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In: The Existence of God  — view comment
Would you rather talk about nothing?
April 10, 2018 at 14:14
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
Excellent, thrilling, riveting.
April 08, 2018 at 23:34
In: The Existence of God  — view comment
I would argue thought about God rivals that of nothingness (and wholeness) and The Great Other. God as beyond concept.
April 08, 2018 at 23:32
In: Is pessimism an absolutely corrupt philosophy? How is it different from Nihilism?  — view comment
Perhaps you could elaborate on this "most pessimistic people aren't intelligent"? Is it all a hoax? Are personalities masks? Kurt Vonnegut — 'We are w...
April 08, 2018 at 23:29
In: Is pessimism an absolutely corrupt philosophy? How is it different from Nihilism?  — view comment
Pessimism is not a falsity but a truism of existential consideration. ? The world is as you perceive of it and nothing more. I gained a new perspectiv...
April 08, 2018 at 05:39
In: Are some people better than others?  — view comment
Yes some people are better than others. They think outside themselves and appreciate the experience of others. The betters also apperciate everything ...
April 08, 2018 at 05:21
In: What is the solution to our present work situation?  — view comment
Self-sufficiency sounds nice enough.
April 03, 2018 at 02:48
In: What is the solution to our present work situation?  — view comment
I am a drummer. But I've settled and its eating me alive.
April 03, 2018 at 02:30
In: What is the solution to our present work situation?  — view comment
Very true... It is fear that keeps us in chains.
April 03, 2018 at 02:27
In: What is the solution to our present work situation?  — view comment
Like my drum sticks?
April 03, 2018 at 02:24
In: What is the solution to our present work situation?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifGdAcDryXk
April 03, 2018 at 02:11
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
iPods FTW :cool:
March 30, 2018 at 13:30
In: What is a philosophical question?  — view comment
what is a question?
March 30, 2018 at 04:19
In: David Hume's Argument Against The Goodness Of The Whole  — view comment
I’m sorry you had to experience such pain. Can you possibly elaborate on what it means to say “pain beyond reason”? What can that mean? Would it make ...
March 30, 2018 at 04:13
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO_-D606lKs&list=RDMMWO_-D606lKs
March 27, 2018 at 20:00
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fye2KREpeJQ
March 14, 2018 at 03:33
In: Identity  — view comment
DNA is from our nature. Doesn't nurture also construct identity? Surely we have unique perspectives.
March 14, 2018 at 03:29
In: Philosophical Quotes About Art  — view comment
I think its a bit too dualistic to think about these things as separate. I think philosophy and music converge at their best moments. Beethoven's musi...
March 12, 2018 at 20:43
In: Philosophical Quotes About Art  — view comment
"I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." (from a musician, and also philosopher? Ludw...
March 10, 2018 at 15:38
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
I agree with all of this except for but a few points. But by placing these achievable flow states (which are in my opinion always novel) on a pedestal...
March 07, 2018 at 02:36
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
It seems they belong on a pedestal. We're talking about the experience of transcending time "as though time were irrelevant" -- all of the suffering i...
March 06, 2018 at 15:44
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
It seems to me the bolded concepts don't jive with each other. As I've experienced, "flow states" offer a sort of mystical timeless transcendence that...
March 05, 2018 at 14:51
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
Yes. Mind over matter.
March 01, 2018 at 15:33
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
Pain as physical, suffering as mental.
February 28, 2018 at 04:30
In: Survival or Happiness?  — view comment
The pain comes from the torture. The suffering comes from the frustrated desire to not be tortured.
February 27, 2018 at 16:47
In: Would there be a need for religion if there was no fear of death?  — view comment
Correct, IF there is no afterlife, no Justice. You're stating there is no afterlife. Do you feel you have sufficient evidence to make this claim? Woul...
February 20, 2018 at 15:19
In: Would there be a need for religion if there was no fear of death?  — view comment
Yes, Fear of Death is only one of the reasons Religion is around. Justice is another reason. The horrible things that happen in this life will be just...
February 20, 2018 at 14:48
In: Does God make sense?  — view comment
Sounds like fear not love
January 29, 2018 at 21:01
In: Does God make sense?  — view comment
How do you reconcile these two ideas?
January 29, 2018 at 20:59
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y-5o2f9wzmw&ebc=ANyPxKqeQ2j05NmzLVjzgqtN0ddJs6RrXWHqRf56043S7N1twA37fyGARzkgi5ZvYcm_Ty-_5Mg_vJlu8JrTPlQUsjpOXOLpMg
January 18, 2018 at 04:18
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY
January 18, 2018 at 04:04
In: What do you live for everyday?  — view comment
Good point, but these should address the real issue (the depression). And with that relief, it will be easier to take action. Negative thoughts will f...
January 08, 2018 at 17:50
In: What do you live for everyday?  — view comment
Exercise and eat healthy. Anti-depressants.
January 08, 2018 at 15:30
In: What do you live for everyday?  — view comment
music
January 08, 2018 at 13:59
In: Belief (not just religious belief) ought to be abolished!  — view comment
Are you defining Belief as Religious Belief? Or in other words, belief that extends beyond it's boundaries of certainty.
January 07, 2018 at 07:27
In: What is the mind?  — view comment
When the mind is vacant of thought, perception, ideas, concepts, etc, it is asleep or maybe more simply not overthinking.
January 07, 2018 at 07:24
In: Nothing is intrinsically morally wrong  — view comment
It what world would it make sense that it was "okay" to cause suffering to an innocent person?
January 07, 2018 at 07:21
In: Nothing is intrinsically morally wrong  — view comment
My argument only matters if you grant intrinsic=objective. I'm thinking something along the lines, that the fact the life exists and seems to have for...
January 06, 2018 at 23:14
In: Nothing is intrinsically morally wrong  — view comment
So your position went from: Nothing is intrinsically morally wrong to Objective morality hasn't been demonstrated. Is intrinsic morality the same as o...
January 06, 2018 at 22:02
In: Nothing is intrinsically morally wrong  — view comment
Morality is intrinsic if you would allow me to extend intrinsic to mean natural. Murder is socially reprehensible and therefore reprehensible to human...
January 06, 2018 at 19:57
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEsmxJvgcjU&t=993s
October 02, 2017 at 13:57
In: 'It is what it is', meaning?  — view comment
I am that I am
October 02, 2017 at 13:56
In: Why Good must inevitably lose.  — view comment
Why do you say the number of truth statements is limited? Given the time, one could make an infinite number of true statements (as well as false state...
September 19, 2017 at 19:37
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmK0x_EK8yM
September 18, 2017 at 18:37
In: Unconditional love does not exist; so why is it so popular?  — view comment
Is a non-condition a condition?
September 18, 2017 at 17:04
In: Do you cling to life? What's the point in living if you eventually die?  — view comment
I think you just have to do what makes you happy, it might justify your existence.
August 29, 2017 at 13:52
In: Love-Hate paradox  — view comment
Is there a difference between love for mother, sister, and friend even?
August 04, 2017 at 12:33
In: God/Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Paradox  — view comment
Forget about pain, what about boredom?
August 04, 2017 at 12:31
In: God/Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Paradox  — view comment
God gives X a new pain that he is unable to derive pleasure from.
August 03, 2017 at 18:58
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTp6d7Bw79A&t=2559s
June 20, 2017 at 19:04
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