3341 Why Leftists Hate Democracy - Call In Show - July 8th, 2016

Question 1: [2:30] - “I'm 24 and I just had my first child. Her birth has prompted my husband and I to discuss children more thoroughly and we had both agreed that eventually we would like to adopt a child into our family. However, I have been troubled by some of your videos regarding IQ, genetics, emotional and social potential based on child/parent relationships in the first few years of a child's life. My husband and I now both wonder: is adopting a child (not an infant) the best use of our time and resources when it seems there is compelling data to suggest that disruptions in a child's early home life are difficult if not impossible to overcome?”Question 2: [38:14] - “With the Referendum vote in the United Kingdom, the political awakening of many European and Northern American populations due to the recent events in the world - is the political left starting to reveal its hatred for democracy and the working class it was supposed to represent?”Question 3: [1:24:32] - “I can understand why your Intro to Philosophy series takes the path of empiricism in bringing philosophy to beginners; but as someone at a more adept level, I feel a strictly empirical methodology has its limits. For one thing, the scientific method itself relies on faith in the veracity of the senses and the consistency of its rules - things we often take for granted. It also doesn't help in the case of something that is both true and unfalsifiable. Being unable to prove you dreamed of a sparrow doesn't mean it didn't happen. I feel that such a dilemma has far-reaching consequences, particularly in talking about existentialism, metaphysics, justice, free will, and even basic human interactions. If the senses are unreliable, if we can only experience a portion of what's actually there, then can anything be said to be truly objective? How can we know whether one person is hallucinating or if the other is simply blind?”Question 4: [2:07:38] - “Why do you blame the United States for Iraqi deaths instead of Saddam Hussein? Hussein invaded Kuwait and illegally removed WMD inspectors.”Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate