saimen

There’s a difference in making an educated guess in a system with known rules or unknown rules.

But the point is you can actually calculate everything and have all the information. Medicine is always about incomplete information, either because the data isn’t there or certain things aren’t even known.

But chess is an isolated “system” with clear rules. Reality and especially medicine is so much more complicated.

No, my point was, if they want the same treatment they should do the same thing.

Scandinavian countries are doing this quite successfully. They have the mindset that raising children is a task for the whole society and not only the parents, which results in much better working conditions for parents including simple things like having meetings only in the morning and not late afternoon.

What else if not free time for fun? My point kind of was “if they don’t use it for free time for fun” oh and your child could be my future robber, rapist, drug dealer or whatever There are much more beneficial interactions with other people than harmful ones. And there is a point that parents who aren’t additionally stressed with their job and have time for their kids will much more likely raise more sociable children.

Do not handicapped people get punished because handicapped people have special parking lots close to the entrance? I wouldn’t call it punishment. It’s a conflict of interest where the interest of parents is given more weight. Similar to the decision that the tax money of everyone goes to funding schools. When did we move the goal post to force you to take care of my kids? But you are okay to fund schools and social programs which more or less is exactly you taking care of my kids. But kids should not be in everyone’s interest? Sounds like a lot of cognitive dissonance to me. This is earth in 2026 where everyone is even more dependent on on everyone else (not like in ancient villages but through work and transactions) and not you living alone in the woods.

Of course they want those things as well, otherwise there wouldn’t be a problem in the first place.

Taking care of your kids can be fun but it is work, which is not paid and not honoured (as this thread shows). Of course it’s the parents “fault” and responsibility but why is it so difficult to see it from a solution based angle: our world would be so much better if we as a society would take more care in raising our children. My child is your future employee, neighbour, colleague, political representative, nurse etc… The well being of every child should be in everyone’s interest.

Accommodations are “have the ones with kids have the early shifts and have them have the vacation during school holidays”

That’s sad

I would draw a line at humans/non humans but this sure is debatable. Handicapped people already have work privileges including flexibility where I come from.

So but I am responsible for other people to have more flexible free time just for fun? It’s not about others taking care of my kids or be accountable for my life. It’s just about taking parents needs into consideration, similarly to sick or handicapped people.

Sure, as long as they take care of other human beings in need during their time not working as well.

Because flexibility is scarce, so we have to proritise. At least in most jobs the not-working-flexibility of one person needs the working-flexibility of another person.

Yeah, no way Putin is so low nowadays

We have to teach the USA folks that not everything revolves around them. They will have to get used to it anyway.

But that’s my point. There is access to healthy food and there are no food deserts because people care about food. Of course there is still crappy food.

I would say this holds true for the USA considering all this fast “food” they eat. A culture that loves food doesn’t do this.

Is this the Saul who became Paul? So he didn’t become good he just changed his name and defined what is good?

What systems are you talking about?