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https://youtu.be/hbA36Lp3fC8 The value of a human life = $10 million. We're all decamillionaires.
December 05, 2021 at 11:42
I see but consider physics. Work = Force \times Distance Force = mass \times acceleration I'm sure that in between these two formulae, time will emerg...
December 05, 2021 at 10:44
I don't know if I agree but suffice it to say we, as you claim, have some idea what work means and how it's to be measured although it seems rather ne...
December 05, 2021 at 09:22
Inner chaos, outer order. :up:
December 05, 2021 at 09:19
:up: Nietzsche' eternal recurrence vis-à-vis Camus' Sisyphusean nightmare scenario. How do the two relate?
December 05, 2021 at 09:16
Yep. Your position on the issue is not as radical as some have made it out to be. What happens when we grow up? Regulations/rules ease from being 5 ye...
December 05, 2021 at 07:53
I suppose we could say that we lack a measure for work and time is just a surrogate marker.
December 05, 2021 at 07:15
Parkinson's Law
December 05, 2021 at 07:12
About right.
December 05, 2021 at 07:11
I think this problem is related to the one about age. Is time a good measure of age?
December 05, 2021 at 07:01
While I can understand the injustice/suffering aspect of the workweek, I'd lke to point out that good coordination among people, organizations, govern...
December 05, 2021 at 06:45
:chin: Life is, after all, a masquerade ball.
December 05, 2021 at 06:16
Without laws, anarchy. With laws, oppression. How do we tackle this dilemma?
December 05, 2021 at 05:47
So Nietzsche scorns religion's offer of a better afterlife. Basically one-bird-in-the-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush logic. I like that. To Nietzsche r...
December 05, 2021 at 05:45
What's the difference between not having a gun (when you need it) and not knowing you have a gun (when you need it)? :chin:
December 05, 2021 at 05:12
Yup. https://youtu.be/UwwGk3a54GM
December 05, 2021 at 05:10
I thought you did. it seems implied. I get where you're coming from. Is regulation just an euphemism for imposition? :chin: Dysphemism is appposite to...
December 04, 2021 at 19:56
Don't limit your options. It's better to be enraged and get an additional adrenaline boost for your muscles (fight/flight response) than feel nothing ...
December 04, 2021 at 19:25
Yep, metaphysics - goes beyond the empirical/verifiable/falsifiable, the domain of science. A map's accuracy vis-à-vis the territory is assessable (sc...
December 04, 2021 at 19:22
:ok: Asoka (King, Mauryan Empire): I'm going to abdicate my throne, give away all my wealth, shave my head, wear a simple robe, and beg for alms. Asok...
December 04, 2021 at 18:02
:up: I agree with you on all points. It's just that I was thrown off by the fact that both tyrannies (oppression) and democracies (liberty) operate us...
December 04, 2021 at 17:57
Right! Profound words there. I was misled by fate which I read as passively, stoically, resignedly accepting whatever it is that comes your way withou...
December 04, 2021 at 17:50
Neil deGrasse Tyson's (astrophysicist, science educator, author) advice on expressing one's opinions Remember: 1. What one wants to say 2. What one th...
December 04, 2021 at 16:46
Depending (a lot I suppose) on luck, other variables of which there are many, dying may appear as living. I remember reading about this woman/child (t...
December 04, 2021 at 16:43
Something like that. Assuming, correctly to my reckoning, that no one alive is enlightened, we could take an apophatic approach to nirvana. I believe ...
December 04, 2021 at 16:34
Why woud Nietezsche declare amor fati and then rebel against Christianity or anything else for that matter? :chin:
December 04, 2021 at 16:11
Sorry for buttin' in but how far are you willing to go with that maxim? I guess I'm getting mixed up between regulation and coercion. It happens, righ...
December 04, 2021 at 16:08
Here's an interesting thought. We (usually) don't mind, even like, being treated better than some others but we hurt, badly, when it's the other way r...
December 04, 2021 at 14:49
https://youtu.be/QOQ2JxIddzw WHOOOOOO AAAAAAAM IIIIIIIII?
December 04, 2021 at 14:42
We began with equality and death popped up in our discussion. What do you suppose that means?
December 04, 2021 at 14:40
:rofl: :up:
December 04, 2021 at 14:37
I had to say something. :lol:
December 04, 2021 at 14:33
:monkey:
December 04, 2021 at 14:30
The reason God is a useful fiction is that only in his eyes are all equal. This doesn't seem to be supported by facts on the ground but hey, let's hop...
December 04, 2021 at 14:23
Oh! Now we're getting somewhere. When death exists? :chin: We'll all find out in good time I guess. I'm in no hurry although I do have premonitions of...
December 04, 2021 at 14:21
Google for in-depth analysis.
December 04, 2021 at 14:17
We're all supposedly enlightened beings (buddha nature or something like that) but the problem is we fail to realize that (simple) fact. So, the quest...
December 04, 2021 at 14:15
Good day! :lol:
December 04, 2021 at 14:13
@"john27"Rate of death = \frac{1}{100} = There's a 1% risk of dying.
December 04, 2021 at 14:10
The mortality rate is the probability of death, no?
December 04, 2021 at 14:09
By the way, is there another form of inequality we're blind to. I dunno! Just askin'. I remember someone who was so happy to have been chosen for a so...
December 04, 2021 at 14:08
I rest my case.
December 04, 2021 at 14:02
Humanity and Equality. It all began, I suppose, with slavery and sexism. The point, potential (Aristotle) was being suppressed and stamped out. If a w...
December 04, 2021 at 14:01
Does everybody have an equal probability for an earlier stop and even if they did, does everyone have equal access to solutions/opportunities to cheat...
December 04, 2021 at 13:49
Explain.
December 04, 2021 at 13:38
Look at the trend: The first machines were there to assist us e.g. the lever amplified force. Then machines replaced us, physically, e.g. industrial r...
December 04, 2021 at 13:36
Moratlity Rates. Keep clicking the links and a picture of death, not so flattering as poets imagined, should emerge from the data. The weak, the poor,...
December 04, 2021 at 13:29
We see the world differently then.
December 04, 2021 at 13:08
:ok:
December 04, 2021 at 13:08
Well, all I can say is, the probability of death clearly shows there's inequality but the state of death is egalitarian in nature.
December 04, 2021 at 13:06