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theUnexaminedMind

['Member']Joined: June 09, 2021 at 00:34Last active: August 24, 2021 at 00:242 discussions13 comments

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Wisdom nuggets
July 02, 2021 at 12:06
This is great! The allegory is good for education or enlightenment or however else you'd like to interpret it. But I think, it's also true that what w...
July 02, 2021 at 03:46
Nice! Thanks,
June 18, 2021 at 02:06
Absolutely. And there's that small bonus of sticking it to the demon. There are layer to this that I need think to think on. But at first glance, I th...
June 15, 2021 at 05:40
Thank you everyone for your comments. They have lead to some interesting lines of research for me. :smile:
June 13, 2021 at 04:04
I'd hope so. Cognitive facilities decline slowly as we age and if one were to live past 110 let's say, without some sort of medical/pharmacological in...
June 12, 2021 at 06:06
Thank you for this! I'm going to be thinking about this all day now.
June 12, 2021 at 03:36
Good catch, thank you for the input. Yes, I do think there are qualities that perhaps lead to/allow for growth of wisdom, but you're most likely right...
June 11, 2021 at 14:22
Thank you for your analysis, you've given me even more to think about with this one. I was mainly digesting it as Jay said too. You guys are insightfu...
June 11, 2021 at 14:17
Well I did indeed find myself sympathetic with the woman of the story all the way until the end. Then when I realized the twist and I had to ask mysel...
June 11, 2021 at 12:32
This was a super interesting thread and I had a thought as I was reading through. Could we run a simple equation to generically quantify wisdom as a t...
June 11, 2021 at 03:18
Just recently I heard 'the cookie thief' poem for the first time and it blew my mind. The whole way up until the end I was sympathetic towards the wom...
June 11, 2021 at 02:54
Currently reading Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life.
June 11, 2021 at 02:47
I'm new to philosophy so I apologize if I don't use appropriate or proper terminology. As far as I understand the original post, and speaking to both ...
June 10, 2021 at 08:05