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Hmm, almost all very reasonable and difficult points. Understand. I guess, as an empirical consideration, sure, that may not have happened otherwise -...

Likewise, but this: struck me as inherently plausible as a PM position, but inherently implausible as a serious position per se. Im not sure how it co...

Very much so. Its quite novel, and seems like a bit of a dead-end in the development of philosophical ideas insofar as no one picked up his threads, f...

Thanks for that - really interesting delve into pheromonal theory there. All new for me to chew on, and as you note, relates pretty squarely with my p...

It sure can - but on my view it’s not caused by the question. The response is caused by something the person responding. I Can’t grok the causal relat...

Really appreciate the full, thoughtful and in some ways crushing response :lol: Explanation by implication being that its a different requirement to f...

Hmm.. in the B&E example, the assault consists in their act. Not the response to it. So, i see nothing absurd there. Elicit was a better word, but the...

This seems an externality and not a result of the act. Asking a question doesn't determine anything as response to it. Invites? Sure. Does not cause a...

I like it. A tentative comment i'd make, at risk of upsetting some of the more stringently critical here, is that its entirely possible we in fact do ...

I don't think 'very' is justified here. They only seem to be different by virtue of volume, and not really behaviour. That's an entire study on it's o...

Diagnosis, I would think.

Still working through this. A Doozy if ever there was one.

I think, from spending time in both Muslim and devout Christian communities, I think 'righteousness' is a more apt motivator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fx8LprPMIU New single out from Pearl Jam. Bit of a return-to-form imo. I have a feeling its a Matt Cameron number, an...

you lie, you get called out. MO it seems. If you hadn’t lied, you’d have nothing to say.

Hi 180, Am very over pretending you deserve politeness. Either you cannot read, or you're the most obtuse, dishonest person on this forum. Pretending ...

I think the problem is one illustrated, interestingly, by another two threads here currently (50 year old man...(Lounge) and Argument against Post-Mod...

Do you mean their real-world persona? If so, feel free to make a comment. I assume there isn't much daylight between them here, versus Twitter or FB.

Trivially? I can't get on that train, unfortunately. Well, its the fundamental question we need to asnwer before building policy, so its actually extr...

I disagree, and it seems pretty clear that almost every society shares some similar characteristics - even if you're going to take it by stages. Nomad...

Fair enough - I guess i was Socratizing an enquiry as to why it appears a large number of posters here take HUmans to be somehow out of evolutionary m...

Gonna be hard to get past this, with ideology. Having never once denied any piece of data put forward by Chris or Mikie, the response was to paint me ...

I believe this answers (inter alia..): The other, more important, is that it is integrative. Generally, other vices can't readily be incorporated into...

hahahaha, true

I think its more than is being allowed, on some of the conceptions in this thread, though. Reading a passage from North-Whitehead this morning struck ...

Is a fact of life. Its a shame that there are entire political discourses that think biology is not a determining factor in almost all behaviour, or t...

This isn't addressed by the quote that comes after. The quote seems to merely reduce hte benchmark of "empirical investigation" to that of phenomena, ...

I think its likely we are speaking the same metaphysical language here, but i can see i'm working from imprecise uses of those two words as i can find...

Hasn't this been the MO of colonialism, historically? It sort of gives hte space to behave in colonial ways. But, you're right that its at least a som...

LMAO, yeah, and I'll take it. But I did not come here to have my appearance assessed by anyone. I had actually very, very much hoped Athena would enga...

I’m not going to pretend I have a clue - but at face value, colonialism.

100%. I spent a couple of pages badly trying to get that across a while ago. Cest la vie

:ok:

nah, the T was a mistake. I mean to say that you’re trying to talk about other peoples humour…

I thinn your response is parochial in some sense. Those parameters will only meet your humour benchmark. For others, it will be different t

I think I just need to leave you in your box.

and that’s a very, very good reason to reject that position.

Absolutely fantastic post; and I thank you immensely for hte tone and nature of it. To this point, I'm with you. I am about 99.5% sure that actual obj...

I think they are required skills to enjoy life, and "take it as it comes". Though, recognizing them can be difficult.

Oh for sure. 7/10 posters I think are normal people. The other 3 (on avg) are the same 3 I would pick out of a house party as the obnoxious ones. The ...

Systematic investigation of non-empirical matters. Kind of a joke, huh? LOL

Heh - I am barely a fledgling - I just post a lot because I am able to, and am currently studying so it's useful. Plenty of regular users have been he...

Ah. Well. There's me not knowing about that. LOL

[ I've met plenty. On avg (wrt my mental states), i side with climate activists at-base. The world is cool, and not ruining it seems like a good idea ...

It was a joke. Sorry lol, wasn't very good. Thought an entirely uninterested and never-related left-fielder would get a chuckle.

Yes, I updated this with the recent statement from Bibi about 'total victory'. I've now seen a few I take to be ridiculous. Thank you.

*shrug* If that's what you 'see', fair enough :)

My experience off this forum has me tending toward thinking the poison is quite well contained here :)

Luxemburg.

Hey mate, It seems we are closer to each other's position that most others in this thread. I want to avoid getting into some kind of pissing match bec...