An optimistic Welcome to The Philosophy Forum. I don't know how "rampant" pessimism is. It seems to me that if people were paying attention to what is...
The whole group of dinosaurs were around for what... 100 million years? A long time, and they filled many niches. Any body happen to know how big the ...
As a former creed-saying Christian, I can honestly say I NEVER found the doctrine of the Trinity helpful in any way, shape, manner or form or even rem...
It's official: "They" don't want to be called Mormons anymore. They want to be called "The Church" (Catholics will object), or The Church of Jesus Chr...
Star Trek 2nd Generation is as valid as any other source here, so let me site the case of a virus or force field or oil slick or something that caused...
Isn't 'change' one definition of 'time'? Time would stop if nothing changed (truly nothing changed). That isn't quite true. functional MRI (fMRI) scan...
What you say here may be true, but we could provide some concrete examples of this process happening. We create "institutions" like Congress, United W...
"Social justice" as in "social justice warriors" (saw) is not the same thing as "Justice". Much of the sjw kerfuffles we witness are outrage exercises...
Fuck Freud and fuck the totality of the psyche. "Humanity" is the sum-total of the embodied beings who privately have "impulses, desires and inclinati...
No one here has suggested that the suffering of murder and rape victims does not matter. If it didn't matter, there would be no laws against either of...
You are, no doubt, aware that in a number of countries (Nigeria, for example) homosexual sex is a capital crime. It's a capital crime, punished by cru...
The reasons civilized, humane people object to public hangings, drawing and quartering, skinning alive, burning at the strake, chopping off hands/tong...
If someone found his or her spouse in flagrante delictio and in rage kills the interloper on the spot, they are likely to receive a long prison senten...
These are heroic claims. They are validating and contribute to your sense of being a proudly autonomous being. They might, however, be a bit of a delu...
How does a human not have gender? My computer does not have gender and a door knob lacks gender (even if it's LA poignée de porte). You know, it's a k...
People should discuss politics while drinking. Strong drink makes for a lighter heart and a less critical mind. Plus, if you drink enough, you won't r...
The American punishment system composed of long prison terms, capital punishment, grotesque prison conditions, et al are largely for the benefit and s...
Perhaps; perhaps not. I am glad your friend is happier as Ryan than he was as Rachel. I've read stories about young people like Rachel/Ryan (various a...
Pronouns, in this discussion, are not the heart of the issue. They are quite peripheral. The heart of the issue is an individual's invention that he i...
Is a darkly tanned German not white? Is a light-skinned Syrian not an Arab? "Race" owes its existence to the geography of human expansion outwards fro...
Please don't improve the site very much. Some of us are getting old and changes are upsetting. Gmail is about to spring a new version on me. I don't k...
The English-speaking world could do with an Academy of English. Considering how much French was shoved down Anglo Saxon throats by W the C in an act o...
Per Google Translate: "And shit hell, if you can understand that a table is female in Voltaire, you should not have too much misery with the idea of ?...
and I was just being flippant there. Sorry. Please note: I wasn't suggesting at all that trans people should be treated badly. What I said was that I ...
Of course you can. The patient may not like it, it may not be legal, it's very bad manners, but it is definitely possible. Of course you can. Anyone c...
Yes, we do. Quite so. But there is a critical step that occurs at the same time involving parental instruction and punishment. Children are instructed...
Based on the quality of his prose, I suspect apo of being a journalist. (A suspicion of "journalist" should in no way, manner, shape, or form be consi...
Oddly, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights doesn't mention the right to water. Article 25 (1) at least mentions food and shelter. It reads......
That was an old joke (heard at least 50 years ago) aligned to 1970s realities and before, and was told in Luther Land. Priests were still well thought...
Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that we are unique individuals whose experiences are not duplicated. Yes, in the sense that our POV is singular. Yes, in...
It's probably not polite to break out laughing during a funeral just because somebody mentioned life after death, but sure -- laugh at religion. All o...
How to put this politely... In a nutshell, yes. It is part of human nature to be sexist, racist, nationalist, fascist, capitalist, socialist, democrat...
Yes, I should, could, would write a book; I'm trying, but... A draft of my life's story (which was part of the book) is perhaps buried on the hard dri...
You have suffered a lot -- particularly child abuse, PTSD, depression, attempted suicide, and losing the love of your life. I can only guess what all ...
2 + 2 = 4 whether I like it or not. It isn't that I am indifferent to, or upbeat about global warming. I'm not. There are a lot of doom and gloom scen...
Maybe the brain is just not producing enough good-time neurotransmitters and is instead producing too many "we're all fucked" neurotransmitters. The m...
The DSM needs a category of people who are the recipients of very unfortunate events. Let's call this category "Shafted by Bad Luck (SBL Syndrome). Bi...
This ties in with the observation that depressed people are often perfectionists. The set very high standards for themselves which they can not fulfil...
Years ago, I would have agreed with you. It was used far to often on far too many people with no observable benefit, other than that it may have made ...
I've been depressed for a long time and I haven't seen one single benefit from it. Disease is not beneficial. Disease is harmful. We don't have to fin...
We are sorry to inform you that Mr. Posty McPostface has established a firm claim to the unique characteristic of "Wallowing". "Wallowing -- it's what...
Accept "everything" was a joke. Sorry. Didn't think anybody would take it too seriously. Acceptance doesn't mean one likes it. One doesn't have to lik...
So, maybe your depression is not at all circumstantial, but is rather endemic. If it is endemic, then there is probably nothing you can do in terms of...
Don't ask me, I never figured out the secret to popping depression's black lead balloon. After 30+ years, I'm still taking an antidepressant. That sai...
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