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['Member']Joined: February 18, 2019 at 21:52Last active: March 05, 2019 at 05:011 discussions15 comments

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In: Superheroes in American psyche.  — view comment
I think SH vs SV is a reflection of how society feels about the political discourse. In the news we see billionaires battle it out over money, fame, g...
February 27, 2019 at 23:47
In: The idea that we have free will is an irrational idea  — view comment
Again if basis of your argument require a God I don't see how we can go around that. But randomness is something to be sceptical about yes, but you ha...
February 27, 2019 at 23:38
In: An argument for God's existence  — view comment
I don't belive your claim that God exist. Do you have any evidence to back your claim?
February 27, 2019 at 08:32
In: The idea that we have free will is an irrational idea  — view comment
I don't belive your claim that God exists. Since your argument requires that part to be true to function, I don't see a way for me to engage with it a...
February 27, 2019 at 08:28
In: The God of Creation vs the God of Rituals  — view comment
Perhaps the answer lies in the sequence of things... In Christian tradition God seams to care about what happens on earth first rest of the cosmos bei...
February 26, 2019 at 15:44
In: The idea that we have free will is an irrational idea  — view comment
I assume that you mean that Christian God exists? I am sceptical of that claim, as I am of all sorts, for lack of the better word, "supernatural" clai...
February 26, 2019 at 15:33
In: Nietzsche and the Abyss  — view comment
I like where both of you Joshs and Fooloso4 have gone... Both of you seem to point towards the abyss as a place and time of Interregnum... Thinks of G...
February 22, 2019 at 03:18
In: Total Recall - Voluntary Ignorance Paradox  — view comment
I think you may be giving too much to the Buddhist, Meditation and alike.... Remember that Cogito ergo sum = I am thinking therefore I am... The act a...
February 21, 2019 at 17:04
In: The Goal of Art  — view comment
with regards to the side question I basically agree with OOO and Graham Harman here... Work of art is "something" just like this galaxy, Ford Motor Co...
February 21, 2019 at 07:03
In: Nietzsche and the Abyss  — view comment
Would it be safe to characterize the abyss as a sort of given then? You mention western philosophy as anchoring in truth that is unchanging... Therefo...
February 21, 2019 at 03:47
In: Total Recall - Voluntary Ignorance Paradox  — view comment
okay I like that... One knows that one is a Ship of Thesus but one does not know if one is original or not. But would you agree that this places the "...
February 21, 2019 at 02:55
In: Yellow vests movement  — view comment
It is a new movement, one that does not demand actual change but settles for "zero sum gains" at best. I agree with Zizek here... Yellow Vests have de...
February 20, 2019 at 06:06
In: Total Recall - Voluntary Ignorance Paradox  — view comment
I think that the "simulation hypothesis" takes the 'credible witness' out of the equation. The point that interests me here is your line of fake reali...
February 20, 2019 at 05:48
In: Total Recall - Voluntary Ignorance Paradox  — view comment
If reality can be faked, does that mean my act of thinking my cogito is faked too? If the answer is yes, then we somehow live in a world where everyth...
February 19, 2019 at 17:44
In: Total Recall - Voluntary Ignorance Paradox  — view comment
In 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic... Johnny the protagonist is faced with that paradox. He removed part of his brain to accommodate a huge electronic devic...
February 18, 2019 at 22:23
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