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If QM is not actually attempting to explain reality but rather the formalism is just a way to predict observations, it is easy to see why people get t...

Geez, I didn't realise the mods had authority to conduct capital punishment. And, by the way, the sanhedrin' primary aim is to prove innocence so the ...

You scheme in vain, for no human male has ever been successful to match my sophistication in j'accepte la grande aventure d'etre moi.

On the contrary, Klingons desire honour, and they only hand-bite or nga'chuq one mate alone. You are unworthy.

Urgh, how easy it is to give up on your principles, hence my favourite quote... /uploads/files/r6/fthwx37doh2bnfgo.jpg

Well, no, that was the point of why I included Spinoza in that the narration of those experiences articulate the same moral consistency, the value in ...

What can I do to convince you otherwise? If you were I would make a video stripping my socks off to Beyoncé's Partition, but I gather feet are not you...

When you look at the experience of acute stress disorder and PTSD, the latter following a traumatic event such as a car accident (what happened to me ...

I have been thinking about this and I believe the way that I actually view forgiveness is that the word represents a longing or hope for something tha...

This puts me in a rather awkward position as I had hoped our opinions aligned in some way. I agree that using Klingons in Discovery was the most idiot...

You missed a few things that I said, actually, but I am ok with that, just working with your flow. And yes, I did agree that some people can play the ...

This makes absolutely no sense. You need to explain this better.

Dude, have you seen Star Trek Discovery? What the hell have they done to the Klingons? Otherwise, I am growing kind of fond of it, despite the whole s...

I said the same thing in an earlier post, whereby people who economise their behaviour with others, seeking forgiveness not because there exists any g...

I had the chance to experience Yom Kippur when I was in Israel late last year, where my housemate orally translated the somewhat conditional forgivene...

My understanding of Buddhism is limited, being more acquainted with the Abrahamic religions and it is a certainly well-developed concept; in Judaism a...

I actually want to read more on Levinas, despite the fact that I had to read the quote several times before understanding what was being implied, whic...

I can say this is also occurring with one of my sisters, not that we are good friends at the moment, but recent contact and communication has brought ...

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Did you read what I wrote? We carry that with us because it weaves itself into the fabric of our identity, hence the ego, as we contrast and different...

There are a number of factors, but indeed proxy-wars and post-colonialism impacts on the sharp increases in terrorism in those regions.

Talking about work, I just finished my first international job application. It takes a while, apparently, so may as well start from now. I want to go ...

I spoke with you not to long ago about this subject and am quite surprised at your interest, nevertheless pointing out to you the Lacanian mirror phas...

This may sound absurd, but I love everyone. What I mean is that I believe in everyone, or that I believe everyone is capable of being loving, perhaps ...

I remember Michel Foucault due to the authorship of I, Pierre Rivière, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, and my brother talking about the diffe...

T Clark, I am not asking for your advice, even one as hilarious as this, I am more than capable of being decisive in my decisions with people in my pe...

The wrongs did happen, that is clear, however what changed was my level of altruism, my capacity to feel compassion and appreciate the vulnerability t...

This is how I see it too; the intensity of a parent hurting you is more than a sibling, in as much as it is easier to forgive a sibling for hurting yo...

What is the difference between predestined and predetermined?

I don't think it is a very high bar to want to marry someone who you can have a rational conversation with; playing games, nourishing egos, that sort ...

Conceding to prevent incidents from escalation is perhaps the key difference between you and I as people since, for me, my ideal partner and I would c...

Wasn't it you that said everything is determined? So, now there is only free-will? Are you shifting your beliefs to suit the argument at the given mom...

When you keep people out of your life because they are hurting you, that is a form of punishment. You are conveying the same message the law is attemp...

So, there is only free-will? There is this saying, Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Indeed, when a person first conveys repenta...

So, now you do believe in punishment? So, there is a hell? This magnanimity is a hallucination of reality because your forgiveness is irrelevant if sh...

Are you saying the law has lead us in the wrong direction? I actually understand this, however I could be wrong. Are you attempting to convey that whe...

I wonder what rewards - other than protection - he received for his conversion.

Are you saying there is no hell? It also follows that you cannot reason with an ignorant egotist, like those people who pretend to be holier-than-thou...

It is all dependent on the condemnation itself, indeed there are many people who economise their behaviour with others, seeking forgiveness not becaus...

By saying that, you are actually saying something about yourself. Because @baden is correct, our relations and interactions are the fundamental basis ...

Authenticity is certainly relevant and while your example may be correct, likewise it is not about expecting them to lie but rather whether your actio...

If there are blessings given to us by God it is that we are endowed with greater or lesser cognitive abilities. IQ tests that are non-cultural attempt...

Luckily, this feline is indoor-only and has been well poked with required vaccinations. Although, I do feel somewhat entranced... https://www.youtube....

I am cat-sitting for a friend. I never really liked cats because of their natural inclination to slaughter wildlife, but he clearly wants my affection...

Luck is incompatible with knowledge at an epistemic level and those poor 45 year olds with few skills who did turn into affluent entrepreneurs likely ...

We interpret the external world through the language of our desires and emotions as well as our social and environmental influences, but in the end we...

I once thought I loved a young man but I mostly loved him as a friend or really wanted to be friends and for a long time I was hurting at why he was c...

That is like reiterating over and again about the categorical imperative by asking one to abandon Kant. I don't need you to walk me through the concep...

Thus a person without physical strength is not masculine? One of my friends, for instance, is a physically muscular Samoan guy who is a giant marshmal...

It is not about guns, it is merely an exemplary display of an infinite regress. O, the pointlessness of having a conversation about the pointlessness ...