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What I strongly suggest those without college level Physics/Chemistry do to get an understanding of these concepts is to get/read the "Mr.Thompkins" series of books (by George Gamow -- though earlier editions may show co-authors Gamow got to agree to have their names attached as a joke pun...

Carry on as you are. Apparently, you deserve to find out. But Americans don't deserve what you're wishing upon them. THAT is why I keep referring to published lists. WHAT do you imagine I am wishing upon myself and fellow countrymen/countrywomen? What YOU think of as "socialized medicine"...

A) Of course you do. Because you've arbitrarily decided that all religious beliefs are "superstititions," so NONE of them is true. B) No, the axiom was "no such thing as an infinite regress OF CAUSES." The cascade of prerequisites is an essential part of the description. You've ...

But I do know that simplistic, one-dimensional approaches … aren't workable either. Manny believes he knows something. But he can’t explain why he believes it. I sure can. Been there. Done that. Seen it. How's that for you? Socialists who imagine that taxed health care is going to solve your proble...

Not really so easy to fix with just money. You could pour any amount of money you like into training more doctors and nurses but that would not increase the number of doctors and nurses "tomorrow". Immigration policy maybe. At our local hospital, especially night shift, most of the nurses ...

And that's why, though we can suppose infinite integers, imagine them somewhat, suppose they are possible, and so on, we cannot actually write down integers in sequence, without taking a beginning point. When we use them as representations of causal sequencing, they always, always, always force us ...

You are being ridiculous. No, I'm being truthful. And if you lived there, you'd know. But you don't, so perhaps you imagine Canada to be some sort of medical Disneyland it has never been, and certainly isn't now. Government "health care" turns out to be very problematic; perhaps not quite...

I seriously cannot bother with a false analogy so childish. Turtles are not analogous to cause s. And Earth does not rest on any. :roll: Excuse me please. Consider yourself excused. I will not be playing the "aboriginal nonsense is equivalent to scientific truth" game with you today. A) I...

You are being ridiculous. A rather large number of sites rank countries by health care. They do not all use the same standard measures, so the rankings vary somewhat. A SAMPLING of sites: World Population Review, numbeo, International Insurance, World Country Data, Visual Capitalist, US News,...... ...

Maybe "turtle cosmology" easier for you to discuss << since you are not vested in it >> YOU want to conclude "there MUST BE a "first turtle" and ""there can only be one "first turtle" supporting the Earth. I seriously cannot bother with a false analogy s...

Maybe "turtle cosmology" easier for you to discuss << since you are not vested in it >> axioms: 1) The Earth is supported on the back of a turtle. 2) A turtle can be supported by the back of a turtle 3) No turtle is supported by itself. 4) If turtle A is supported by turtle B and turtle B ...

"We" didn't say that. You are, just now. There is, in fact, only one possible "thing" that does not have a cause: that would be the First Cause. Now, you can unpack that different ways, because the argument tells you no more than that. But that's where the buck stops, on the Fir...

Didn't you notice? "I" didn't say it: the very governmental organization responsible for all of the administration of health in Canada declares it. Didn't you bother to look up the source? This ISN'T about sources. You said that 1/5th of Canadians did not have access to a primary care phy...

No, I'm saying if a causal sequence has no starting point, it cannot start. But we are in a causal sequence. Igitur, there was a starting point. "if a casual sequence has no starting point then it cannot start" is perfectly true. But it is our assumption about "no infinite regression...

Like before IC, look at the data/rank listing reports. for yourself. When you say "one in 5 Canadians doesn't have a GP" is that good or bad compared to the US (what fraction HERE do not have a GP?). How about compared to Australia? How about compared to Belgium? Etc. Since we know you thi...