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February 05, 2017 at 19:42
That is your opinion blud.
February 04, 2017 at 00:58
I am not sure whether I have cited this here before, but here it goes: "They are the different visions of human nature that underlie left-wing and rig...
February 03, 2017 at 18:10
Conservatism as popularised by Burke, et al. has no fixed view on policy or dogmatism, but it is rather a political strategy to cope with human frailt...
February 03, 2017 at 17:50
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Three_Political_Camps_in_6D_Moral_Foundation_Space.png Haidt says: "But if we turn down the disgus...
February 03, 2017 at 16:54
For first time in its history the prestigious Fields Medal mathematics prize has been awarded to a woman
February 03, 2017 at 14:10
Ultimately, it depends on your personality (i.e. genetics). Haidt came with his moral foundations test, here are my results: http://i.imgur.com/QTeuMj...
February 03, 2017 at 14:00
That is just one point of divergence mate. The test asks 100 and averages it.
February 03, 2017 at 13:36
I am sure many of you have trouble interpreting the meaning of your result. This may help you with that inquiry: http://i.imgur.com/58NIMsn.jpg
February 03, 2017 at 13:35
Meaning, you lean more libertarian than you care to explicitly admit.
February 03, 2017 at 13:28
I think the test knows you better than you know yourself.
February 03, 2017 at 13:21
http://i.imgur.com/oDgAa4S.png http://spekr.org/ I feel that this is ultimately the most accurate one. The other tests are quite shoddy.
February 03, 2017 at 02:23
Get yourself tested lads (for autism): http://socialintelligence.labinthewild.org/mite/ http://i.imgur.com/3at4V2e.png
January 30, 2017 at 21:58
?_? Yeah, that must be it...
January 29, 2017 at 16:37
According to Wikipedia he is also considered a philosopher, so I will go with that. "There is all the difference in the world between treating people ...
January 29, 2017 at 14:28
Since men also dominate the lower end of the spectrum, most reckless idiots are therefore men. The Darwin Award -- a symbolic post hoc award that comm...
January 27, 2017 at 15:08
Attractiveness and culturally appropriateness do not seem to be relevant to me. I personally do not care about either. To me, it is about the telos of...
January 27, 2017 at 00:46
No, but I said "sorry" so all is fine.
January 27, 2017 at 00:23
What are you on about? I think you miss the point, but I would first like to hear some clarifications before I respond fully. I do not want to base my...
January 27, 2017 at 00:23
So did I, sorry. I thought your previous post was fine. Writing is all about clarity and purpose. Length is unimportant. Anyway, to the crux of your p...
January 27, 2017 at 00:13
Yeah that must be it...
January 26, 2017 at 23:50
lies! This is simply homophobic! Men should be less ambitious and successful, so that we can become more equal.
January 26, 2017 at 22:13
I am actually baffled by your insightful post. I often don't read them. Anyway, regarding your comment, there is extremely strong inverse-correlation ...
January 26, 2017 at 22:08
Sexist filth. bah... https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.net/images/infografik/normal/chartoftheday_2805_Nobel_prize_winners_by_gender_n.jpg
January 26, 2017 at 21:52
20% of all Nobel prizes are won by Jews, while only 0.2% of the world population are Jewish. Should we put on our tin-foil hats and speculate about th...
January 26, 2017 at 21:47
Neither has there ever been a great female composer But given the above facts, this is not surprising. Composing music requires some exceptional abstr...
January 26, 2017 at 17:00
This is very true, but it does nothing to further the inquiry, it does not exclude the very strong evidence for non-discriminatory factors, such as ge...
January 26, 2017 at 16:55
This is a classical response and poses an interesting hypothesis regarding the self-fulfilling prophecy of stereotypes. There is only one big problem,...
January 26, 2017 at 15:00
Well from an evolutionary point of view, women do not need as much skill nor talent as men do to reproduce and there is extremely strong scientific ev...
January 26, 2017 at 14:48
This is probably the best critique so far. This was my suspicion as well and I think you’re partly right on this one. But I also think that he is most...
January 26, 2017 at 13:34
Fine. http://i.imgur.com/H91OY0D.png It's Tiff
January 24, 2017 at 15:56
Weren't you the bloke who criticised others for the pointless behaviour regarding gaming?
January 24, 2017 at 15:36
I remember you from the old PF. I will skip this one.
January 23, 2017 at 02:31
Yeah, got plenty of statistics. I loved to use Excel for those things, especially with standard modules and formulas. God bless Microsoft. My field is...
January 23, 2017 at 02:24
http://i.imgur.com/SLJThqW.png Business conservative and I lean more towards the pragmatic side of conservatism. With a background in industrial engin...
January 23, 2017 at 02:02
It is impossible for me to continue reading after I stated that, right? You try too hard to antagonise. Go take a break, this is getting desperate. Th...
January 23, 2017 at 01:32
He thinks Xavier Marquez, BS in philosophy and mathematics, MA in political science, dissertation which won him the award Leo Strauss Award for Best D...
January 23, 2017 at 01:08
Okay, one thing is to read things, another thing is to understand. What did the author say regarding changes. He mentions it throughout the entire pap...
January 23, 2017 at 00:55
Ironically, the conservatism that I subscribe to is anti-radical and anti-ideological.
January 23, 2017 at 00:39
Mew, csa and others already did.
January 23, 2017 at 00:31
Good good, now go back and read what Xavier Marquez had to say regarding those changes. Good job lads. Wonders can happen when you actually read stuff...
January 23, 2017 at 00:29
Exactly. And what was the outcome? tip: see Democrats VS Republicans (the great Abe) edit: by the way, the arguments in the paper are all too familiar...
January 23, 2017 at 00:22
http://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/973/an-epistemic-argument-for-conservativism/p3 edit: oh sorry, a bit too quick in reply without properly rea...
January 23, 2017 at 00:07
I am proud of you son.
January 23, 2017 at 00:02
Welcome mew. Good to see that you immediately set the proper example, by actually reading it and attempting to understand it before criticising, which...
January 22, 2017 at 22:23
Then any criticism regarding the author can be dismissed. I strongly advise you to read the substance -- and attempt to understand it -- before you cr...
January 22, 2017 at 20:57
Have you actually read the paper kid?
January 22, 2017 at 20:50
Philosophy is quite tedious if "the bug has not bitten you."
January 22, 2017 at 19:24
Am I honestly the only one who looked up the actual paper and read a reasonable amount of it? The author explicitly deals with "slavery" and "other la...
January 22, 2017 at 18:07
The replies to this post are hilarious. It proves the crux of the paper: "the weakness of human reason" Here is the full paper by the way.
January 22, 2017 at 17:33