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Ötzi

['Member']Joined: September 20, 2018 at 20:02Last active: September 25, 2018 at 21:191 discussions16 comments

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Is it possible that there can be: -separate, but dependent individuals (separated by what?) -only one ultimate interest, with all individuals at some ...
September 25, 2018 at 21:20
Maybe procreation makes for some temporary relief of symptoms? OR More likely depression has only come into existence in recent human history, specifi...
September 25, 2018 at 21:07
+1 Even if I'm not a fan. Money rules democracy. Like electric current, it seeks the way of least resistance, which is Trump.
September 25, 2018 at 15:49
So, what then, is a purely physical environment? Is it the part of physical nature than can be perceived by our 5 senses?
September 24, 2018 at 09:16
This red herring is indeed why the discussion often stagnates. I think God needs to be better defined. Personally, I see God as the ultimate highest c...
September 23, 2018 at 14:17
World religions are currently reaping the rotten fruits of centuries long of creating followers rather than masters. True master create masters. Jesus...
September 22, 2018 at 21:50
I am not sexist but what I observe is this: -Women are judged by their beauty -Men are judged by their actions This pattern has been deeply carved by ...
September 22, 2018 at 21:31
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If I recall correctly heaven and hell were not originally part of Judaism, but later introduced under the influence of Zoroastrianism. Anyway, many se...
September 22, 2018 at 21:21
You could turn the problem around and look for the origin of restrictions on free will. These restrictions would then be imposed by the surrounding ma...
September 21, 2018 at 20:20
Everything is interdependent. To claim something is independent is to deny its causes. Example: a chair depends on its parts and is not inherently a c...
September 21, 2018 at 20:03
If that were the case, free will must have originated somewhere. Do animals have free will? Bacteria? Primates? When did free will arise and how could...
September 21, 2018 at 19:38
Time is definitely relative to the observer. I think it is as much subject as length, width and depth. Quantum mechanics researchers have made very in...
September 21, 2018 at 11:14
That is basically saying everything is subjective. An interesting notion but I tend to think the subjective is derived from the objective, not the oth...
September 21, 2018 at 10:38
Maximum here means more than all others. But who are all others? Humans? Other entities? You could take the most morally responsible / least ignorant ...
September 21, 2018 at 10:33
Interesting question. I started a new thread about multi-dimensional realization just yesterday. Anyway, each of our eyes receives a two-dimensional i...
September 21, 2018 at 10:20
Instead of using good and evil, one could also use ignorance as a premise. P1: If there exist beings with varying degrees of a property, then there mu...
September 21, 2018 at 10:08
Sure. Albert Einstein stated that time, rather than being an independent singular dimension, is joined to the three dimensions we perceive with our ey...
September 21, 2018 at 09:56
Of course. I used the concept of space-time continuum here, as it is commonly used when referring to four-dimensional space. In principle, this idea c...
September 21, 2018 at 09:43
Ask yourself, what are your choices based on? The answer is quite simple: your reference framework. Now this framework exists for a small part in the ...
September 21, 2018 at 09:38
Stand on the edge of a circle, look inward to the center, then look outward. You will not see the actual circle, because the origin of your viewpoint ...
September 21, 2018 at 09:13