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I see your point.

Ideas drive human activity? I'm happy to hear you say that. I believe that to an extent it's true. The recent marches for gun control are an example. ...

Why did trump undermine the EPA? Because of the principle of rational self interest? No. He's a demagogue. His base suffers from economic uncertainty....

And you just did it. You wanted to de-hitch the topic from practicality and then you brought up practical concerns (such as the world we inherited). D...

Love is the basis of all morality. Love for oceans and forests flourishes among those who have been emancipated from hunger. There is no evil ideology...

When you get rich and famous, hire a secretary to deal with it. Until then soldier on. If you were traveling through the amazon, would you complain th...

You get what you pay for. Quality doesn't usually come cheap.

There's nothing radical about the idea of stewardship. The idea that we have an obligation to reduce the size of the human population also isn't parti...

I think you first have to show that concepts even partially reduce to language use (before you ask what else?)

Well put.

I didn't know that about the variation in the editor's functionality. Thanks. Bitter Crank's point is well taken that the super wealthy will probably ...

:) I missed that thread: Do you know CPR?

Santorum says students should learn CPR instead of marching. Republicans got to be proud of that guy.

I'm not sure that defining belief as ad hoc explanations really eliminates the need for mental and abstract objects. It just moves them from the front...

I was browsing information on that and came across this: http://www.synd.org/political-cartoons-carmody/_images/social-security-debate.jpg Hmm.

But today's conservatives support Social Security, don't they?

Then I misunderstood you. Sorry.

Both sides of the aisle agree that the government has a responsibility to intervene. It's just a matter of degree. Is that how you see it? Today's eco...

Millenials? I think they're more likely to drift left than right.

In order for the alt-right to become more mainstream, somebody has to convert. Who would that be?

He wouldn't have been elected were it not for the portion of blacks, latinos, and white women who voted for him. They watched David Duke endorse him a...

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Some methodological reductionism continues to be our baseline whether we know what's down at the lowest level or not. I think that's the answer to "wh...

Per the SEP, old school conservatism says to take only small measures no matter how bad things look. 'Don't intervene' is the rule. Conservatives didn...

This is why it's confusing: strictly speaking, conservatives aren't supposed to support change. "If it ain't broke don't fix it", as the SEP mentions....

Oops. I'm totally wrong.

"Right-wing" comes from the days of the French revolution. It's the free-market ideology. "Conservative" and "rightist" are frequently used interchang...

Thanks for the reference. You brought up a number of issues definitely worth a reply, but I'm not in a position to do the topic justice right now. In ...

Nietzsche, yes. I'm saying that the capitalist mindset is similar to master morality, but not identical to it.

I just noticed you were talking to me. If you select text from a post, a quote button will appear. Push the quote button. That will make it easier for...

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My own thoughts on the topic are a bit nebulous. My home base is Kant. Apokrisis seems to me to be giving voice to the critical ingredient (yin yang).

Sorry I missed your comment. I think Anderson is assuming some relationship which is in principle knowable. A modified Laplace's Demon could construct...

I doubt there would be much interest (beyond yours).

A possible fruitful avenue: to what extent is the world itself reasonable? Is it possible that it isn't? If it is, what does that imply? Background: t...

Are you experiencing deja vu? It's odd that the only way to say that in English is in French. ?

We have examples in Russia of how aversion to the concept of private property undermines industry. Since the workers think they own the factory, we ca...

Finished the article. Its conclusion is not anti-reductionist.

OK. :)

I just started looking at the article. If you've already read it, we could discuss why LaPlace's Demon would have a problem reconstructing the univers...

I wasn't laughing about people having to pay their way in chokey.

Why wouldn't she?

To some extent, yes. But for the most part the relationship is that capitalism occasionally breaks down. Socialism is imported as a fix.

They should assume that. Biologists are very successful operating under the assumption that biology is a branch of physics. I think it's purely a phil...

I love this photo. It's by Hengki Koentjoro. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hengki-6.jpg

I didn't know that. Why did you happen to know it? Do you have a particular interest in American history?

I'm pretty sure I'm missing the point of your question. Maybe you could expand. But my answer would be: it's an expectation that formed as a result of...

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Sorry. Continue your navel gazing.

Mississippi bans abortions post 15 weeks. I think the ideal time to have one is 12 weeks, so this law really shouldn't make much difference.