Jake

Sorry, I was unclear, I was actually supporting your point of view there. Let's just assume that what we think of as reality is not a simulation. Yes,...

That's because we nerds are boring. Be grateful for the indirectly part and carry on. :smile:

Uh oh, but if you don't die soon enough your digital entity will live on in fantasy space for thousands of years, still speaking like you, looking lik...

It seems what keeps the fantasy separate from the reality these days is that the fantasy is typically contained within a 2D panel such as a TV or comp...

I too find this theory intriguing. The universe is 14 billion years old, so there could easily be civilizations a billion years ahead of us, and we ar...

This is a reasonable theory for sure, but I'm not sold yet. That is, I have no idea. :smile: That's surely been the pattern since the dawn of time, so...

Very well said, I cast my vote for your post.

Wow, yea, what he said. Nice post, standing ovation. I do think it is the role of philosophy to explore the boundaries of the group consensus, but it'...

My college roommate went on to Harvard Med School and became a surgeon. The whole process is an incredible amount of round the clock work that goes on...

Managing one's personal morality does seem important. Why does a comparison to someone else matter?

Well, we did just elect a black man, twice, who remains pretty popular with quite a few Americans. I believe we could elect a woman, but a woman would...

When that philosophy is popular.

If you care to share, when was that?

Ok, seems a good definition. Now please make the argument as to why the comparison to what other people are believing or doing is important. Are you r...

Which choice will be more effective in protecting the child? I'm no expert, but my understanding is that child molesters are typically immune to moral...

Right, that is the focus of your efforts here, pointing out what somebody else is doing wrong, ie, moralizing. Ok, so continue, your posts are yours t...

Ok, so apply it to any and all beliefs. I can agree to that. I'm not defending anybody's atrocities, I'm defending reason. If we are going to critical...

I agree, but... I first have to ask you if we are going also going to be highlighting the mass slaughter of millions by explicitly atheist regimes in ...

This guy is often credited as being the behind the scenes skanky philosopher king who is kind of the grandfather of the Trump reality. Full video on N...

Like art. Typically entirely fictional, but often shining a useful light on truths about the human condition. And the truth may be that we don't reall...

He has a high IQ at a particular set of skills which have proven themselves decisive in a particular environment in a particular time and place.

I suspect you are, to one degree or another, describing the situation many of us here on the forum are experiencing. Our minds are stuck on the big pi...

Well, the true reality does contain all kinds of things that aren't negative. You know, few of us wish to be friends with everybody on Earth, and inst...

My take is that intelligence is not a global property. As example, my college room mate couldn't really do philosophy at all, at least not in a manner...

I hear ya! I keep hoping my headphones radio would finally #$%^ die already so I'll be liberated from NPR. :smile: After 50 years of being a news junk...

Sure. In every field of human endeavor there are rare people way out at the end of the talent bell curve. Mozart in music, Einstein in science, etc. B...

I can relate to this. I agree, we humans are highly predictable. We're almost totally obsessed with the story we have about ourselves, ie. our egos. A...

Speaking of the devil. And now you've got me doing it too.

35?? 35!! You lucky dog, it's over 80 here today. Here in Florida we have two seasons, summer, and Christmas Eve. I hear you, and that illustrates the...

So NPR is now diving headlong in to the 2020 speculation and just did a story listing a great many possible Dem candidates, too many for me to remembe...

THOUGHT CONTENT: If we begin from the assumption that fundamental human problems arise from incorrect thought content, from bad ideas, then philosophy...

Perhaps it helps to focus a bit on what authorities we are referencing to build our perspectives? As example, the theist may reference a holy book, wh...

Thanks Rank, giving it a go. A disclaimer, I claim no knowledge of Camus and related writers, and am just diving in to a response to what I see on the...

Please list for us all the religions which explicitly reject all dogma and doctrines, including anything they themselves may say. Thank you. You appea...

Agreeing with this again, and trying to steer back towards the topic. It seems this limitation you point us to can be overcome by anyone willing to em...

Of course we could simply stop buying their "materialistic toot", a great phrase which I intend to steal and re-license under my own name, making me a...

Yes, I understand, I am offering my own interpretation of that doctrine, agreed. My reasoning is, if God is everywhere, God is thus everything. That i...

Ok, but what are the limits of this? Should the goal be that the U.S. or Great Britain have as many people as China? More is better, without limit? Sh...

It seems reasonable that someone who makes all nurse's jobs easier should be compensated more than a single nurse. But the pay doesn't need to be 1,00...

To step out of religious concepts for a moment, consider the phenomena of space. We assign this phenomena a name, which presumes that space is a "thin...

According to Bozoist doctrine :smile: this is yet another example of the divisive nature of thought at work. As example, the word "God" is a noun, and...

Here's an article from the Washington Post that offers speculation about possible Dem candidates for President in 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com...

First, it's important for me to ask this crucial question... Where is my $%^&%# latte!!!! :smile: Of less importance is the obvious question which we ...

How about this? Capitalism in the middle, and socialism at the extremes. The goal should be to create a middle class society. The rich are taxed to br...

Luckily there is a simple solution to all of your concerns. You can simply ignore everything I've said and instead share your own analysis of fundamen...

I'm watching this documentary about the history of New York City. It's available on Amazon Prime, and apparently also on YouTube. It's called "America...

Well, having been banned from almost every theist / atheist / philosophy forum I've ever joined, I'm guessing being crucified as a heretic would be th...

Well, I may have neglected to mention this, but my real name is His Flatulence Sri Baba Bozo, and I am the founder of Bozoism, the next great world re...

After 67 years of such investigations I'm no longer able to separate my own ideas from all the influences I've been exposed to, so I can't really answ...