Agent Smith

God didn't evict/banish Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden because A & E wanted/gained power, not because A & E wanted/gained knowledge per se, but be...

I agree with you - there's a lot of stuff that people present as philosophy but ain't. You provided a list in another thread on what pseudo-philosophy...

God (omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent) is a good role model for boys in my humble opinion. I suppose that's why Adam, along with Eve, got ki...

:up: Thanks for letting us know. Philosophers have blind spots, like everyone else I suppose.

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All I can do here is point out the addictive nature of happiness; the word "crave/craving" is used to describe unbridled desire for drugs and, in my h...

Well, now that you mention it, knowledge is a struggle and the educational system we have at the moment is a huge waste of time for the simple reason ...

Food for thought: I tried to google this: How to identify plant molecules? In my humble opinion this is a crucial question that needs an answer asap. ...

Twice Born 1. Physical (you exit the womb) Note, because our brains are so large and women's birth canals so small, we're born physically and mentally...

As you so rightly pointed out, happiness is our primary objective. It's just that craving for happiness is reminiscent of opium addiction. It can be u...

There are more things than there are words! The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao! The named are things that are critical to our well-being an...

Opinions seem divided. No clear-cut answer as to whether pleasure/happiness is the be-all-and-end-all of life. Cypher (The Matrix) did choose an illus...

Then we're on the same page. :up:

I don't think there's a syndicate or organization with the sole purpose of generating and perpetuating delusions. All I can say at the moment is we do...

Methinks profundity is just another name for truth. We're so deluded that when, once in a blue moon, we do encounter truth, it feels as though it's no...

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@"Nickolasgaspar" Ok, ok! I'd like to ask two questions, my attempt to cut through the noise and get to the meat and potatoes of morality? To minimize...

Pfft! :grin: How could you choose what one likes and dislikes? These are, as far as I can tell, formed way before one is even conscious about them. I,...

:chin: Hey, I can talk to myself on TPF! Très bien!

As long as physicalists can prove consciousness supervenes on matter & energy, I think they've made their case. Tomorrow is a Monday! :sad:

The universe was never designed to be a paradise. Ethics is, by and large, a pressing issue for what can suffer, the potential for pain immediately op...

Torture (for the heck of it) to Self-sacrifice (for...guess!) These are the endpoints of the moral spectrum. The Bell Curve, if true for this continuu...

:lol: :lol: Fart is cheap! Yep, we have a lot of that (shit)! :grin: :chin: You mean invisible man! Bang on! Let's get down to the brass tacks, shall ...

What if the climate hasn't changed, but our instruments and our bodies have? So, the temperature could be actually a comfortable 25o C but it feels li...

You raise some very interesting points I must say. I've made a note of them. However, they seem to be beside the point as far as I can tell. Please be...

Not "all possible statements", just those on entities floated in order to explain phenomena.

This topic has been done to death. White lies are always an option, but the results are unpredictable and that, in a way, undermines the rationale of ...

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That casts doubt on the womanliness of Justice Jackson. Black woman in SCOTUS. Then there's the matter of Justice Jackson's race. Is race limited to t...

"Is recalcitrant" is a predicate: John is recalcitrant. No problemo! "Is existent" isn't a predicate (Kant): The apple is existent. Problemo! Kant's a...

:up: Très bien!

Fun facts: 1. The Diamond Sutra (The Earliest Dated Book; 11 May 868). 2. The most printed book in history: The Bibila Sacra (5 billion copies). 3. Th...

I thought many worlds are a necessity in a particular way of looking at QM, one that differs from the so-called Copenhagen interpretation.

Do! I'm in.

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I don't know if this is relevant, but don't you need a good reason to hold that the appearances may not be the same as the real thing? Of course, the ...

@"schopenhauer1" Maybe the more people there are, higher the entropy.

:fire: More!

Thank you! :smile:

Thanks for the sketch of humanity's quest for a ToE which seems to be by and large an exercise in simplification. Smaller and fewer (novacula occami) ...

I, unfortunately, don't have a ready list of books which I could reproduce at will. Alas, my memory isn't what it used to be. I've often heard it said...

You're venturing into territory I'm at present not interested in. Not that it's wrong, it's just not my cup of tea. Let's just say I'm not in the mood...

You maybe onto something. I, however, am not so optimistic, but don't let me, an agent of the system, dampen your spirits. Carry on. Do keep us posted...

:ok: We're basically bombarded with info from all sides (could it get any worse?), making it nigh impossible to separate the wheat (essential) from th...

God, it seems, is an ancient attempt at a Theory of Everything (ToE). Polytheism or more accurately bitheism/dualistic theism is then analogous to the...

Yes, exactly! It's all messed up, you see?

That's one way of looking at it. I couldn't figure out why wealth is a divine attribute until I thought of Batman. Flash: What's your superpower? Batm...

Reminds me of Terminators (living tissue over metal endoskeleton). What if Jackson is really a white man in a black woman's body? :chin: Have you seen...

I edited the OP. Added a reference.