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 According to a 2017 USA Swimming Foundation study, 45 percent of Latino children do not know how to swim or have low swimming ability, putting them at risk of drowning. That number rises depending on parent’s swimming ability — 62 percent of Latino children are likely to not have good swimming skills if their parents have no or low swimming ability.

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And their percentage is growing.

Estimating the global atheist population is difficult, but numbers range from 

7% (450-500 million nonbelievers) to figures around 13% of "convinced atheists" in some surveys, with the majority concentrated in East Asia, particularly China, and Europe. However, projections suggest that the share of religiously unaffiliated people may decline over time due to higher birth rates in religious populations. 

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How is freedom in India compared to the United States?


Both India and the USA value freedom of speech—but they draw the lines differently. While the USA protects almost all speech, including hate and symbolic protest, India places greater emphasis on societal order, morality, and national unity.


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Free will is the capacity to make independent choices, act according to one's own motivations, and be held morally responsible for those actions, rather than being predetermined by prior causes. This philosophical concept is debated, with views ranging from libertarianism (people have genuine free will) to determinism (all events, including choices, are inevitable). Free will is also tied to concepts like the subjective experience of choice, moral responsibility, praise, blame, and the ability to act otherwise than one did. 

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That is not what he posted.

read his post. “It would take a whole new system of re-engineered humanity, before it would be possible to refer to an individual as "normal".

That’s a major makeover.

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Hormones influence morality by 

modulating the emotional and cognitive processes underlying moral judgments, though the research is still developing and complex. For example, testosterone is linked to more utilitarian, outcome-focused decisions, potentially by reducing empathy or increasing a drive for status, while oxytocin may promote trust, affiliation, and emotional responses relevant to "caring for others". Cortisol, the stress hormone, has shown a negative association with altruism in emotionally charged situations. However, these relationships are nuanced, with individual differences and environmental factors playing a moderating role, and some studies show conflicting results. 

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E. Jean Carroll was awarded 85 million in her sexual assault case against Trump. She found Trump rich but unattractive.

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The claim that atheism leads to human depravity is a widely held 

perception, not a proven fact, and is often challenged by research showing that atheists are not inherently more prone to immoral behavior than religious people. This perception stems from the belief that religious faith is necessary to guard against immorality and prevent people from acting on their worse impulses due to fear of divine punishment. In reality, a person's lack of religious belief does not determine their morality, and many argue that morality can be rooted in humanistic values, philosophy, or the desire for a well-functioning society rather than divine command.