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I said its better to avoid spreading misinformation. You disagree? They do controlled burns for the fuel in the ground. Trump was apparently briefed b...

I dont know anybody who reasons this way. I think you're making stuff up.

[ A few lunatics representing environmental concern is not responsible for incidence of depression and suicidal ideation surrounding climate science a...

This made me laugh. I think you're right. I understand. More misinformation just leaves people not trusting anyone or over reacting. Better to not sho...

The climate science subreddit has a sticky directed to people who feel depressed or suicidal about climate change. That got me thinking about misinfor...

True.

A bacteria evolved in Japan that eats plastic. It was found at a plastic bottle recycling plant. But true, this time will be different. I agree there'...

Yep.

That's happened twice so far, and here we are. Civilization may be doomed to collapse (though we truly don't know if it will). Humanity isn't doomed. ...

Cruelty and ignorance. How do I know them when I see them? What cruel ignorance is bound up in Meno's Paradox? What in earth are you talking about? It...

Are we doomed to experience turmoil? Yes. If that's how you read "doomed," fine.

The US is influential by virtue if its military, it's economy, and it's culture. The US has no special influence over CO2 production. Meanwhile China ...

The US puts out less than 20% of total human generated CO2, so we aren't in control of that. Nobody is. It would be great if we followed China's lead,...

Doomed? How?

If Biden got it during the debate and gets really sick, he'll most likely survive till January. President Kamala!

The capacity for language is innate, as is a lion's capacity to bring down a zebra. Yes, that capacity is activated by social interaction, but a struc...

That's a horizontal plane of interaction. The vertical dimension is like this: When you arrive at a little wisdom, you may think of an old saying and ...

Originalism for dummies (like me): https://youtu.be/7yjTEdZ81lI

True. The source I saw said "next." Nina Totenberg says "new," so I was mistaken there, and I can see how you would interpret that as: "I don't want T...

I'm fine with it if she's a slug. I think most people are because they think they have to be in order to survive. Or maybe that's just an American thi...

It came to me while trying to fit the pieces together in a way that made sense. I don't really know why she didn't retire earlier. Why is it worthy to...

I think you're ruling out the possibility that she didn't have the underhanded amoral slug mentality that's so fashionable these days. Maybe she just ...

I believe there exists the possibility that it will be Trump. Did she have crystal ball or something?

Wow. Ask and you shall receive. :up:

That would be helpful, though.

Can you adjust for economic status?

Actually all she said was "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'” You added the "hopefully Biden". ...

Yes, the human heart is all unfathomable and what not. You cant deny that when she had a chance to bypass the electorate and act for political reasons...

I'm just saying that if manipulating the system for political reasons was a high priority for her, she would have retired when Obama had a chance to r...

Question: if RBG knew she could affect the make up of the court by retiring earlier, why didn't she? Was it because she didn't want to play politics? ...

I think that would be more expensive than morphine. Plus if it's a patient who can move around, she'd likely try to take the mask off when confusion s...

You're just annoyed that she's 10 times smarter than you. :razz:

Rationalizing is their superpower. The best challenge to Trump's election would be some C4 in a ballpoint pen. :fire:

A Republican acquaintance thinks the GOP will be looking for technicalities that were overlooked in years past. She will vote in person because she wa...

Definitely. His solution to the problem of evil is squirrelly. It's the same problem any kind of monist has. Plotinus' view was popular in Rome during...

It's not a normal election year. A lot of people are still self-isolating to protect themselves and their families. Voting early would be ideal for th...

I dont think you're disagreeing with the two sources I cited. You're saying that Aristotle's theory was better. Could be.

Plotinus' matter is devoid of form. It's also evil: "Considered abstractly and from within Plotinus' system it should be no surprise that matter is th...

It's all same shit different day with the crazy primates wobbling around on a rock that's rolling toward nowhere. Turn your attention to something awe...

Matter is privation of the Good isn't it? Matter is supposed to be somehow emergent. It would be cool to talk to him and get him to explain that. Its ...

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The One becomes the two. The two becomes the three. The three becomes the fourth which is the One. Van Gogh was cross-eyed. Betcha didn't know that.

Any time we talk about the One, duality is already on the scene because the intellect is operating. Any object of thought stands against a backdrop of...

But is the Good absolute? If matter is a privation of the Good, doesnt that mean the Good can show up in a partial way? If you mean Plotinus' solution...

Yea, but that's like Penguin level evil, maybe not quite at Joker level.

So wait. While we're expecting a bad flu season with covid on top, republicans are going to invalidate mail-in ballots in swing states. That's just ev...

So maybe assessing what would be accomplished by throwing out all the early votes? Could be. The place where I vote is a Greek Orthodox church. It won...

Representatives of the GOP are walking around asking people if they voted early. Why are they doing that?

I don't think you're interpreting it correctly. The message broadcast by police brutality and murder is that the police can get away with it because b...

I was thinking the Symposium or Phaedo.. For Plotinus the Good is associated with Nous, so why would he have to reconcile it with the One?