I think I stick to the Gregorian calendar, because it recognizes periods of the year that are very meaningful to me and which are lost in the alternat...
The intrinsic and personal value of a human being like you or anybody else, in my current understanding, is not dependant on our contribution to socie...
The passive frame theory, a metastudy that was published in 2015, was very interesting because it took into consideration many recent studies. Persona...
you need to read all the most relevant scientific papers on this matter. They provide very good clues to help you find your answers. Last twenty years...
If you understand Spanish, this is a course to introduction to Philosophy from the Argentinian public tv which is quite good. Even if you already know...
I wish that were true...In practice, I think most philosophers are very much in tune with the zeitgeist of their time and the ideas prevalent in their...
yes, I totally agree. What´s the point of being conscious if we don´t protect our life and those of our dear ones? We have an eternity to enjoy being ...
"I dont see any moral compunction against starting a nuclear war for trump. Pakistan does actually have more moral compunction not to start a nuclear ...
Christopher Hitchens predicted that Pakistan would be the state starting a nuclear war. This seems very likely, since they have a huge population bomb...
it depends on what you understand as morality. If you use moral as a synonym for ethical, then to be vegan doesn´t put you on a higher ground. This is...
then I was wrong about the man and my personal explanations were unjustified. However, it is still true that what he says seems to be more related to ...
Where is the evidence to substantiate this claim, you ask? There is no shortage of evidence, and I will again defer to Spengler in setting out some il...
I haven´t read Spengler, but his theory seems very odd. The Faustian spirit of Western culture is not attached to a particular ethnicity. It´s a way o...
The West is civilization to the West of Islam, and The East is civilization to the East of Islam. Before Islam west and east were just the two ends of...
I´ve never read any text by Karl Marx because he was so disappointing as a person; the way he did never get a bloody job, or look after his family, or...
Do you imagine that person of similar conviction will be kept out by a wall? -Tim Wood. Okay, it does has a deterrent effect, proved by the fact that ...
Please explain this: if the South wall has been being built since Bush senior´s years and most of if was erected with Obama why is such an issue that ...
I wonder what you would do with the Spanish president... He has secret meetings with Soros in the presidential palace, was invested with the votes of ...
"IMHO, their doing so is a perfect example of academic arrogance that shows contempt for the concerns of ordinary believers and no thought for the con...
Suppose you have two oranges on the table. From your human, practical, primate perspective it makes sense to say that there are two oranges; your stom...
I´m the fool who argues fact. For me, 2+2 equal 4 is no more than a mathematical construct. It´s not a realistic, scientific way of approaching plural...
But matter is a thing, matter is when energy is organized into atoms. We don´t know what energy truly is, but whatever it is, it can solidify into ato...
what good has the Trinity for Christians? When I was a believer we prayed to God in the figure of God the Father, or sometimes Jesus, also the Virgin ...
I have a very particular situation to offer. I retired at 35, against my will and many tears and legal threats from my headmaster if I did not go to t...
not exactly. Let me explain: Charity addresses a very wide spectrum of social needs, from emergency situations in which you need fire-fighters and cle...
I don´t think helping people is ever a good idea. Helping is to make the giver feel good, and the donor and society think that is that feeling and the...
I would like to recommend you a bodhran. A bodhran is an Irish drum you play to help folk musicians keep the rhythm, and it can also be played alone. ...
How is the Real Madrid-Atlético de Madrid game the very same game in my smartphone, my tv set (which is very large) and my sister´s tablet in her apar...
These divine divisions -like all partitions of reality- are only in our mind but they are handy. The Triad division in particular, implies Perfection ...
duckduckgo.com tells me that it is a frequent quote by Paul C. Nutt, from the Ohio University, who writes books about making decisions. I wonder if he...
all countries, when are in trouble, suffer foreign interference. The whole purpose of defending borders and keeping a national state is to prevent it;...
"However, it seems that those who agree with Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria use this statement as a way to diminish any argument that doesn't...
We do Christmas wrong. The sad, nostalgic time is meant to be All Saints´ Day, and Halloween; and similar festivals in other religions except islam (a...
It´s not self- consciousness I was referring to, but about being part of something greater. Let me try to explain it better: a bee, a dinosaur and Sar...
you can definitely not blame a president for trying to make good on his commitments. Still, you can argue against the convenience of the decision itse...
Happy Christmas! Y feliz Navidad desde España. May you have health, mirth and good company throughout the holidays, as a sign of what is to come in th...
Nature and Nurture are distinct in the same sense that Yin and Yang in the taijitu symbol are separate: opposite forces within the same active system....
"anti-life" would be viruses" Well not at all MarcRousseau; viruses are very very important for life in all scales. They are as important as bacteria ...
Nature doesn't have goals, like trusting the environment to complete our designs. You imply that nature has a mind.: I don´t imply anything Harry Hind...
when feminists say that sex is a determined by society, they are right; but they aren´t right in assuming that is a bad thing. It is legitimate and ne...
Nature relies on environment to express phenotypes. In the human species, like in no other species including crows, Nature saved a good deal of pre-se...
okay, well it is difficult to interpret other people´s dreams, because they mostly respond to contents that are known only to the dreamer or not even ...
"To me, getting Trump out of office is the priority, and I want the candidate with the best chance of accomplishing that all important mission." That ...
the actions leading to the creation of the Taliban were spawned by other factors. We can follow the lead all the way back to the Big Bang. A society b...
you don´t need actual personal psychopaths, but a system that acts like one when it is needed. Which is Law: Law is a psychopath, because it cares not...
the Gaul Wars, by Julius Caesar. He conquered this vast and very hostile region for Rome, and then wrote a best-seller. We used to read it in high sch...
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