John McMannis

Ok! Ok and what is that? Ok but why would he leave it out? Do you think it’s deliberate and what would the motive be?

You said when you stop laughing you’ll take the claim that climate deniers are braindead seriously. You’ll “bother” with it. I guess I was giving more...

Ya but why? I look at the news of extreme heat and floods and stuff like that and it doesn’t seem funny. I have read some. It seems he’s put you on ig...

Maybe not all animals. But I guess it depends on what’s considered problem solving. Saying animals can do rational thinking sounds wrong though. I thi...

I think you’re in over your head here mate. Why do you go on like this?

That was interesting, thanks. Kind of scary that so many don’t think about it. I’m one of them until recently and it reminded me of stuff like pandemi...

Noah Kahan, Stick Season.

But wouldn’t that mean that all animals have rational thought? They all problem solve in some ways.

I don’t follow politics that much but it’s everywhere right now. I think it’s important. There’s no way I’m voting Trump but I don’t love the other si...

Interesting take, thank you.

YesI think we can. I think it’s up to us though to first decide what’s unfair or unjust. Most of us can agree though so that’s good.

I don’t think the world is fair or just. I think we humans make up those ideas and apply them to nature. To say everything happens for a reason is kin...

Should be right away! Good analogy

Yeah. It’s strange that we wouldn’t take their word for it on such a complex subject. Everyone seems to think they’re an expert or that it’s ok to hav...

Well i talk to everyone but I see your point

Where? I don’t see much exaggeration. If it is exaggerated, how certain are you that it is? Isn’t it better to assume some of the worst case scenarios...

Interesting!

From reading this thread and the conversations with you, that’s not how it appears to me. He’s also not the only one that’s called you out on your bia...

What ignore list? I don’t see that option. Who do you have on yours? Can it be anyone? Does it block everything they post or just some?

Thanks, I will.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Sinatra lately. Makes me happy.

Wow I don’t normally follow politics that much but this is big news. Are there really enough people that want Trump back in office? He already got a c...

Hmmm I would say maybe anything we can’t know?

The square root of 2 is now 1.5. Nice and easy lol

Seems weird that anyone would want to harm the planet deliberately. They’re not stupid, they must know it will hurt them too? I wonder if something el...

I just finished watching the two Dune movies. Not bad.

Hmm. My first thought is that no, they are particulars but that the idea of any action is a universal. But good question.

I think the essence of religion is belief in something beyond yourself and what you can see. A simple idea I know but it has always served me well. Go...

Yeah because "Kant wasn't good at philosophy" is a greeeaaat argument. lol you're like the dumbest poster here.

The problem with children like you is that you pretend to know things.God, no wonder Rand devotees have such a bad name. Yuck. Yeah you're right. Yeah...

Uh, most of those definitions pertain to money. So yeah, I think choosing one of them and claiming it's the REAL definition and then expecting everyon...

I tend to agree with Xtrix here. You seem to have your own idiosyncratic way of defining these terms. I mean, profits are what motivate living things?...

:100: I agree. There are endless examples. Even after Sandyhook, the gun manufacturers still lobbied strongly against regulations that over 90% of Ame...

I think it's because the U.S. has too many guns. Way too many. The more guns available, the more you have issues. In other countries, less guns means ...

If matter is all that exists, what about the fact that we conceive of the world this way? Isn't this what Kant is getting at?

I was just asking this on another thread! I'll have to read through the responses....

As a newbie, here's my opinions on the stuff offered so far..... I like this and it is what I have in mind most of the time, and my friends. I get thi...

thanks.

I have an idea! Give like 0.01% of it to me! You'll be a hero to a ton of people! :blush:

Thanks. I'll check it out. I've made some changes lately and its been going pretty well. Still don't wake up every day very enthused or fulfilled, but...

I still like biden more than trump. Is that crazy? :rofl:

Shit I just got a book by Piketty from the library. Haven't started it yet but it was recommended by a few people. Why do you say he is a pop economis...

I think its harder to think of something coming from nothing than a infinite past because time could be a big circle. at least I can visualize It.

Really interesting stuff. I'm only a three pages in but it's very dense and I've already had to look up a bunch of stuff. I never gave it much thought...

I say A. If some ayes are bees, and seas are bees, then some ayes are sees. Unless not all bees are sees, which isn't given.

Plato and Aristotle both probably can be blamed or credited with almost everything that's happened since they were alive. IMO

thanks!

It's a really good question. My wife works for a big corporation, and they made billions last quarter. Meanwhile her and other workers constantly get ...

Thanks!

I wouldn't say I'm a big supporter or anything like I said I just didn't like Trump. But I think I see what you're getting at.