m-theory

thanks for pointing that out Bitter

You know I did not do my due diligence before I posted. The article does not site any source and I could find no such study in a google search.

I had not considered that there might be more of an emotional appeal. That is a rather good point.

I suppose another view might be conspiracy and that we are only given dumb candidate choices so that powers in the shadows can then manipulate those i...

I am concerned that it might also be a narcissistic thing. If you have inept leaders you can flatter yourself that if you were in charge you could do ...

Do you think that morons are elected because people are less threatened by them or because they are good at fooling others? Or is there some other rea...

Thanks

You also posted this and I was hoping you would get into the weeds a bit and delve into nuances you mention.

You will have to forgive me, as I said I was having trouble understanding. I was talking about this post in particular. I mistook it to mean there was...

Descriptively it would be more like. "it is believed that it a thing is right because the might makes it so"

I don't understand your position. For example if there is not a good formal definition for contradictions does this mean proofs by contradiction fail?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Ohio

Have you ever had a moral disagreement? Say for example a friend of yours did something that you believed was morally questionable. You understand why...

Food is not real, it is only an abstraction that many different things are edible.

That's an association fallacy.

Is it your belief that religion is the only way to have truths revealed about life and god?

You said religion reveals truths, about what? And I wanted to know how you know this is true. Was that a truth that religion revealed to you?

Truths about what? Do you know this because of religious revelation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R42mFx3_ss

Of course you are right. I just don't agree that is reasonable to argue that all goods can be made excludable. That to me is silly.

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/24-pics-prove-ken-m-greatest-troll-internet

sorry wrong thread

lol

Of course it is ridiculous to think it should be possible to enforce ownership of populations of fish in the ocean and you should feel shame for sugge...

I pointed out that the problem has come to be known as the problem of access because it has nothing to do with communal ownership it has to do with ac...

Right, being an ass will become it's own punishment because others will penalize us for such behavior.

That was my entire point. If you have rights and freedoms you are in control of how you respond to the behavior of others. And provided you do not inf...

Yes and I pointed out that the consequences tend to be that people will not trust if you lie, and people won't keep your company if you are insulting.

This makes no sense to me. How we respond to the behavior of others is completely within our control if our rights and freedoms are intact. For exampl...

What about Havens gate? They did not have super natural beliefs, but were they a cult or a religion? Do you have to have a large enough fellowship to ...

If you don't infringe upon the rights and freedoms of others you are not legally responsible for any harm.

They do not harm anybodies freedoms. There is an extent to which we can control our emotions though. And it is our responsibility to do so,

No this is the most sensible position to hold. It would be my fault for being upset, I am responsible for my own emotions. Your insults would have no ...

You thought the problem was common ownership, when in fact it was a problem of access and self interest. The problem occurs when all agents a) act in ...

You have not caused any harm unless you have violated my rights and freedoms. You imagine that words have some power over people that they do not. Wor...

So individuals are not qualified to manage their own emotional well being? Sorry I disagree. If you don't not violate a persons rights you are not res...

The best result is not always privatization because we are dealing with a problem of accesss. Take over fishing for example. Privately owned business ...

No being offensive does not violate anybodies rights. Lying does not violate anybodies rights. Blackmailing might be a violation of a person rights an...

Nonsense. Words might cause offense, but you have not violated any of my rights or freedoms in being a fowl mouth.

Again if you have not infringed upon the basic rights and freedoms of others you have not caused any harm.

I completely disagree. It would be objectively wrong to prevent people from defining for themselves what it means to flourish. The most effective way ...

To be flourishing is a thing that individuals should be able to decide for themselves. In a historical context individual rights have improved signifi...

Sugar britches. Just thought I would get in on the pet name action.

That reminds me another thing. An increase in individual freedom so that people can determine for themselves what it means to flourish.

Literacy

Actually that is kind of the point, privatization does not work with common resources as people will act in their own individual self interest which h...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tragedy-of-the-commons.asp

lol

Fossil fuels are a finite resource though. As the supply dwindles the cost of doing modern business will increase. I think it is good to develop more ...