Then the American dream is a lie. Sure, because just working hard is not enough to get rich. You must also work smart. It also matters what you mean b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_billionaires 12, with Nigeria producing what looks like a disproportionate number. Notice how all other black bill...
So, more than half of the self-made fortunes are from lower-class backgrounds. (35%/62%). Do you have anywhere to cite that figure? I thought the 35% ...
You do have equal opportunities, if you start a business and do the things that you should be doing if you are interested in becoming wealthy. You won...
Well, you were just making statements like: These statements are false, and categorically so if it's possible for working class people to become rich ...
If things are so bad, why are 62% of American billionaires self-made? Clearly the evidence shows that most of the new rich were much poorer people at ...
I did not say that Aurelius or any of the Stoics are anywhere near as rigorous as Plato/Aristotle. But when you're in trouble, reading a page of the A...
Some trends reverse, I thought it was obvious we were talking about the continuation of things like the laws of nature, not Bitcoin price trends... Th...
I think the accusations should be investigated, but you and Wayfarer are being unfair when talking about them, and presenting clearly biased viewpoint...
Because the trend is already there, and nothing else is there and so you have no reason that could ground your doubt with regards to its continued exi...
Cause you already disliked Trump, so when you see all those unlikely things on the news that would be harmful to Trump, you're inclined to believe the...
So when you have a trend that seems to indicate something, do you bet that the next data point will be different or the same as the trend? You have re...
When you say that it would be unwise, don't you really mean that it would be irrational? It would go against our reason? I mean certainly if you saw s...
Yeah, they are mine by virtue of occuring in my mind, just as my perception of a tree is mine by virtue of the fact that the tree is in my visual fiel...
So if we had to make a bet, which option would it be wise or rational to bet on? That the future is like the past, or that it will be different? And w...
Exactly my point, if you call this a lie *facepalm*. Look, real lies are things that are said to deceive and usually harm others. This is an inconsequ...
I think your notions here are mistaken. Only what is under my control can be conceptualised as my action. If the action isn't under my control, is it ...
That's not true. We also have abduction (leaving aside deduction atm). Deduction is useful in metaphysics, mathematics and in foreseeing empirical con...
No, that wasn't the context. The context was that he repeatedly told that guy that he had told him enough, and he can figure the rest by himself, and ...
In terms of ethics, certainly in a practical way, I often side with the Stoics more than with Aristotle or Plato for that matter. The reason for this ...
What's wrong there? Trump behaved very normally. Of course, you cannot say everything openly, that's why he told the guy "you can figure it out yourse...
For example this - it's true. Manafort, who was part of the Trump team, was wiretapped, for example. The media is so dishonest, that they will take a ...
Again, many of those are not lies. You just want to interpret them in your own way, rather than the way they were meant in - that's called being uncha...
Another so called lie: "I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him f...
What is "success"? And anyway, my Aristotelian affections are still there, I was just saying that from the Stoics I prefer the Roman Stoics. Seneca, E...
Well, they are pornstars, not really prostitutes >:O . But okay. I read about the Alana Evans thing, but I don't really buy that Trump invited her for...
>:O what a joke mate, what a joke. What is this? "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history." They say this is a lie. That's wro...
For example, if I say "I had the biggest crowd ever man!" - it depends what I mean by that. Because I could mean that it factually was the biggest, or...
Have you watched Queen Seon Deok? ;) It's called lacking self-control and not bothering to read what you wrote while multitasking. I don't like modern...
Proves my point. A list of things which aren't even worth calling lies. It's like saying the President lied because he said he had covfefe coffee in t...
Hmmm I disagree with your interpretation of Aristotle here. In my view, Aristotle is making a meta-ethical claim, that ALL people desire and seek afte...
I know Trump frequently "lies" if you can even call them that, about insignificant issues. The media counts things like "it was the biggest crowd ever...
ummm that's not what I was asking... Hmm, I never watched Bollywood, but I had many Indian friends who did. I heard those Bollywood movies are usually...
You will both see that nothing happens to Trump. Some of Hillary's people are still infiltrated in the structures of the state and are doing all that ...
Plato. The way I see it, the issue in QM is that at that level, the act of measurement affects the properties of that which is measured. At a macro sc...
Comments