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August 21, 2021 at 14:29
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August 21, 2021 at 14:17
Beauty, for me, is an attractive force. I suppose that's the reason why attractive is synonymous with beauty. I guess we could view/define beauty as a...
August 21, 2021 at 14:16
A little something to ponder upon: 1. We don't know the answer to "are we alone?" but, 2. If there are aliens, we know the answer to their question, "...
August 21, 2021 at 12:57
The thing outside of itself https://youtu.be/Br0DCEEBplY
August 21, 2021 at 12:46
Yes, yes, we see eye to eye, on the same page we are. So, by your logic, tit-for-tat strategy given its due, it's not permissible to eat either plants...
August 21, 2021 at 12:38
I repeat, this is not my logic. Yes, groups vs individuals logic which you kindly brought to my attention. Given that you seem to be in the know, how ...
August 21, 2021 at 12:36
This actually describes me - I'm a middle-aged person, agnostic and trying my best to formulate a coherent worldview which, I'm told, involves testing...
August 21, 2021 at 12:32
I understand where you're coming from 180 Proof but my question is about the tit-for-tat strategy, its moral aspects, our dietary recommendations, and...
August 21, 2021 at 11:49
This is not my logic but could you tell me more about groups and indivduals with respect to plants and animals.
August 21, 2021 at 11:45
Gypsies never settle for less. :grin:
August 21, 2021 at 11:33
So, you mean to say that if plants could think like humans and they eat animals, we should give the nod of approval to the tit-for-tat strategy and ea...
August 21, 2021 at 11:28
How do you make decisions when you don't know (something)? Say you don't know whether it'll rain tomorrow or not. How will you plan for the morrow? Yo...
August 21, 2021 at 10:52
Food for thought. Gypsies, if they're still into wandering about from place to place, the quintessential nomadic lifestyle, and if they aren't subject...
August 21, 2021 at 10:25
The fundamental problem with agnosticism seems to be that it can't be used to guide our actions, make decisions, to name a few. Take prayer for instan...
August 21, 2021 at 08:04
https://youtu.be/cCX5JJwkZhU https://youtu.be/hw3CE04LGiA
August 21, 2021 at 07:48
Once you're poor, you get some concessions - you can be a thief, a liar, a scammer, even a murderer and people will cut you some slack. Motivation for...
August 21, 2021 at 07:20
Hi Jack. How have you been? As you seem to have already realized, if we take humanity as a single organism, a person let's say, it wouldn't be wrong t...
August 21, 2021 at 07:11
It takes one to know one! :wink:
August 21, 2021 at 06:58
Excellent point! Could you kindly unpack this point further. There's something going on here which I can't quite put a finger on.
August 21, 2021 at 06:16
5.2k Can you ethically justify eating meat?— Kaz1983 :fire: :fire: :fire: Excellent point! Eating each other to the point of even cannibalism is a fac...
August 21, 2021 at 04:36
Well, if we're going to reduce God to a Search Engine the likes of Google, I'd ask Google...er...God, How did you (God) become omniscient (How? Ancien...
August 21, 2021 at 04:03
Beyond my ken I'm afraid. Thanks though! G'day!
August 21, 2021 at 03:19
And? Tit-for-tat is a strategy in game theory and while non-humans may exhibit that behavior e.g. herbivores eating plants and then plants evolving to...
August 21, 2021 at 03:18
The best science done in the last 100 years indicate that the universe came into existence around 14 billion years ago - that beginning derisively lab...
August 20, 2021 at 17:34
Bingo! Matter is anything that has mass and has volume; both mass and volume are mathematically defined.
August 20, 2021 at 15:28
Creation & Evolution In Public Education The difficulty, as I see it, is if religion is presented as an alrernative to science. It can't be helped sin...
August 20, 2021 at 14:40
I'm rather intrigued, puzzled, and wonderstruck by how evil and justice seem to be mirror images. Suppose I, god forbid, torture and kill someone. Jus...
August 20, 2021 at 12:54
:clap: :fire:
August 20, 2021 at 11:53
The artist, by nature, pushes the boundaries of the possible using faer favorite tool, the imagination. All the impossible objects that appear in this...
August 20, 2021 at 11:51
:chin: You're right but not completely. The words "impossible" and "contradiction" are different from the words "possible" and "noncontradiction." Whe...
August 20, 2021 at 10:27
Science makes no bones about what it's about - study of matter & energy within a mathematical framework as far as possible and physics is its poster c...
August 20, 2021 at 10:16
Update For Those Interested Assuredly there are ways of conceiving death, many have offered their own methods and I'm grateful. Nevertheless, the mind...
August 20, 2021 at 09:46
Resonates with me, this idea of mind being information and that information is neither matter nor energy. A very simple proof, in my humble opinion, t...
August 19, 2021 at 05:49
You might've hit the nail on the head there. However, my question was, if it's not too much trouble or too close for comfort, about your problem solvi...
August 19, 2021 at 05:37
:up: Problem solving app. Either I don't have one or it's outdated. I never seem able to solve problems. What's yours like? Can I have a look at your?...
August 19, 2021 at 01:24
:rofl: Yes, death is interesting but dying, I don't know.
August 18, 2021 at 20:41
The Philosophy Of Covid-19 All here seem acquainted enough with viruses and how they work. Nothing more than the basics is required for what I have to...
August 18, 2021 at 19:54
@"jorndoe" Jorndoe Trilemma 1. Q knows X 2. Q doesn't like X 3. Q can prevent X Ergo, 4. Not X But, 5. X Ergo, 6. Q doesn't know X OR Q likes X OR Q c...
August 18, 2021 at 19:22
Many thanks!
August 18, 2021 at 17:54
Gennaion Pseudos https://youtu.be/9FnO3igOkOk
August 18, 2021 at 16:10
Basically, Something Is Better Than Nothing!
August 18, 2021 at 16:01
This should be right up your alley OP. If I've been reading authentic translations of the Mahabharata, there's this cute sub-plot in it where Draupadi...
August 18, 2021 at 15:41
Question: Why is the expansion of the universe accelerating? Accepted answer: Dark Energy Real answer: We don't know I suppose we're so desperate for ...
August 18, 2021 at 13:44
:meh:
August 18, 2021 at 11:35
Yes, that's why we can't tell the difference between chance and God. Rest of your post, irrelevant! Good vibes though!
August 18, 2021 at 11:18
Matter &Energy. All that's needed OR All there is? when being asked by Napoleon, no less, where, in his scientific theory, God fit in.
August 18, 2021 at 11:13
Let's delimit the boundary of futorology between harming and curing. Everything else should fall in between. The past. We harmed each other with sword...
August 18, 2021 at 10:13
:smile:
August 18, 2021 at 08:47
That was my point exactly. Extreme sports is defined by the level of risk to life and limb. If you ask me, they're at the leading edge of technology b...
August 18, 2021 at 08:47