Most philosophers agree about most things; that Trump is an odious incompetent, that the climate emergency is real and drastic, that Mozart is better ...
Care and trust is about where it's at for sure. My favourite cliche is that "you cannot have friends you can only be friends." Kinda like the good sam...
I think all will be well. Relax and let the team do their magic - my prayer is that you and they will have no need to rely on prayers. See you back at...
I am confused. Cantor agrees and shows that the rationals are countable. As far as I can understand you, he uses a similar method to your own, except ...
There's not much that anyone can prove does not exist. And it's one of the least important or interesting things about God. If you believe in proof, d...
I think god is a bit like that irritating teacher that tries to get the kids to find out shit for themselves instead of just telling them the right an...
Of course they work! And you didn't need to post that on sciences' machines to inform me; your psychic fluence had already informed us before you pres...
I would like to make it clear that i did not have sex with the woman I have no memory of having been photographed with, and If I did, I did not inhale...
*Looks around for evidence that the great and good actually have any idea how to run things, bring up children or make sensible decisions*. *Looks aro...
The anti-natal theme in Christianity is quite strong, in the monastic tradition, the celibacy of priests, the Shakers, Cathars, and the general notion...
I wonder if folks can agree with a more limited moral point as a start. If one procreates, one is responsible for one's children. Now we could complic...
I'm way too philosophical to actually do the research, but it makes intuitive psychological sense that young people are radical and know everything be...
Opinion without argument. I have interacted with him before, several times, and sometimes managed to have an interesting discussion, and sometimes I g...
It's an argument. It's quite a strong argument against any form of utilitarianism. "Your joy cannot justify my suffering." Schop is extending the comp...
Is the difference manifested in words only, or does it affect behaviour more generally? Does the immaterialist offer to do the dishes by thinking them...
"YouGov confirmed to i that the page was uploaded as a placeholder, originally without the data or the headline, but that it was updated when the data...
Do you understand that weather forecasters and all sorts of quite sensible people talk about sunrise and sunset and make accurate predictions about th...
You appear not to understand English, but I'm sure you do really. 'Stationary' as you should know is a relative term and has been since Newton. In the...
"The very idea" has been brought up in this discussion too. In real terms at the end of the day, the sun sets. You are confusing truth with a theory o...
Sure, but which one? You may favour one and I may favour another for our different purposes. I'll see you down the pub when the rotation of the Earth ...
But nothing has been said about beliefs. I watch the sunset, and I know that the Earth rotates. Just as I can sail into the mouth of a river without b...
What it's about is that 'the sun is setting' can be translated into Earth rotation talk perfectly well, and in fact you yourself have to make that tra...
"all they are doing"? As if we oldies do not provide an eloquent wordless accompaniment to our every movement. A language of groans is all truth. Well...
Thanks for the exposition @"Banno". Being somewhat concrete and visual in my thinking, I like to see how things work in practice. So here's one I watc...
Worth pointing out that most remainers-become-leavers are probably of this 'accepting' mindset __ democrats that is. Bad idea but will of the people i...
And that is an extension of the general irresponsibility of national government over decades that finds in the EU a convenient scapegoat for its incom...
'Name' is not the name of a name. When I have nothing in my pocket there is no mystery about it. Do not reify existence and non-existence. It is very ...
Someone who follows is going somewhere, or possibly nowhere special, but going. Perhaps one can be going somewhere without following, or perhaps every...
Thought I'd put this up here for our American friends - a bit of background on the Corbyn antisemitism thing... https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opend...
The answer to this is trivially obvious. Competition is costly. So the natural evolution of a parasite is from harmful to harmless and on to beneficia...
And here's another one that needs to be put down. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2019/nov/05/jacob-rees-mogg-is-cleverer-than-grenfell-tow...
Apparently, it's acceptable to call for people like that to be put down. You might imagine death threats are unacceptable, but it seems not. https://w...
Anything they can do, we can do better. We can be done by anyone better than you. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/04/no-10-blocks-russia...
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