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I'm afraid I can't answer many of your questions! I don't know much about ACCESS - and in terms of majors under scrutiny I'm not entirely certain (I have simply seen a figure quoted regarding how much is being cut). Notably, the independence of some of the schools within the faculty of arts has...

Just curious --> why BA at UNSW rather than USyd - is there a particular UNSW offering that attracts you? (speaking from the perspective of someone who has watched aspects of the UNSW arts faculty go downhill as of late... cutting of courses/majors, increasing tut size, fewer advanced level...

The amount of work which goes into the research project (ILP --> independent learning project) seems to be highly variable, from first hand reports. Some people do full on research projects where their superviser whips them daily and expects frequent results, others come into uni/hospital...

Are they bumping it up to a 75 average? (It still says 70 average for 2008 honours, though I think I missed one of the honours info nights... so I might be out of the loop. Thank god for my arts honours option!)

Technically you should be able to do that in 6 years. I realise that they say 6.5, but I think it works out at 6 if you arrange things the right way.

Need this be the case? What if the majority of the community exhibits a racist attitude towards a particular racial group. Suppose further that the majority of the community would rather not use facilities (e.g. restaurants, pools, gyms, shopping centres, etc...) with this particular group...

Re: A serious question!!! I need an answer ASAP Haha --> love the Suzanne Vega reference. Nicely tied into the theme as well (edit: grim though it is). Kudos.

Hey dhj - my reply would be that whether or not the film presents an argument for euthanasia depends on what constitutes 'an argument for euthanasia'. There are two issues at stake, as I'm sure you realise: - whether euthanasia is ever morally permissible (in either a relative or an absolute...

I saw a movie recently which I thought contained a good example of euthanasia (The Barbarian Invasions - which won an oscar and many other awards). I think the end of the main character would be well described as a 'good death'. If there is anyone who has seen it who is against euthanasia I...

I came out as: Economic Left/Right: -7.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74

Taking liberty to renumber a couple parts of your post: (1) Personally I don't think it is too bad an idea to reject the notion of burden of proof all together in this debate. However, if people do feel that we need to assume some kind of answer (to 'does god exist?') then I think we should...

There are a few directions you can take the pixie comparison, but I feel it is best used to show who should carry burden of proof in this debate. 'Pixies' can be replaced by any hypothetical entity whose existence (/non-existence) is unverifiable (you could say that cupid causes love, for...

Consider someone who votes against abortion (be they a politician, or a citizen voting for a politician based on their stance on abortion) as a result of their religious beliefs/values versus someone who votes against abortion on the basis of some kind of secular morality that they have...

Alas, as much as I aspire to the funktasticness of Bootsy Collins I'm afraid I will never quite make the grade. The star glasses can always be remedied, though I'm not sure I could manage the hair - all I really have is a bass guitar and some semblance of groove! Mind you, I'm not sure what...

Kieran --> tall blonde dude (relatively rare breed in med... I'm not too hard to spot!) in college C. I made an announcement at mondays lecture about the MSAP launch night (that I just got home from). It was a quality event: great inspirational/interesting speakers, including Rowan Gillies...

You can actually do the above in 7 years (as I am doing with BA (hons)/MBBS)... factor in ILP exemption and the structure would be: Phase 1... Phase 2 coursework (year 3, into summer of year 4)... 48cp arts in 4th year... Honours of some description 5th year... phase 2 And voila! Seven...

A couple points: (1) If you show that god is impossible/cannot exist then you have effectively provided a proof that god doesn't exist. I think it is quite reasonable for people to require a proof from you when you claim 'god does not exist' (which is very different, of course, from 'I...

I didn't necessarily intend 'god exists' to be taken in the general sense which doesn't refer to a specific cocneption of god. Naturally you need to define god in some sense before you can even start to tackle the task of attributing probability (that is, if such a thing can even be done). I...

The problem with that argument is that it is very much speculative. Certainly, for all I know there may be a solid argument that can be made based on those ideas, but I am skeptical of the notion that one of us (forum goers) could produce one. For the purpose of your 'laws imply lawmaker'...

If you would like to discuss god in the language of "rules and logic" then I would more than happily do so - here or in the "does god exist" thread. Similarly I'd love to see whether you could show my worldview to be destructive given that a significant desire of mine is to find ways to resolve...