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They will find out man. Kids are very inventive, trust me. If you think you can fool your kids, you're dumb. Kids are always one step ahead of you whe...
June 11, 2017 at 19:46
Of course they do man! Are you kidding me? Most guys probably watch porn by the age of 10 if not even earlier! For example, the first time I watched p...
June 11, 2017 at 19:38
Well mine seems to be going very strong BC, so I'm not sure about that. But then I'm not a fan of TED. I rarely if ever watch TED talks, I actually ha...
June 11, 2017 at 19:29
Okay since someone deleted my previous post, I will make a more serious response now. Number 1. Watching porn is alike watching a gladiator fight, in ...
June 11, 2017 at 18:03
Reading is not experience of the world for the simple reason that when you read, you're interacting with second hand information, which may be inaccur...
June 11, 2017 at 16:55
This is an interesting way to put things!
June 11, 2017 at 16:03
Why do we need to have laws if morality is the natural condition? To me, the very fact that we have laws and punishments for breaking the law suggests...
June 11, 2017 at 16:01
Behold your dear leader Obama Wayfarer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5Px1Bz6EM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydlEhgJwPjU Article Article Vacati...
June 11, 2017 at 10:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UecianS561w
June 11, 2017 at 10:52
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June 11, 2017 at 10:04
LOL - I was thinking the same, but stopped myself from saying it :P
June 11, 2017 at 10:03
Mate, I sure as hell hope you're joking, cause I can tell you those most certainly aren't signs of dementia >:O
June 11, 2017 at 08:32
I supplied evidence for what I believe. No, but you should show evidence that human beings are moral. So far, you've provided nothing but empty specul...
June 11, 2017 at 08:27
I don't care if it's a learned response or not. Of course everything you do is to some extent learned. That's irrelevant. But some things are "natural...
June 10, 2017 at 21:46
Actually, if that was the case, I think I'd leave the forums, since there would be nothing left to learn no? :P Without conflict there is no progress.
June 10, 2017 at 21:11
I am equally argumentative with people I discuss philosophy with outside of the forum, but those people who have the knowledge and skills required are...
June 10, 2017 at 21:02
The world will never change until we stop with the stupid fantasies, and start accepting reality as it is. Acceptance is the first step to changing th...
June 10, 2017 at 20:59
That's an article presenting statistics. I'm not going to dream up what the truth is about other people - as you seem to be doing - I will look at the...
June 10, 2017 at 20:47
Yes, the article isn't the biology lesson, I meant you should study biology, to see that the brain automatically releases certain chemicals upon certa...
June 10, 2017 at 20:27
Right. Time for a biology lesson son. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3283433/A-majority-American-women-lust-men-despite-relationship-say-make...
June 10, 2017 at 20:18
Okay. I think Stoicism is right, and our common way of dealing with such things by wailing and crying is irrational - although indeed human. I suggest...
June 10, 2017 at 20:15
Okay, about what? You being a Stoic or you appreciating the Stoics? Or both?
June 10, 2017 at 13:07
Okay, my apologies then. I somehow remember you saying it, but it may have been at the old forum. Of course I can be wrong. Your comments in this thre...
June 10, 2017 at 12:58
Of course! But that holds true even in a dictatorship. If you're an absolute ruler, you think you can satisfy all your desires and ignore everyone els...
June 10, 2017 at 12:55
Or rather, it's a question of how you can help satisfy the interests of those parties, so that they can help satisfy your interests in turn (or at lea...
June 10, 2017 at 12:50
Okay, now you're saying something more sensible. So let's work with this. There's this natural drive to be moral. How come this natural drive to be mo...
June 10, 2017 at 12:47
As for Obama, what's the great ruler doing today? Buying expensive million dollar mansions, travelling on luxury yachts with all the contacts he's mad...
June 10, 2017 at 12:41
Nope. You've been a cunt to me, so I told you to go fuck yourself (figuratively of course). Wasn't an issue, because you didn't get what you wanted (b...
June 10, 2017 at 12:33
Good, at least you are recognising the problem. The issue though, is that people don't have equal leverage over each other. Donald Trump has a lot mor...
June 10, 2017 at 12:24
Oh quit quibbling with nonsense. Look. It's simple. You are programmed by your biological evolution to want to have sex when you see a naked woman. Th...
June 10, 2017 at 12:16
Yeah, give yourself a pat on the back. You were very successful. You've certainly showed how right you are. Not.
June 10, 2017 at 12:07
Natural is defined in opposition to artificial. Something learned (referring to a habit/disposition here - and no, not the act of learning itself) isn...
June 10, 2017 at 12:06
Fair enough, I have no problem with that. It seems you have no problem with being wrong either.
June 10, 2017 at 12:03
Indeed, it's not natural. Morality is largely LEARNED. Why is it learned? Because it doesn't pop into you when you're born. You see a naked woman as a...
June 10, 2017 at 12:02
I'm not having a go at either of you, however I do expect you to try to address the philosophical/pragmatic issues that I've brought about politics, w...
June 10, 2017 at 11:41
Yeah, when you stop having answers to the problems I raise, go circle jerk each other. That will certainly prove you right.
June 10, 2017 at 11:36
@"Bitter Crank" Cranky, I've managed to watch Manufacturing Consent and it was quite good. I agree with many things there, so thanks for sharing that!...
June 10, 2017 at 11:32
Yes, and I still do. Yes, living a moral life is what people SHOULD do, not what they (or at least most of them) will do, nor what you should expect t...
June 10, 2017 at 11:30
By the way Wayfarer, you should read this. Especially this definition below: My political positions don't seek to regenerate a nation or a race. Nor d...
June 10, 2017 at 11:16
Nowhere have I stated that. It's just your assumption. Trump isn't my ideal President for that matter, so no, it's not precisely what I'd like to see....
June 10, 2017 at 11:12
Who told you I can't say it? I absolutely say there's a liar in the White House. But I'm not surprised by it like you. That's what I'd expect. It seem...
June 10, 2017 at 10:50
No, but unlike you I will not refuse to see the truth of the matter because you're too scared, and refuse to accept things as they are. I'm just sayin...
June 10, 2017 at 10:31
Actually no, that's not the story. The story is Trump instructed everyone else to leave the room and said, I paraphrase "I hope you can let things go....
June 10, 2017 at 10:24
Part of the time yes. What does that have to do with anything?
June 10, 2017 at 10:11
The use and application of power is governed by one thing only. Leverage. Have leverage, and you can control what others will do. Politics is all abou...
June 10, 2017 at 10:07
Yes. So what? Does that really mean they'll be independent, because "they're supposed to"?
June 10, 2017 at 10:03
? Okay, stop citing theories to me. Reality is reality. Any President out there wants to maintain his power, and prevent himself from being abused. Yo...
June 10, 2017 at 09:59
Okay, let's discuss political theory then, not concrete politics. Why do you think that the boss of the secret service shouldn't be loyal to the Presi...
June 10, 2017 at 09:08
Who decides that it's the standard that truth claims are obliged to meet? Reason? That's like playing at the Casino - the House always wins (because i...
June 10, 2017 at 09:06