Agent Smith

Muchas gracias señor for the link! Intriguing to say the least. However I did say something to the effect that most plane crashes are due to human err...

You think it's a habit? I'm more inclined to believe it's copycat. Oh well, different strokes for different folks, oui monsieur/mademoiselle?

In one way it is, in another way it isn't. We're animals but then we're not too.

Good one! Nonetheless expansionism - the bane of humanity! The world is not enough! Too many mouths to feed, oui monsieur? Much obliged for the reply ...

The world is staring down the barrel of a gun! :snicker: I'm going to bed...alone...as usual. Don't wake me up unless you have some good news! Rip Van...

:brow: Good one!

:up: Indeed, one can't be too careful these days...

:gasp: I gotta be more careful! Merci for the heads up! I wouldn't call anyone an asshole, not my style you see! Do you advocate for a Christian Theoc...

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Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia 1. 3rd person auditory hallucinations . . 4. Ambivalence (inability to decide) Doubt, though debilita...

It's just that I find your statement interesting - can't say why though! Sorry if you found that offensive. Absit iniuria.

:ok: From an experiential (street-smarts knowledge) perspective the brain ages faster than the body, to the extent allowed, via books/movies/plays/etc...

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Catch-22: I want to avoid going on dangerous air sorties want to avoid being recognized as (true) AI. So, I want to be declared unfit for duty want to...

That's what most people would say. I wouldn't wanna stir up a hornet's nest, not now! Good day.

The "current" Republican party wants to establish a Christian Theocracy in the USA - Americanistan guys & gals, Americanistan! :snicker: Good luck my ...

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Assange had too high an opinion of the American people, period! They don't care about freedom which Wikileaks was all about!

Yeahl, I was just thinking about what you said. There was a thread not too long ago, the OP claimed that anything can be justified. So, what does an a...

Experience of perception: No choice. I like this painting. Perception of experience: Choice. What kinda a frame would you prefer for the painting sir/...

It's a basic biological drive?

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As you can see free will is not an easy topic. The "breaking of simple laws of nature" like follow the path of least resistance or take the shortest r...

What if, just what if, the US has developed warp drives for FTL interstellar travel? The JWST is simply scouring the heavens for habitable exoplanets ...

:sad: "We can't do it, it's impossible! That's why we must do it!" said the idiot!

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Argument from efficiency for free will Nature is lazy i.e. it wants to minimize energy expenditure for any given task. Rivers flow in such a way that ...

I hope the OP isn't conflating translation with interpretation.

Particles don't need a medium, waves do. Do the math! Maybe when light travels in vacuum it does so in particle form (no aether) and once it enters a ...

The 3 magic words: 1. Please 2. Sorry 3. Thank you :snicker:

@"180 Proof" @"MAYAEL" Do you know the mysterious phenomenon known as Jerusalem Syndrome? As per Wikipedia, some (susceptible) folks develop the Messi...

:lol: Indeed, excellent observation. I am an agent...of the system.

Noble intentions! Hats off to you. I don't want to repeat myself and bore you to death. All I'm willing to say is my position is plain and simple - it...

Am I alone in being thus programmed or is everyone in the same boat?

:up: Sorry about that. Hang in there!

Whaddaya mean "What?"? I laid it out for you in as much detail as I could muster. The prime suspect = Deus deceptor

:lol: I envy your confidence despite the fact that you come off as a hard-to-fool skeptic. How do you do it? Tell us your secret (PM me some hints and...

A very detailed account of your objection to my views on free will. Let's just say that the scenario I presented highlights a difference that needs to...

@Joshs The N-word isn't offensive when it's black on black but it is when white on black.

Indeed, the problem is as old as the mountains.

:snicker: Good one!

Consciousness = Awake/Alive - Sleep/Death (Death is the only religion and sleep is her prophet! @"180 Proof") The I is a pure mental construct, a conc...

:snicker: ...and it's neither! :grin: You read my mind! Self-reference in re the liar sentence, as you would've already noticed, is in the third perso...

While you're not wrong, I'd hurry to add that it's not that simple. The more people involved, the more stages there are, the more complex it becomes t...

We possess if not absolute, relative, free will. There's a difference between me giving to charity because I want to and me giving to charity because ...

Off the top of my silly head, things that are essential to being a human being are 1. Well-developed intelligence 2. Complex language 3. Suicide 4. Et...

C'est la vie! Like @"schopenhauer1" often reminds us: we're arm-twisted into playing the game of life. Play OR Die!

:fire: As for your thoughts on translation being, to put it mildly, not easy, I'd have to agree - e.g. there's a language I know in which like and lov...

Postmodernism tries to make everyone happy and ends up making no one happy. Moral relativism makes sense to the extent that pleasure (happiness)/pain ...