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Does the number of people matter? How about the firefighters who enter burning buildings and the divers who rescued the boys from a cave in Thailand? ...
October 10, 2021 at 02:59
Fine but who takes care of the children and the ill and the elderly? For how much money?
October 10, 2021 at 02:51
Homemakers were very social people because taking care of relationships was a very important part of being a homemaker. Volunteering comes with intrin...
October 06, 2021 at 18:24
When the facts do not agree, they might not be facts but opinions. Or when something happens people may see it from different points of view. That is ...
October 06, 2021 at 18:02
Until I start arguing against what you said, I was not aware of how political I have been. I wanted to say I was a domestic woman and taking care of m...
October 06, 2021 at 14:25
I think you are right.
October 05, 2021 at 23:41
My X kept the family in very remote places where no one knew of the world outside their own backyard. I thought I would lose my mind or die of intelle...
October 05, 2021 at 23:40
That is hilarious. But personally, I can survive when I lose internet service as long as I can play games on the computer. However, if more than a wee...
October 04, 2021 at 22:11
Perfect! I didn't read this before posting another reply. I needed the word "sentience" for the explanation I was trying to form.
October 04, 2021 at 22:01
No that doesn't seem to explain what I see. My city has a board to discuss climate change and we have an organization that plants trees and our street...
October 04, 2021 at 21:52
I love Dewey's suggestion. I remember the science building of Hollywood High, in LA California, and the message over the front door. It said Science i...
October 03, 2021 at 20:38
I watched an explanation of why alternative energy is not going to save us. I was horrified to learn that some places in the US are burning trees to p...
October 03, 2021 at 19:37
I am on kind of a campaign to spread Daniel Kahneman's explanation of thinking, but you appear to be Asian? Through this forum, I came across informat...
October 03, 2021 at 19:27
The point of reading with attentive focus is constructing the argument, which is totally different from telling someone his/her faults. Sharp intuitio...
October 02, 2021 at 17:16
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Why seven, justice, God? Seven is Heptad. "The number seven occupies a critical place within the Dekad, where it acts as both a link and chasm. As a l...
October 02, 2021 at 17:03
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:grin: I am not sure I follow your reasoning but it is intriguing. It is kind of like are unicorns real? Who does not know what a unicorn is? We would...
October 02, 2021 at 15:34
Well, that quote is not from me. This is what you said: That appears to be your judgment, and it is not arguing a point made in the former argument. H...
October 02, 2021 at 15:22
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Not if you are a ghost.
October 02, 2021 at 14:41
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I am not sure of your meaning, but we are programmed to see symmetry and patterns as beautiful. I think many think of math with dread, but math lovers...
October 02, 2021 at 14:37
I am a hedonist. :grin: I believe in the pursuit of happiness as Cicero and Jefferson understood it.
October 01, 2021 at 14:16
Would you please explain that to my granddaughter who appears to be making her life hell by her very sour outlook? It seems common for the young to be...
October 01, 2021 at 14:13
I like that. I am having a social problem. It is a lifelong social problem. I am no good at making small talk. I have no interest in engaging in small...
October 01, 2021 at 14:02
Wow, maybe our wisdom is dependent on our teachers? I don't think in the west we pay much attention to wisdom? In the US we have much reliance on reli...
October 01, 2021 at 13:37
What we see depends on our ability to see. In your gut, what is guiding what you can see and what you can not see? Why did you take out your sword to ...
October 01, 2021 at 13:18
It is not just our beliefs that matter, but also how we conduct ourselves and manage our arguments. I always enjoy your threads and I don't think you ...
October 01, 2021 at 13:04
Okay, what is a good way to classify our truths (a word) so we can label those truths in conversation as different kinds of truth? For example, the sc...
October 01, 2021 at 12:34
I understand being materialistic as believing all things are matter. As opposed to believing in the gods or animism. It would be the western focus on ...
October 01, 2021 at 12:09
I do not know for sure but I think the west is more materialist than the east because of language differences? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
September 30, 2021 at 13:51
I am not sure what you mean by that. My mother thought children were naturally wise and she influenced me to value wisdom. I think that my choice to h...
September 30, 2021 at 13:45
I want to jump in because I think,I love Cham-choms, is correct. I had a friend with a low IQ who had the smarts of an animal (I envied him for this) ...
September 30, 2021 at 13:32
The first part of the transformation of data to information and knowledge makes sense to me, but the last phase does not make sense to me. It sure doe...
September 30, 2021 at 13:22
Well, when it comes to a high IQ I will never achieve that and I have known people with a lower IQ than mine who are pretty wise.
September 30, 2021 at 13:13
No progress can be made without thinking and experience is essential to get from knowledge to wisdom. A high IQ and book learning doesn't equal wisdom...
September 29, 2021 at 21:58
An interesting and important question, I have a very old logic book that explains we can never know enough to believe we know what we know without a d...
September 29, 2021 at 20:38
Oh my goodness YES! And people can get so UPSET because someone said the wrong thing! In my later years when I have the luxury of giving a thought my ...
September 29, 2021 at 19:36
Years ago when I excitedly plugged into the internet, I decided computers are far from smart! We need human beings we can call because they can resolv...
September 29, 2021 at 19:24
I do not think that is so. Each of us has a different experience of reality. So when I told my son to be careful because what he was about to pick up ...
September 29, 2021 at 19:06
That was some pretty fancy step dancing. I love "True the particular, and truth the generalization." That is much better than "the truth". I think cul...
September 29, 2021 at 18:53
I am quite sure I did not say "all that matters to goodness is loyalty". Because I did not list all the things that are important to goodness, it is u...
September 29, 2021 at 18:39
I believe starting a thought with "I believe" is inviting an argument and very good manners. It is friendlier than communicating as though we do not d...
September 29, 2021 at 13:54
Not stealing because it could lead to going to jail, is not a very high standard of morality. There are many legal ways to take advantage of people. A...
September 29, 2021 at 13:31
Yes, loyalty to our group is good. Socrates would have us expand our consciousness so our group includes others and the Athenian Oath was loyalty and ...
September 28, 2021 at 14:33
There is not a big difference between human and animal moral behavior. Our wiring for that is the same as for all social animals. The only thing that ...
September 28, 2021 at 14:22
I am quoting from Michael S. Schneider's book "A Beginner's Guide to the Universe". This is an advanced understanding of the trinity. It is about the ...
September 28, 2021 at 14:10
What a wonderful to start the day, a good cup of coffee and a good argument. :grin: What you said may be true but it stretches my imagination to think...
September 26, 2021 at 17:39
Yeah, but you can improve your chances if you study the riders and the horses before the bet, right? Then the competition can be who is the best at re...
September 26, 2021 at 14:24
I find your explanation fascinating. Thank you. I never heard of institutional facts versus brute facts before. That language becomes an institutional...
September 26, 2021 at 14:16
Thank you for stating the importance of liberty and entrepreneurship to scientific advancement and wealth. :lol: Your statement about civilization and...
September 25, 2021 at 17:45
The modern argument is the Orthodox Christians are still in the Dark Ages. https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/the-orthodox-church-stays-in-the-dar...
September 25, 2021 at 17:25
Well thank you for mentioning Reagan. Let us take this back a little further to Eisenhower and the establishment of the Military-Industrial Complex in...
September 25, 2021 at 16:16