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How do you go from the fact that we have brain structures capable of handling cannabinoid molecules to "we were designed by evolution to be smoking we...

Same deal (apart from wine probably - grape juice), which is why I avoid all of them.

You mean they have structures which happen to be affected by certain drugs? Why am I not surprised...

It is addictive, I see no reason to suppose it would be beneficial, but many reasons to expect that it wouldn't be.

Yeah just like some beetle in Australia is swarming beer bottles thinking they are the perfect females (and going extinct). We just found a product th...

Impossible, we haven't done it in our history. They could, but we have little reason to think they'd be beneficial. It wasn't an integral part of our ...

From working class to bourgeoisie :-O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2h_GIP019c

Yeah, I am aware of that. That's why I behave in such a way such that even if somebody was listening, it wouldn't be a problem. And obviously, if havi...

No, but my webcam and mini iPad camera have a sticker on top of them the whole time ;) Phone one doesn't, but there's nothing I can do about that. I n...

Cool, I'll look into it! I've never been to a movie where that happened before.

Yes. No, not all are hedonists. But yes, hedonism does prevail in the Western cultural milieu at the moment. Only for teenagers. Yes. Yes. Maybe.

I don't understand why you'd expect substances which mess with your brain chemistry in unnatural ways to not be self-destructive. We weren't designed ...

Hah haven't seen that one. And for that matter, haven't seen Der Untergang either.

And this is @"Beebert": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-THOyckkvNs >:O >:O >:O

@"Sapientia", @"TimeLine", @"Wayfarer", @"Bitter Crank" - I found a video of you four... >:O >:O >:O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqmutSojKyw

@"TimeLine" does have a tendency to keep a secret file with everything you said in the past, regardless of the context it was said in - it can be used...

Yep lol . Clearly! ;)

>:O

Okay, fair enough. I've never talked with people who were conscripted in a war by force, so I really don't have much experience with this, so no point...

I don't bother about grammatical errors lol, why so paranoid? :P I just misunderstood. Ok got you now. I would agree, mostly it's just Heidegger/Wittg...

Military-industrial something that doesn't care what we say? :D

Maybe, although in the war situation, you're typically not alone shooting at the enemy, you'd be in a group. So wouldn't a person typically give in to...

Messed that up again... *facepalm* lol

Right, so then you agree that a substantial part of the population (i) doesn't want to own a (or more) businesses, and (ii) they wouldn't be capable t...

>:O lol, didn't mean that it doesn't make sense to you, meant that as in it doesn't make much sense to me.

Few actually significant people have done what? Read philosophy you mean, or? For some reason, I remember Aristotle used to be your favorite. I've nev...

Except it doesn't. When you're overwhelmed by so much fear, and you see aggression as a possibility to get rid of that fear by killing off the enemy, ...

Right, but I don't think that the 90% really would want to make the sacrifices required to make money. Entrepreneurship isn't easy, you work all day p...

Isn't it non-profit? I personally would expect such a gender imbalance in philosophy, just as I'd expect one in war for example (although in war it wo...

Too much literature, where's them philosophy books?

Why are we going to get buddies based on producing food in the ground together (the toil of the land), and not also by producing money in a money-tree...

Yeah, fight or flight, but if flight is impossible (which is what we were discussing - you said "under any circumstance"), then they will fight no? Fr...

I'm not sure this is true. Self-defense is an instinct. If someone starts attacking you, for example, you will instinctively either fight back or run ...

Jordan B. Peterson, obviously. Well, it's not slippery, it's what I have said ever since the very beginning if you read the context.

I said in some regards, philosophy, just like war, is conflictual by nature. Not in all regards, but in some it is. If you cannot stand to take part i...

He maybe should do some of those things, or maybe not. It depends on his particular situation. Major Depressive Disorder.

War remains the most male-dominated form of conflict, both in its population and its combative methods. The solution to make war more "gender friendly...

For what it's worth, I don't think this forum is sexist, or that Sapientia has misbehaved with regards to his behaviour in this thread. People tend to...

I kind of agree... :-O

Please put the booze down, it's not doing you any good ;)

99% of accounts on this forum are me. I like to talk to myself.

Actually, >:O I think that was @"Terrapin Station"

It's not a very constant thing though. I mean some people have high blood pressure at certain times in the day, and normal at others. Ideally, you'd m...

I've seen that before, not in myself but in others. It's not a super huge deal, it can happen. Though it does look scary. Unlikely at your age, especi...

High-frequency trading isn't the same as instability in financial markets. It would depend on how heavy momentum is, and instability is typically mark...

She isn't a moderate, I'm not a moderate either in fact. Most people would call me right-wing, or even far-right, even though I actually am not. Wosre...

>:O I have to say that I disagree with Wosrest's extreme right-wing views, but they're interesting to read >:O

Well, the most important source of meaning is God, and God is both inside and outside. Depends on what you consider inactivity. Is a monk sitting his ...

The market growing at a fast rate is instability? Are you kidding me? Yeah, I've been following stock markets since I was 14, so I guess I have a bett...

Yeah, thank you, I'm not a lawyer like Hanover and yourself :-}