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That is a poor argument. People can say horrible things and not be horrible people. Stupid people are not intelligent and vice versa. That is not the ...

Note: I would not call myself Left or Right. I do not think many people hold purely Left leaning or Right leaning views on every topic. I would say th...

Sounds a little ‘barbaric’ though. The ‘if necessary’ is not foolproof. ‘Subjugate’ how? For what reason? To force assimilation, to dislodge or to des...

This is hypothetical right? If you believe the analogy of brain to computer is literal there is nothing to discuss me thinks. Deterministic and Determ...

Except Hamas and other extremists. The sad truth is there are extremist elements on both sides driven by fear and fuelled by hatred. This has been the...

As for people on the left supporting Hamas … there are people on the right who support Nazism. Small minorities are small minorities. I think they sho...

People in Gaza and West Bank and citizens of what nation? How are they treated by this so-called ‘Western Civilisation’? I think western ideals reach ...

I think people are just bothered by indiscriminate attacks by both sides. End of story. Hamas for the best of two bad choices given to the people well...

Stupidity is our main redeeming quality. Only someone utterly stupid would continually try and fix the unfixable … and by pure chance sometimes the st...

Looks like this discussion has shifted focus somewhat? There is a thread dedicated to whole debacle.

It is only as good as the questions asked. Plus, I believe it has no real filter to determine what is or is not factually backed up only that which is...

A non-existent one. We are perhaps closer to this now than ever before. The signs have been present over the past few millennia. Maybe some of us will...

In term of religion as most people use the term 100%. Religious institutions generally struggle to reconcile facts with beliefs unless it suits their ...

Nothing has changed in the middle east. It is in a state and will remain so. The effect social media has is something we should all be concerned about...

“What have the Romans ever done for us?”

This is either purposeful obfuscation or ignorance. There is a considerable difference between someone stating that they believe 1+2 = 4 against someo...

Seems a bit silly to equate beliefs with facts in the public sphere. From a semantic standpoint there is something to be said, but it makes more sense...

I imagine it can be argued that one can oppose a state government but not its inhabitants. Surely that is easy enough to understand? The blur between ...

Anything is equivalent if you have reason enough to legitimise it in your own head. Hence, the futility of adding weight to judgement from afar. More ...

Untrue. Conflict in Ukraine has been going on for a long time. Same for the Israel and Palestine conflict. There has also been conflicts in Africa sev...

Mind altering experiences happen without introducing foreign substances into your body. Maybe it could be argued that doing so is good preparation for...

There are several schools of thought in this area. I think you are confusing Hard Determinism for Determinism. Those who tend to argue against free-wi...

As a rule of thumb I am generally against any kind of institutional organisation.

Authorship seems pretty important for a sense of self.

Google Kantian intuitions. That might help you explore a little.

Define ‘sure’. There is no absolute certainty anymore than there is ‘absolute’ other than in the same sense that noumenon is ‘negatively’ ‘known’. Wor...

Pretty sure we all have moments like this :D Such is life. Some days rainbows and unicorns, others gloom and doom or emptiness. The meaning of meaning...

The terms ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ are relative. Some could argue that they do not exist so your question is irrelevant. In a broader sense of the terms used...

Decades ahead of his time. Still the best imo

Scrivener is a useful tool for writing.

This is precisely the point of phenomenal consciousness not necessarily telling us anything about a physical world but rather representing it. The arg...

Is this true? Answer: No.

Yes, you can. Thinking need not be worded thought.

Well, I have issue with saying that laws can be only based on consequences because no one knows the full consequences of their actions. So it seems li...

I have looked again and do not really understand the argument sadly. I get the impression the premises are based on some proposed ideal of a consequen...

Do we have to assume it holds or are we meant to pick at it?

Everyone had an agenda and perspective. This is a problem if viewed as a problem. Generally you best of picking who you converse with carefully whilst...

That could just be down to quality. Maybe popularity is a thing. People are stupid so it happens. The younger people are the more they want to be hear...

If people are attracted to threads due to number over responses that is a sad sad sad situation. Makes no sense at all to me. I look at threads based ...

You need one or the other in general. A ‘focused’ dialogue can quickly become one that that misses the forest for the trees whilst one with more parti...

I disagree with Focus and Participation.

I can tell by your attitude you are not at all interested in discussion so bye bye

I do question the ‘survey’ that states that over 50% are living pay check to pay check btw. Sounds a little obscure how they acquired this data.

I was suggesting that the government should award automatic investments for low income. Given the inbuilt aversion to social care in the US I imagine ...

Read exactly what I said and consider the context it was written in and how I repeated what I meant. Do you think some kind of scheme should be put in...

Minimum wage is your starting point, that is the issue. Also, why just 30 yrs if you are assuming minimum wage? On minimum wage from 20 yrs old I woul...

What are you talking about? You think putting 5% of your income into funds is only possible for people with a “small fortune”? All you seem to be doin...

Money is accumulated by working. You just have to set aside a little and put it into savings. That is how people become millionaires. It is not really...

If you cannot beat them join them. You just need to start early and be disciplined. If you start too let then teach your kids how to manage money. Sim...

Noumenon is only in the negative sense NOT the positive sense. In simple terms there is no referent. That is basically the thrust of the point Kant wa...