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Yes, that's true. Although Sam Harris did have a few fans such as Emptyheady or right now praxis. I think he's the most open-minded out of the four bi...

I will look for them later as I'm going to exercise now. One of them was an interview where Musk discussed books that influenced him, and I remember t...

It always striked me as peculiar the amount of hatred Ayn Rand got on PF and TPF - it seems to be a peculiarity of this community for some reason, tha...

I'm less adamant about getting you guys to understand the inherent suspiciousness of unanimity as much as I was to illustrate that there are communiti...

Have you decided to change profession to song-writer?

Now this one is more interesting: 1/9 = 0.1111111111 repeating, agreed? So if I multiply both sides by 9, I get 9/9 = 0.99999999 correct? So how are t...

Yes. Does this have anything to do with the previous question? I certainly hope it doesn't. No, the question of what colour it is isn't vague, it's in...

Of course, murderers will always see their victim as obviously guilty. You're just illustrating the very phenomenology of it.

Roughly 1000. Okay. Donald Trump. Peter Thiel. Steve Jobs. Monroe Trout. Elon Musk. Ray Dalio. Gina Rinehart. Travis Kalanick. Evan Spiegel. Koch Brot...

Yes they do, it's called banning >:)

It does result in acquittal of the defendant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/08/the-paradox-of-unanimity/?utm_term=....

Perhaps you should implement this as a rule for the mods in decision making >:)

Atlas Shrugged and the like are common as favorite books amongst American billionaires I think. I speculate that it must have something to do with a j...

Yes, but not to the Maverick! She's his favorite philosopher. http://sportsdaydfw.imgix.net/NS_03MAVSSTOCKA_22797741.JPG That's what happens when the ...

I also did not follow this example. If a part of a surface is painted green, then there is no "dividing line" as such - the division does not constitu...

Okay, let's talk proper existential issues, enough anti-natalism. "Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, ...

A question that allows for self-delusion. There is no one not to care or to care if there isn't anyone around in the first place. All caring (and not ...

Legal protection is not at issue. No. If you define that as marriage - which is the same word used to designate the religious institution - there's a ...

The religious prohibition against homosexuality is in truth the prohibition of rivalry because homosexuality is itself a fascination with the rival.

Becuase the misuse of the word can have repercussions on their own freedom of religion, obviously. Ideas matter.

Some ministers/priests were obliged in the US.

No, people are free to associate as they wish, and live together with whoever they wish. Recognising a couple as married (from the point of view of re...

Yes, they are obliged (or can be obliged) to officiate marriage ceremonies or recognise the couple as married.

Hmm okay.

Exactly! But this is precisely to say that the leader is actually on the path to becoming the sacrificial victim. Because the sacrificial victim is al...

True, but you did say it isn't all imitation - that it can't be all imitation. So my question was why do you think it can't be all imitation? If desir...

Why do you think originality cannot emerge from imitation? Imitation involves a triangular relationship of self, model/rival and object. What is imita...

And with regards to leadership, the phenomenon of leadership would be the sacralization of the victim (or scapegoat) by the crowd. It would be a prolo...

Sure, but many of them are simply concerned about marriage being the words that are used, and the fact that religious groups are forced to recognise t...

Hmm... Bacillus Sexomaniacus ;)

This is an interesting point. But I can see how novelty can emerge out of progressive imitation. It is true that "being yourself" and such are praised...

>:O . It's an interesting paradox. Some think it's safer if everyone has weapons, and others that it's safer if no one has weapons. Now this comment r...

Ok, so then you can understand that it's not such a big leap when actors on the left publicly state that this is their intention. At least you underst...

Thinking about Bergson led me to the enlightening idea that things are bifurcated along two lines: space - time physical - mental extension - thought ...

Yes, when I was an immigrant there, I remember having trouble buying a knife.

I propose we define physical as whatever has a position in space. Information always has a location in space if you look at it in Aristotelian and not...

Yes, but I am also bacillus paranoias. So will you judge me with your microscope? :D

Well two things. First of all, they state that their intention is to ban same-sex marriage but not the other kind of marriage. In this other case, som...

So if members of the left assert - like you yourself - that for strategical reason things must be started with small gradual changes, how is that a le...

Yes, why not raise it in feedback, so that a verdict can be given by a group of leftist mods on their own behaviour. Sounds like a good idea. >:O

This is a good essay on Hegel (and Kojeve). Well yeah, everyone around here knows I'm not the biggest fan of democracy either :P You might like to loo...

Too expensive for one book, especially since I'm only interested in one specific part of it.

Anyone know how to get access to On Tyranny? Please PM me.

Let's read this together to find out about the roots of the left. https://www.scribd.com/document/267470669/Voegelin-Eric-on-Hegel-a-Study-in-Sorcery-...

See, the problem with lying as a strategy is that sooner or later nobody believes you anymore. That's the corner the left has got itself into.

The fascination with the rival of the same sex may show some latent homosexuality Freud would tell us.

X-)

Sounds similar to all discussions about abortion with some leftists >:O The thing with many leftists is that they really don't care about what the oth...

I have no clue. Shall we write them a letter of invitation to a discussion on the forums? May get us some publicity ;)

What should be highlighted in here is the authoritarian view taken by the left. Namely that they don't really care in the end - that's how they've alw...