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Welcome. Speak freely, speak frankly. Nothing here to be self-consciously humble about. Philosophy is an ancient, very badly planned and now dilapidat...
November 14, 2017 at 07:38
it was a sort of PTSD. And yes, the rococo craziness of the industrial office work space is probably a full and sufficient reason never to have childr...
November 14, 2017 at 03:04
That would be Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffet. The 9 richest people in the US are: LARRY PAGE: $44.6 BILLION... Source of wealth: Google MIC...
November 14, 2017 at 02:46
People are unequal, no doubt about that: pick a trait, any trait, and you will find that it is dispersed across a mostly normal distribution, with mos...
November 14, 2017 at 02:34
it isn't "expertise" so much as intelligence, thoughtfulness, insight, and interest. Most legislatures, for instance have staff that help legislators ...
November 14, 2017 at 00:40
Exactly.
November 13, 2017 at 23:53
Yes, The State requires expertise. The institutions of the state -- Commerce Dept., Transportation, Agriculture Department, Treasury, War Department, ...
November 13, 2017 at 23:35
Sex being all about power is a recent idea coming from people like French thinker like Michel Foucault, who died in 1984 (of AIDS). True enough, some ...
November 13, 2017 at 23:18
When we speak of organisms like single celled organisms, nematodes, etc. I think it is fair to say that their behavior can be reduced to avoiding pain...
November 13, 2017 at 23:09
Of course, the US wasn't set up as a direct democracy. Even in New England, the town councils only worked while the population was small and lived clo...
November 13, 2017 at 22:45
I have long thought that a random selection of legislators (state level) or congressional representatives would be a good idea. They could not possibl...
November 13, 2017 at 22:36
One of the reasons American democracy (and most other democracies, too) don't allow the cooks in the government is that, as you say, "America is not a...
November 13, 2017 at 17:57
Sorry about neglecting a response -- I did read your earlier comment, and this one too. Yes, context matters, and the devil is in all the details of c...
November 13, 2017 at 17:42
What about the desire for death? Not common, but some people clearly desire death, and through suicide find it. Pleasure doesn't seem to figure into i...
November 13, 2017 at 06:41
I don't recollect tits having been mentioned in this thread. Tits doesn't seem to be a frequently used words -- somebody did reference great tits in a...
November 13, 2017 at 06:11
Why did Europe get a head start on everybody else? According to Jared Diamond, (Guns, Germs, and Steel) Europe, India, and China all had a head start,...
November 13, 2017 at 04:31
Benkei's experience of being reprimanded for complimenting Ms. Dutch on her dress illustrates where these finicky rules about behavior end up. I don't...
November 13, 2017 at 03:39
For most adults, the place they spend the greater part of their day is at work. Work has always been a socializing site as well as a place of drudgery...
November 13, 2017 at 03:23
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November 13, 2017 at 02:44
Yes, it's a disgusting performance. That's true, but then, which religious/ideological power block actually does take responsibility for their actions...
November 12, 2017 at 18:46
Christians have plenty to atone for, but it's a very tired canard that religion is the cause of war, or that Christians are unusually war like. War is...
November 12, 2017 at 15:59
Yes, yes, of course, but neuroplasticity does not over-write the basic design of the brain. The limbic and hormonal systems (where our basic drives an...
November 12, 2017 at 15:30
I liked some of Asimov (like A for Andromeda) and nothing by Heinlein. Arthur Clark, of course, and Frank Herbert. Nancy Ray Gun consulted astrologist...
November 12, 2017 at 03:33
Speaking of broken pussies, there was a episode on Gray's Anatomy in which handsome consultant Mark Sloan - otherwise known as McSteamy - suffered a f...
November 12, 2017 at 02:12
Of course, the X-ray was of her cat-pussy, not "her" pussy. I pointed out earlier in the thread that this joke is built into the language. Pussy has b...
November 12, 2017 at 01:59
Well, I spoke to a woman this afternoon -- but she's 63 years old, I suppose a dinosauress. I had lunch earlier this month with three former co-worker...
November 12, 2017 at 00:21
It's not the 1950s? When did this happen? Why was I not informed at once? Actually, If you followed my example in real life, and not as I write here (...
November 12, 2017 at 00:01
We peeps, and you, perp, as well, are products of evolution. It wasn't my idea to install the sex driver as the key unit in the operating system. Moth...
November 11, 2017 at 22:57
We literally know only what Tiff told us, and maybe she made the whole thing up. Douché touché. But I am quite certain she didn't make it up. Tiff is ...
November 11, 2017 at 22:38
Oh yes, I'm buying a couple of those for presents. Definitely. Along with Modern Toss: Mindless Violence Colouring Book and F*ck That: An Honest Medit...
November 11, 2017 at 18:56
Jokes about "pussy" are built into the language. The word references cats, female anatomy, and plants (pussy willow). It can also reference squeamish ...
November 11, 2017 at 18:37
Yes. There is the "pile on" effect, and also the effect of widening the definition of "powerful", boundary crossing, and assault. And i readily acknow...
November 11, 2017 at 18:09
Fabulous response. Thank you so much!
November 11, 2017 at 03:34
See, this is a succinct statement of the problem. Men and women BOTH pursue sex, personal self-fulfillment, physical gratification. It is absurd to th...
November 11, 2017 at 03:31
According to our records, the world population of people who like to have sex in public while being watched is about 94,360,953. Unfortunately, not al...
November 11, 2017 at 01:41
Why would software which helps prevent losses from criminal behavior NOT be ethical? It is probably the case that ethical software (used to prevent cr...
November 10, 2017 at 21:46
Being famous as a comedian doesn't confer power over any or every other comedian unless you are in a position to exercise power over them. The two wom...
November 10, 2017 at 21:33
The last place I would go for good advice about a love affair is a philosophy forum.
November 10, 2017 at 15:28
Hey, I have to attend to a shelter meal, just right now. That will take the rest of the afternoon to get ready. Shelter meals help destitute, homeless...
November 09, 2017 at 18:51
They can't. The large scale systems we need to live together in large numbers require us to perform certain roles. We can't have a large scale system ...
November 09, 2017 at 18:49
Granted that what you say is true, is there anything that can be done about it? Well... maybe, but probably not. I don't think that people are inheren...
November 09, 2017 at 18:42
Without granting your usual conclusion that "therefore, not having children is the best response", then yes, all this is true. Marx, for instance, spe...
November 09, 2017 at 18:21
It means you are overlooking the European Space Agency, France, UK, Israel, Iran, India, and North Korea. See here
November 09, 2017 at 14:48
Could be. Sorry, sorry about that. True enough, violence appears in a variety of forms--some of it non-fatal but thoroughly demoralizing, and some of ...
November 09, 2017 at 04:40
Well informed civilized people keep their expectations for civilization suitable low. Anyone working with the public (in the wild) know that that the ...
November 09, 2017 at 02:20
As a species, human beings are inherently violent, so it is only natural for us to behave violently. We can, however, control our violent tendencies b...
November 09, 2017 at 02:14
Agustino, it's absurd to say that "apply scientific theory... isn't the same as thinking". It's not even wrong. I could say "Agustino wasn't thinking ...
November 08, 2017 at 23:15
One of the reasons for having teamwork is to combine creative engineers or designers with "plug and chug" types. Sometimes you get both in one person,...
November 08, 2017 at 15:41
Nothing fails like prayer.
November 08, 2017 at 15:25
I agree with Rich, above, "Happiness just happens". A lot of things in life just happen. We don't plan them, desire them as either the ultimate goal o...
November 08, 2017 at 04:45