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Good assumption! It's the same kind of logic in Cotard's delusion - I couldn't possibly have survived thaaat! (a major accident); ergo I don't exist.
September 04, 2022 at 20:07
A liar, eh? Do you mean to imply that to do good requires deception of some kind?
September 04, 2022 at 20:04
As far as I'm concerned "why did the chicken cross the road?" is a Zen koan. :cool:
September 04, 2022 at 19:15
It's all maya (illusion). :up:
September 04, 2022 at 19:06
If we, arguendo, accept only the 3 options in Lewis' trilemma, which would you say Jesus was - liar, lunatic, or lord?
September 04, 2022 at 19:05
1. Be mindful of one's mortality 2. The Golden rule, be good; try at least 3. Accept one's fate 4. Trying and failing is better than not trying at all...
September 04, 2022 at 19:01
Remember the dilution level is crucial - one molecule of the therapeutic agent in a volume the size of the solar system. In other words, nanoscale rev...
September 04, 2022 at 18:56
What's courage? I know it's one among the 4 cardinal virtues (fortitudo) - it seems I don't know what I don't have.
September 04, 2022 at 18:49
I sympathize with your views, China is communist in name only.
September 04, 2022 at 18:47
So you're asking me to "zoom out" to get an idea of what Holism is all about. That maketh sense!, I wonder though whether this conforms to the standar...
September 04, 2022 at 18:44
Lewis' Trilemma, though it draws a pro-Christian conclusion, is also a depressing account of the times we live in. Would you take it as a compliment i...
September 04, 2022 at 18:23
People are so afeared of communism that they wouldn't touch these ideologies with a barge pole. It's kinda a slippery slope fallacy but they want to p...
September 04, 2022 at 18:10
September 04, 2022 at 18:06
Pecunia non olet. :snicker: I'm not saying we should let injustice continue but I don't see an alternative; if there's one then it's communism OR capi...
September 04, 2022 at 17:56
What we need, as far (artificial) intelligence is concerned, is what is described as the technological singularity - an exponential growth of intellig...
September 04, 2022 at 17:46
In my humble opinion, under capitalism, 1. To get rich is ethical (equal opportunity). 2. To stay rich is unethical (you'll have to meddle in politics...
September 04, 2022 at 17:32
Well, I made it a point to stress on the necessity for improvement, but whether it's possible/not is an open question. We could at least try, but ther...
September 04, 2022 at 16:01
That would be great but it's my understanding that any changes to the forum has to be paid for. Isn't that how it/everything works? Found that out the...
September 04, 2022 at 15:28
:up:
September 04, 2022 at 15:26
Well, it does feel terrible to be at the bottom of the food chain. However, it seems to be the way nature works - its gotten us this far hasn't it? Yo...
September 04, 2022 at 15:20
Everything is a clock. I'd like you to, if possible, expand and elaborate that point. Muchas gracias in advance.
September 04, 2022 at 15:09
I still don't get it! I need another example of triviality to help me grasp the notion of trivializing. I read the Google definition and it says trivi...
September 04, 2022 at 12:37
I did agree that we need to ethicize economics as what some like yourself seem to be grumbling about is the injustice that seems baked into capitalism...
September 04, 2022 at 12:28
First of all, gracias for attempting to make me see the light. I feel capitalism is all about competition and it models evolution in my humble opinion...
September 04, 2022 at 11:45
OK!
September 04, 2022 at 11:03
Bill Gates' donations should be treated and appreciated as charity. No where does capitalism say that once you become wealthy, you have social respons...
September 04, 2022 at 11:02
As far as I'm concerned there's no fallacy. The interlocutor has caught you in a compromising position :snicker: with no one but yourself. First you g...
September 04, 2022 at 10:57
Well, it's a sad story, but to my reckoning, capitalism's selling point is that anyone and I mean anyone can become a Bill Gates (Owen in your story)....
September 04, 2022 at 10:49
I have no clue. I'm not so well-versed in economics.
September 04, 2022 at 10:25
Anything we value becomes our master and we its slave. On some occasions, we're willing to enter into such a relationship (healthy up to a point) and ...
September 04, 2022 at 10:02
I get the general idea, printing money \to inflation, but I don't understand the actual mechanism so to speak - there seems to be some intermediate st...
September 04, 2022 at 09:55
Money is anything that we value and yep, we're slaves to anything we value. That's how it works I'm afraid.
September 04, 2022 at 09:53
& the same legal restrictions. Fools! :snicker:
September 04, 2022 at 09:48
I need to read more. Fun fact: News media seems to be an educational program that's relatively cheap but also has credibility issues because reporting...
September 04, 2022 at 09:42
Great! You brought up contradiction. When I first encountered contradictions in real life, back when I was in my teens & later on, it was, now I reali...
September 04, 2022 at 09:22
Danke for the clarification. :up:
September 04, 2022 at 08:38
Pardon my obtuseness, but I still don't get monism. Lemme try and explain my bewilderment. Light means not dark and vice versa. So, my brain tells me,...
September 03, 2022 at 18:59
I somewhat agree - there's probably a natural selection pressure against aggression but I'm not quite sure how effective it is or even whether it isn'...
September 03, 2022 at 18:44
Roma uno die non est condita. Too bad, looks lime some of us won't live long enough to see the JWST data analyzed. How long will it take to get to the...
September 03, 2022 at 15:31
:up:
September 03, 2022 at 10:30
Good for you! Be careful out there ... homo homini lupus.
September 03, 2022 at 08:16
It is implied, oui monsieur? When you F your mommy, you F your daddy! Sisterf**ker lost its sting since incest of that sort is allegedly common in cer...
September 03, 2022 at 07:55
I know!
September 03, 2022 at 07:46
Have you ever driven through mountains? The curves that hug the slopes are actually straight then, oui? Gravity & the transgender movement, something ...
September 03, 2022 at 07:45
It is the beginning of the end, but it's too early to say! Criticism will mean certain death or life in a Chinese gulag or something like that! Yet, i...
September 03, 2022 at 07:39
:smile:
September 03, 2022 at 07:17
Quare?
September 03, 2022 at 07:16
I'm sorry, I can't explain it any better than I already have.
September 03, 2022 at 07:15