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January 29, 2018 at 18:59
Thank you.
January 29, 2018 at 18:58
Yeah of course, because the better the performance is on paper, the more they get paid. So if they can make the performance seem better, and if they c...
January 29, 2018 at 18:55
People who don't have skin in the game don't behave rationally, that's true. So middle-level managers who have no stake in the company, etc. don't (al...
January 29, 2018 at 18:36
Yeah, except, how can you be sure of that? It's a sort of relative thing isn't it? How do you judge his skill compared to everyone else? If he's the b...
January 29, 2018 at 18:32
I can confirm that this was definitely true - though I'm not sure how true it is nowadays.
January 29, 2018 at 18:24
In a way, it's like the kid who always kicks the ball around on the street. Some people do that with no intention of ever becoming professional player...
January 29, 2018 at 18:21
Ummm, there are ways to make money at it. I haven't played video games in close to 10 years, but I remember that you could make good money if you play...
January 29, 2018 at 18:19
Yes, in many regards it is probably a myth. For example, for web development jobs, in my experience 9/10 applicants are male. Chances are, of course, ...
January 29, 2018 at 18:14
>:O, see, I don't like that style of thinking. I think professional video game player is a reasonable career choice, and some people do it. If it's so...
January 29, 2018 at 18:06
It might be sweeping, but it seems to be true regarding the US.
January 29, 2018 at 15:06
Of left-wingers on University campuses in the US (and quite possibly other English-speaking campuses).
January 29, 2018 at 14:32
I used to have a worse impression of Peterson, because at first, it seemed to me that he's a generally stuck up person who thinks everyone should be o...
January 29, 2018 at 14:19
Evidence? Or is it all empty talk?
January 29, 2018 at 14:12
And a vast majority of them are ignorant and intolerant. Don't get me wrong, but many of the people you find in Universities today have no place there...
January 29, 2018 at 14:12
Yes, if you listen to his lectures he does explain why and how lying pathologises your internal structure of perception and orientation in the world. ...
January 29, 2018 at 13:27
Hmm when that happens to me, I just give in to it and accept it. It takes some time though to move from state of panic to state of acceptance. Then us...
January 29, 2018 at 13:13
It is amazing how full this world has become of liars and deceivers, everyone having an opinion on everything, even things they don't know anything ab...
January 29, 2018 at 13:12
Yeah, the moral of that story is that if you lie once, and you're caught lying, people won't believe you next time. Doesn't sound like such a terrible...
January 29, 2018 at 12:55
And because you haven't read and understood the material, and yet you are dismissing it because you don't like the conclusions emotionally, that means...
January 29, 2018 at 12:52
How are those moral platitudes? With regards to speaking the truth, I was not aware that lying is dangerous for your own psyche before I listened to P...
January 29, 2018 at 12:49
Oh yeah, says who? You? Arguably the guy who reads entire books by verbose people with no substance to communicate? :s Clearly, you have not listened ...
January 29, 2018 at 12:49
That's not true, he does have positions. One such position is the centrality of speaking the truth (or what you, at a certain time, perceive to be the...
January 29, 2018 at 12:42
That article is not worth reading, no, unless you want to waste precious minutes of your life. Only some leftists, in particular those who are (1) lik...
January 29, 2018 at 09:11
Took you a long time, but I knew you're a conservative at heart :D This one was a very good talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RCtSsxhb2Q I've bec...
January 29, 2018 at 09:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgNDxRE8uY
January 28, 2018 at 18:56
Okay, so then how would you differentiate between the kind of rumination expressed in the article, and the kind of rumination you're talking about? Sh...
January 28, 2018 at 18:25
Yes, but you have to be careful here. It is possible to offer verification within a given system, but that verification is bound to be circular. For e...
January 28, 2018 at 18:18
@"Bitter Crank", I'm in need of your wise commentary on this recent event: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/147602 What do you reckon...
January 28, 2018 at 18:05
He did not end the investigation, he expressed his desire to do it, but ultimately did not act on it. We'll see, but I highly doubt anything will happ...
January 28, 2018 at 15:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4-bNI84ZN8 What do you people think? 1) Is Stormy Daniels just trying to ride the event to increase her popularity an...
January 28, 2018 at 15:01
He has said that innumerable times. Because he sees no need for such an investigation since there was no collusion. No, it's not only because it wasn'...
January 28, 2018 at 14:59
No, not according to all experts.
January 28, 2018 at 14:16
It is very relevant. Your good sense is often more important than the law, especially when interpreting the law for a non-lawyer, like I presume both ...
January 28, 2018 at 14:16
Have you read the article I linked? What are your remarks about it?
January 28, 2018 at 14:15
It has occurred because we share the same underlying metaphysical presuppositions with regards to these matters. How come we do? That's largely a matt...
January 28, 2018 at 12:37
Since you're returning to a question of utility, (2) ultimately reduces to (1). It seems to me that at first you start out by telling me that metaphys...
January 28, 2018 at 11:57
I can care less how lawyers find a way to classify it in the law. I'm a practical man. It's same with accounting - I don't care how accountants classi...
January 28, 2018 at 11:43
It matters less how you call it or how you classify it.
January 28, 2018 at 11:38
Ok, so practical matters considered, they cannot disobey the order. Case closed.
January 28, 2018 at 11:37
Yes, because he actually initiated action that would have blown up the bank, and it is only a fortuitous occurrence which stopped it.
January 28, 2018 at 11:37
It results straight from reading and understanding the law.
January 28, 2018 at 11:36
It doesn't need to be mentioned - we're not in kindergarten.
January 28, 2018 at 11:33
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/14/military-ignores-obamas-order-release-shaker-aamer-guantanamo Really, you have zero familiarity ...
January 28, 2018 at 11:32
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/01/no-one-can-stop-president-trump-from-using-nuclear-weapons-thats-by-design/?utm_term=.338a...
January 28, 2018 at 11:31
Yes it is. It doesn't need to be specifically mentioned in the law to be so. The law provides general principles, it never mentions all particulars of...
January 28, 2018 at 11:30
Any act of disobedience in the military promotes further disobedience, which aids the enemy in a war effort and prevents the cohesion that is necessar...
January 28, 2018 at 11:29
Yes it is, ask any lawyer that deals with military cases, and you'll see. Through all of human history, disobeying military commands was brutally puni...
January 28, 2018 at 11:27
You don't understand how the law works. Disobeying a military order is giving aid to the enemy.
January 28, 2018 at 11:26
And yes, if things got that far, there would be a lot of chaos, and we'd move into a mode of operation that is outside the constitution, with differen...
January 28, 2018 at 11:24