Jamal

It's good that you want to be careful with your language, so I applaud you for that. But the language you use when you're trying to use language caref...

That's what I was thinking, but I think there's more to it. I think that Biden sincerely believes in doing everything he can to undermine Russian infl...

I'm not sure who you're referring to here, but note that the authors of the article that prompted the discussion and that I linked to and briefly wrot...

1) Have you ever been to America? I've seen it from the Canadian Falls at Niagara. Does that count? 2) At what point in American history did you becom...

To add to @"Baphomet"'s posts, which directly confront Tim's comments, I think it's also important to understand the class-based and ideological natur...

Great post.

Incidentally, I recently went to see the movie Tenet here in Moscow. The audience found Kenneth Branagh’s cartoon Russian villain and the other Russia...

That was my understanding too, but I think it’s part of a longer term decline in relations. Reflecting that, American anti-Russian sentiment, which Ru...

I agree, but go easy on him. He has a pathological condition in which any mention of Russia sends him into a bloodthirsty frenzy.

Lack of understanding has never stopped him before.

Well, it's not up to me. My people will decide.

Busy sorry

In fact, it's not a problem. I presented it like that for fun, just to see how you'd all react. It's rational. She's Russian and wants the best for he...

My wife is pro-Trump. What should I do?

You called? EDIT: oh I see, no: Hippyhead.

You're forgetting, HH: everything right now is the worst it could ever be and we're at the final crisis point. As always. :wink:

Thanks, I didn't know that Aristippus and his crew were hedonists to the degree that they were. In what way did he think that there should be a moral ...

I was too, when I first joined the original philosophy forum. It's tempting to dismiss it, as if it's just a problem with incels who glorify aceticism...

Is China then a "shitty country filled with shitty people"? It doesn't matter how you try to dress up your outburst. That you attempt a justification ...

The good points you often make about American politics are entirely undermined by this vile bigotry. Just stop.

Good day to you sir.

I'm not sure what to say, TMF. I can't get my head around what you're saying at all, and I think I've said all I want to say, so maybe @"Gnomon", @"ay...

And for God's sake drop the "pyramid of life", and "game of evolution" phrases. I'm out :razz:

This in particular is mind-bogglingly crazy. Seriously, unless someone can point out my own prejudices, this has gotta be one of the craziest thoughts...

It's just weird. Maybe I'm missing the point. You want a metric that reflects the dominance of human beings? Like, a number? Why not use other measure...

It's about more than just intelligence, but sure, I agree. It's weird to say that any organism can acquire intelligence, but otherwise, yes, other ani...

I'm going to speculate as to why an intelligent person like you might think that the apparent dominance of human beings on Earth is evidence that inte...

They're not: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-do-humans-really-rank-on-the-food-chain-180948053/

Please think about it some more, and read at least some of the paper I quoted. And please name a fact that I have denied, as you claim. What you've po...

@"TheMadFool": Here's some discussion about the evolution of general intelligence that might shine some light on what I'm saying. The context is prima...

Do you mean that nobody can have expertise in or knowledge of NDEs unless they have had one? That's a bit severe. Imagine applying that standard to ps...

This coming from the person who says that intelligence is a general evolutionary advantage, for which there is no evidence, for which there has been n...

By the way, I do believe that in an important way, humans are different in kind, i.e., that there is as you say a "discontinuity". But that's exactly ...

Thanks. Point 2 makes different claims. The first and last sentence are wrong, as I've been saying since my very first contribution to the discussion....

I'm honestly not sure if you're being honest, but... To answer your questions, for the sake of argument let's say that evolutionary success can be mea...

The stuff you wrote before this is garbage, by the way. But here is where you make your point. So, if humans are to be considered as dominant on Earth...

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That could be interesting JC.

:gasp: :zip:

We can believe the testimony, but suspend judgement on the interpretation, I would think.

I'm not worried about that. If it's bias, I think it's one that's shared by philosophers and intellectuals in general. Of course, this can be question...

I'm glad you're conceding that intelligence is not restricted to humans, as you claimed. Sure, human intelligence is immensely powerful. Does it count...

I don't know what you're talking about. First, I was clear that my stated preferences were my preferences, and second, I don't think it's an unfair im...

I don't think that scientifically explainable phenomena are philosophically irrelevant. There's a reason we have a category for "Interesting Stuff" th...

I don't think so.

Also weighing in as a poster more than as a mod, I personally wouldn't find any of @"Hanover"'s options interesting, even though he's right that they'...

Though I haven't been contributing, I've been reading along and I have an opinion on this (Banno and fdrake may think differently but probably don't):...

You could have just asked: "If intelligence endows evolutionary success, why is there only one intelligent species?" It's a very odd question. Firstly...

Yes, my grandfather had Parkinson's and increasingly severe dementia over a period of 15 years. In those circumstances, I would think fighting to the ...

Yes, I think I understand. I also seek the right attitudes for dealing with these things, but for me, metaphysics doesn't help. Regarding my own death...