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The larger problem is the government is just going to redistribute to money to whoever is connected to the government. The problem with wealth redistr...

But why is sentence formation linear? Also, what would the effects on philosophy and society be if sentence formation was NOT linear? It would, for ex...

It's possible the brain "creates" many thoughts, but the number of thoughts we can think in words is limited by the parts of the parts that regulate s...

I mean, I can write a critique of capitalism, too, if I didn't have to provide a working alternative. He's just some ancient irrelevant dude who has n...

No. His points apparently lead to economic disaster like Russia and Venezuela. The US, German, and British economy has done fine ignoring pretty much ...

Then it's just a waste of time. It's just some random ancient dude spouting nonsense about why he hates capitalism. But if he has no alternative, why ...

Given how badly Marxism as a governing ideology has played out (even Zizek accepts that) you can't blame him for not reading it.

By the way, Zizek is totally wrong about ecological change. Oh yes, it's happening, but his disaster scenarios are utter rubbish.

So long as the floor gets mopped (preferably by someone else), I care not. I like clean floors, but I don't like putting work into it. Get what I mean...

Also, China is a lot happier now than 80 years ago. Granted that modern China has issues, lots of issues, but at least they're not starving.

Zizek's actually missing a lot of nuances about China. From the outside, it looks like a "strong authoritarian state." But the national government has...

Peterson: Marxism is like this! Stalin! Russia! Evil! Bad! Zizek: Well, my brand of Marxism is different from what you think it is. In fact when I thi...

It depends on how you personally define them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ1gpqr0kkA Like this woman.

Alright, for all those that claim they can do it your next challenge is: Record it and post it on Youtube. Try to write two different paragraphs simul...

Wait. Can you?

I was thinking more dystopian. It can go the other way, too. The desire to argue is problematic for tyrants. So why not remove it entirely?

Agreed. But you're providing reasons why we shouldn't change it. And, as you pointed out, scientifically, we don't have the means or the knowledge to ...

Again, do others have something useful to add? EDIT: For example, if we could "bring to consciousness" 4 sentences simultaneously, how specifically wo...

Look, you're right. Ok? If you're happy with your response, I don't want to argue with you about it anymore.

Ugh. Nothing in the article explains or your responses provide an answer to my question. Sure, if it makes you feel better, you're right. Happy? Congr...

The article doesn't address the question at hand. Also, it was published in the Daily Mail.

That's a good way of expressing it. So I guess that narrows down my question: Why do we only have ONE elevator to bring our thoughts into "consciousne...

@ NKBJ Right. Which is why I consider most of the things that people type here little more than self-serving rationalizations. Do you have more to con...

People created all sorts of plausible sounding explanations back then on why the Sun circled the Earth. We moved beyond this stinky stage only when pe...

Those are just words, not explanations. An explanation has to be able to: 1. Explain why the structure of the human brain prevents us from thinking mu...

Why is it that we cannot write or read two sentences simultaneously? Why is it that when we read we have to scan it one sentence at a time to understa...

So what's the neurobiological reason for it?

Ok, try it. Let me know when you've managed it.

Fine, fine. But on a physical level why is it that we can only "think" one sentence at a time? You're explaining the causes, not the actual issue here...

It depends on how literally you're interpreting my statement. Try this: write two different sentences simultaneously with your right hand and your lef...

Why do we generalize and create categories like "fruits?" So we can communicate more efficiently. Writing "I like fruits" is a lot more efficient than...

We need efficiency because we can only think one sentence at a time. If we could parallel process millions of sentences, summarizing isn't necessary a...

Right. So we use larger concepts like "fruit" to summarize smaller concepts like "bananas or oranges" to get around this problem of "I can only think ...

That's alright. Apology accepted. But the larger problem is that despite all of the words bandied forth (intuitions, transcendental, etc.) your respon...

And yet here you are writing your sentences one at a time. That's odd, isn't it, considering that we can program machines to write millions of sentenc...

"Why does the Sun go around the Earth?" Answer: 'Cuz it just does. The Earth is the center of the Universe. Literally, it's so simple. You're over-com...

Descartes says "I think therefore I am." Fine. So, then, on a mechanical level, how does Descartes think?

Regardless, you can't coherently think both thoughts at the same time. Right? When people do philosophy, they can only philosophize one sentence at a ...

Every generation believes that what they believe in is eternal. And yet two centuries later, very few of their descendants continue to believe in what...

But even if they stick to the Nicene Creed, if each Pope writes about God differently, then doesn't that mean each Pope is thinking of a different con...

The point is there concepts of God are not identical. Similar perhaps, but not identical. Elijah and Isaiah each wrote and thought about Jehovah diffe...

I agree. I'm not responding to his posts. Don't know if he's a troll but it's pretty obvious he's a sociopath and I don't want anything to do with him...

What can't you philosophize about? My response: the infinite.

I suspect the neurobiological patterns of these two types of people, when they talk about God, will differ.

@ emancipate I don't take a position on God, whether he exists or not, or whether he's finite or not. I'm actually ok with most other people's positio...

@ Sime In America, the game is called "Clue." I'm assuming you're referring to that because I'm looking at the name "Cluedo" and I'm wondering "what c...

@ Wayfarer: I actually have a friend (sorta) who went to graduate theology school. What you say about Christianity sounds about right. It was at the C...

What is beautiful to a human may not necessarily be beautiful to a dog. And vice versa. I can agree with that.

Oftentimes statements are neither true nor false. Feelings have everything to do with it. People rationalize their feelings, all the time.