Some more random thoughts on this subject... Calling it a "mood" seems like it is being shrugged off or taken too lightly. I don't get the impression ...
Completely agree with that, with the possible exception of politicians. Until they too are replaced by machines. Oh wait... that sounds even worse, li...
The hindsight of living with, and nearly dying from, depression starting when i was 18 is much clearer than the mindset i had during it. That is proba...
Slightly puzzled that no one has mentioned the surprisingly deep I (L) Huckabees. It is such a back and forth debate on the underlying meaning of exis...
Your post almost sounds like one particular teaching of Buddhism. Maybe you are onto something! :D Buddha taught that the eight worldly winds revolve ...
just a random thought (and really, aren't those the most fun?)... Not that i would call myself a "Christian" in the strictest sense... (despite being ...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE What's up, doc? ;) Those cartoons were the best. The characters were my role models growing up. Which now th...
Rabbit season! Duck season! Rabbit seaon! Duck season! Rabbit season! Rabbit season! I say its Duck season, now go ahead and shoot! Ka-Blammm!!! Yoour...
Thank you, that is a useful distinction to make between "adversaries" and "enemies". Good to keep that in mind, and to keep the natural competitivenes...
Thanks, that's a good point. I definitely would think that the more extreme examples of both types of arguments could clearly be differentiated from e...
Hello, and thanks much for your thoughtful post! Many good points, imho. And thanks for expanding on your previous post in order to help me understand...
Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. Very much appreciated. Exactly. I think we are on the same chapter, if not the same page with the socie...
Thanks for sharing that excellent point. Didn't know that. I wish i had been raised with another language besides English. It might give some differen...
Yep. You ain't kidding! And that's just the stuff we know of. Who knows what else is being planned. Do we want to know? Can we handle the truth? (to q...
Hee hee. No, nothing to apologize about in the OP, imho. Advertising is as good a place to start digging as any other, maybe even better. Lots of inte...
Thanks for your reply. I would say a community is both a collection of individuals AND a whole greater than the sum of its parts, like light can be de...
Occasionally, i get the vague feeling of living in some dystopian amalgamation of the scenarios of Orwell's 1984, The Lord of the Rings, The Terminato...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OlrcbKlW4Tw&t=58s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OlrcbKlW4Tw&t=58s With your ear down to the ground... i hear a very gent...
Thank you very much for the thoughtful reply. And welcome to TPF! :) I was just trying to focus on our current existence, as opposed to any possible a...
(Posted this in another forum without much feedback, but it may apply to this discussion.) To consider self-esteem, one could first consider the very ...
About the "like button" thingy discussion... I have seen some forums (fora? :B ) where there was the ability to "thank" a person for their post. Also,...
How would you compare/contrast pessimism with philosophical skepticism? It seems skepticism has a firmer philosophical tradition than mere pessimism, ...
Hey, thanks! Great responses and insights. You get to pick the next chapter to discuss! (Y) (Well, actually anyone can pick any chapter they want. But...
The Ego. This subject always perplexes me. I get the gist of Freud's system of Id, Ego, and Super-ego. If i recall correctly from my scant reading mos...
Well, seeing that it seems that everything can be turned into a competition... and then a reality show with a panel of snooty judges, invariably inclu...
Know the male, yet keep to the female: receive the world in your arms. If you receive the world, the Tao will never leave you and you will be like a l...
Yes, why make it a poll? Who likes to be, er, polled? :-O I think we've had enough elections for a while. Just state your preferences, and why they ar...
Sometimes one feels like a piece of wooden furniture. Strong, sturdy, and well-made, but covered with about five layers of sloppily applied paint. How...
Probably it was only a matter of time before the practice of "political spinning" found its way into every crevice of our little world. Request for 20...
:D Probably! I was picturing old cold war propaganda about communist countries how everything was bland, boring, and state-approved. With a constant l...
Or at the very least have a patient listener who never disagrees and laughs at my obscure jokes! Though there are some sensitive topics I don't bring ...
Thanks very much for your reply and insights. I will check out those books. I had the one on Shakespeare, but may have donated it to clear space! Reco...
In Self we trust? Question: has the belief in a completely separate Self become the dominant paradigm in our culture? Is it now the foundation of prac...
After years of reading the work of people trying to define the Divine, and trying it myself this way and that... It reaches a point where it all seems...
Some diluted lavender essential oil sprayed around, some chamomile, kava, or melatonin while listening to some psychill music mix on YouTube and im us...
Thanks for the reply. Happy holidays! Yes, definitely. It is very helpful (and perhaps critical) in discussions about the self to keep in mind the two...
Thank you very much for your reply. And happy holidays to all. (L) What you wrote brings to mind the Zen master's response of "Who is it that is askin...
Yes, we p-zombies have terrible taste in music! Sometimes we will listen to a broken radiator rattling for hours and wonder why no one has used it in ...
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