Athena

I do not see any opposition in the understanding of tact. Both sides are about achieving good feelings. At the moment, my head is full of a lengthy ex...

According to AI, it is common for animals to engage in sexual behaviors with the same sex member of the group. I don't think we call them homosexual, ...

You certainly do have social grace. That makes you a very desirable participant.

decided to delete my bad morning thought. I will leave it at, I am not a high IQ nor philosophically educated person, and I have very much enjoyed par...

I think the situation of being wrongly accused, fired, and denied unemployment is very bad, and I can sympathize with the desire to harm those who wro...

We have so many agreements that there was nothing for me to add to what you said, except to confirm that we agree: only when a person knows better can...

Whoo, whoo, you stirred too many thoughts. I can handle maybe 3 concepts at a time. Too many thoughts turn my head into mush, and my mind is like a ka...

Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living," and for me, never again having the experience of a new realization would be worse than death...

This brings up my awareness of how much better my life is now than it ever was. What is important here is "sharing reality". I stay with people my own...

I did not think you personally started with Christian notions, but I think it is so much a part of our Western culture that it would be unavoidable. W...

I think Bonobos might come a little closer to virtues than Chimpanzees because of the difference in their social organization. The leap from these spe...

Do you guys ever experience hypobaric hypoxia from being so high above everyone else?

That sounds like the Sumerian notion of many gods and humans being created to serve them. I am against merging humans with machines; however, our indu...

:vomit: I am sorry, I am strongly opposed to using the God of Abraham religions to understand reality. It stood in the way of science and stopping, or...

That may be true, but the first person who showed up at the protest in Portland, Oregon, dressed as a frog has started a wonderful movement of being c...

AI is like a hammer? That is like saying humans are like apes. I think we are evolved from that line of evolution, but humans have changed the planet ...

That is like saying riding horses can't be fun, when you don't ride horses. How could you know the joy of riding a horse if you don't ride? How could ...

:lol: That is pretty narrow-minded. In fact, that thinking might lead to avoidable conflicts.

The way many humans dealt with this moral conflict was to create a story where the hunted animal agreed to being killed and eaten in exchange for a be...

There is no way we can participate in the science and technology of today and still think as people did when Martin Luther and Nietzsche were alive. M...

I will never experience being Black. My understanding of the Black experience has been extremely limited to television and unpleasant accounts of the ...

I so appreciate what you said! I am at a time in my life when I realize there is far more to know than anyone can know. I no longer worry about appear...

I have been lucky in getting AI explanations every time I search a subject. If I wanted to hold someone accountable for misappropriating an AI explana...

Poppycock, the only objection to plagiarizing that I remember is the posts objecting to someone trying to make us think s/he knows more than s/he does...

That is a good observation. In some forums, the guys can talk terribly to each other, and when I objected, I was informed that the guys were friends a...

Your post touched on so many important things. Your perspective on social change is insightful, and this might blend into philosophy. I am thinking of...

Well, do you know Jimmy Cricket? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDyDmKNX3Js Pinocchio was talked into going to a fun park instead of school, but the ...

I answered yes, but that is conditional on having better information. Your question is tied to notions of good and evil and the tendency to judge peop...

God bless you! That was the first argument I made. I don't care about impressing others as much as I care about my own mind and what I can do with it,...

So what? People also use makeup to look better. Who is being hurt? The reason for objecting to plagiarism is a matter of property rights. If we quote ...

I decided to delete my reply and try again. I think I should check out "When Madness Comes Home" because of the problems my family is dealing with. I ...

:lol: I can relate to that.

I strongly hope that we shift our attention to the children who will never go to college and consider how we can integrate them into industrial jobs t...

If I had known what I know today, I would have stayed single and avoided being a mother until I was confident that problems were resolved. But that is...

What excites me most about your post is the possibility of dropping our religious notions and working with a more scientific understanding of our crea...

That is pretty sexist comment. :gasp: And it has no intellectual appeal.

I am glad you could do such a fine job of raising awareness of the good things Christians have done. However, I have heard Catholics are not Christian...

Looks like a good statement for those willing to defend the will of God. Hitler and Trump built their campaigns on people's fears and anger. It is psy...

I am glad you are interested in the subject. I have a bookcase filled with books about education. To narrow what I know to your question, I ask you to...

Oh yeah, we are very aware that COVID strongly impacted children, and many have fallen so out of society, they may never become a part of mainstream s...

You don't think well-meaning Christians are alarmed by the evil spreading across the country? You don't have a problem with the government having more...

If we want to stop the spread of fascism, we have to begin with education and the manufacturers of textbooks. There are two ways of having social orde...

I so wish people would drop the labels and name the subject of discussion. You all seem to be holding bags full of evils, but do not speak of the evil...

I think the subject of lawsuits deserves its own thread. Lawsuits undoubtedly play a significant role in our lives, and I believe our legal system has...

Sounds like the site where I visit to PM with someone, but rarely read any posts or make one. To me it is like getting into a mud-slinging contest. It...

My grandmother began as a public school teacher and was forced to retire when was 65. Then she turned to private schools. One small private school int...

This forum is the best-mannered forum I have experienced in many years of participating in forums. People here are more apt to give thoughtful replies...

That is an excellent point. Just last night, I watched a program that discussed the significant impact writing had on our human experience and ability...

:worry: Its not all about me? :gasp: :lol: Seriously, I like what you are saying but can we kick this up to the social level? No one should be treated...

What is an idea's nature? Of what was a good Christian aware of before Christianity? How did this come to be? Was consciousness the same in all areas,...