Sorry, I did intend to get to it eventually, just needed more than 20 minutes. I take this to say, "We appreciate wisdom. It is better to be wise than...
Does this even begin to address the points people have been making in this thread? I could similarly pull statistics to show that processed sugar has ...
I thought I actually provided evidence of their similarities. Oh well. both can lead to potential harms if they are used irresponsibly That was easy. ...
Ok. I did not pick up on this idea at all the first time (the drawing toward part). As this seems a complicated sentiment, I want to be sure I am unde...
excuse me? how so? And what about my emotions analogy? I can re-word: Question: Are you a member of a community? Assuming the answer is yes, do your e...
But you only showed that "I" value it more. It makes no objective (I mean tending toward objectivity - not PURELY subjective) statement unless we can ...
Hmmmm? So there is nothing admirable about a student that finds dark matter/dark energy explanations to be inadequate, so they delve into the subject?...
Can you guarantee to control your emotions and their effect on you and others? One might say that people don't choose to be emotional where as they ch...
The Simpsons are full of great little scenes like that. I can't even tell you what episode that was from because the whole scene was only about 10-20 ...
Ugh, I hear that. But my experience suggests many others operate similarly. My parents are republican and from the day I was born have never cast a si...
Hi Olly - since I saw that Terrapin also responded, I just wanted to mention that many people here (seemingly most) seem to be in agreement with what ...
Sorry, I was just re-reading the other thread and realized that I did not respond to this portion (but thanks for the little reminder :grin: ) Based o...
I can say "I love x more than y". That says nothing about "x being better than y". Then we have shown that it is just nonsense made up by art "elites"...
I was called out for off topic, so I just responded to your post in this thread. What we pointed out in the art thread, was that an educated art criti...
Somewhere we are struggling with language. If they cannot be measured, how can they be "more"? Prove it? and I don't mean empirically, I mean how woul...
You are right about the popularity contest. And I might even agree that very few people care to delve into the issues. But that does NOT mean that peo...
I understand this sentiment completely. I am largely in the same boat. I just barely make the minimal effort of voting (and that is more because I hav...
Well, being wrong is sort of my M.O. But I will not admit it easily. Time for me to go read 15 pages of that thread all over again :smile: . I did not...
Evidence is suggesting that it was my brain that was not working. The OP was worried about being monitored by government or civilian vigilantes. I hav...
hahhaha. well, not even close on that one, got to work on that reading comprehension. at least I let the OP know of at last one poster they can ignore...
I will take more time to respond to your post more respectfully (no time now), but this statement was the exact thrust of that thread. So some people ...
Me too. I can't disagree and get along? I have even found myself agreeing with almost everything you say in every OTHER thread but that one. And I thi...
Why would a trump supporter vote democrat? Democrats want a multicultural society. Democrats support more open borders. Democrats see benefits in soci...
We're on a philosophy site. I assume everyone here is aware that the vast majority (very near all) of politicians are just narcissistic people, who, l...
Interesting read. I hope you find comfort in life. In noticing this one bit, I couldn't help but see parallels with the treatment of black Americans. ...
Is this a trick? You make a valid point, but if my choice is democrats or Trump? Doesn't seem too difficult. But don't worry, I won't give the democra...
Definition of art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, pr...
So how is that statement not sophistry? How is saying that it is not a fact sophistry? So that my post is on topic I will bring the sophistry back in ...
This is an example of a BIG problem for a men's movement (my opinion). I think everyone (maybe almost everyone?) would agree that males raping females...
hahaha. Nicely done. I think that single statement finds a way to offend everyone involved. And to the OP: I would suggest that MOVEMENTS are needed w...
Well we can't expect dolphins or chimps to solve the problem, so humans are the only ones that can be held responsible. The only upside would be that ...
That's what I am trying to figure out :grin: I think I am getting closer, but still have a couple questions on this bit: "excess" - I assume this refe...
OK. thanks for the clarification. This makes much more sense now. I really was not sure what type of pressure release was being referred to. So I thin...
Pain hurts. So death is a fact? And facts exist? But if we talk about them then it is just opinion? If we created 2 A.I. entities could they communica...
No problem. No non-believer should ever have to learn all that crap, so it was probably a fair assumption :smile: Know that I am likely to agree with ...
I think so, and I do tend to over-react anytime it is implied that old art is better than new art :grimace: This part is interesting to me. I have alw...
Entertainment is an exponentially larger portion of the economy than ever before. But is it diluted? There is more art created now than at any point i...
Probably a crazy tangent but this reminds me of the idea in physics that we can never see an object cross the event horizon. This ends up being wrong,...
First, I think there are already a couple of good responses. I will just add a little in case you are a bit of a weirdo like me :wink: Many of my post...
OK. i just deleted a nice long one :grin: Not sure what to respond to if not EVERYTHING you say. Answer this question: Do you KNOW if there is a god? ...
hehe, I was not trying to suggest that Christian theology is accurate or even logical. ??? What did I say that suggested this? Notice that Jesus never...
More essential has to be creativity (assuming the person is literate). A poem can be written entirely absent knowledge of "good" grammar. But without ...
I don't think this thread has much to do with this, but that question was floating around, and I didn't see the answer anywhere. I am not christian, b...
Well easy for the socially adequate to say. I have never felt that people's behavior, facial, expressions, non-verbal cues, etc are anywhere near cons...
Unquestionably true, but I seem to enjoy whining about it anyway :grin: I realize that authority was a problematic word in that case. What I meant by ...
So I think what you are saying is that no one can prove a negative? That is why the burden of proof is typically on those making a claim vs those deny...
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