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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What we need, as far (artificial) intelligence is concerned, is what is described as the technological singularity - an exponential growth of intellig...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bill Gates' donations should be treated and appreciated as charity. No where does capitalism say that once you become wealthy, you have social respons...
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...
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)....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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'...
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...
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...
Have you ever driven through mountains? The curves that hug the slopes are actually straight then, oui? Gravity & the transgender movement, something ...
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...
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