As an atheist, my answer would be 'I don't know' and then I would give my credence level for each currently popular posit such as: god - 0.00000001% c...
Evil is a personal judgement and a personal manifestation, as well as an interpretation based on the notions of morality held by individuals or based ...
I am glad you confirm that these are 'moments' and not permanent immutable states. I disagree that your hypothetical is pragmatic, as a pragmatist wou...
So, why do you choose a hypothetical that excludes the possibility of achieving truth AND happiness? To me, that's a mad mans hypothetical and belongs...
But is your main driver for choosing one against the other based on suffering? You are presenting the cost of gaining truth as increased suffering and...
He is just Alice who sometimes visits wonderland and meets a wicked queen called agent Smith. The switcheroo was just that Alice starts off in wonderl...
So your main complaint is about 'excessive' individual suffering that is present in our 'real' world. This is 'uninvited' and 'unwelcome' suffering. I...
The plot of the first movie does not suggest that life in the matrix 'gives you everything you want and ever could want.' In fact, I think that's what...
I find this categorisation of field types helpful: 1. Scalar fields, these describe spin-0 particles such as the Higgs boson. 2. Spinor fields, these ...
I am beginning to think you are merely teasing and you wont change your Bitter and Cranky handle. What is the connection between your bitter and crank...
Ah, ok! There are a lot of good suggestions, using words from your own post for your new handle. Longstanding Commonfront Allied CatchAll Accordingto ...
I was never a beatles or a stones fan, group style or individually but I like quite a few of John Lennon's songs. I'm an old Elvis man! Oh, he definit...
Yeah, not bad, perhaps if I were Jewish I would have found it much funnier. :sweat: What the hell are they saying for the 5th day. 'To hell with.....w...
Some of you might find this interesting. There is a online call in show which is youtube based, called the trans-atlantic call in show. You can call i...
Don't forget (and I'm sure you have not) the personal lack of 'means of exchange' situations (or abject poverty and disenfranchisement) currently bein...
I think we broadly agree except in the 'order of events.' I don't think we have to completely 'sort out the Earth and globally unite as a species,' be...
What is not superfluous and never will be is nurturing people and not profits. Not nurturing people and nurturing profits more is the reason why most ...
Careful, do you really want to be accused of preferring total shit such as Paul McCartneys frog chorus over John Lennons seminal 'imagine?' https://yo...
'What's in a name?' Is always an interesting question. I would suggest a 'name' is just a label but it's a label based on human intellect. You make cl...
Ouch again! You continue your onslaught like a mad shadow all wacked out on scooby snacks! I will task the technomages to come out of their hiding pla...
No, Babylon 5, since it first came out! The Vorlon main question 'Who are you?' The Shadows main question 'What do you want?' https://youtu.be/jfj2Cos...
I am not expecting interstellar warp speed or spore drive capable spaceships, matter transporters and food replicators anytime soon, I agree, but a mo...
I am glad you agree that 'capitalists' believe themselves above those in 'economy' class and their kind invented a 'superior' class of travel, for the...
Have you ever travelled in an aeroplane? Having a pie in the sky is nothing nowadays! All human achievements start with humans thinking about what wou...
I am hoping we will have removed capitalism by then and money and we will be a global and united planet. I think these all handshake with each other. ...
Lot's of extraterrestial resources that would help humans here but we have to go and get them. So, if you don't fancy that then what's all the extra s...
:lol: Your philosophy of Hogmanay is interesting, deep, nuanced, slightly esoteric and a bit mental. Alnoseeyaramorranite! So, Happy New Year! ra morr...
I am just happy if I can still speak by the time the bells come, to be able to say 'Happy New Year!' Why would the fact that the Scots are more accura...
I refer you to my response to BC: Yeah, I would only go swimming in the sea, in full diving gear with air tanks strapped to my back and a supporting r...
:clap: Soooooooooooo true! and we have Hitchens: "What we have here, picked from no mean source, is a distillation of precisely what is twisted and im...
:clap: Well said Lawrence, for what would we truly be? A mere entertainment. A purpose for a purposeless, ineffable omnipotent whose existence is comp...
The universe is vast and complex but what does that matter without a creature such as us that can feel 'awe' and 'wonder' when we ponder it? We are al...
https://youtu.be/H6LVI1gDswg One day, I hope you will run into the arms of atheism and we will be your man. Free at last Gregory! Hallelujah! Free at ...
At least you are both showing interest in supporting tech that will facilitate humans existing outside this nest planet of ours. You support what to m...
Many Scottish island beach scenes are used in travel mags all over the world. Some even pretend to be exotic locations when they are in fact pictures ...
I was never a football fan, but even I would answer Pele, if asked who was the greatest footballer ever. I don't know if that speaks well for Pele or ...
Many methods are under consideration, how about a space elevator, then you don't need to speed up to 44.000 kph! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
:clap: Also look at how religious groups (especially the evanhellicals) target third world countries. Science tries to bring education to those who ne...
I see you continue to refuse to answer the questions posed by Tom and now me, regarding your personal experiences that brought you to your faith in yo...
Yeah, I would only go swimming in the sea, in full diving gear with air tanks strapped to my back and a supporting rescue team nearby. Glad you surviv...
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