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Most supported premises
Bug-free software is possible
This assertion requires an unambiguous definition for "bug" only then can we discuss the causes, origins and prevalence of them.
16 supporter.
Functional programming is not useful for most apps
Some impressive results are being achieved with functional languages today. For example a recent success in this area is the Amazon competitor Jet.com. Functional languages are increasing in number and popularity which shows increasing applicability to real world challenges.
8 supporter.
1 fallacy report.
Appeal To Authority
Free will (the existence of autonomous human decisions made neither predictably nor randomly) is not real.
How can we distinguish between a decision made randomly and a decision made from free will?
6 supporter.
The presence of the universe can't have a scientific explanation.
Scientific explanations can only be expressed in terms of physical quantities. Therefore it's illogical to claim that physical quantities are the explanation for the presence of physical quantities.
5 supporter.
Functional programming is not useful for most apps
Changing state is fully present within functional designs. For example recursion allows new state to be passed into recursive invocations yet involves no mutability.
4 supporter.
Everyone eligible to vote in a government elections should by law have to vote.
What specific benefit would this produce that isn't produced with the current rules?
3 supporter.
If we were to abolish all ethics, humanity will be able to answer many scientific things about the human body (And possibly augment it) that would have taken decades and possibly centuries to answer.
If we abandon ethics then what is the motivation for doing medical research?
3 supporter.
The UK should bring back the death penalty.
UK society already accepts the risk of innocent people dying. For example car ownership leads to innocent people dying probably far more than the death penalty would, why advocate car ownership and not the death penalty?
3 supporter.
The UK should join the bombing of Isis/Daesh in Syria
Dropping bombs isn't helpful. It destroys infrastructure, roads, power, rivers etc and make life even harder than it must already be.
3 supporter.
Creationism is not compatible with current scientific theories and discoveries.
What constitutes 'creationism'? What evidence is there that the universe we observe was not created?
2 supporter.
1 fallacy report.
Irrelevant Conclusion