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I bet those who support the president wish it was functionally different from what actually occurred. But alas... they’re so convinced it was a perfect call where this poor righteous saintly president of ours merely wanted to end corruption in the world that they probably don’t care. It’s called an analogy, JCM, and you’re attacking it for its lack of perfection.

Yes, you are. You are saying that a minor statement critical of Trump outweighs all the crap Trump and the Republicans have been spouting. And rather than trying to support that position when called out on it, you obfuscate and tap dance in the hopes we won't see the man behind the curtain. Again, you see people not trusting Democrats because of Karlan's statement, but don't see anyone losing trust in Republicans due to their personal attacks and conspiracy theories. If you think that the statement made by Pamela Karlan is pushing voters to Trump then back up the claim with something substantial, or admit that you can't. I don't know if you secretly love Trump or hate all things Democrat/liberal, but it is obvious you are willing to let your beliefs influence your reasoning.

Yes, very touching response. Got any numbers to back up this assertion? Also curious why you only seem to see voters losing trust in Democrats and not Republicans. I don't understand how the perceived bias in a statement by Pamela Karlan trumps the misogynistic and racist statements made by Trump over the past several years. You seem to be letting your own biases cloud your view of this situation.

This is the first time I have come across this explanation set out in this way. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/12/04/this-is-why-scientists-will-never-exactly-solve-general-relativity/#7b33b37734a8 It was not a surprise to me as the intimations have been there in the background up to now... The gist seems to be that, (so far) one can learn all there is to know about the mathematics of GR but its precise application (even a two body problem) is ,not even tantalizingly completely out of bounds. Does it seem a good article to any one else?

I'm not the one claiming how one persons testimony will shift a bunch of people over to vote for Trump.. You ask for proof, yet offer no evidence of your own. Regarding independents: https://www.people-press.org/2019/03/14/political-independents-who-they-are-what-they-think/

If your concern is really the risk of damage these people are doing to themselves, then the intention behind the sport is irrelevant, only the damage it actually does. Surprisingly hard to find stats directly comparing various sports for head injuries, but in this Japanese research judo, rugby, baseball and swimming all had higher deaths and severe disability than boxing in school aged children over a 13 year period, whereas this research finds ice hockey has the highest rate of concussion in adult male sports, Taekwondo in adult female sports. If you want to ban boxing you should ban swimming, rugby and baseball to be consistent, or offer additional reasons it should be banned but not the others. That's your opinion. You need a better reason than you think it's childish in order to stop consenting adults from participating in an activity - otherwise i'll have to stop playing dungeons and dragons. And more generally, why do you get to dictate how much risk another adult should take with their health?

One of the conditions of the derivation is that the current in the wire is constant.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/4/20995329/impeachment-hearing-trump-ukraine-judiciary-karlan-analogy

The question comes down to this: Should we ban X because X may lead to damage to the person who chooses to do X? As long as the individual who chooses X is the one who faces the risk, then a free society has no moral right to ban X.

As long as the fighters are aware of the risks and the referees and trainers primary focus is ensuring the safety of the boxers i don't see a problem.

There is some tried and trusted technology available :

Could natural selection tell us the purpose of our motivations and instincts? Far more likely is motivations and instincts could tell us the purpose of evolution.