Caldwell

No statistics needed. These are observations by the scholars who made it their business to analyze what's happening. I may or may not agree. And again...

The analogy to a physical machine is apt, though. As you noted, machines breakdown, and so do political structures. Machines can function like well-oi...

Yes, I would cherish that person. Mainly because many of us, if not all, have questions that cannot be answered by buying material things, or making i...

lol. No. One couldn't think like that if they're entangled in a cycle of greed. Greed is an affliction. There should not be a confusion as to what gre...

Yeah, well, tell that to Foucault and the likes. Apparently, the apparatus is in all of our lives.

I think so. The length of time one must do a particular activity in one sitting requires patience. If one works full day, as oppose to half day, I gue...

Do you mean Google? I don't know if it's a he or a she or an it, but don't people cherish it as the source of all answers?

Could be. Good intuition.

Sorry, in my last post, I meant to say option B.

There is no "who", the apparatuses are automatic -- like I said, even the actors in it are unaware of the machinations.

Analytical theory is just such that. An analysis is called that because there is an attempt to piece together not just a belief (as beliefs are in con...

Do you know people like that in your life? In both camps? I do.

Foucault was often credited for the conception "apparatus", I think. So let's settle on that. What repulsed the readers, if not the scholars, of polit...

Can you try to describe it better? I'm still not getting what you're trying to explain. Not a criticism. I just need to understand it better.

It looks like time is the essence of patience, so yeah, option A requires more patience in a sense that the length of time to arrive at your goal is l...

Both requires patience. Efficiency shouldn't be a "criticism" against patience. Saving time shouldn't diminish the value of patience.

I don't know how to answer your question.

Here's a copy-pasted brief from Grief: A Brief History of Research on How Body, Mind, and Brain Adapt by Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD: There are other e...

Schopenhauer amplifies suffering -- like a caricature-- to make his point. So, it is a skewed view. What he forgets is that humans have the capacity t...

Act according to your nature -- your family, if they're good people, will acknowledgment that not everyone is the same. Be adaptable to what you think...

I think this needs more explanation. Memory was responsible for the rise of civilization -- so, when we say memory is unreliable, we need to explain i...

In a system where you can leave it behind and go somewhere else, doing the right thing while in that system benefits that corrupt system.

Cutting remarks are always made to bring a person a few notches down. It is hurtful and always personal. Insults, when done cleverly, can make another...

Sarcasm is not the same as an insult. Sarcasm is not necessarily disrespectful. In fact, it is one of the staples of a lively argumentation. It also h...

It depends. If I could take it along with family members and friends, yes, I would. Otherwise, I would continually form a family, meanwhile thinking b...

lol. Yes.

That is why this scenario, "choice" of action among available alternatives is not necessarily an ethical one. It is one of practicality -- "either you...

As this is a question of morality, according to the author, I will answer accordingly. I will get the consensus of all, including the fat man. I under...

Yeah let them experience the natural attachment to their mom. They're kids!

So you haven't got them.

What's goin' on here?

Yes, each one's interpretation of practical reality -- or practical life -- depends, for a good portion, on ones' mind. But it is not necessarily true...

Good take! It surely does not.

I don't think it's about emotional intelligence, although this is a good characteristic to have. Primal fears and instincts will be with us so long as...

Do you mean... imagination?

Wow! Are they pygmy goats?

Why is it always about capitalism? We can have capitalism and install fairness and equity as safety valves.

We can bring this down to practical matters. One of the things to ask yourself about being let go from your job is "Was I treated fairly?" Instead, ma...

The love of money is the root of all evil -- St. Paul

And that is the explanation for "what is clear and easily comprehended attracts".

I believe you are mistaken. My argument is that you cannot arrive at your conclusion cause there's something missing still that you have not put an ef...

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I do not assume that you rule out the possibility of the existence of intelligent life. I read from your argument that it is Instead of arguing from t...

Point of view is necessarily from a single vantage point -- not many. Multiple points of view can exist, but not in a single vantage point. This is a ...

This is true, indeed. And we have around the world villagers and communities existing, living, using their skills passed from generations to create/pr...

Bakunin never really gave a reason for why isolation is selfish. I re-read back the quote you provided, there's nothing there to explain why he thinks...

Yes, I'm not arguing against this. The question of why isolate oneself from the rest is a matter of looking within ourselves for answers, as it seems ...

Welcome, TaySan! Good specialty combination. This is a good way to take breaks.

Not bad as a view. Interacting is sharing your thoughts and gestures with others. If one chooses isolation, the question is why. Not enough introspect...

I'm not sure whether he was equating "aloneness" to loneliness -- cause in ordinary understanding the two can be exclusively defined. One can be in th...