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['Member']Joined: December 27, 2022 at 09:33Last active: July 29, 2023 at 21:591 discussions24 comments

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I am a straight homo sapien tying to come to terms with my mortality.

Wandering through space and time, trying to fit into the grand scheme of things.

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Chaos Magic

July 29, 2023 at 07:51 54 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

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In: Chaos Magic  — view comment
July 29, 2023 at 21:13
In: Chaos Magic  — view comment
Muhalo. Muhalo, you too, for as they say, you never step into the same river twice. Maybe that can be an 8th principle of the tuna. What channel is th...
July 29, 2023 at 20:47
In: Why isn't there a special page for solipsists?  — view comment
I found one. Click the "You" tab. Far as I can tell, only I can post there.
July 29, 2023 at 13:46
In: What do we know absolutely?  — view comment
There is an absolute. But I don't know anything about it.
July 29, 2023 at 12:49
In: Chaos Magic  — view comment
Thanks I'm not sure where to go from there.
July 29, 2023 at 12:44
In: Is a prostitute a "sex worker" and is "sex work" an industry?  — view comment
I'm not sure if that means sex is an institution or that sex can be viewed from the perspective of institutions.
July 28, 2023 at 22:48
In: Is a prostitute a "sex worker" and is "sex work" an industry?  — view comment
Sex necessarily involves work from at least one participant. Why would sex be an industry? You mean sex for money? If so, how could it not be an indus...
July 18, 2023 at 11:23
In: Science as Metaphysics  — view comment
Science is a method, an approach, of studying a subject. Its not a subject or a tradition. To claim any field or tradition is the sole possessor of th...
May 29, 2023 at 05:57
In: Incels. Why is this online group becoming so popular?  — view comment
Daryl Davis, a black musician, appears to have an approach that works for him. I've read that he convinced 200 KKK members to disrobe, one by one, thr...
May 27, 2023 at 07:04
In: The Most Dangerous Superstition  — view comment
As far as I know the word 'plutocracy' does not refer to a formal system of government, which may be why you nor I know of any examples of formal plut...
May 26, 2023 at 09:47
In: The Most Dangerous Superstition  — view comment
What we have around the world appears to be a plutocracy. The rich control the governments in every nation, don't they? The middle and lower classes, ...
May 24, 2023 at 20:46
In: The Most Dangerous Superstition  — view comment
I like what George Carlin said, something to the effect "We have over thirty options for ice cream, but two choices for president".
May 24, 2023 at 17:02
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGMJPQNZ34&pp=ygUKV29lIHRvIGFsbA%3D%3D
May 24, 2023 at 11:48
In: Will Science Eventually Replace Religion?  — view comment
I see science as the way to study a subject. If history isn't science, how come we accept certain historical events as facts? Physical studies has the...
May 10, 2023 at 11:09
In: Will Science Eventually Replace Religion?  — view comment
Both break things down and put things together. Science does so with external phenomena and "religion" (in its ideal form) does so with internal pheno...
May 07, 2023 at 04:41
In: Will Science Eventually Replace Religion?  — view comment
The opposite of science is art. Religion is one form of art. The science of knowledge vs the art of intuition. One breaks things down. Reduction. Dedu...
May 06, 2023 at 12:05
In: Ontological arguments for idealism  — view comment
Do you mean I equivocate POV (concept) with viewing (perception)? How those relate and which one is primary is another difficult question. On the othe...
April 13, 2023 at 10:46
In: Ontological arguments for idealism  — view comment
I try to prove idealism "via negativa" by demonstrating the incoherence of materialism. Idealism acknowledges that all points of view depend on viewin...
April 12, 2023 at 15:12
In: Is progress an illusion?  — view comment
Progress means forward movement toward a destination. I would like to add toward an innately good destination. Cancer can progress. But cancer progres...
March 24, 2023 at 07:14
In: Is Atheism Significant Only to Theists?  — view comment
This would mean that Judaism sprang from a belief in God. But not everyone who believes in God makes an ideology out of it It could be that the tenden...
February 03, 2023 at 00:15
In: Is Atheism Significant Only to Theists?  — view comment
Theists can also have a Platonic, Buddhist, or animistic world view. Some would say unless you subscribe to classical theism, you are an atheist. But ...
February 01, 2023 at 07:16
In: Is Atheism Significant Only to Theists?  — view comment
A theist view at the minimal end is that God is a sensible proposition, and at the maximum end that God is the necessary foundation of all things. An ...
January 31, 2023 at 08:53
In: What is the root of all philosophy?  — view comment
The recognition of and resultant desire to resolve bewilderment and sorrow at their psychological origin
January 27, 2023 at 10:01
In: Yes man/woman  — view comment
Do you think the experiment would go the same in the East? In a small rural village or tribal community? I hope the experiment reflects the depravity ...
January 16, 2023 at 14:17
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