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Proper alien music; don't ask yourself whether you like it or not, but whether you can hear it or not. Great song, great musicians, but I don't like i...
April 19, 2022 at 06:18
Ha! Kamikaze and suicide bombers have a machine mind - the highest possible morale. No doubt no fear, no regret. "I am a Camera Mine."
April 18, 2022 at 17:58
It's pretty common for military commanders to psychologise their troops both during a war and through specific training exercises. This is because mos...
April 18, 2022 at 17:28
Double down on your stupidity why not? "we" say nothing. I say that indeed nations have a morale in relation to other nations. It is not fixed, but va...
April 18, 2022 at 15:12
That is a parody argument. Pluck, luck, and whatever the fuck can all be factors of success and failure. Morale is certainly important, and weapon sup...
April 18, 2022 at 13:20
Thanks for that video, Great speech, short and clear. It didn't have to be like this... I haven't heard much from 'our' leaders of this wisdom. I spea...
April 18, 2022 at 07:59
Logic is timeless - present tense eternal. Socrates is mortal, always has been and always will be for ever and ever. Whereas in time and cause, Socrat...
April 17, 2022 at 08:09
I propose that nobody knows jack shit about the afterlife 'til they get there and then they do not share their knowledge with us. Or, I propose that j...
April 16, 2022 at 12:04
If I was discussing social media on social media, (which I am), I would not care to divide the world into stupid and smart, remaining of course on the...
April 15, 2022 at 11:48
I find sports people have an unfair advantage over me because they take exercise and practice. Until such artificial stimulants are banned, I have no ...
April 15, 2022 at 09:11
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There's an old saying; If you want to make a small fortune in farming, you need to start with a large one. In the good ol' days, one made money, not d...
April 14, 2022 at 14:02
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Where have I heard that before? Oh yes:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbiDVEcXLx0
April 13, 2022 at 20:07
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That would be my guess; they've been supplying the world with lovely cheap stuff for a generation, and I suspect as a country goes bankrupt, they will...
April 13, 2022 at 18:43
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We really shouldn't be surprised that the people who run money run it on behalf of people who have money, not on behalf of those who do not.
April 13, 2022 at 08:00
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One might be forgiven for thinking the IMF was an organisation of profiteering capitalists. They seem to behave like payday loan companies, preying on...
April 13, 2022 at 07:23
When the light is too far, music comes close. The sound of the human voice declares one is not alone in the dark; one has companions.
April 13, 2022 at 06:51
Why? Is this a divine revelation you have had, an arbitrary definition you have adopted or what? There are threads on current affairs, on environmenta...
April 12, 2022 at 09:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpIS0wSGuMQ
April 11, 2022 at 14:00
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. It ain't going to happen. Not soon enough , if ever, and it doesn't address the huge environmental problems...
April 10, 2022 at 08:12
Some more, not no more. Solar panels absorb energy they do not add any energy. Whereas suns, big and little, add energy. They don't add to the greenho...
April 09, 2022 at 19:58
So the solution to too much energy in the global climate is a source of abundant cheap energy? Place getting too hot? let's make some tiny little suns...
April 09, 2022 at 18:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP5xZOA1VAo
April 09, 2022 at 13:56
Oh dear, I've really let myself down there! :grimace:
April 09, 2022 at 13:43
No, but some of my best friends are.
April 08, 2022 at 20:31
We Don't All Have To Be the same, read the same books, agree about everything. Some of us need to read The Plumber's Bible, but not all of us.
April 08, 2022 at 20:10
That is just the nature of fame. eg, most famous tigers are not tigers; most famous bears are not bears; most famous musicians are not musicians; etc....
April 08, 2022 at 09:41
1. It looks like a cat's head. 2. It burns and floods on alternate years except when it does both at once. 3. @"StreetlightX" and @"Banno". 4. It has ...
April 08, 2022 at 08:30
Australia is totally ludicrous, and has been since it was first discovered in the Dreamtime.
April 07, 2022 at 21:42
Yes, you have roughly found one way to do it. I think there are many ways. I'm sorry, I'm monolingual English, apart from some French, Catalan, German...
April 07, 2022 at 17:45
Fascinating. Where on Earth did you get the idea? Is the Latin essential? No, of course not. If it was a bad joke, people would laugh. Like this: A mi...
April 07, 2022 at 15:38
#49. https://shwep.net/podcast/the-long-secret-history-of-the-jews-part-ii-second-temple-judaism/ Those of us that were brought up with some kind of v...
April 07, 2022 at 15:22
Completely different! That is poking fun at humour, in a mere extension of self parody. There's no real philosophy, and the goal is the same as any ot...
April 07, 2022 at 13:48
This, and the above are part of the New Humor, that i am promoting. New Humor consists of unfunny jokes intended to provoke a mild sense of disappoint...
April 07, 2022 at 08:50
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61013740 As soon as God has been located, he will be brought to justice for the genocide of the dinosau...
April 07, 2022 at 08:40
Someone asked a seasoned bank robber why he robbed banks. "Because that's where the money is", he replied.
April 05, 2022 at 21:35
1. Creamy. 2. Chocolatey. 3. Cold. Always happy to help. Distinguish: 1. Comedy from tragedy. 2. Wit from folly. 3. Playful from serious. My first tho...
April 05, 2022 at 13:02
Probability - the attempt to quantify ignorance. But perhaps ignorance is immeasurable, who knows? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBwsm6B280
April 05, 2022 at 10:05
http://users.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/workhard.html My goal is to grow old and die, and to do it as slowly as possible. A man focussed on goals and a...
April 05, 2022 at 08:31
Episode #45 - Physics and Esoteric Metaphysics might be of interest to the more sceptical wing of the forum. A discussion of pneuma, sympatheia, and l...
April 04, 2022 at 18:55
Look, there is a long tradition of having a wife and a mistress. Lets not pretend that before the 60's everyone was life-long monogamous. What happens...
April 03, 2022 at 19:36
There seems to be a confusion about "plans". In a game of chess, my plan is to win. To do that I implement an opening sequence of moves that is tried ...
April 03, 2022 at 15:45
Ah I see. But you don't see the relevance of adoption? It's evidence that emotional ties result from commitment, not the other way round. In your thou...
April 03, 2022 at 07:11
Certainly. You have heard of adoption ?
April 02, 2022 at 22:12
In the old forum, back in the days when philosophers were ... {10 pages later} ... and the button that here is labelled "Post Comment" was more accura...
April 01, 2022 at 19:43
Ah, yes. I find my mood is like the weather, and just changes unconnected with what is going on around me. "Why are you sunny today?" is a silly quest...
March 31, 2022 at 12:04
It takes a village to raise a child. (African proverb). Freedom does not come cheap. Children need stable loving care for a long time, and the social ...
March 31, 2022 at 11:13
If I gave the impression it was anything simple at all, it was unintentional. In the literature, the term they use is "resilience", and a deal of stud...
March 31, 2022 at 10:43
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/stephen-frys-schooldays-1131692
March 30, 2022 at 11:43
A nice video, but says nothing at all against trauma theory. There is a complex genetic predisposing component as one would expect because genes build...
March 30, 2022 at 11:11
And do you have evidence for this? Bah, never mind, I agree; psychology is always vague and fuzzy because it generalises the uniqueness of personhood....
March 29, 2022 at 16:32