TheMadFool

Because the preachers, like "good" academics, cite their sources - holy books and so-called prophets. It's like have an original CD that you play on d...

I contest the necessary nature of philosophized moral theories. Not long ago I opened a discussion on God being defined as omniscient AND omnibenevole...

I think I'm talking about octaves. A song in A major can be sung at an octave higher/lower. I mean both a man, with a deeper voice and a woman with a ...

I guess, despite many members of the so-called intelligentsia disagreeing, we do know ourselves well enough to realize no one can be trusted with the ...

I see. That's what I was trying to say too but either Sartre had reasons for not stepping into the abyss or it was simply a matter of choice. If the f...

sola dosis facit venenum but slippery slope fallacy notwithstanding it's a short step from Rushkoff's raised conscience to stoned unconscious.

Suggests that we have a choice in the matter. If so why choose the path that leads to the Abyss when we could've easily chosen a different route, to f...

In truth a primary aim is to achieve objectivity - to see something for what it really is. The most "obvious" way to get to the truth is through perso...

In an interview Michio Kaku, himself a theoretical physicist, appeared quite enamored by string theory and even boasted, ever so slightly, about how h...

While the general impression seems to be that cyborgs are "enhancements" the actual reality is they're mainly repair jobs done on people disabled in s...

The good man exists only in inequality. The moment everyone is equal then the good person simply becomes person. The rich person becomes generous and ...

Liar. I won't tell anyone :zip: :flower:

I thought it unnecessary to qualify immorality with "outright" or "absolute". Maybe I'm mistaken but grey areas tend to complicate discussion and thus...

As you might have noticed, ancient zeros appear in the context of calendars or arithmetic with numbers like 504 or 50 (Bakhshali manuscript if I remem...

:rofl: Thanks

Every issue is many-sided. Each side has its own truth. While truth can't be chosen , for it's undeniable, we can choose the side or interpretation. T...

What we hate we prohibit. Not all we hate are immoral. Yet all that is immoral is prohibited.

:up: Question: Is music just a pattern of notes? It seems to be the case because it doesn't matter which frequencies form the basis of the piece so lo...

That's the problem of free will. There's a wide gap between knowledge and practice and this is captured quite well in the sentence "practice what you ...

Thank you. Sorry for being lazy about this but do you have an idea about what kind of problems Brahmagupta was dealing with when he needed to formaliz...

There's more unsaid than said Wisdom dies with the dead what is spoken of knowledge only a token There's more truth in silence Than tears in violence ...

You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Should I say anything more? Lately I've become suspicious of aphorisms like the one I quoted "Love what ...

There must be a reason for this conflation.

:smile: I'm just groping in the dark.

You're right. Brain fart. Ignore that. Being a musician can you tell me the differences and similarities between music and language? I'll tell you wha...

If we take God and creation to be true then reason is a gift from God. Surely we are meant to apply it.

I agree with what you've said but just because there's no clear dividing line between music and language doesn't mean they're the same too. Right? I c...

:up: :ok:

I can see the appeal in "something bigger and grander than them" but is there a cost which we're not seeing? A soldier dies for his country but what i...

That's as obvious as it is unrealized. This is a common issue with people and probably with all life capable of observing. What is obvious is often am...

You're right.

Physician Assisted Suicide must be seen for what it really is - a stopgap measure. It's hara-kiri in western garb and is destined to be a thing of the...

:smile:

:rofl: Why hate when we can mate?

:lol: :rofl:

:up: :ok:

I think stoicism is framed within a certain context viz. that which is beyond our control. Now what is beyond our control isn't one single thing. Rath...

What could be worse? :sad:

You have hit the nail on it's head. God has given us free will and a mouthwatering incentive to be good - eternal joy in heaven - and an extremely dis...

You might like a mean person IFF s/he is on your side of whatever conflict you can imagine. What does that tell you about us? I think meanness is natu...

I just know I'm confused. I don't know how to describe it. It's something like being alone on the boat of confusion and watching the ship of knowledge...

Agreed.

:up: You're right. I just wanted to draw a line between spoken language and music as clearly as possible. Spoken language isn't really music for the s...

Thanks. To me there's much to be confused about.

You're absolutely right. What I find is relevant, morally speaking, isn't the hate itself but the sorrow that causes it. The pain is morally relevant ...

:up:

I think you hit the right note here. Omnibenevolence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence need to be true and absent of other negative traits. Also, as @"jos...

I consider omnipotence an ability to do anything and yes it includes the physical world we humans live in.

XXL GOD.. Too obese to be healthy :joke: