It’s an advertisement. You can look into studies if you wish to. Basically there are a few empirical measurements of human traits. There are the Big F...
Given that the concept of ‘emotional intelligence’ isn’t very widely accepted means any measurement of it is on pretty sketchy footing. Intelligence (...
I agree with this standard definition. To repeat what added in the closed thread ... my point was that the ‘item’ of discrimination by which someone f...
If you don’t like it leave. I would suggest just listening/reading and holding your tongue/fingers. There are people here who can discuss topics witho...
haha! Of course. But I ask again, what is ‘racial prejudice’ then? If we can have ‘religious/class/racial prejudice’ is not racism a form of prejudice...
To be fair ‘racism’ has a very specific history in human conflict and the event of scientific understanding (which both worsened the problem and lesse...
So you wish to ridicule rather than educate? I actual have dictionary that has multiple definitions for the term ‘prejudice’ ... please educate me and...
That is the ‘standard’ definition of racism. My point was people have murderous intent towards all manner of people’s for all manner of reasons (inclu...
I’m not sure how you square ‘racism’ with ‘violent assault’ and ‘prejudice’ with ‘dislike’. If that’s your interpretation I can only suggest you consi...
No. Racism is holding the belief that you’re morally or mentally superior based on ethnicity (often attributed - falsely - to physical appearances esp...
To ignore ‘definitions’ and answer your OP as directly as possible (no point quibbling over a gist question I guess) ... When it comes to ‘emotional m...
@"ToothyMaw" Can you explain your thinking here: It seems nonsensical to me but I’m sure you’ve put a reasonable degree of thought into this so explai...
@"Bartricks" Yes, moral responsibility presupposes free will. There you have it. Is there anything more we can say on this subject worthy of debate? I...
You’re missing the point. The question of ‘free will’ has no weight when it comes to moral responsibility. It is a null question. No one acts as if th...
@"Tzeentch" Agreed. That isn’t how I interpreted the question though :) To me you’ve just said that whether it feels good or bad is relevant but that ...
You’re a complete arsehole. It may seem I am trying to provoke ... but I lack free will according to you don’t I? Ergo I’m not ‘responsible’ for my wo...
@"Wayfarer" I’d say that there is no real difference. What is ‘pleasurable’ is just that. To me it seemed to be against some kind of balancing out of ...
@"ToothyMaw" Physical Determinism and Moral Responsibility are two completely fields of interest. If you’re basing your moral actions on the belief th...
No they don’t. We’re only human. We’ve managed to recognise Capitalism and Socialism as two rather distinct approaches that can be blended into each o...
@"Wayfarer" That is a later version of the ‘hedonistic’ view. The original use was more or less something like attaining the largest amount of pleasur...
Strong disagreements come because people either believe other should think like they do (egotism) or because they think they understand the other’s po...
@"FlaccidDoor" People will only change their views if they do so by themselves. You can try and force a horse to drink water and it will just resist y...
@"Jack Cummins" From a purely empirical perspective we are inherently ‘optimistic’. Meaning we’re neurologically ‘wired’ (as a species) to strongly fa...
My view of the universe is that it is in a constant flux yet still a ‘block model’. So, we’re all immortal even if we die. Basically we will always ha...
I remember watching a discussion with Peterson dude and Ben Stiller look-a-like a while back. They each tried to voice the other’s position as clearly...
People are going to interpret and extrapolate the questions in different ways. For me it is the only thing that is relevant because feeling bad now ma...
@"Jack Cummins" By far the best definition of ‘religion’ I’ve come across is Clifford Geertz’s: https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/syllabi/w/wattles/...
Yes. The validity of any sensory perception is open to doubt. ALL experience (be it pain, love, heat, or dreamed) is necessarily open to questioning. ...
I said that experience is what it is because it is open to doubt. Why ask a question when I’ve presented the answer? I view ‘experience’ as necessitat...
If you think about it we necessarily must doubt everything we regard as ‘knowledge’. If we literally had no ounce of doubt about some given ‘object’ t...
“Emic Ethnography” would be better referred to as just ‘ethnography’ as the former is like saying ‘a dark shade of black’. If not some clarification w...
Some people are attracted to novelty where others are more attracted to what is familiar. It probably has much more to do with exposure and psychologi...
@"Gus Lamarch" I think it is a fair comment to make in the current situation. Today ‘history’ (or rather ‘interpreting history’) has become the mainst...
Dymora - It’s your’s. Own it, explore it and use it as you personally see fit. It is a burden at first, and an exciting one, but it will ebb away litt...
X - Depends on what country you’re referring to? In the US it would be anyone earning around 500,000 dollars a year or more. On a global scale it woul...
Dymora - I don’t post here anymore, but this is something I can relate to. What happened to you has happened to other people. I believe it happens to ...
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