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Athiest have been good to me and religious people too, l have also seen a fair amount of assholes from both sides likewise. Let's stop debating genera...
June 26, 2021 at 15:19
Being religious means living a religious life, inserting philosophy in religion leads to confusion. The main job of philosophy is clearing confusion c...
June 26, 2021 at 15:11
Ofc, they work for their own interests but this doesn't mean their study on terrorism is wrong. They can think from the perspective of a terrorist cau...
June 26, 2021 at 15:01
You need to think like a terrorist. You don't use terrorism in your own territory to convince the government, the only reason to use terrorism in this...
June 26, 2021 at 14:55
I won't say he is wrong, FBI has described terrorist mindsets in similar terms. They will do anything to achieve their objectives in contradiction to ...
June 26, 2021 at 14:44
I see this has taken quite a bit of a philosophical turn. I would argue it is not contradictory. Ends justify the means works in a different way. We s...
June 26, 2021 at 14:40
For conventional warfare : defeating combatants is seen as getting close to a military victory For asymmetric warfare : terrorizing and killing civili...
June 26, 2021 at 14:19
Right on the mark
June 26, 2021 at 13:58
Depends on the enemy. I think it's impossible to defeat terrorism ( a tool ). You can weaken terrorist groups from time to time but time and again, th...
June 26, 2021 at 13:54
Interesting observation, l think its difficult to terrorize unless you take up arms. Cyber attacks is an option though. Terrorism is usually defined a...
June 26, 2021 at 13:42
I think applying moral concepts in war like situations makes the whole thing look absurd. Don't kill innocent people doesn't function as a moral truth...
June 26, 2021 at 13:31
You are right , it is Looks, money and status But in case you don't know, Instagram thots have turned down world class footballers ( David luiz ). He ...
June 17, 2021 at 19:15
This isn't philosophical but in order to be in control of any social relation, you need to keep the PIMP HAND STRONG Your friends probably agree with ...
June 17, 2021 at 19:09
It has always been this way. In the past, the commercial aspect involved politics and tribal relations and the women did not possess a lot of control....
June 17, 2021 at 19:04
The video shows looks>>>>>personality People always tell you that personality is the most important factor when it comes to attraction and dating. Thi...
June 17, 2021 at 18:55
I wish l was trolling or lying. The appreciation you get for being attractive is on a whole new level compared to the appreciation you get from being ...
June 17, 2021 at 18:49
Love is usually idealized. I have observed this first hand and l think most people can relate. We love what we don't possess in the present moment. It...
June 17, 2021 at 18:36
I don't see how photography will improve my perspective. I am sure l don't look as good as Delon. It's not like you won't be able to tell apart the av...
June 17, 2021 at 18:23
I think existential problems include them all. Kierkegaard's last stage ( religious ) includes the ethical and the aesthetic. But its better if we tal...
June 17, 2021 at 18:19
I agree with you on this point but it's pointless. Developed countries tend to have a fast paced life. Everything is immediate. Take marriage for exam...
June 17, 2021 at 18:09
I don't think this is the case, I have been with truly beautiful people and they look beautiful in every setting. They tend to have a lot of collagen ...
June 17, 2021 at 18:01
I think truth is experienced subjectively like Kierkegaard pointed it out but we can objectify it in a book. For Christians, they have a bible and it ...
June 17, 2021 at 17:51
He was abandoned as a child so he did have some mental problems but I didn't say, imagine you were Delon. In general, being beautiful is so important ...
June 17, 2021 at 17:46
The lens distortion caused by distance and lens curvature, lighting, background etc affect a picture. In reality, we see people with our eyes ( duh ) ...
June 17, 2021 at 17:35
He experienced more dopamine rush in a single year than we will experience in a lifetime. We will all be old oneday (hopefully ) and ugly people will ...
June 17, 2021 at 17:31
Ugly people get treated like this every single day. He isn't a creep or a loser. Let's suppose he is average in everything except looks. Unfortunately...
June 17, 2021 at 17:26
It's not about being successful but ruining it. You could be an accomplished scientist but if you are ugly, people see an ugly person before seeing a ...
June 17, 2021 at 17:12
Cmon, Wittgenstein was good looking and way more important than Sartre. And he accurately stated some where , "the human body is the best picture of t...
June 17, 2021 at 17:09
No , all there is to life is looking beautiful, the rest will take care of itself. https://youtu.be/47TT1crLyQ0
June 17, 2021 at 16:57
It's not politically correct to highlight the importance of appearance. Lookism is a real phenomenon and we have a lot of empirical evidence in our fa...
June 17, 2021 at 16:54
Western civilization according to Spengler aims at the infinite. It's characteristic nature is "will to power". It wasn't until the early 20 the centu...
June 17, 2021 at 16:15
I think Bertrand Russell provided a good solution for any problem caused by this concept in his famous essay, "On Denoting ". It's available online an...
April 02, 2021 at 04:31
Not a skill but being good looking is one of the most useful thing in life. https://youtu.be/h27Jq8brPs0
April 02, 2021 at 04:21
Beauty will save the world If everyone of us were as beautiful as Delon, would we be philosophizing or enjoying our finite life instead https://youtu....
February 12, 2021 at 11:09
You should read Kierkegaard. I think you won't find him narrow minded. He was against crowd mentality first of all. According to Kierkegaard, truth is...
December 24, 2020 at 17:51
He did talk about religion and religious language. He gave a lecture or more on it. He didn't talk a lot about it but it exists out there. I am only r...
December 24, 2020 at 16:47
Yes, it's hard to see why people fought wars over religion in that case , it can't be over some vacuous concepts being used as substitutes/metaphor fo...
December 24, 2020 at 14:37
You can include Christians but l don't want to get in the dispute around Trinity. Christian theology isn't really monotheistic and the idea of a trans...
December 24, 2020 at 13:20
That doesn't really resolve the issue at hand. We don't understand such functions or attributes of God anymore than the word "create" in "God created ...
December 24, 2020 at 13:19
I admire TS Elliot for realizing the importance of religion in the modern age. He didn't go with the flow around him, he was swimming against the tide...
December 24, 2020 at 12:21
When l talk about God, l feel like a blind man talking about something out there in the world. Except that it transcends every sense and conception fa...
December 24, 2020 at 11:41
I don't understand what you mean by nonsense in that case. You elaborate a little more.
December 24, 2020 at 11:26
The act of demarcating a line between sense and nonsense also falls under nonsense. Logical Positivism or any other offshoot is self defeating. It's a...
December 24, 2020 at 10:52
I think you could approach this topic from another perspective. You can use any branch of moral philosophy under moral irealism / anti-realism to ques...
December 23, 2020 at 14:30
I agree with your diagnostic but the way to get around inceldom won't be that straight. Maslow's hierarchy of needs would make it difficult for incels...
December 23, 2020 at 10:44
I think you got it right in the last paragraph. I would disagree with JS Mill on that though. I think sexual craving is stronger than any other need i...
December 23, 2020 at 10:37
Thanks for being shallow as fuck. Nice cherry picking you got there. No one here is making the claim that you need to be a Chad in order to get laid. ...
December 23, 2020 at 10:32
Agreed, l think you understand where l am coming from.
December 23, 2020 at 10:21
Are you trying to imply something ? If you are calling incels self-entitled jerks then you don't have anything useful to contribute here. I am interes...
December 23, 2020 at 10:21
If life didn't end , we wont need to do philosophy anymore in order to make sense of our failures. Since it's not the case, we are afraid of turning o...
December 22, 2020 at 17:23