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So I just want to summarize a few things I brought up earlier but haven't had a definitive answer for: 1. For what evidence is there empirically for "...

:up: Thanks for the historical context on Margaret Gilbert's original idea. Well yeah, it seems he just wants us to accept his theory on strong belief...

Great idea for lyric too!

Sorry, I used findings a lot.. :D.

No problems! :smile: I guess what it comes down to is how much should philosophy be the handmaiden of science. The continental philosophers, and less-...

Yes, the Roman Empire part, I am more aware of. But even then, it wasn't "all or nothing". Even with the next emperor Constantinius II, the Empire's a...

So what, we are going to praise science and not look at the evidence in one fell swoop? Screw German Idealism but praise low key armchair language the...

Yeah, I just didn't see as a matter of fiduciary... PERHAPS a matter of "professionalism" (no Twitter stuff supporting various political causes).. But...

:smile: I see it more that she was using the ACLU to say that legal organizations that promote free speech should take all cases. I think fiduciary du...

I don't have the article right in front of me. Did she cite specific examples of that happening with the ACLU? I think she did, but I can't remember t...

I get it. I'm on board with that, but I think we have to look at it as a series what we mean by "abandon fiduciary duties". If we mean 1) A specific l...

I'm sorry, but that article did have a political bias and I was speaking to that from where my perspective was coming from. That whole online publicat...

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It's best not to paint too broad a picture as there was more pluralistic beliefs in ancient Greece...But yes, it was taken mainly as a matter of cours...

Sure, I did not emphasize the "Christendom" part in the Middle Ages. It wasn't just a vessel for prior beliefs. Indeed, the various Celto-Germanic pra...

Wow, cool video! Yeah, I am pro-pagan generally, so I'm glad to see one small pocket still retains the pre-Christian traditions/beliefs! Indeed, what ...

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Indeed, when we say "Western" what does that mean? I take it to mean a thread of history running from the Greco-Romans (as pointed out), running throu...

How cool would have it been if Finland retained its Finno-Ugric religion.? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism The Slavs had their Slavic...

In what sense? I guess what I mean is that at least in that video, the point was that Western Civilization, since the time of the Enlightenment, at le...

Did you watch that recent Maher video I posted a few posts up?

Well if you watch those videos, contra this notion, if anything it’s trying to get people to think LESS like that and more about the heritage of philo...

I think so. Here is part 2. Hey they have another one where they have Tomasello himself! Part 2: https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2023/08/28/ep323-2-...

To be continued. I suggest listening to part 1 and 2 of the podcast for more background.

Indeed, all the sadder for empiricists that they have less to talk about :sad:.

So, I am not saying that it can't be true, but that many biologists disagree and have more evidence to back it up. I am not even disagreeing with the ...

But something tells me, you are super into the science yourself. And I am just holding the empirical tradition to its own need for empiricism.

:razz: I mean I'll gladly read about the research and share!

I agree with the author of this site's conclusion about Sapolsky's conclusion. Admittedly, I haven't read his full book. Assuming the author of this a...

By the way, Bill Maher has another good one out relating to freedom of religion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Duah55_-S4&t=18s

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Well, I can agree and disagree with this very conservative account of things. I agree that organizations promoting free speech must be impartial, but ...

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I am not saying that we do can't make truth-apt statements, but rather, if science is indeed telling us about the natural world, it would have be demo...

Again, the UN lost the thread of the narrative after the Arab nations (how many was it?) attacked and lost to destroying the notion of an independent ...

Again, I still am unsure what you're trying to say. Yes we mine as well. The UN is a shill for whoever wants to have some pseudo-body to back up their...

Not sure what you mean here. Ah right, always goes back to Israel failing. I’ve already understood and addressed the shape of and pattern of your argu...

I just saw that quote.. If you are saying that Austin was in on the joke, then I'm not contesting that.

Nope different situation as the west bank. There were no more settlers there and to conflate the two is kinda bad faith arguing. The "open air prison"...

They would say that, wouldn't they :razz:. Keeping the joke going! I like a funny guy.

Gaza had its chance. It went to shit. West Bank and Gaza had its chance, it wasn't taken. If Finland had its chance when Russians left and then they s...

No, living peaceably with the neighbor in that annexed territory is the issue. As of right now, are you kidding? That is self-evidently the case (Hama...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Wow, that somehow encapsulates how I picture it in my head. Great sketch! Pedantic. Stuffy. Self-important. Self-referential. Gre...

I think my answer is same as above:

But see the deflection to the other side you did there.. That's what I am talking about... You are doubling down on a point I already acknowledged. Bu...

If you saw the abysmal debate of Newsom and DeSantis, perhaps not. Though bizarrely moderated by Sean Hannity. That’s like holding a fair moderated de...

Indeed, and I would agree that the tyrant then is causing harm, and it is okay to stop them from doing so. The suffering of a tyrant not being able to...

You talked about not talking about states as individuals but the inverse is also true, you can’t talk about statehood, without individuals. That is to...

It's definitely cynical, but I don't think that means it's wrong. He simply thinks this is how humans Will function(s). And also he is being instructi...

I think you just present a false dichotomy or odd straw man. Why would love causing suffering and mass-murder causing suffering be equivalent because ...