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Christopher

['Member']Joined: September 04, 2019 at 22:18Last active: December 03, 2024 at 10:144 discussions49 comments
Location: Texas

Bio

Freelance writer. Psychology. Fitness. Sapience. Positive vibes. Pretty lazy writer, didn't even use whole sentences in the bio, am I right? In the eclectic words of Charles Bukowski: "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."

Favourite Philosopher

Epicurus; Niccolò Machiavelli; Friedrich Nietzsche; Lucretius; Sun Tzu;

Favourite Quotations

"Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo"-Epicurus

"Nobody actually knows anything, but I actually know this thing, so I know something."-Socrates

"Don't try."-Charles Bukowski

"Never delay kissing a beautiful girl or opening a bottle of whiskey."-Ernest Hemingway

"You can't snort a line of coke off a woman's ass and not wonder about her dreams. It's not gentlemanly."-Hank Moody

Discussions (4)

Comments

In: Aristotelian logic: why do “first principles” not need to be proven?  — view comment
That pun KANT go unacknowledged.
December 30, 2022 at 07:32
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
I am confused by the question mark. Are you asking me if they can't be compared in a meaningful way?
September 11, 2022 at 21:50
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
That's true. It's like saying we know everything because the bases are covered. Yet, we are still in the infancy stage of applied sapience.
September 11, 2022 at 21:48
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Is this the difference between knowledge and wisdom?
September 11, 2022 at 21:42
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
He frequently makes that point...he might be on to something. Sometimes brevity is overrated. :)
September 11, 2022 at 21:40
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
In that specific context, yes.
September 11, 2022 at 21:37
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
That makes sense. The Reaganites. Strong opinions on both sides.
September 11, 2022 at 21:31
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
I agree. "A person does not act upon the world, the world acts upon him."---B.F. Skinner However, according to a contextualist perspective, people mod...
September 11, 2022 at 21:29
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
I never claimed that learning to write was difficult or simple, either inside or outside of academia.
September 11, 2022 at 21:13
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Yes, that is the problem. The keywords are most cases.
September 11, 2022 at 21:06
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Especially among writers. Stephen King drank and snorted so much coke that he doesn't remember writing several of his novels, including Cujo. Then the...
September 10, 2022 at 21:02
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Thank you. I think? Flexibility enables us to adapt. You're right, we don't know how the future will effect us, so I study a little in each field and ...
September 10, 2022 at 20:57
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
My brother's comment was obviously futile. Is that to suggest, however, that all inebriated ideas are baseless? Or any other substance that alters cog...
September 10, 2022 at 20:32
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Exactly. And not a crackpot, but more of a cokepot if you will. Jokes aside. Yes, other psychologists and psychiatrists who founded "Neo-Freudians" an...
September 10, 2022 at 20:29
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
What interests you?
September 10, 2022 at 20:20
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Only since the 80s'?
September 10, 2022 at 20:16
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Maybe the reasons that we choose to study history---so that we can adopt and omit what we perceive is relevant in any given field.
September 10, 2022 at 20:15
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Your post explains this very well. It's insightful to me, if not anyone else.
September 10, 2022 at 20:12
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Well, nothing really does. "The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."---Arthur Schopenhauer
September 10, 2022 at 20:10
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Although they still grow from a tree. Why not compare?
September 10, 2022 at 20:08
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
What's your drink of preference? I'm buying.
September 10, 2022 at 20:06
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
I agree. Formal education is not required to achieve professional or personal objectives. He is taking classes in information security. One may assume...
September 10, 2022 at 20:04
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
I meant to emphasize that the semiotics of all disciplines evolve only according to our perception of their theoretical underpinnings. I find it odd t...
September 08, 2022 at 00:05
In: "Humanities and social sciences are no longer useful in academia."  — view comment
Yes, that is the point. Your post kind of reinforces my point that we advance from old theories especially while they do offer chances for other devel...
September 07, 2022 at 00:41
In: The unexplainable  — view comment
Disregarding logic to believe is true?
July 25, 2022 at 05:27
In: The unexplainable  — view comment
"The less you think, the more you believe."---Richard Dawkins
July 25, 2022 at 05:23
In: Ukraine Crisis  — view comment
Thank you lol. I intend not to. Seems a bit heated in here. Or cold. Whichever extremity constitutes a pun here.
July 24, 2022 at 20:16
In: Gateway-philosophies to Christianity  — view comment
I wholly agree. I suppose this is the reason why most people agree that it is better to have faith in something than in nothing. However, they intend ...
July 24, 2022 at 20:13
In: Ukraine Crisis  — view comment
How did I get embroiled in this conversation? I've created three posts in all, one of which is a simple inquiry over the removal of my first post. Lol
July 23, 2022 at 20:19
In: Gateway-philosophies to Christianity  — view comment
Right on. Many old customs and parables have been adapted (or rather appropriated) by Christianity, particularly the metaphor for the resurrection. It...
July 23, 2022 at 20:15
In: Gateway-philosophies to Christianity  — view comment
I like the metaphor used to describe your position on the matter.
July 22, 2022 at 21:17
In: Gateway-philosophies to Christianity  — view comment
One of the earliest recognized (recorded) religions is Zoroastrianism. All regional practices from centuries before Christ, including Zoroastrianism a...
July 22, 2022 at 21:16
In: Why was my post removed?  — view comment
Ah, okay. Thanks for explaining. Next time I will make use of brevity.
September 15, 2020 at 21:29
In: Why was my post removed?  — view comment
What post that you deleted?
September 15, 2020 at 19:34
In: Why was my post removed?  — view comment
I do not believe he stated his reasoning, and if he did it was highly esoteric like many religious/cult doctrines. Solipsism, to put it shortly is a b...
September 15, 2020 at 19:33
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/2hJILaai76g
September 07, 2019 at 19:51
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
Pain is subjective to everyone, not an objective reality. Humanity created the semantics of linguistics to explain what happens when the nervous syste...
September 07, 2019 at 19:34
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
Nietzsche stated the only "real" perceptions are our drives, desires, and passions.
September 07, 2019 at 18:45
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
Mojsov, Bojana (2001). "The Ancient Egyptian Underworld in the Tomb of Sety I: Sacred Books of Eternal Life". The Massachusetts Review. 42 (4): 489–50...
September 07, 2019 at 18:43
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
And by no means does this implicate my beliefs in Christianity or any religious affiliation. I'm an atheist, but find religions and cults intriguing, ...
September 07, 2019 at 18:24
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
Yes, destroyed and tormented. Yet still in existence. In some variations, the soul is reborn in the process.
September 07, 2019 at 18:16
In: IQ and education  — view comment
It should be universal.
September 07, 2019 at 03:04
In: IQ and education  — view comment
I was thinking empirically valid tests, such as WAIS or Stanford-Binet, ect. But that could be fun as well.
September 07, 2019 at 02:31
In: Freedom from Menticide  — view comment
Thank you. I'm glad to see you saw merit in the post. And I have hope (which is a rarity in itself for me) that the quoted excerpt should come to frui...
September 06, 2019 at 23:47
In: Sin, will, and theism  — view comment
I find this quote by Richard Dawkins to be insightful: "An existing god therefore would not be a being greater than which a greater cannot be conceive...
September 06, 2019 at 21:59
In: Freedom from Menticide  — view comment
I'll definitely take use of brevity for the next discussion I post. I browsed the other discussions and thought this might be a place for critique. Th...
September 06, 2019 at 21:45
In: Freedom from Menticide  — view comment
I can see how it can be interpreted as such. I should revisit the piece and take that into consideration upon revision. I appreciate your candor.
September 06, 2019 at 21:43
In: Christianity: immortal soul  — view comment
I assume you're referring to the Judeo-Christian Bible. Yes, according to their beliefs, the soul is immortal. However, all religions are derivative o...
September 06, 2019 at 21:28
In: Freedom from Menticide  — view comment
Fair enough.
September 06, 2019 at 21:23
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