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Psychopaths as I understand them are emotionless tyrants who just want to exploit others for their pleasure. The epitome of a serial killer. https://w...
August 29, 2017 at 10:52
Its was a joke about how ridiculous it is that so many people think that way without a second glance. Something primitive speaks inside for us.
August 29, 2017 at 10:42
Yes it does, it makes ALL the difference. Is hurting someone for one second the same as hurting someone for 302039493904005930495450694059604596 years...
August 27, 2017 at 06:29
So are you saying that love,sweetness,acceptance is useful in the sense of utility? I wouldn't disagree about that. Society functions on those sort of...
August 27, 2017 at 06:20
Oh really? So is hurting someone for one second the same as hurting someone for 302039493904005930495450694059604596 years? assuming they could live t...
August 27, 2017 at 06:08
What does this have to do with the OP, or was this a dig at my other thread on people's desires/wishes continuing on after they die? Because in the OP...
August 27, 2017 at 06:06
Matters of fact are not fallacious unless you make them. If the appreciation of beauty does depend on eternal existence then that would be a fallacy b...
August 27, 2017 at 06:04
Because you don't have to live forever in order for you to appreciate beauty.
August 27, 2017 at 04:48
You must be living under a rock then. That question is incredibly popular. Just type into google "why live if you are going to die?" and see the immen...
August 27, 2017 at 04:40
https://jackkornfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/shutterstock_55100851.jpg Expressing one's creativity, quest for spiritual enlightenment, pursuit...
August 27, 2017 at 04:10
Very true but we do have pressure that is induced by family friends that make us ought to think we should attend university after school etc. I was sa...
August 27, 2017 at 04:07
Whether the robot wants to harm or has self preservation is irrelevant, because not wanting to cause harm and seeking self preservation IS NOT dependa...
July 22, 2017 at 04:19
Incase you haven't missed it, it can't be claimed to be who you are because YOU have no OWNERSHIP over it. I mean, sure you can influence it's decisio...
July 22, 2017 at 04:01
I guess that's really just a problem with semantics. What the realization of no self is, is that the "self" you once thought you were basically isn't ...
July 22, 2017 at 03:58
I don't see how knowledge of right/wrong is going to disprove free will. Think about a counter-example of a determined robot who doesn't want to harm ...
July 21, 2017 at 07:13
Ok cool thanks for breaking down that analogy further. So, what does Dennett have to say about unconscious choices dominating our free-will? Harris' h...
July 21, 2017 at 07:04
Yeah, of which Harris' has replied and showed how Dennett has misunderstood and misconstrued his statements by equivocation. This is a great one: http...
July 21, 2017 at 05:10
From when I read Sam Harris' book Free Will it seemed that the only way free will could be proven is for the owner of the choices to account for why h...
July 21, 2017 at 05:09
Have you tried psychedelics at low & high doses? I feel it is well established in the psychonaut community that meaning can only be found beyond the r...
July 11, 2017 at 09:51
that's a very good point Nils Loc. I guess it comes back to what I was saying earlier about their intention carrying forward. If everyone died on the ...
July 11, 2017 at 09:25
Nor am I... If you by chance happen to die from this sickness, can I have sex with your body? :D :P
July 11, 2017 at 09:15
I thought we uncovered that what society deems appropriate or decent doesn't always hold ground in terms of the societies reasoning behind it. We have...
July 11, 2017 at 05:49
What right? I thought you just said there were no rights? :D "So, it seems quite natural to infer that death should render all rights null and void."
July 11, 2017 at 05:38
You're right that was interesting. But how is some 20th century african chicks immortal cancer cells relevant here? A person's mutated cells don't rea...
July 11, 2017 at 02:10
If i was to have sex with a piece of fruit, would that be unethical? But what a person will says on paper is different from an actual will that exists...
July 11, 2017 at 02:04
I am not concerned about law or culturally appropriate treatments unless they have something to say upon the reasoning for thinking or not thinking a ...
July 10, 2017 at 02:08
That is similar to how we dress up bodies for an open casket funeral, but we aren't really analysing the thread subject now are we? Unless you are try...
July 09, 2017 at 01:31
Your reply didn't address anything i said but just refuted it and said it is against common sense. Sorry Worset, not very good argumentation here mate...
June 29, 2017 at 14:11
No, just in the way we come to understand and engage with it. In that respect we observe the same pattern in our response to the physical world and kn...
June 26, 2017 at 12:57
Are we not doing the same with our morals? The detailed particular factual information about moral at all is surely overwhelmingly complex and particu...
June 26, 2017 at 11:23
seems like it "Women have in many patriarchal societies become the Other where properties - that is feminine attributes - are universally enforced as ...
June 25, 2017 at 10:02
I like the idea that the more girly a girl is the more submissive she will be to a man. While on the opposite end of the spektrum the more dikey a gir...
June 25, 2017 at 08:01
But you can say the same thing about knowledge in general. We claim to know how things work but in reality all we know is how this affects that and wh...
June 25, 2017 at 07:55
Didn't you get the message? that is besides the point. This has absolutely nothing to do with the percentage of female brick layers. Lol, how could yo...
June 24, 2017 at 13:52
Cross your bridges when you come to them. Forewarned is forearmed.
June 24, 2017 at 13:44
What will be, will be. Life is what you make it.
June 24, 2017 at 13:23
The bigger, the better. The best things come in small packages.
June 24, 2017 at 13:22
Actions speak louder than words. The pen is mightier than the sword.
June 24, 2017 at 13:22
Better to remain silent and be thouth a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. The squeeky wheel gets the grease.
June 24, 2017 at 13:22
Haste makes waste. Time waits for no man.
June 24, 2017 at 13:22
Winners never quit. Quit while you're ahead.
June 24, 2017 at 13:15
The squeaking wheel gets the grease. Silence is golden.
June 24, 2017 at 13:15
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Clothes make the man.
June 24, 2017 at 13:15
Many hands make light work. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
June 24, 2017 at 13:15
yeah but that is besides the point. Just because there is one in the whole world doesn't negate the validity of what is said. The point is the ratio.....
June 24, 2017 at 13:15
Hitch your wagon to a star. Don’t bite off more that you can chew.
June 24, 2017 at 13:10
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Nice guys finish last.
June 24, 2017 at 13:10
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
June 24, 2017 at 13:10
It’s better to be safe than sorry. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
June 24, 2017 at 13:09
A word to the wise is sufficient. Talk is cheap.
June 24, 2017 at 13:09