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Women's organizations, yep, that's a start! Strength in numbers, ja? Old wine, new bottle. It's quite possible that it's a cycle and we're just going ...
March 25, 2022 at 06:56
Topic header edit (recommended): On the matter of logic and the possible world(s)
March 25, 2022 at 06:09
Life's simpler that way. If we dive into minutiae, our heads might explode from the sheer volume of data that needs processing. Very mathematical in s...
March 25, 2022 at 05:46
Your exposition for my benefit (merci beaucoup) reminds me of the principle of the uniformity of nature, a simple statement of which is that sugar tas...
March 25, 2022 at 05:37
Hi, may I say something. I was taught that neurons are either on/off (action potential or no action potential). That's digital architecture, oui? Why ...
March 25, 2022 at 05:28
It's not that simple. Yeah, I know. I look at Hitler, whose evilness few (allegedly insane) people dispute, and think of him in terms of not what he w...
March 25, 2022 at 05:21
I'm a slow learner!
March 25, 2022 at 05:18
Indirect means, logic at its best, the apogee of reason! Is it possible to see without looking? Yup!
March 25, 2022 at 05:13
Oh! No one knowingly does evil, eh Socrates?
March 25, 2022 at 05:12
I managed to tick off a mafia don. Luckily or unluckily, he was a bit s-l-o-w, in MO, not in mind. Here I am in the belly of the Sarlacc. I have a nam...
March 25, 2022 at 05:10
What are mirror neurons?
March 25, 2022 at 05:07
Sounds like a (good) plan. Hopefully neither your friends nor your foes get wind of it. They would cancel each other out if equal in number and depend...
March 25, 2022 at 05:06
Please wait, I'm on another call. Thanks for the awesome input!
March 25, 2022 at 05:03
Quantum entanglement, since it's a mirror effect (if up then down or if down then up), wouldn't help in prayer, the exact opposite of what you pray fo...
March 25, 2022 at 04:58
History is shrouded in mystery. Nothing to do but speculate. I recall reading about matriarchies in prehistory that survived until very "recently" (th...
March 25, 2022 at 04:53
If you want to know whether a person/group is good/bad, all you have to do is give them power and see what happens post that. Come to think of it, is ...
March 25, 2022 at 04:40
:up: Amazing insight!
March 25, 2022 at 04:28
:smile: For a minute there I thought you were going to say something else.
March 25, 2022 at 04:18
Alterations in the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the brain produce corresponding changes in consciousness, perception, personality i.e. the...
March 25, 2022 at 04:13
The cataphatic method (of affirmation) fails us, we're unable to pin down what a philosopher is. Isn't that a hint that we should try something differ...
March 25, 2022 at 03:48
Update It appears that philosophers are under the impression that to know how to live the good life and then to live it we have to be expert metaphysi...
March 25, 2022 at 03:34
Muchas gracias amigo! This is what you've been saying and I'm only trying to figure out how exactly. Here's a list you might wanna turn over in your h...
March 25, 2022 at 03:19
Do you mean to say philosophy is more like a personal truth than a universal one? That kinda makes sense to me, solipsistic undertones there, but I ta...
March 25, 2022 at 03:16
No, no, he has a point! :up:
March 25, 2022 at 02:50
:up: Gracias señorita.
March 25, 2022 at 02:49
:naughty:
March 25, 2022 at 02:48
You haven't seen (real) war!
March 25, 2022 at 02:46
Shahryar & Scheherazade (The Arabian Nights) More like gynophobia than misogyny, but hey, it feels on point.
March 25, 2022 at 02:37
It's not just induction, Sherlock Holmes' method involves all styles of inference, including but not limited to induction i.e. deduction does feature ...
March 25, 2022 at 02:30
March 25, 2022 at 02:06
They (philosophers) aim for the perfect life, it must be known how to live such a life before one can even attempt to live it. Philosophers, in their ...
March 25, 2022 at 01:57
No idea what you mean? Let me put it this way: Is there a difference between someone who can't mull over available options and someone who can? Which ...
March 25, 2022 at 01:33
:up:
March 24, 2022 at 20:49
Let me see if I got it. 1. Discrete symmetries have stages in transformation that exhibit noticeable in-between changes e.g. rotating an equilateral t...
March 24, 2022 at 20:47
More or less, yes.
March 24, 2022 at 20:06
A walk down memory lane... I recall perception, I have perceived...? Memory read error.
March 24, 2022 at 19:58
:chin: Does any person beg to be...deactivated?
March 24, 2022 at 19:53
:broken:
March 24, 2022 at 19:53
In its own way, it does! The point of OM is seen only when reflected in a mirror placed at the bottom end of the word, OW!! :roll:
March 24, 2022 at 19:45
Fool.
March 24, 2022 at 19:42
Lemme take a stab at it. Anatta! Buddhism negates itself - it has no essence that we could grasp, that would persist and in that sense jibes with Witt...
March 24, 2022 at 19:41
Wittgenstein's mysticism? Hopefully not an undiagnosed brain tumor! :grin:
March 24, 2022 at 19:35
Hypotheses are always about coherency. They are never proven true. One selects, according to some predefined criteria, the true best hypothesis.
March 24, 2022 at 19:31
:up:
March 24, 2022 at 19:28
What's the latest on the JWST? Will it radically transform our understanding of the universe, ourselves?
March 24, 2022 at 19:24
We have to fill in the gaps, principle of charity; Trolls, a different tale.
March 24, 2022 at 19:22
As far as I can tell, there's no point in reinventing the wheel. Nevertheless, there's a premium on innovation.
March 24, 2022 at 19:21
Philosophy: forgetting to live while trying to find out how to live? Replace "i" in live with "o" and it still makes sense.
March 24, 2022 at 19:17
:up:
March 24, 2022 at 19:15
It's clearly not of any real interest to you. Look at the time...tempus fugit!
March 24, 2022 at 19:09