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no, it wouldn’t. I don’t do worship, of idols or otherwise, and I don’t interpret from the bible that Jesus is ‘the son of God’, nor do I interpret ‘G...

...and then there’s NZ PM Jacinta Ardern

While I understand your reasoning behind it, I disagree that this is without a doubt. My understanding of evolution suggests that if we took humanity ...

Basically. These examples are mainly to demonstrate that ‘psychic phenomena’ is not as ‘out there’ as some people think. It’s a broad spectrum of expe...

...is a nail. Perhaps I have. :blush:

Not necessarily that spooky, though. We may also notice it in the little unexplained things that we tentatively accept as part of the human experience...

I guess what I’m saying is that across subjective experience there appears to be a metaphysical connection that underlies, promotes and transcends all...

The distinction appears to come from the French Revolution, prior to which the King was France and the people his subjects - patriotic, loyal to the i...

If you’re asking me to define a specific metaphysics so that it can be quantified, measured and evaluated, then I’m afraid you may have the wrong idea...

As I may have mentioned once or twice in other threads, rationality and logic is about definition, measurement and evaluation and is a method for inte...

I agree that we teach values to children mainly through the relationship we develop and the example we set. Children don’t care how much you know unti...

I guess that depends on how you understand them. I think as an individual human being they are all limited, but when we strive for the first three bey...

Personally I see nationalism, patriotism and loyalty as limited forms of interconnection; Learning, intelligence and competence as limited forms of aw...

I don’t know if she can simultaneously wish to eradicate bees and also do everything she can to help them flourish. In any case, it’s still a very nar...

In my opinion, Christianity is a group of religions. To call Christianity a single religion is to assume that everyone who calls themselves a Christia...

Agreed. I’m not suggesting that science isn’t useful, but I am in agreeance with Ilya that logic is not an overarching process - I see it as one of at...

And yet you still won’t answer my question.

Maybe no reason as such, but I have a feeling we’ll need more than reason for the full spectrum to be taken into account at the same time. In the mean...

Thanks for the background, but I don’t think it changes my view of the situation much. No vanity or inflated pride? Really? Are you sure? I’ve no doub...

To a hammer everything looks like a nail.

Ok. I’d like to respond to this from the genuine POV of a female and a mother. This has absolutely nothing to do with desireability or evolutionary fi...

That sounds very noble, but when you start to attribute numerical value and measurements to happiness and suffering, there is a danger of focusing in ...

I believe we all have deep, underlying psychological issues, but most of us function relatively well regardless, and many of us are able to gradually ...

Sam Harris talks about a similar experience on MDMA in his book ‘Waking Up’. I think attempts to transcend the religious/secular divide without judgem...

Quantified does not equal control.

My father on the other hand, was a recovering alcoholic who was sober from the birth of his first child until his youngest had left home, so I only ob...

Or maybe they are based on something more primitive and irrational, but it’s not about overriding them - rather seeking to understand them (not to kno...

First of all, most people who get intoxicated every time they drink are actually unable to measure their drinking once they start, so he will likely n...

I was trying to find out if you were specifically after objective, scientific evidence, or if relating to another person’s interpretation of subjectiv...

1, 3 and 5 as you’ve summarised them here refer to the origin of life, whereas 2 and 4 refer to a process of development towards the current state of ...

What kind of evidence are you looking for?

Thanks Joshs. Nietzsche’s use of the term ‘power’ appears to have been frequently misunderstood in a negative sense. I like your description of it, by...

What do you think it means to ‘survive better’? To live is not only to survive, yet it seems that you equate the two, as if there were nothing else to...

It seems there is a tendency to reach the point of recognising feelings and imagination as ‘proof’ of motivation beyond biology, and then find ourselv...

Some people also risk or sacrifice their own survival for what they describe as a ‘greater cause’ or ‘something larger than themselves’. Some people a...

My own answer would be yes, but then I must admit that I struggle to imagine being so fixed on wanting to be such a narrowly definitive person that: a...

You may find that your attempts to define and then label my philosophical approach will prove frustrating for you. I am not a student of philosophy in...

An animal doesn’t so much interpret the bodily sensations as fear - I think it simply makes no mental distinction between the feeling of fear and its ...

I would suggest that the text is meaningful if a correlation can be made between subjective human experiences through their interaction with the text.

You’re assuming that individual survival is the main aim here, not to mention an individual life free of stress, harm and negative experience.

I’m under no illusion that there is ‘the meaning’ of my words that persists through time. Whenever I interact with the words I wrote, there is meaning...

I’m not sure that a state of equilibrium in a dynamical system is ever a given, though. I would have thought that survival depends on sustaining a cer...

I’m not looking for an answer here. It’s more an alternative way of exploring the concept of self-reflection and self motivation...by looking at aware...

Just thinking out loud on the subject... I think a similar thought process happens when we decide to stop ourselves from performing a task that we wou...

Yes, but would it look the same? Would it be a rediscovery, or something else? And if an ‘ancient artifact’ containing our current mathematical langua...

Not such a bad thing, if you ask me.

So, your problem is not with International Women’s Day in general, but with the political message of a specific, local event. Thank you for clarifying...

And what if ideas about self awareness, growth and meaningfulness would ultimately provide the solution to economic well-being? Just a thought.

Where is the source of your quote? The message I got was a reminder that there are still many instances of exploitation and oppression against women o...

Wow. I’ll admit, I honestly thought this kind of conversation was behind us, but clearly I was wrong. And then I realised that I work in an industry t...