Athena

I totally agree with you about the process of learning logic being unbearable. Let us make the learning interactive. We like communicating with each o...

universal truths? People do drugs, including alcohol, because they want to alter their consciousness. When our consciousness is altered, there is a ri...

We should tax sugars because they are habit forming and can be very harmful to humans when too much is consumed. I would be delighted if there were no...

I will disagree with the notion that ignorance of the law is not a good defense because we move around a lot and when we are new to the community, we ...

Great post Bitter Crank. I am so glad you are posting!

A man who destroys our democracy is surely in violation of an oath to defend it. I think it was a huge mistake to drop history in favor of technology ...

I am not in favor of liberty without education in good moral judgment. Drugs can enslave people and when they become addicted they loose control of th...

Okay, my error. I am now seeing the connection with the Hitler takeover of Germany and the intolerance of homosexuals.

Really, and how did Hitler come to power and what did he do when he got in the seat of power? If you can not answer those questions then your opinion ...

I think I misread the intention of your post. But would like homosexual concerns to be a different thread.

The same crime Hitler commented when he took control of Germany and shut down its democratic government.

Surely Trump got his knowledge of running a nation from Hitler. I am blown away that his hijacking of the presidency is not recognized as the ancient ...

I am glad in are pondering the notion that children need good parents. They also need good educations and until 1917 education was all about citizensh...

In my old age, I am very strongly opposed to the idea that one does not need to consider anyone but one's self. I have seen what addiction or habitual...

I suspect for many, pot is about not having a sense of having a meaningful life. But I should talk? :gasp: I am addicted to coffee. I like feeling ale...

The cancer cell is not separate from the body that carries it, nor are individuals separate from the whole. The cancer cell is not equal to the whole ...

In 1958 Eisenhower made new connections with the media and research facilities, and education for technology replace liberal education at all grade le...

I do workshops for people with diabetes and I also volunteer at a homeless shelter. I hardly think life is better for the homeless people in the US, e...

A moral is a matter of cause and effect. Our laws are supposed to be a matter of nature and cause and effect. This link will affect our understanding ...

Early mythologies other than God of Abraham mythologies, were strong in developing social order through marriage. In the stories of Aphrodite is the s...

The growing masses that rent and move around a lot, and those who have no place to settle in the evening, are destructive social harmony that is depen...

Ah yes, but here is the distortion. Much has been Christianized so we understand the beast as supernatural and therefore something to ignore. But the ...

:love: We did become more but then we changed the purpose of education, and we are destroying our human potential. We must understand education must b...

Thanks. I was not overly concerned because I know when things get bad enough, they will turn around and I really want things to turn around. But oh my...

About the wall, there seem to be two sides. Those who are afraid of the stranger and those who are not. I don't think the details of individual differ...

How could that possibly be? In the US they are ignorant of their heritage. They think Christians gave us democracy :lol: They do not know what the pag...

I already replied to your post but walked away and thought about it. The reason I am being so bloody picky about how we understand our nature and fear...

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I would not say strangers cause us fear but we are programmed to be on guard when our paths cross the path of a stranger. This would include job inter...

That sounds very interesting. What is a virtual realm? What if a person had a shitty job and wanted to explore other jobs?

I am not understanding your reasoning. Do you agree it is natural to experience fear of the unknown? The stranger is unknown and this can result in fe...

"Hell if I know. From personal experience, I can tell you that at least where I live, Atheistic ideas and institutions have never really held power. T...

Freedom of speech- arguing with each other about what is true and right is vital. What is essential about this is understanding there are rules of log...

:heart: :flower: You make my heart sing with joy because I absolutely love conundrums. Your post makes me feel like a child in a toy store free to pla...

Can we please with begin with the science of our nature? From birth, we are programmed to recognize sameness and differences. Research determined at b...

Freedom of speech is one of our most important freedoms and we need to protect it even when someone is saying something we do not like. It is the prin...

I think what you said is excellent and I want to add to this the importance of liberty and an organization that empowers the people, democracy. Libert...

What is the problem with knowing it is our nature to be on guard when in the presence of a stranger? I thought understanding human nature was always a...

Not your personal goal but the goal of the individual deciding to be social or to be a hermit. There are valid reasons for either choice. There is a d...

GOOD JOB! I love the way to cleaned up the popular misunderstanding. :up:

Feeling safe will always involve an aversion to a difference, or a curiosity because we are primates. It is instinctive to detect sameness or differen...

I think we need to be careful with our words. Money is not a spirit. Our spirit can be generous or greedy, it can feel safe and bold or afraid and pow...

Yes, the fact that I am not a Christian resolved the problem. He is very sure he does not want to consider having a serious relationship with a non-Ch...

A robot will not motivate you to grow and become the perfect you. With a robot, you can be a complete jerk and there would be no repercussion that pro...

I very strongly doubt humans will ever be happy without each other. Here is a movie that explores the possibility of being alone with only robots to i...

Your words demand a reply! :grin: The problem is hormonal. Some of us avoid men because like you, we are perfectly happy with our independent, private...

Only when our democracy is protected by the citizens is it protected and only when education prepares them to do this, do the citizens have the mental...

You have to read SUICIDE OF THE WEST by Goldberg. It speaks of tribalism, populism and all that. When it comes to gay pride and all the other prejudic...

Well, I totally agree with the desire for intellectual discussions and how important the internet is to that! It isn't just that it is easier to find ...

You might like the book "SUICIDE OF THE WEST" how the rebirth of tribalism, populism, nationalism, and identity politics is destroying American democr...