Right. And the benevolent Government ruled by the top 1% is going to give it all to them - for free nonetheless. Notice any changes lately or is all e...
Yep, and we are sliding down that slope into total Government intervention and control of our lives. It is all happening in a very short period of tim...
With cart insurance, one had the choice to buy a car. One does not have a choice about living. That the government can now force citizens to purchase ...
For me, life is about creative experimentation and learning from this experimentation. A child playing with blocks would be a microcosm of this experi...
The assumption here is that writing books is evolutionary more advanced. Maybe bats are more advanced because they don't need books? Maybe bats actual...
Indeed, explicit within Relativity, two observers are experiencing events differently. To Bergson, time (duree), is precisely what we experience as li...
The question relates to providing meaning to life. It is a question relating to an inner feeling one may have. Not everyone poses this question to the...
Not a religious argument, but more an experiential and intuitive one based upon Bergson's studies of biology, mathematics, and education. Time (durée)...
The issues with modern biology are discussed in great depth in Rupert Sheldrake's books. Here is a quick peek of his perspective. There are videos on ...
Thanks. The article points out the issue of elevating scientific mathematical equations to an ontology. Probably the best discussion of the philosophi...
And this is part of the debate. Some people would rather see more money going to better food, cleaner water, cleaner air than to more medicine - which...
No, that is what you see. Give it time. You may learn to see more. Not everyone is like you. Be happy with who you are but let other people see life d...
As all studies on the subject conclude, it is lifestyle choices that are far and away the leading causes of chronic illnesses and healthy people (espe...
The WHO says that 80% of non-communicable diseases are lifestyle related. Their is a reason that the U.S., which spends 80% more on medical care than ...
There is a difference between marketing pitches and motivations. Money is a great motivator for our leaders. They'll say say what they need to say to ...
I think you may find that right/wrong rarely enters into the equation of policy-makers and their donors. Among the place, what is right and wrong is d...
Actually it is prescription drugs like opioids that are killing 10s of thousands of people each year and hospitals that are killing hundreds of thousa...
Wars use to be great money makers for government and the top 1% but nowadays healthcare is much more lucrative. Tens of $trillions and growing. And it...
The argument against single payer is that government just skims off the c top, as it consumes more and more of the economy. 7 of the 12 richest counti...
Not according to WHO. Cancer can be quite predictable: e.g. cigarette smoking, excess drinking, environmental hazards, obesity, food toxins, etc. I wo...
There World Health Organization is attempting to address this "misunderstanding". http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/part1/en/index11.html ...
People need to learn to lead healthier lives and how to take care of themselves. Other countries pay half as much per capita with better results. U.S....
It's such a huge list, Michael , if debatable premises. Surely you don't expect anyone to begin a separate discussion of each one? As I said before ha...
The overreach is in the form of forcing citizens to purchase a service from private industry. This is unprecedented. Single payer, such as Social Secu...
There is a component of politics that deals with social issues, but how these issues are dealt with is a mess. The allocation of resources is much mor...
There are literally no facts. Just pieces of a puzzle that I've observed that sort of fit together. This is what I believe philosophy is all about. A ...
The debate centers around these concepts: 1) Runaway cost of medical care in this country that is approaching 20% of GNP, by far and away the most cos...
Experience is a process not a thing. As far as I can tell, traditional logical syllogisms cannot deal with processes. I was never able to bring myself...
While my experience on this forum is not exhaustive, I have yet to witness anyone describe value in this way, since most probably consider themselves ...
It's actually even more simple to say I am what I am and that's all that I am, which was Popeye's philosophy. For some this may be enough but I am mor...
Specifically the genes are trying desperately to preserve themselves. You can actually hear them huffing and puffing if you listen closely to their li...
It's an idea, that all it is. A wonderful conception in my opinion. And the reason I use it is because all the pieces of the puzzle for nicely and it ...
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