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['Member']Joined: June 20, 2019 at 15:56Last active: November 21, 2019 at 06:210 discussions113 comments

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In: Fake news  — view comment
Dunno.. He sounds incredibly stupid and careless to me.
June 27, 2019 at 06:42
In: Practice Makes Perfect - Spirituality and Materiality  — view comment
Excellent post! Leaving space here to meditate about this and reply this weekend.
June 27, 2019 at 06:16
In: Extraterrestrial Philosophy  — view comment
Extraterrestrial philosophy! Something rather interesting! Finally! Thank you. I'm going to make a mental note to explore this fascinating topic in th...
June 27, 2019 at 06:13
In: Kicking Iago In The Teeth  — view comment
One of the devil's scheme is to make you doubt yourself. But little does it know that that is a good thing.
June 27, 2019 at 06:11
In: The age of hypermorality  — view comment
It's not good to lie, generally speaking. But not all lies are the same. Some lies are more important than others. Same with other moral questions.
June 27, 2019 at 06:08
In: Why do we need free will  — view comment
We need free will to better fight the darker sides of the human condition.
June 27, 2019 at 06:06
In: I Have Nothing You Want & Everything You Don’t Want  — view comment
What did I just read?
June 27, 2019 at 06:04
In: Fake news  — view comment
A dangerous, deprecating, childish and low quality style of speech, especially for someone who ought to be respectable, educated and civil in manner, ...
June 27, 2019 at 06:03
In: Musings On Infinity  — view comment
I wonder what real infinity is really like. Infinite space, infinite speed, Infinite time, infinite heat, Infinite energy, Infinite number of somethin...
June 27, 2019 at 06:00
In: What is the Purpose of Your Existence?  — view comment
I exist. I was born. I didn't make the world.
June 27, 2019 at 05:57
In: Fake news  — view comment
You blaming the Democrats exclusively shows your ignorance and narrow mindedness.
June 27, 2019 at 05:55
In: Do we need objective truth?  — view comment
Yes, we need objective truth. That is why we have science, engineering, philosophy and common sense. So in short, we need both objective and normative...
June 27, 2019 at 05:54
In: Welcome to The Philosophy Forum - an introduction thread  — view comment
Hello all. I'm new, but I detest all nonsensical wordplay. They're destructive, childish and polluting. Thank you.
June 27, 2019 at 05:50
In: American education vs. European Education  — view comment
They each have their merits and drawbacks. It's not simple and black and white.
June 27, 2019 at 05:47
In: Thoughts on Creativity  — view comment
You don't have to be a realist or an idealist to be creative. Being one or the other might affect your imagination, but it is not a prerequisite.
June 27, 2019 at 05:45
In: Fake news  — view comment
The political propoganda and campaigning is one thing, but at this day and age when some media swears by alien sighting, flat earth, various ridiculou...
June 27, 2019 at 05:42
In: Is belief in the supernatural an intelligent person’s game?  — view comment
I disagree. I doubt science, with its limits, primitiveness and cultural factors. But that is a lot different than believing in a delusion like the ex...
June 27, 2019 at 05:38
In: Basis of Ethics  — view comment
I'm looking to buy a book on Ethics. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm looking for something more practical, not the murder 5 people to save 1...
June 27, 2019 at 05:35
In: Fake news  — view comment
The clue is, as is often the case, in the name. Fake, news. News that is fake and untrue.
June 27, 2019 at 05:31
In: Is belief in the supernatural an intelligent person’s game?  — view comment
I wouldn't say intelligent person. Someone who actually believes in a lie of such improbably fantastical nature would be termed much more aptly as del...
June 27, 2019 at 05:26
In: Fake news  — view comment
The republican party is a bigger threat than fake news. The increasing cost of your health insurance than some Facebook post. If you aren't careful of...
June 27, 2019 at 05:21
In: Fake news  — view comment
When you say a lie again and again, you make it real. We like to argue constantly as atheists and liberals when we already knew there was no God and v...
June 27, 2019 at 05:18
In: Kant's first formulation of the CI forbids LITERALLY everything  — view comment
I wonder what Kant himself would've made of this thread.
June 27, 2019 at 05:12
In: Thoughts on Creativity  — view comment
Creativity is a social thing. The sharing of ideas and imitation causes creativity to blossom and flourish. I write therefore I am.
June 27, 2019 at 05:10
In: Gettier Differently  — view comment
"I assume that we are all familiar. " You assume wrongly.
June 27, 2019 at 05:08
In: How to combat suicidal thoughts?  — view comment
Combating unwanted thoughts, suicidal or whatever else, requires one to understand the fact that you are not your thoughts. Many apparently unnoticed ...
June 27, 2019 at 05:05
In: Claim: There is valid information supplied by the images in the cave wall in the Republic  — view comment
There is no such thing as the ideal chair. And not because ideal here means the most comfortable (that is not possible either). The ideal chair or the...
June 27, 2019 at 04:58
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
I might have made an error in the data, but the fact remains that inequality has gotten out of hand in the US, and the government is wasting valuable ...
June 27, 2019 at 04:53
In: Physical question  — view comment
Sorry friends for not posting the replies I ought to, I'm a little busy now, but I will get back at the topic this weekend.
June 27, 2019 at 04:43
In: Physical question  — view comment
You already know it, just ask your gall bladder!
June 23, 2019 at 20:19
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
I'm not so optimistic as that.
June 23, 2019 at 20:14
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
June 23, 2019 at 20:02
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
You have your figures and estimates all wrong. And that's just two billionaires. https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/discretionary_spending_p...
June 23, 2019 at 20:02
In: Physical question  — view comment
"Knowledge is brought into being when patterns are spotted in information, and generalizations are made on that basis. " So could you also say, knowle...
June 23, 2019 at 19:47
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
That is why most government spending is military defense and policing.
June 23, 2019 at 19:13
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Yes, it did seem plausible to estimate that more and more jobs will be replaced by machines, and unemployment will increase as a consequence as the ye...
June 23, 2019 at 19:07
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
But I also think it's dangerous to be hasty and drastic in the (hypothetical) event of wealth redistrubution, as that can cause many unforeseen proble...
June 23, 2019 at 18:59
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
5%??
June 23, 2019 at 18:56
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
"If you take a billion dollars from every billionaire in the country you can run the government for six weeks. " The financial position of the United ...
June 23, 2019 at 18:50
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Can't agree more with this post.
June 23, 2019 at 18:33
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
It's easy to if your country is a few small towns of people living over a hotbed of readymade natural resources.
June 23, 2019 at 18:31
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Well that's the goal. But from where things are going, it seems unlikely. If anything, inequality and unfettered capitalism is only headed to be even ...
June 23, 2019 at 18:30
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Agreed.
June 23, 2019 at 18:29
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
"A question for which I do not have an answer: Is it possible for a few billion people to live well (per your aspirations) without a substantial numbe...
June 23, 2019 at 18:26
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Depends on what you mean "giving". Most of the wealth is not liquid. It would take many years (in the hypothetical situation that such redistribution ...
June 23, 2019 at 18:04
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Oh, the pitiable rich people! How hard it must be for them! And imagine if someone (needy) takes away some of their money! They wouldn't even need the...
June 23, 2019 at 17:59
In: Physical question  — view comment
" It is the name we give to sensual and mental processes." Not just that.
June 23, 2019 at 17:53
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
The problem aren't the millionaires perse, but the multimillionaires. I mean, it's hard not to be a millionaire household when your house alone costs ...
June 23, 2019 at 17:50
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Stealing is a harsh term. More like taking what's really yours.
June 23, 2019 at 17:43
In: If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end?  — view comment
Yes, we'd all like that. But the current system seem to be failing miserably in this regard. Also, "Worthwhile work with decent pay. Affordable, safe,...
June 23, 2019 at 17:40
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