What is the emojis for "irony alert"? or "humor that sounds sarcastic, is pretty much, but isn't intended to cut too deeply"? "just too stupid to be a...
Welcome to The Philosophy Forum. I love to argue with people, and discuss, and explore, but I have pretty much ceased being a fan of trying to educate...
Stinko Lysenko. How the hell would I know. I wasn't privy to the details, being only 4 months into my own pre-natal career. I just report the fake new...
No. Santa Claus is definitely not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent. Santa Claus only knows whether you are sleeping or awake, and whether you ha...
It was actually two events that one would normally classify as very negative that brought about the necessary change. The first was getting fired. Whi...
Intermittent positive reinforcement is the most effective method to encourage learning. Bear in mind that when "discipling the child" we are not talki...
God is actually quite useful. ALL children develop morals through the gentle fear of punishment that parents the world over, and throughout the ages, ...
This is better. All knobs, no USB ports, no female phono plugs. Cloth over the speakers. Beautiful. The RCA Skyscraper model 115. http://www.decophobi...
Of course Christianity did not invent compassion. Compassion is a most worthy thing, honored all over the world since time immemorial, more in the bre...
The #me2 movement includes many people who acknowledge what the difference is between a wolf whistle and rape, It also includes "lumpers" who don't. H...
I once knew that 1+1=2, but I forgot. Therefore you have taught me a fact in arithmetic. Similarly, people have learned things at various times, and t...
During a period of international conflict having something to do with some guy named Napoleon, A Hapsburg minister referred to a French minister as "a...
Anthropologists have shown that Christianity doesn't teach compassion for the less fortunate? Anthropologists have shown that Christian teachings have...
#me2, and #Balancetonporc aren't the same as the anti-free-speech practitioners of political correctness, but they have something in common: The all w...
I recommend that you keep the ideas I like, and skip the rest. Certainly the behaviors described in the OT, especially during the conquest of the "pro...
I was referencing your response to Erik, and the quotes about hunter-gatherers, not the Bible. I don't totally disbelieve what the authors said about ...
Whatever defense we offer for our drab wretched lives is invariably total bullshit, but the cover story is important. It is better if it sounds good. ...
Sounds like the President of the United States. Wolff of Fire and Fury fame says Donald Trump doesn't read. It isn't clear whether he can read. He doe...
A dog will provide you with a reason to get out of bed every morning. It will get off the bed and stand beside you and whimper softly. Then whine loud...
And it's wrong to say we will pump every last drop out of the ground. At some point the energy required to get a barrel of oil out of the ground will ...
?batman The question I have is: "How much of our mental structure (conscious, unconscious) was evolved and is present in other animals?" I am quite su...
I don't have time just right now to read the whole thread, but I want to add this, in case it hasn't been raised. The brain where consciousness and su...
Conservative climate change deniers are perfectly capable of understanding the economic impact of climate change. However, like most people, their hea...
Very aware of the controversy. There was a "sex panic" at the time. Some people (like prosecutors) were conjuring up scenes of wild abuse in day care ...
1. Don't bother arguing with conservatives. 2. Put the hay down where the goats can get at it. 3. Tell the truth. If people don't believe it, then the...
The cost of a getting a barrel of oil out of the ground has gotten more expensive. Drilling through the ocean floor costs more because of the rent on ...
When ropes are made out of continuously extruded fibers of nylon the threads or fibers could be as long as the rope. Your statement is true of long ro...
In his short book, On Not Leaving It to the Snake, Harvey Cox takes the view that Adam and Eve were meant to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of...
I have been inclined toward human service work, and that's mostly what I've done. Once in a while it was fulfilling; most of the time, not too much. I...
A reading of the Bible yourself will reveal even more appalling stuff, and some very pleasing passages as well. There are various threads running thro...
So, if you don't identify and yes, label behaviors, traits, tendencies, fluidity, and all that, how is it that you eventually get to know who people "...
Let me add that in happy families, the share of time spent on discipling children so that they feel enough guilt to behave well is pretty short. Child...
Yes, and no. While it is the case that children, and some other animals besides humans, reveal some innate willingness to share and help each other, t...
Why am I the same person throughout my life? There are several factors. 1. You have not forgotten 99.9% of your memories. Most of your mental function...
I guess somebody already said it, but I don't see how we could possibly figure out whether we have free will or not, IF we start from the idea that th...
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