Brainiac!

[shinx^2]

This is a game that I recently devised in the
shower (XD) that revolves around showing off your
brain. Below is a list below with descriptions
for catergories of comments. Give something
corresponding to every catergory applicable to the
post of the above user in your post. Relate
the given something both to the description and
to the above post.

***Topic: See "Statement" for description.

*, **Statement: An intelligent sounding statement
relating to the phrase put for "Topic."

*, **, ***Argument: An intelligent sounding argument
against the phrase/sentence/paragraph/essay
given for any item excluding "Topic." Multiple
arguments may be given.

***Rating: A 1-through-10 number given to show
the intelligence that it is implied through the
statement that the person has.

**, ***Comment: An intelligent sounding statement given
to describe the reason for the input for "Rating."

***A. Rating: A 1-through-10 number given to show
the intelligence that it is implied through the
argument that the person has. Multiple may be
included.

**, ***A. Comment: An intelligent sounding statement given to describe the reason for the input for "A.
Rating."

Any item with a * is worth 1 point if filled out.

Any item with a ** can be filled out simply by
saying "Brainiac!" but will deduct 1 point if
such is done. If an item with a ** is filled out
by saying "Brainiac!" but if it is also an item with
a *, the effects of the * do not apply. Any
inapplicable items may be omitted. Any items with a
*** may also be omitted.
Please include your current points at the end of
each post. Everyone starts out with 10 points. Any-
one who accumulates a point total of 0 ends the
game. Once the game is ended, the poster who got 0
points must compare the points. The person with the
highest point total wins the game and is thus
considered very smart. The game is then started over
by the next poster.

I'll start.
The beginning topic is "Philosophical questions."
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Topic: No change.

Statement: If a tree falls in a forest and it will
never affect anyone's lives, has never affected
anyone's lives, and is not affecting anyone's lives,
does a tree fall in a forest?

Points: 11