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There's an analysis here.

Rituals are often meaningless, like shaking hands or throwing a sword into a field to declare war. Is there a ritual that isn't meaningless on its own...

The other day they showed Ukrainian soldiers taking a bunch of Russian soldiers as prisoners. I was a little horrified that the Ukrainians were going ...

Losing ground in terms of population is stressful. A labor shortage appears. The labor that does exist can make bigger demands.

This is not true. China is an economic powerhouse ascending to superpower status. Russia has now lost its status as regional power and its economy is ...

I suppose they could engineer some sort of Hundred Years War, but their main ally, quickly becoming their master, is China. It will be Xi's call wheth...

Well, they're losing previously taken positions, they're running out of troops, they've lost face with their allies. I mean, it looks like they're los...

A lot of countries have close to zero population growth. It turns out that when women have the option to get educated and have careers, the growth rat...

It's pretty clear that Russia is losing this war. Exit strategy is what they should be thinking about. This was a disaster for Russia.

Population definitely amplifies the problem. Ok, but so what? How does that impact the way we address the issue?

Why are they doing an emotion inquisition? And why was she given orders to do it? Isn't she the commander in chief?

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I agreed with some of that and disagreed with other parts, but overall: :up:

Politicians exploit a longing for truth. If everyone was a postmodern philosopher, people like Trump would be screwed because everyone would start wit...

Yes, we can't delete "behind" from the English language. Our philosophy super powers aren't that strong. :groan:

I tried it with dried cranberries for pomegranate and brown rice for couscous. :up:

What's the logical argument?

You're right. There's a certain kind of lifestyle that's putting out CO2 way out of proportion to other forms. Yet the difference between lifestyles o...

#1 gives us an image of time as something digital, or pulsing. Existence only applies to the present. The past is gone and future is imaginary. #2 if ...

Yet you have neither empirical nor logical proof. That's the interesting part.

Well, there you have it.

Is it a matter of christening? Could I christen yesterday at 10:30 pm "now"?

Especially if you don't do any philosophical musing.

Sure. You know there's "stuff" behind you. That's a model.

That's a word game. There's only one now.

Every single 'now'? Have you ever experienced more than one?

You can't do that continuously though. As I mentioned, the knowledge that there is space behind you is probably a priori because you can't doubt it. I...

The question isn't about whether there's a world. It's about whether there's anything behind you.

I don't think it's possible to doubt that there is space behind me. I apparently know that there is space a priori. But as for objects occupying that ...

Here's an interesting quote from Carnap: "Einstein said the problem of the Now worried him seriously. He explained that the experience of the Now mean...

It's some sort of alien technology meant to promote intelligence.

You've demonstrated that it's possible to doubt it. That shows that the knowledge most be a posteriori. Yet, if you haven't seen it, what experience d...

The term "paper tiger" has appeared in a number of articles. It seems Putin has screwed up, probably irreversibly. I think the US has helped China fil...

@"Joshs" Can you explain the difference?

With this one war, Putin has undermined Russia's position as a regional power. China is in the process of taking the role Russia once had. Al Jazeera

Missing women, this by Michelle Kohler, :smile: https://shoutoutcolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/c-MichelleKohler__Enduringsmall_1623176228572....

I understand. Thanks!

By "scientific", I meant according to the way biologists use the word. Nevertheless, it's held up as an ideal on a large portion of the earth. The que...

The definition of monogamy I've been using is scientific: it's a bonded pair.

Historically patriarchs had multiple wives, so why do you say this is the source of monogamy? How did monogamy evolve out of polygamy?

I think it's apparent that we have done that to some extent. The question I got hooked on was: why? Why monogamy? But you touched on some else I thoug...

We could ask them if it's like being Sisyphus: all that effort to cut it, only to have it grow right back.

Among socializing mammals the norm is competition for social dominance between males and separately between females. The difference is that the among ...

I agree. The OP simply starts with the news that our biology suggests that we should have reduced monogamy. What's going on with us that we've made mo...

As I said, those who can't use Google Scholar are screwed, in a number of ways.

A lot of the people in Genesis practiced polygamy. Maybe because war killed the men?

I provided it to those who are capable of searching Google Scholar. Those who can't are just screwed. :victory:

Monogamous animals are usually sexually monomorphic. We're dimorphic, so our monogamy is unusual. This is explained in the OP.

And this is another Homo Sapiens anomaly. Studies show that we look directly into one another's eyes more than other primates do. I don't want to read...

This is why the topic intrigues me. The fact that males and females are dimorphic reminds us of our basic earthly makeup. Our ideas about monogamy are...