That's pretty much the history of western philosophy, a leisure activity for sure. Philosophers have for the most part traditionally suffered from the...
Hey, I have no problem with the expansion of the universe; it's what goes on on this planet that sometimes bothers me. I'm not shopping for a new cosm...
We are in the middle of the cosmic exhalation. Upon inhalation, all matter will recede into black holes, themselves receding into even larger ones unt...
I don't see any hatred in the babies' choices. I see a clear choice in the object, but nothing indicates any kind of reaction towards the other dolls-...
Yes, my swollen head allowed me to watch the video, which was very interesting. But I don't see anything about hating versus loving. And this was the ...
Thank you for your thoughtful response. What if I proposed that there is no dishonest critical thinking? Or that dishonest critical thinking is in rea...
I owe you an apology, and I amended my first post to make it clear that I agreed with your statement entirely. I never cease to be amazed at how easy ...
The point is to acquire a context within which one can study various texts. I'm not going to insist that one have a world view in place before reading...
This is certainly true in my case. I got interested in Existentialism in the late 60s because it was relevant to my generation, plus I wanted to under...
I agree with you entirely: it's not like fast food! Another possibility is to do serious research of your own online, at serious websites only, about ...
As an old existentialist, the existence or fiction of God is irrelevant to me: whether it's there or not, it doesn't save the existentialist, who has ...
What is the question? Do you mean what he refers to as the problem of existence? In one sense, Schopenhauer is being a bit like the fox with his tail ...
Not true: they don't protect; they sicken and weaken--in this case, the human psyche is weakened by the defenses one forms to avoid the pain and traum...
That seems just about as ignorant as what you claim about my speculation. Your comments about peeling away at matter until we arrive at...??? don't ne...
I assume that the big bang has happened endlessly in our corner of the cosmos; we don't know if the same phenomena are occurring beyond what we are ab...
Lucky you! This is a very good article on these issues: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/06/08/616684259/why-more-white-americans-are-oppo...
Speaking of the United States specifically: By asking that question, you invite me to conclude that you don't have any conversation for the folks who ...
That may have been possible in smaller communities in previous historical circumstances, but it does not seem possible now. I can't possibly imagine w...
I'll have to look into that, although I take a lot of the online information about Cannabis with a grain of salt, or less. There's a shit ton of shit ...
I respectfully disagree with your disagreement :smile: You chose the first definition that pops up, but gossip is generally characterized by various p...
I wouldn't hate them, but I'd probably be quite frightened of them; it would probably be very hard for me to control my fear. But I don't hate people-...
It sounds like most folks see gossip as an intentionally malicious or pitying form of communication, and that when we speak of others without maliciou...
I believe that achieving emotional maturity is hard work, albeit different kinds of hard work for different people. Clearly there are innumerable path...
You're going to get a lot of different answers to that question; I think first of all, we need to define the term gossip: does it include any mention ...
Here are some concrete examples: the shooters at Black churches and synagogues break my heart. The history of lynching pains me deeply; so do the Holo...
If I understand you correctly, that is how real change--referring to emotional/intellectual/spiritual or ethical--occurs for humans. At least for me, ...
I agree; most people probably want the easiest, fastest way to feel good, or to feel nothing at all. I make no judgements or "needs to be" about how a...
What if the peril of staying where you are--i.e., Guatemala, Honduras--is far worse than the peril of trying to enter the usa illegally? What if the t...
I see hatred as based on projection, infantile rage and unconscious self-loathing. When people conclude that it's ok for them to hate, they also feel ...
Yeah, I can tell you don't like it; you made that clear twice. Me, I love the essay. If you know anything about Rushkoff you know that he's an admired...
To me, he exhorts: although his essay is written as a description of the way that Cannabis works on a mature mind, I came to the conclusion that in re...
This is interesting: there are some things I can do that way, like learning a new hobby or language, but there are other things I can't do that way, l...
Indeed: my existential terror is an old familiar friend. When it comes around, I welcome it in, get close up and personal with it. I am not longer afr...
I looked at it, but I see a lot of that research as, well, quite partial. Why on earth test THC on animals? This makes no sense to me. Further, there ...
[ I'm not sure what you mean by "stoned unconscious," but that's not what Rushkoff is talking about at all. There are people who prefer that mode, who...
I've been scoffed at for my Trump-Hitler comparisons, but every day the parallels grow stronger. Interestingly, Hitler was a germophobe, as is Trump. ...
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