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TheSageOfMainStreet

['Member']Joined: April 22, 2019 at 21:25Last active: April 28, 2019 at 21:27None discussions31 comments

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In: Anti-modernity  — view comment
Modernity—typified by the Renaissance, colonial exploration and settlement, practical science, the Industrial Revolution, and the rise in class mobili...
April 28, 2019 at 20:45
In: The source of morals  — view comment
Sheep Goosestepping Behind Chickenhawks Nietzsche advocates asserting ourselves. That led to admiration for those who asserted themselves without any ...
April 28, 2019 at 19:42
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
You're persistently pushing this self-serving exceptionalism, that the existence or non-existence of God cannot be determined by mundane rules of logi...
April 28, 2019 at 19:07
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Objectivity Is the Costume Egotists Dress Up In Theorists aren't disembodied angels incapable of distorting their preachings because of self-serving a...
April 27, 2019 at 19:02
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
It's Also Irrational for Theists to Insist That There Is Only One God Intelligent self-design. As for the question, "Who created these monad intellige...
April 27, 2019 at 18:41
In: The source of morals  — view comment
Also Spank Zorro's Sister With this snobbish term, "slave morality," you just illustrated why Nietzscheism led to Naziism. Likewise, Heisenberg's irra...
April 27, 2019 at 18:23
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
The Unnatural Status Quo Is a Paradise for Preppie Parasites Similar to the Free Market fallacy, it is a distortion of the way things have to be for c...
April 27, 2019 at 17:54
In: Should the Possibility that Morality Stems from Evolution Even Be Considered?  — view comment
Atlas Is Taking Credit for What Prometheus Did See: http://abeautifulmind.proboards.com, which also got no reviews. For that reason, I doubt if we rea...
April 27, 2019 at 17:32
In: Should the Possibility that Morality Stems from Evolution Even Be Considered?  — view comment
Plato Is Patrician Play-Doh That is a self-indulgent fantasy of the hereditary intellectual regime, which has detoured philosophy for millennia.
April 27, 2019 at 17:22
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
Why Enter a Race Where the 1% Sets Up Its Sons Halfway to the Finish LIne? For example, the San Diego area also represents 1% of our population. What ...
April 26, 2019 at 21:55
In: What can't you philosophize about?  — view comment
Whirled Wad of Wub I've read that pathetic and dishonest self-justification many times on this copycat medium.
April 26, 2019 at 21:42
In: The source of morals  — view comment
A Republic Is a Foster Government Read more closely and you may realize that what I mean by "serf's perspective" is the opposite of direct democracy, ...
April 26, 2019 at 21:19
In: When Zizek and Peterson Argued About Marxism and Capitalism, Were They Debating the Same Concepts?  — view comment
What Humanity Needs Is an Ambidextrous Guillotine Their is no Left Wing. After the French Revolution, the hereditary plutocracy divided into two ideol...
April 26, 2019 at 20:51
In: Poor Reasoning  — view comment
The Road to Perdition Is Patrician The premise may be acceptable in general, but the specific case where it is used may need a deeper and more elabora...
April 26, 2019 at 20:28
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Since "Nice Guys Finish Last," I'd Rather Be Naughty How about the non-existence of a similarly desired benefactor, Santa Claus? Is that a guess? Beca...
April 26, 2019 at 19:15
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Their Loaded Question Should Fire Blanks Even, "Do you believe in God?" begs the question. If honestly phrased, it would be "Do you believe in the exi...
April 26, 2019 at 18:57
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
The Authorized Version of Prehistory Is Fundamentally False Yah-weh sounds a lot like the way the Romans pronounced Jove (Yo-way). It means "Go! Get a...
April 26, 2019 at 18:38
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
The Vice of Vicariousness If you can't feel any self-respect without associating yourself with a Higher Power, then for God's sake make one up!
April 26, 2019 at 00:16
In: Why do atheists ask for evidence of God, when there is clearly no such evidence?  — view comment
Petitio Principii God wouldn't let us believe in Him if He didn't exist.
April 26, 2019 at 00:08
In: Poor Reasoning  — view comment
Leisure-Class Education Is an Insult to Intelligence Let's assume that Aristotle's dogma that the best government is one led by the educated is valid....
April 25, 2019 at 23:46
In: When Zizek and Peterson Argued About Marxism and Capitalism, Were They Debating the Same Concepts?  — view comment
Me, Myself, and Ivy The Preppy Progressives transfer their deserved but denied guilt over being nothing without Daddy's Money to those whose opportuni...
April 25, 2019 at 23:15
In: The source of morals  — view comment
Representation Is a Re-Presentation of Medieval Birth-Class Supremacy But isn't the vicarious sense of victory when "your" team wins a continuation of...
April 25, 2019 at 22:48
In: What can't you philosophize about?  — view comment
Those Who Can, Do. Those Who Can't, Teach. Those Who Can't Teach, Preach Funny, that's what I always say about your mindless mentors.
April 25, 2019 at 22:07
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
Make Every Dynasty Die Nasty Until hereditary privileges are identified as the perpetual cause of societal decline, we will keep sliding into the pit....
April 25, 2019 at 19:08
In: Should the Possibility that Morality Stems from Evolution Even Be Considered?  — view comment
Nerds Aren't Born That Way Bullying could benefit society if it made its targets man up. In a society with the right attitude, jock nerd-bashing would...
April 25, 2019 at 18:53
In: What can't you philosophize about?  — view comment
The Ivory Tower Is an Elevated Dungeon Professors have as little to do with being intelligent as sportswriters have to do with being athletic.
April 25, 2019 at 00:46
In: What can't you philosophize about?  — view comment
Nerdy Runaways Science should visit its home and be told by its parent that it is doing things wrong. This is in line with the idea that "War is too i...
April 25, 2019 at 00:36
In: What can't you philosophize about?  — view comment
Clouds That Glitter The scientific method is defective in that it should impose a final step to justify itself by coming up with the possible practica...
April 24, 2019 at 23:43
In: Should the Possibility that Morality Stems from Evolution Even Be Considered?  — view comment
Whoever Controls Language Controls Thought Use of the word "unfortunate" for those who may be harmful to society and may not deserve pity at all is a ...
April 24, 2019 at 19:18
In: Is it self-contradictory to state 'there is no objective truth'?  — view comment
Do These People Actually Want to Be Confused? It is a defective statement. It cannot be stated unless it has the full form, "No statements are true ex...
April 24, 2019 at 18:11
In: Is it self-contradictory to state 'there is no objective truth'?  — view comment
Present in Absent-Mindedness Philosophers fail to realize that they are creating a separate world that can fall apart if applied too closely to the re...
April 24, 2019 at 18:05
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
Inferior Minds Are Incapable of Making Analogies In order to get paid what they're worth, superior minds must copy the successful change made by super...
April 23, 2019 at 16:26
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
The Constitution Is Democracy's Suicide Note The self-declared "supreme law of the land" was devised behind closed doors by lawyers for the Colonial 1...
April 23, 2019 at 16:00
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
Socialite Socialism Marx was an upper-class snob who had nothing but contempt for the proletariat. He married a Patty Hearst type countess and was put...
April 22, 2019 at 23:18
In: The poor and Capitalism?  — view comment
Prometheus Unchained Corporate patents steal from inventors, the real creators of wealth. After awhile, geniuses get sick of being Cash Cows for Corpo...
April 22, 2019 at 22:36
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