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In: Sexism  — view comment
Deleting thread in 5,4,3,2,1...
August 15, 2017 at 02:17
An acronym that describes our Internet-dominated era: Digital Information Age of Rumors, Reality-tv, and Home-shopping Easing into the Apocalypse. Or ...
August 13, 2017 at 18:59
Computer science. Everything else as a hobby or spare time activity, as important or interesting as it may be. (Y)
August 09, 2017 at 11:51
Individuality/collectivity and similarity/differences are the Yin/Yang of our existence, and maybe all of nature's. In nature, the balance point is ge...
August 09, 2017 at 11:31
https://aeon.co/essays/psychedelics-work-by-violating-our-models-of-self-and-the-world Interesting article (and comments afterward) about dissolving t...
August 09, 2017 at 02:10
Your hand- is it one thing or many? Five fingers or one hand? Both? Neither? Nondualism's "not one, yet not separate" may be onto something...
August 07, 2017 at 19:48
In addition to the previously mentioned MasterDebater, the random name generator has spit out the following: alienlifeform, gogo bootz, Magilla Gorill...
August 04, 2017 at 20:45
Everyone's situation is different. But what helped me (to be overly simplistic) was to scrape off layers and layers of personae. In other words, i had...
July 31, 2017 at 11:05
I'm going to change my username. So please no one take "MasterDebater" since i have my heart set on that name! :D
July 29, 2017 at 18:58
I genuinely hope you are right... for everybody's sake. You presented in general more of a best case scenario, maybe I'm looking at worst case possibi...
July 29, 2017 at 13:23
Identity. Very important question. And like many such questions, the first answer that may pop into mind is "what's the big deal?". Because it is so n...
July 29, 2017 at 02:35
Thanks for your reply. That would be an interesting debate. I would say that at best, the technology is only as beneficial, smart, and good as the peo...
July 28, 2017 at 11:03
About moral choices, no matter how much it may bug you, always choose the lesser of two weevils.
July 28, 2017 at 00:30
Regarding the question, the definite and extremely conclusive answer is absolutely and positively NO. It is matter-of-factly impossible and inconceiva...
July 28, 2017 at 00:07
Thanks for your post! Welcome to the forum. Or welcome back if you were at the old PF, or if you are an alter-ego of a current member! :D j/k This was...
July 27, 2017 at 18:27
Understood. I assumed as much, otherwise you might be correcting all the Infidels. :D
July 26, 2017 at 20:54
(Y) Yes, thank you, and amen. Living in the USA, I am so tired of hearing true patriots curse and revile Allah, and say "God bless 'Merica" in the sam...
July 26, 2017 at 20:46
In advance of trying, that is. Good. Neatly done, and self-absolved. That leaves more time to do many other things. X-) Is a culture that works for it...
July 26, 2017 at 16:16
In: In/sanity  — view comment
Healthy self-skepticism is a rare and wonderful thing. I value it greatly because of its realness and ability to stay grounded. But on the other hand,...
July 26, 2017 at 15:30
In: In/sanity  — view comment
Those that have abandoned the strategy of "stomp on those below your level, out-shine those on your level, and kiss up to those above" may very well h...
July 26, 2017 at 14:59
(Y) Ahh, nicely worded! That "your" in the question makes a huge difference. Without it, it is a trite cliche, if not possibly trolling. With it, it h...
July 26, 2017 at 14:40
About the difference in amount of work between this tribe and our civilization, two main differences come to mind. The role of money and the relations...
July 26, 2017 at 13:42
Thanks. I will have to readSex, Ecology, and Spirituality. Just saw Wilber has a new 800-page book out. For some fun beach reading! :D
July 25, 2017 at 15:56
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NamQj-E9I (Y) From what I understand, even at the time the movie was made (1980), the San people were already being fo...
July 25, 2017 at 15:50
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=njvmSCG1qes Tribe of "Bushmen" are in this movie. I think the English language would be more interesting if clucks and c...
July 25, 2017 at 14:50
I'm devastated. Stealing one girlfriend, sure. Two, well it happens. But all three? You sir, have the ethics of Mogolian post-modern nihilist! Well, I...
July 24, 2017 at 22:52
Obviously, you're lucky enough to never have met any of my former girlfriends. ba-dump...tish. Goodnight folks, you've been great! X-)
July 24, 2017 at 20:59
Regarding Agustino's eloquently worded original post, I would agree with (or at the very least not disagree with) nearly all of it. A person, taken in...
July 24, 2017 at 17:00
This morning's traffic 'copter report... traffic is flowing smoothly, except for the backup at Center Rd and Ninth St. where a fender bender has cause...
July 22, 2017 at 15:42
Gut-wrenching story. Like a Shakespearian tragedy, or something. In an instant, with a bad choice, their lives are defined forever even if they escape...
July 22, 2017 at 14:24
I think i may know what you are getting at. But at second glance of RN's quote, i think it is actually a fair request to the original poster to define...
July 22, 2017 at 14:01
Interesting thread for sure. Hopefully later i will contribute. But for now, may i offer an alternative to "Prutopia"? How about "Practopia", perhaps?...
July 22, 2017 at 13:55
Interesting, thank you for sharing that. Even though i might quibble somewhat about antibiotics being the top discovery in the last hundred years (I'd...
July 22, 2017 at 13:34
Interesting, thanks! Could you possibly say more about Wilber in relation to the current ecological situation and related topics? I think i see what y...
July 22, 2017 at 12:03
If you haven't seen any of Joseph Campbell's videos or lectures, you might like him. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4K18E1er2s
July 20, 2017 at 22:09
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July 20, 2017 at 15:34
That is one thing i learned during my job as a delivery person. I love dogs dearly, and generally would not hurt a fly and am pacifist vegetarian. But...
July 20, 2017 at 15:08
About being in the flow, in the zone, and trying to stay there as much and often as possible... I think I know what you mean. Sometimes it just comes ...
July 20, 2017 at 13:58
(Y) gotcha!
July 20, 2017 at 13:35
Taking Latin in high school finally comes in handy after many years. Wish i would have learned Chinese, though! X-)
July 20, 2017 at 13:26
Sorry... to whom are you referring? Who is "he"? Dostoevsky? Thanks. (Y)
July 20, 2017 at 13:22
Icarus, you mean to say maybe? Good point though! (Y)
July 20, 2017 at 13:07
(Y) Thanks for your reply. Yes, those examples are eerily familiar. Have not read Wright's book, but i appreciated Jared Diamond's Collapse which seem...
July 20, 2017 at 12:47
Progress, or at least the idea of it, seems like a mixed bag. The old joke is "Q: Are things getting better or worse? A: Definitely!" Of course, techn...
July 20, 2017 at 10:53
Didn't want you to feel left out! Also, it's a toxin, not a poison. Botox actually. In 4 or 5 years you will look 10 years younger. So you got that go...
July 20, 2017 at 10:24
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhbb3wdghNhR99HBjowo1vjWYLJKBQUlD&v=KKvvOFIHs4k Don't be so certain! You have been injected with a poison that takes...
July 19, 2017 at 17:38
So it seems the general consensus is that philosophy as a whole (including logic) is NOT considered science, not even related. Though at one time it w...
July 18, 2017 at 20:23
Kids today... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1fO-5OKz4
July 18, 2017 at 18:47
This quote from The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: “Every creature born in the living community belongs to that community. I mean it belongs in the sense...
July 18, 2017 at 16:14
(Y) yep, Barbara will do that to ya! X-)
July 18, 2017 at 14:56