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In: Decolonizing Science?  — view comment
The idea that anything is innately "Eurocentric" is absurd. It's a notion that Europeans, because they did this or that, have only ever come up with t...
June 03, 2019 at 19:57
In: The part is always, in a sense, greater than the whole.  — view comment
So the OP is trolling, right? I was going to say that there's no way anyone thinks like this, but I'd be lying to myself. If the OP is actually sincer...
May 09, 2019 at 10:54
In: A Refutation of Nominalism:  — view comment
Which makes it possible for someone to refer to a topic in general terms without either knowing or understanding specifics.
May 08, 2019 at 11:29
In: A Refutation of Nominalism:  — view comment
Why does everything have to be transmogrified by human imagination into an ism, do we do this to convince ourselves of an intellect we don't actually ...
May 08, 2019 at 11:22
In: Are any Opinions Immoral to Hold?  — view comment
It's a compilation of subjective moral pressures that causes us to consider something morally good or evil. Countless instances of acceptable murder h...
May 08, 2019 at 10:32
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Person A is implying that all religion apart from person A's chosen religion--is a bull in the China shop of society. Person B is quoting Person A's b...
May 08, 2019 at 04:28
In: Is there any Truth in the Idea that all People are Created Equal  — view comment
People are unequal in countless ways, but in certain idealists' world views people deserve to be treated as though they are of equal intrinsic value u...
May 07, 2019 at 22:01
In: Musings On Infinity  — view comment
I can see why his mathematics are "of great philosophical interest". They mean nothing and lead nowhere.
May 07, 2019 at 12:34
In: Musings On Infinity  — view comment
Who said infinity was a number, other than four year olds?
May 07, 2019 at 12:29
In: Does “spirit” exist? If so, what is it?  — view comment
This is what philosophy is all about, right? Answering the hard questions, like how do we prove there's something when really there's nothing? By sayi...
May 07, 2019 at 11:58
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
You're nothing but a troll behind an imaginary pulpit.
May 06, 2019 at 14:47
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I'm well aware of the "happiest places to live" stats--the top positions belong to a few ethnically and religiously homogeneous nations. We haven't be...
May 06, 2019 at 14:29
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I didn't claim that all religions or any specific religion was inherently peaceful. I'm not particularly fond of religion. Most religion has inevitabl...
May 06, 2019 at 02:30
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
For someone who claims to hate BS you certainly spew a lot of it though. You still haven't responded to my queries into you having no idea what you're...
May 05, 2019 at 15:53
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Is this a philosophy thread or a preach and spit venom thread?
May 04, 2019 at 22:10
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
I didn't defend a religion. You attacked religion with lies, I identified your dishonesty. The vast majority of religious people are not fundamentalis...
May 04, 2019 at 17:02
In: Would a ban on all public religious representations and displays ease religious hatreds and violence  — view comment
Inquisitions? What is this, the 12th century? Jesus said go out and tell the world, and his close circle of followers determined that they should marc...
May 04, 2019 at 14:48
In: Are causeless effects possible?  — view comment
Funnily enough, what that effectively suggests is that feasibly we're experiencing a "momentarily popped in" state within a "popping in and out of exi...
May 03, 2019 at 18:46
In: Is Physicalism Incompatible with Physics?  — view comment
Yes, they do exist in the material world, or senses wouldn't be able to sense them. Symbols are just manipulations of material. Their conceptualizatio...
May 03, 2019 at 12:58
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
You offered unoriginal paradoxes based on contradictory assumptions. For example, why would you say in one breath that nothing exists without a first ...
May 02, 2019 at 10:14
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
It's actually a rationalized dismissal of the alleged relevance to my existence of sunlight being blown out of proportion 15,000 years ago. Why are yo...
May 02, 2019 at 10:02
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Please accept my most humble apologies, you're right, there are four comments you copy/pasted from Wikipedia into threads started by other members, an...
May 02, 2019 at 07:28
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
Your explanation is based on a very specific assumption of conditions which are widely variable. I dismantled your airplane analogy already--every mom...
May 02, 2019 at 06:00
In: Beyond The God Debate  — view comment
If someone "trusts" an airplane and its pilot and chance and all associated external factors with their life, then why does turbulence frighten them? ...
May 02, 2019 at 01:57
In: Do you feel more enriched being a cantankerous argumentative ahole?  — view comment
An online forum separates people in such a way that they can attack ideas without attacking each other personally. If attacks on ideas are taken perso...
May 01, 2019 at 23:47
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I'm not blind, and I'm not guessing. Guessing is when you say "hey, there's a thing that no one can see let's try to imagine what it might look like, ...
May 01, 2019 at 23:25
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
You're calling bullshit on what grounds, that you insist in present day upon using a definition from 600 BCE? Good call. Let's go back 3,000 years for...
May 01, 2019 at 22:18
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Well I guess I have to call bullshit on your calling bullshit. Straight out of the gate, you call bullshit, and then you back pedal. Atheism is a desc...
May 01, 2019 at 20:44
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
What are you talking about, I didn't come up with such a hypothesis or such a theory, so I can't take credit for that, and if I had it would have no d...
May 01, 2019 at 17:14
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Early science was mysticism, of course we challenged mysticism, it couldn't be grounded on the scientific method, and it's become a little more diffic...
May 01, 2019 at 17:00
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I've been down the rabbit hole, it eventually led me to a perception of reality that doesn't include the visions I saw.
May 01, 2019 at 16:51
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Atheism includes no such stipulation.
May 01, 2019 at 16:50
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Well, anglerfish are a species, aren't they, or did you imagine there was just one fish by itself down there? So you're suggesting that I too should i...
May 01, 2019 at 16:43
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
I allow myself the idea at all times that if there were such people, then they'd be all over the place. They'd be commonplace and we wouldn't be havin...
May 01, 2019 at 16:25
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Anyone who claims to have super powers is either a liar, or they're suffering from delusions, and anyone who supports their claim is either a liar, or...
May 01, 2019 at 15:47
In: Why has post-modernism proven to be popular in literature departments but not in philosophy?  — view comment
They're not broader though, they're narrower variations within a broader definition. Why are we arguing semantics?
May 01, 2019 at 15:42
In: Why has post-modernism proven to be popular in literature departments but not in philosophy?  — view comment
No. It is possible to be vague by degrees, for example by being vague about certain details while clear about others within the context of a broad sta...
May 01, 2019 at 13:19
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
Yes, I've heard of it, but I'm not sure what you're trying to communicate, you aren't saying anything about it.
May 01, 2019 at 13:16
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
I was referring to the flippancy and even the hint of pride with which some talk of "bringing down the white man", and the implication that the globe ...
May 01, 2019 at 11:53
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Your motive is unclear and so is your question. You seem to be a troll.
May 01, 2019 at 05:09
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Nice racism there man. Explain, what's the "white world" and how is it going to end? Are you talking about the multicultural world that treats all peo...
May 01, 2019 at 04:56
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Stalin was a worse enemy of the world than Hitler was, no one realized it at the time. He had killed far more people and his only intention during the...
May 01, 2019 at 04:53
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
I'm not talking about a war for ideology, I'm talking about ruthless, psychotic dictatorship. Even at its most egregious, America didn't ruthlessly sl...
May 01, 2019 at 04:46
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Americans didn't destroy native Americans, disease accounted for much of the death toll, and much of it was accidental. There was a war for territory,...
May 01, 2019 at 04:26
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Take a look at how many combined innocent deaths have occurred under socialist and communist rule over the last century. While you're at it, take a lo...
May 01, 2019 at 03:56
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
Then why are borders at the forefront of more minds than those of which they're not?
May 01, 2019 at 03:52
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
AI doesn't exist and is very, very far off. Communism is never suitable for any society, neither is socialism. Look at the history of these and tell u...
May 01, 2019 at 03:12
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
The recipient of "brainwashing" brainwashes itself in weakness and vulnerability.
May 01, 2019 at 03:09
In: The end of the global internet  — view comment
A man who identifies himself as something is still identified by his society, and the social identity is stronger than the self. No one intrinsically ...
May 01, 2019 at 03:07
In: How do we conclude what we "feel"?  — view comment
Self-actualization as in Jesus or Jann Arden, like in how to be successful class in high school? Passion is a drive toward something, a compulsion.
May 01, 2019 at 02:52
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