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Yes. It ALL sounds tongue in cheek :) It is simple yet possibly a key instrument in so many factors including the development of Reason itself perhaps...

Why would they question things they did not understand. This is certainly a modern analytic assumption that drives at the heart of why I found the ide...

Yes. Given that FACTS did not exist in the sense they do today this may be even more plausible than it seems. The lack of EVIDENCE (because it did not...

The development of the specific term God is middle eastern/western. There is no primary concept of God (or religion) in the East. It is an idea had ju...

I was thinking slowly and incrementally. At some point someone would talk about someone with an ability to do something better than anyone else and th...

You used to be able to find free pdf for the edition I have a few years back. I would download the one I pointed out and just skim through. Don't worr...

I honestly do not know who you are talking to or what you are talking about in some of your replies. It probably makes sense in your head but that is ...

:up: I have the book, will look tomorrow. Thanks

Another 'theory' is that we relate oranges and reds to ripe fruit. I have no idea how far this has been tested though. On the surface it seems like a ...

What has that got to do with: ? And how is this not a fatalistic attitude? And this: ? I never said you did nor suggested it. I actually agreed with y...

Which passage? I read that book a couple of years ago.

This is simply wrong. Unless you are making a clear distinction between 'work people enjoy' as 'non-work' and 'work people don't enjoy' as 'work'. I w...

This looks cool!: https://epdf.pub/the-cognitive-neuroscience-of-mind-a-tribute-to-michael-s-gazzaniga.html The ones I have on my shelf are called Pri...

What about if there are people who do not want to work or do anything. Are they allowed to receive the same for free that others work hard for? Do you...

You are also assuming people WANT more freedom or that an equal amount of freedom is GOOD for them. Maybe?

I think Stanford falls down in areas like this. Leave it to anthropological studies to decide! Let the lawyer and legislators quibble over justice and...

I think it is just called Culture ;)

And those who dictate who is 'perfect' bring in the next totalitarian rule ... no thanks!

How do you think that would actually go down? Do you believe everyone would see this as fair and just?

Pluralism for me please!

This is a common misconception. A great deal can be elicited from a comparatively small sample. I know this because an actual practicing researcher in...

It is better that seeking psychiatric help! Anything that comes before medication should be recommended. In today's world many people do not have the ...

In fairness I just glanced at the pdf of the book ... it is pop-science rather than pseudoscience. Not knowing much about the author that book appears...

NO. Neuroscience is HARD science.

I have always found what I find as a very disturbing mistake among intellectuals when it comes to talk about free-will and determinism. Too often they...

In Popper's notes he views the distinction as aesthetic taste being of a 'private character ' while moral taste concerns people and their lives. I am ...

This is somewhat along the lines of what I was considering when I wrote the OP. Do we think we are what we perceive ourselves to be? How does this rel...

People never stop scrapping I guess :)

You are aware it is streamlined by the content it scraps and the people who run it right? So use your noggin ;)

The irony is Chatgpt is bias.

Do you see this as a persistent trend or one that has waxed or waned over time?

What is your theory? Are you a Christian Believer?

Is it not what you read. It is how you read ... and whether you can actually (rather than merely passing your eyes over some words vacantly). I can ba...

@"ucarr" Was this correct: Followed by the possibility of uniting/transcending the differences held by many? I simple yes/no or suffice. If it is a bi...

I think this analysis is a little naïve because young people are naïve ;)

I think elements of it are more appealing today given the possibility of humanity hitting the singularity increasing. It is within reason that if such...

So ethics is just a matter of opinion. Moral Scepticism. Which begs the question what kind of moral sceptic are you? If you are not then your position...

Probably something related to kalos or some thread of beauty/harmony. It is clear they understood beauty in craft, so they may well not have had a spe...

I think you have gotten that backwards ;)

Well, no. The degree is different for everyone. I get your general point though. The problem lies in the application and logistics. There are, and hav...

My understanding is that Hedonism was the original Stoicism. That is, Stoicism branched off from Hedonistic thinking - hedonists coming to the underst...

That is ONE perspective I imagine among many. The floor is more than open to any other lines of engagement :)

@"jkop"@"Shawn"@"Amity" I was thinking more along the lines of feeling passionate

This does not really make sense. entropy is basically the thing revealed empirically when we measure things temporally. Necessarily, not consequential...

See :D

@"T Clark" Like this

@"Leontiskos" You might want to quiz them regarding their views on their views becoming legally binding or not. You will probably find another dispari...

Anyone actually bothering to take such a poll must be bored. It is surprising that that many say they are happy :D

I can agree that overall humanity does always seem to be reaching for a higher fruit. As evidence that it is a good idea to aim for a utopian society ...

How is that possible. How can you say how your vision works for everyone? Is that not like stating you know what everyone want. I am guessing not, but...