Are you familiar with determinism? Try to accept it as a worst case scenario, that your thoughts are pre-determined by ultimately external causes, but...
We can explore the immediate causes of your thoughts (see: research into neural networks and contemporary models of human cognition for more informati...
The first definition is the only one you need to worry about as it is the scientific definition... "Element" in the sense of "a macroscopic substance ...
Yes it's possible but it's not probable. It's massively unlikely. You should be more afraid of speeding cars than you are worried about deceptive demo...
We can test the strength of arguments through experimentation and empirical/observable evidence. If I say that smashing your last finger with a hammer...
Allow me to give you some emotional and practical reinforcement: I want you to envision that you are holding a steel hammer in your right hand, with y...
There may only be correlation between the color of apples and their ripeness, but so long as there is consistency, there will be utility. That we cons...
It tells you something about how it relates, or doesn't relate (separation/difference), to other objects, and if the colors change, that tells you som...
It also tells you that the object is not red, or blue, or yellow. If I place colored balls before you (two green and one red) your eyes will tell you ...
It doesn't dissolve the hard problem, though it does indicate that at least everything pertaining to consciousness but the hard problem is solvable. W...
The teleological argument for god seems to be a main source of interest in teleology in the first place. For example, bananas: https://www.youtube.com...
Suppose a 2 ton anvil is suspended precariously above your exposed toes, and you know the rope is about to break. Why would you move your toes out of ...
Let's see... I am eating this candy bar. Why? Because I like the taste. Why? Because that's how my body is built. Why? Because of evolution. Why? Beca...
I looked into this. Paul Joseph Watson (info wars editor) grabbed a ".gif" file from a conservative website (Daily Wire) and applied a "zoom". In all ...
You make humans sound like emotional sticks arbitrarily stuck in the muck (not wholly inaccurate). I think that when we are most vehemently and emotio...
But how can this ever be useful? If we could, hypothetically, impartially randomize the wealth and social status of every individual in society, we wo...
I have to be honest and say that I think you're on a theoretical island of your own. Merely equating disproportional outcomes with words like white pr...
This is a bit of a false dilemma. Just because anger, hate, and outrage propel us the fastest doesn't mean it's the most desirable or effective means ...
In my perhaps biased experience of intersectional feminism, it has been most significantly lacking in its descriptions of the specific mechanisms of s...
The video was a random example of the progressive stack's use I submitted in an effort to satisfy the "concrete" criterion of your request. I wouldn't...
Hear hear! They're takin' our peak experiences!!! :lol: You're right that intersectionality did not kill Occupy Wall-street, but that wasn't my charge...
Feminism has more sects than any religion in my experience. I consider myself a feminist in the sense that I believe in equality of opportunity for ev...
It's certainly well intended, but its general application is silly and divisive. If we're trying to survey the opinions of a particular demographic, t...
I have faithfully reproduced the rhetoric, but if you would rather do your own research, that's quite alright. I can see why you've misunderstood the ...
There's really no point in citing individuals, but the strong form of this notion comes from the definition of racism and sexism as "privilege plus po...
It's true. I had to write the OP in a way that everyone could relate to, else it would just read like my own bias. It's not just that I think we're to...
It's frightening to think that you might be right that we thrive in opposition, and history is definitely a positive indicator of such... I would not ...
Disagreements can be reconciled, but outrage prefers revenge. By simplifying and polarizing, we seem to have lost the resolution required to navigate ...
The "progressive stack" is an example of a misleading facade built to reflect and focus maximum sympathy and outrage with regards to sexism and racism...
As you suggest, when a controversial deepity is shot at high velocity from a blunderbuss (along with lots of other nasty flak), the impact crater it l...
A similar contrast can be seen with FDR and Hillary Clinton. FDR took careful steps to conceal his physical disability from the public, and as far as ...
I do agree, but I believe there is something unique in the relationship between negativity/outrage and social media. I'll try not to bore you with cau...
I'll pick an issue that's a prime example, but you might not like it: The issue/concepts of racism and sexism (a.k.a, white supremacy in the west; the...
It's really a very moving poem about solidarity with victims; a poignant example how sympathy can be an ethically meaningful cause to act. It doesn't ...
I think it may come down to whether we have the self control to begin using social media responsibly (and for social media operators to begin using us...
My frustration pertaining to the thread's subject is not the persuasive basis for it, and it does not resemble what I have described as the uncritical...
It's a game that we're hard-wired to play, which is one of the reasons we're so vulnerable to it. If you agree then perhaps there's not much to discus...
I've described them as natural and essential tools for certain kinds of ethical action. Some outrage is healthy and warranted, and some outrage is not...
Perhaps you could clarify the relevance of the questions, because I don't quite understand them. The thread is not about my outrage, whether or not my...
I wrote this OP not to play my own game of outrage (though I can't deny it), but rather because understanding the social and political value of outrag...
I don't know if that's effible, because anything I say can only be weighed against your own eminent subjective feelings. Anything I say would amount t...
Yes and no. When all of your senses are screaming in agreement that a particular perceptual phenomenon exists, you're as sure as can be that the pheno...
There's no hierarchy of truth with Trump; no spectrum of reliability. He lives in the volatile moment where truth can be redefined with a hand wave. J...
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