Welcome. Speak freely, speak frankly. Nothing here to be self-consciously humble about. Philosophy is an ancient, very badly planned and now dilapidat...
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...
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...
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...
it isn't "expertise" so much as intelligence, thoughtfulness, insight, and interest. Most legislatures, for instance have staff that help legislators ...
Yes, The State requires expertise. The institutions of the state -- Commerce Dept., Transportation, Agriculture Department, Treasury, War Department, ...
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 ...
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...
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...
I have long thought that a random selection of legislators (state level) or congressional representatives would be a good idea. They could not possibl...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Yes, it's a disgusting performance. That's true, but then, which religious/ideological power block actually does take responsibility for their actions...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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 ...
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...
Jokes about "pussy" are built into the language. The word references cats, female anatomy, and plants (pussy willow). It can also reference squeamish ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Without granting your usual conclusion that "therefore, not having children is the best response", then yes, all this is true. Marx, for instance, spe...
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 ...
Well informed civilized people keep their expectations for civilization suitable low. Anyone working with the public (in the wild) know that that the ...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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