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Drek

['Member']Joined: December 25, 2018 at 14:20Last active: January 11, 2019 at 06:168 discussions85 comments

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If I found people that like books like me, that'd be awesome. Nothing against Harry Potter but I want more. Blogging, with my lack of grammar and hard...
January 11, 2019 at 06:17
Keep doing what you are doing! So when you are asking questions, is it the who, what, when, where, why and how? What do you have to keep in mind? Fact...
January 06, 2019 at 21:07
Like you were saying, getting yourself down on paper and write for yourself. I have a blogging account somewhere... I have used it as more of a journa...
January 06, 2019 at 12:57
@"Noble Dust" History is good! A historical perspective is definitely needed! Thank you! @"Amity" At Oxford they actually explain things, such a good ...
January 06, 2019 at 10:21
Have you read On Generation and Corruption? It is amazing how we've come along scientifically. This goes back to Thales. And just what a microscope do...
January 06, 2019 at 05:31
MindMaps are good, I like to use them after my notes, but always have a project I am working on so never get to the mindmap. So for example, i'll read...
January 06, 2019 at 04:38
You've been doing it informally for 10 years... What's your typical study session? Or is it as simple as picking up a book and reading it? Is there an...
January 05, 2019 at 06:44
I was thinking, outside of the other suggestions of fallacies, bias, and videos, the tools philosophers use... like Occam's Razor, or reductio ad absu...
January 05, 2019 at 06:22
This is amazing! Gobble Gobble.
January 04, 2019 at 02:02
OH yeah, it's hard. I need a book/class to understand other books and classes. I'm partly an autodidact, I am assuming most this forum is in one way o...
January 03, 2019 at 06:17
Bertrand Russell's book sounds good. Thanks for the suggestion!
January 03, 2019 at 01:48
I've gotten sorta through Crito but couldn't get what his main argument for why he stood for his reasoning even in death. What I got out of it would h...
January 03, 2019 at 01:42
I wish to get a basic broad understanding of philosophy and then kinda see how my beliefs holds up to logic and all that. Try to narrow out the BS, in...
January 02, 2019 at 23:39
It would be hard even for someone with a high intelligence to determine what intelligence is? We need like an advanced alien race to do it for us or A...
January 02, 2019 at 13:29
Don't get me started on the contempt he has for Jews. No one is to blame maybe life's hard maybe. All you can really do is take care of yourself... I'...
January 02, 2019 at 05:33
Well... He comes from an engineer father so he got stuff, but I'd say his upbringing was lower middle class... he lived in a trailer park for a good p...
January 02, 2019 at 03:27
That's how I feel. Either you are a SJW or a fascist. I hate how it's divided like that. Communist vs Fascist I mean Democrat Republican... I mean blo...
January 02, 2019 at 02:27
So, there is something going on in the black community. That's what it is saying. The rest is left to interpretation? All speculative at that point? T...
January 02, 2019 at 01:46
Even if these statistics were true, crime is a pretty broad spectrum. Either murder or selling marijuana are lumped in as crime. Thank you all for sen...
January 01, 2019 at 22:33
It's hard to think of bias as positive, that makes sense. @"BrianW" He feels suspicious of blacks and he works in retail. He is kinda saying he has a ...
January 01, 2019 at 09:08
Or the moment we do.
January 01, 2019 at 01:27
So you can class a people like that... that's what I was wondering. It seemed useless to me because each person is different. Then, am I suppose to be...
January 01, 2019 at 00:19
Marx has a point about the wage issue. Why should a business exponentially get bigger and NOT pay wages in accordance? It would get rid of the minimum...
December 31, 2018 at 19:32
That's sad because I live near that place. A Mexican claimed to me that white people don't like that type of work. When how you explained it it's beca...
December 31, 2018 at 07:43
I'm glancing at Value, Price and Profit, definitely over my head. I'm giving it a valiant effort cause I'm curious. Is he asking for a more variable w...
December 31, 2018 at 05:22
Wouldn't it limit the wage gap between worker and capitalist while also lifting up the poor to be eligible to work? Then we can have more people contr...
December 31, 2018 at 00:34
What I don't get is voting for celebrities. He's still "Elite". He wants 0% interest rates. I think we should save money. Haven't been keeping up on h...
December 30, 2018 at 23:57
Oh god! Well, heh good point in that too. It's a lot like hacking today. Today it does take one to know one in that realm. Plus, you are well-connecte...
December 30, 2018 at 22:00
Yeah, if you've been harmed, you know damn well what is right or wrong. Thanks for your interpretation and analysis! If I had to choose a philosopher,...
December 30, 2018 at 21:39
Yes. Mitigate the costs to society by letting people who choose their substance pay a little higher tax. that's tax with representation. Though in MN ...
December 30, 2018 at 20:48
Well, it would get rid of taxes too. So workers keep more of their labor. The only one losing materials is the ruling class. Instead of giving tax mon...
December 30, 2018 at 09:37
It would get rid of the lower class though. More workers and capitalists... rinse and repeat...
December 30, 2018 at 09:24
Damn right Capitalism affords us great things. It lifts all boats. People are good at different things you betcha. I'm saying that there is all that i...
December 30, 2018 at 09:04
Say I made apples, and at the end of the production cycle I have some unsold apples that will depreciate quickly (given it is on good productive days)...
December 30, 2018 at 08:56
Makes sense very well said. Nothing in excess, exactly. What if it were eating too much? Or gambling? Video Games? Isn't that neglect more so? Buying ...
December 30, 2018 at 07:46
I don't know many philosophers off hand (still in college and just beginning to read anything of substance on my own), but in my limited experience pe...
December 30, 2018 at 03:05
Ain't that the truth!
December 30, 2018 at 02:22
That's weird that Plato wanted an intellectual round table. Intelligent people do dumb things too. If he were alive today would he still believe that ...
December 30, 2018 at 00:46
Late to the party... So, far I've read the Analysis and Introduction of the first 3 books (Kindle Edition). Totally worth it in my opinion. I can't re...
December 29, 2018 at 23:43
"I guess if we really get down to basics it's a greater human being to be moral as we're free - things being optional. To be legal is just to fear pun...
December 29, 2018 at 06:56
I think work is something we ought to do and do with pride (pushing life forward). My brother and dad work really hard for pay. They don't really real...
December 29, 2018 at 06:07
Music is great! Imagine living without music... then think about participating in it, then think about creating it. Total human expression! It validat...
December 29, 2018 at 05:40
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/05/28/india-exports-food-while-millions-starve/ An example of what nations do with surplus.
December 29, 2018 at 04:47
"You can walk up an injured personnel, try your best to save him/he and to the side road, but by doing so, you may break the law due to your unprofess...
December 29, 2018 at 02:22
IF they are doing that, what is our obligations then? Just take it up tha ass? I suppose been doing it since Marx was around... at least How...do...we...
December 28, 2018 at 04:56
I've gone from depressed to angry honestly. Everyone is like YOLO they say it like they know what they are talking about (as they pop pills and drink ...
December 28, 2018 at 03:15
I just went with affirming the consequence. Good on you for knowing specifically when and the other cases. Been awhile for me, my retention is poo.
December 27, 2018 at 23:24
Don't feel dumb, a lot of people could care less about logic... sad. It's that you ARE doing it that matters. I remember going through the equations. ...
December 27, 2018 at 23:06
OMG is this something that is legal yet immoral? It's everywhere! "any serious abuse of power—including both legal and illegal activities" So things c...
December 27, 2018 at 22:36
Yeah, true he had reasons not opinions, that's amazing he gave his life for Athenia. He would have been a huge hypocrite and everything he taught woul...
December 27, 2018 at 21:17