WallyBalls - he backs up his claimed facts with evidence, which you can check on his site.

The Cruelest - when I first saw this, I was curious about Washington's teeth, so clicked one of the supporting links. As I recall, the evidence is that some of Washington's dentures include human teeth, and there is a ledger entry in Washington's accounts that records paying slaves for teeth.