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Do you not think that there aren't enough philosophers who had written volumes on social critique and human condition (economically, sociologically an...

LOL! You embody the good man, indeed! :grin:

Sorry, Garth, but I noticed that quite frequently, when there's a social critique in the OP, the road always ends in this question. Heck it doesn't ma...

The good ones are users of the world. :blush: Thank you for this topic, TC.

I like this. I don't see this contradicting what I said previously, though -- the good ones are always responsible for the good and bad things happeni...

There is no reciprocality in the true sense. If you look at statements 1 and 2, they're both jobs for the good man. In both statements, arrows point o...

You have created a non-problem. There are satisfaction and contentment in the world. Your diet of social media must have made you question this. Or so...

It is always the responsibility of the good ones to take care of the good and bad things happening in the world.

First, I think we need to nail down what we're talking about. Are we talking about scientific empiricism, or metaphysical empiricism, which might be c...

That isn't actually real? In what way the law of gravity isn't real?

Assumptions are good. They don't violate any philosophical or scientific principles. The issue lies in equating assumptions with the universals. Philo...

This is an assertion, which by all intents and purposes, claims to know something about thinking. So, honestly, I can't agree with the above either. I...

I'd like to give credit to the first responders to this thread. Sorry if this sounds like a pun. hehe. But they have given good explanations as to why...

Less ownership for long-term assets like homes, I guess. Portable consumer technologies might have already replaced the old-fashioned pride -- as long...

I think we're losing signal here. What's a perfect wold to you?

But you are skewing what we call happiness by equating "made peace with" with contentment. A dying person goes through stages of the process of dying ...

Okay, I agree. These are issues we must take into consideration. But going back to the point, given a choice -- do we want to take care of old people ...

I disagree. Rationalization is much a strategy to remedy a situation. "Has made peace with them" is not gonna cut it for this happiness -- this is not...

Oh my, where to begin. First off, I'm happy to know that our members responding to this thread embody this: I will not quote them all, but the above s...

"What's the biggest lie you were conditioned with" Intelligence is set.

Talks of compassion is not one for debate. As the replies here show and perhaps in your own personal experiences prove. No one argues against compassi...

We have studies to turn to for topics like this. If you look at profiles of people working well into their 80s and early 90s -- by working, I mean, ga...

I believe it hasn't been thrown away. But compassion is often done in silence -- not broadcasted. It also very often, if not always, starts on a perso...

Define complexity, please. Examples do not replace definitions.

To be fair, I think the test ultimately should rest on choices available, then we could see how differences in outlook reflect on how people treat the...

I didn't know this.

Sorry, Fool, but this is painful. Aren't we defining complexity with abandon here?

There is another issue, often ignored, about determinism. And that is, determinism is actualism. This is simply a misunderstanding. We can talk about ...

Do you mean unstable?

Surely some of us don't need that vaccine. haha! :blush:

The will to live. Or what @"unenlightened" alluded to. The default stance is that we go on living. So, if our thoughts deviate from this default, we w...

I disagree vehemently! Vagueness is a normal feature of philosophical discussion, laziness is not. Within the realm of philosophical discussion, we ca...

Ah, logical arguments are necessarily concise, but use 1) definitions--"to organize things is to physically arrange them by date, color, usefulness, e...

Absolutely not. But are we talking "vague" now?

You can use the measure of time, as well, to argue for why organizing your daily tasks makes logical sense -- you have 24 hours a day, so apportion ti...

There are other things implied in a "lazy philosopher". C'mon man, we are discussing philosophically here. Saying, we can bring everything to agreemen...

And therein lies the misplaced belief about philosophy. Philosophy thrives in pointing out distinction, in defining a domain, in laying foundation, ev...

Seriously, dude, this is contradiction at its best! Philosophize and standardized test? Which one? You can't have both!

I've heard once there is something good even in a bad person who tries hide his evil ways. I think it's in reference to the idea that a truly bad pers...

I think putting it this way is meandering away from the point of this thread. A man paid a $100k for a sports BMW equipped with saving the life of a d...

I can construe this either way -- do you mean bots or humans? Truth is, they could create the most realistic AI in all appearances but eventually our ...

Yeah death by sterilization. First, let's make sure that the mods themselves are not bots. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, we can think of ...

By the power of clear talking, please make your post easier to understand. Please explain.

And therein lies the gist of your post. Forgetting the pesky details of money cause of the big picture. Is it really just association? Or the degree o...

Because there is such a thing as brain optimization! And optimization is a good thing! I don't need to know everything, just what I need to carry out ...

Comparison?

I wouldn't confuse generosity with altruism. Altruism is much more than generosity -- one is giving up something that truly sets him back: giving up a...

While I'd say it is misplaced to compare it to a living entity -- "living" here could be given a narrative of 'what caused it to come to life, and wha...

Hi fdrake. Happy new year. Not that I ever pay attention to your posts, :joke: , but really no need to say sorry -- you don't sound like a dick. The o...

No. First, the proof sought by scientific activities is not the philosophical principles aimed at in philosophy. While science deals with facts and di...