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Er, I somewhat do. I download books from the internet and read them on my internet-connected nook. And I easily read a books-worth of content on sites like AD every day. I'm pretty sure koko's point was a bit tongue in cheek, though.

Do Kindles and Nooks count? Or do they have to be actual paper books? :lol: No, that'd be ADD. :lol:

I actually did not know this until this thread brought up the difference between AIDS and HIV. What I was taught in sex-ed basically implied that AIDS was just a special, ultra-bad version of HIV. So, TIL.

No, that'd be bad if all men thought the same way. Just ignore and avoid the stupid shallow guys who you dislike. Problem solved!

You say this sarcastically, but I had a friend who actually did feel this way because she was born with epilepsy. It was also the plot of an episode of an anime as well as spawning a song from that same show. (Beauty is Within Us) I doubt, but am not certain, that that is the case here, but...

They very often claim that, yes, they do.

Again, I still ask, why does this one aspect fall under the heading of "playing god" while the others don't? If you claim it's an irreversible fact, then you both ignore the fact that, say, the food you raise your child on is irreversible (you can't go back in time and un-feed your child what...

Okay, the wording of your post confused me, so I just wanted to verify. And I don't have any numbers to back up the "most", but if personal anecdotes count for anything (and they probably don't), I know three couples in my family who had IVF. All of them used the sperm from the husband and the...

The view held by modern biology is that both genetics and the environment you've developed and grown in both very strongly affect nearly every aspect of you. If you're referring to any specific studies, feel free to share, though.

I prefer "playing human". Much more powerful. We have guns and electron microscopes.

Yes, and a child HAS to have genes, otherwise, y'know, they're... uh... not a living creature.

Just to verify, you're well aware that in-vitro fertilization and surrogacy/sperm donors are distinct procedures, right? Most in-vitro fertilization is done with both parents' own sperms and eggs, so biologically the child is identically related to the parents as a naturally conceived child.

Okay, I have a much much simpler question for you, then. Of the four hypotheses made (they weren't supposed to be interpreted as facts, they're all descriptive aspects of my total hypothesis), do you think any of those statements are false?

No, they're not superficial. All of these things can have a massive impact on the growth and development of your child. I would argue just as much, if not more, of an impact than any particular genetic markers that can be tested for would.

You can make decisions that aren't driven by biological necessities, too. I may choose to raise a child that I do not feed meat, only meat substitutes and other things. I may choose to raise a child who, because I'm incredibly weird, is never given a single article of clothing to wear that has...

Would you pick and choose what to feed you baby, how to clothe it, how to educate it, etc?

Sorry, edited my post after I saw that I was wrong. I'm bad at occasionally mixing up people, I apologize.

Well of course there's a difference, unless you also think that killing a home intruder in self defense is exactly the same thing is plotting out and assassinating that same person.

That works because the language being taught is still fully accessible to the students. That would be different with ASL/English if the students are both unable to even fully access the language they're being immersed in, in addition to the teacher not even fully understanding the language they...

She's not. I thought she said in another thread that she didn't support abortions at all. [edit] Apparently I was wrong, sorry BG.