Athena

Trying to get us to the topic of math and philosophy. Today it matters what we measure and what measurements have to do with public policy. Maybe we s...

I had no idea how important @Agent Smith's question is. I don't think we are going in the direction of the expected discussion, but I am seeing a lot ...

Please go to this thread about our ID and how to have a better society. Some people's utopia is another person's hell. https://thephilosophyforum.com/...

I am a number. Everyone in the US is a number. Everything about our lives is a number, our birthdate, our address, our Social Security number and the ...

I love your reply! I am not sure of your meaning or why you quoted me about the Egyptian Ennead but given the greater discussion, I delight in ponderi...

Excuse me, but if you do not have the right proves to validate your eligibility, the only right you have in some cases is the right to a hearing, and ...

Your first statement is the belief. However, it is even worse than the belief in the gods, because the bureaucrats have real power. I studied public p...

:fear: Your post is so meaningful to me it makes me cry. Warning I am feeling emotionally insane at the moment but if anyone can help me deal with thi...

What is not worth the effort?

One of the biggest concerns mathematicians have is very few people have a good understanding of math, and this is why I said we are teaching math wron...

Western minds tend to be closed minds, thanks to Rome. So those who understand stand math as it is taught in the West have valuable information, but w...

Perfect. Right now schools are teaching math all wrong because it does not deal with those questions and an answer such as Agent Smith provided, the s...

How about math and our understanding of reality? That requires more than being able to add, subtract and do multiplications, and divide. I wish all gr...

Without math how do we have a good understanding of reality such as the many ways to use pi and if we do not have a good understanding of reality, how...

Children can learn virtues but they lack the years of experience required for wisdom. That means virtues are reducible to something that is not equal ...

I had to look up "teleology" and I see Greeks having this perspective of the notion of purpose and I see the notion of the Christian God following on ...

Damn you put a question in my head and I started a new thread with hopes others will express their notions of sin and morality regarding private prope...

At least since Rome, Christianity has justified power and oppression of those who do not have it. When the Hebrew herders transitioned to agriculture ...

Why must there be any other driving force?

That change in mentality totally distorts our democracy. Ideally, our morals are based on a good understanding of nature and cause and effect, and goo...

I think I would like that game if it represented reality well. I have often enjoyed pondering survivalist ideas. I so wanted to live off the grid but ...

I had to look that up. That can be a problematic understanding because energy such as the Holy Ghost and atomic energy can not be seen. I think Romans...

I think those thoughts are better for survival if our man-made world crashes, than the thinking of neigh sayers who refuse to think that way. Hum, wha...

What, you do not see the relationship between the ancient mathematicians and concepts related to the holy trinity? They had sacrad math and I think it...

I think we need to think of geometry and the Triad. "The Triad is the form of the completion of all things." Nichomachus of Gerasa (c. 100 A.D., Greek...

Christians were killing each other over the belief that Jesus is God or the Son of God. If Jesus is not God there is a very serious problem. The trini...

Why would assume I am the only one to survive? If I survived I am quite sure others have as well. I am not sure my first effort would be to find other...

Long ago I read there was no superstition in the beginning of human consciousness. Like animals do not imagine things, as far as we know. The earliest...

Exactly. Our genes do not guarantee we will express our full human potential. Whatever human characteristics we have beyond those that determine our p...

The US has always been many different cultures within a larger one. Jefferson understood education is essential to having a strong and united republic...

There are two modes of thinking. Kahneman calls them fast and slow thinking and both modes of thinking are essential to our survival. When our lives a...

I can appreciate protecting our privacy but in private you mentioned what needs to be stated here. Culturally we are different because our cultures te...

The point of asking the question is not to have one definitive statement. The point of asking is to have a discussion, so can we play with your last s...

Oh my yes, you have greatly benefitted my understanding of things that seem very, very important to me. I have enjoyed looking for more information. I...

It looks like we are coming to a close. Thanks to you stimulating my desire to know more I have learned more. I have been reading and listening to exp...

Please, how did you get the idea that ethics means thinking about what benefits the whole of society? I think it is obvious your understanding is vita...

The word "human" means moist soil. We can not just forget about Christianity because it is embedded in our culture. It determines who is our president...

Last night I was listening to explanations of the philosophy of education and one began with a question about the qualities of being human. For me, th...

Let me begin with you have an excellent vocabulary. I think I am going to intentionally work on my vocabulary. But at my age, I forget even simple wor...

I think we have a lot of agreement but understand the meaning of words differently. For me a moral is a matter of cause and effect, tieing morality to...

I have to run to work but want to get into what you said. Democracy demands moral education that begins with science and philosophy.

Oh yes, I want everyone to think about our most distant past, same as I want everyone to think of humans with all levels of intelligence and living in...

I have to run right now, but if it were not for your post, I could go shoot my brains out because you seem to be the only one getting the point of thi...

Okay, let us begin with the first humans to walk the earth. How did they think and live?

Which came first, is human nature, which is not very different from animal nature. We do not criticize other animals as we do humans. Why? Why do we e...

It is pointless to continue a discussion with who has an opinion and ignores what I am saying. When it comes to the following.... the US led the way, ...

I like very much what you are saying. To a large degree, my concern about education is my understanding of an essential change that has led to increas...

Trump supporters were not brainwashed but both Trump and Hitler were appealing to people. That is good showmanship, not exactly government control bra...

I do not lack understanding of what you said but think you lack understanding of what I said. The validity of faith is not the written word but the ef...

I like your arguments and acceptance that some of us are not highly intelligent. I worry about that because it is a reality we have to contend with. I...