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Your defensiveness is clouding your reading comprehension: It has nothing to do with insults. I realize YOU’RE very clearly insulted. But I’ve now tol...
July 25, 2023 at 22:26
How? It’s either a select few or it’s not. In this forum, I think it’s quite a few people. Most people don’t really question their beliefs. Of those w...
July 25, 2023 at 22:21
It’s not anti-religious. I’m speaking to those capable of recognizing their own religion as a product of their upbringing. See the quote below. You’re...
July 25, 2023 at 22:12
To a lot of Hindus it’s an important fact about life. For those who are capable, I think stepping outside one’s upbringing and enculturation and quest...
July 25, 2023 at 22:06
I never once argued that should be dismissed. I’m arguing we shouldn’t raise one particular story for special treatment on the basis of the sheer chan...
July 25, 2023 at 21:41
Of course. You’re bound to care more about your own culture. But that’s the point. It’s a bias. If you really believe your culture is special, excepti...
July 25, 2023 at 20:47
Nevermind — you did. Great— be well.
July 25, 2023 at 20:36
Cool. So perhaps move this to the Feedback section.
July 25, 2023 at 20:35
Like I said, it’s really not you. I don’t mean to single you out— there are almost always a number of (in my view) tedious discussions going about one...
July 25, 2023 at 20:33
Yeah, this just proves you really don’t have a clue about what I was saying. I’ve explained the argument a few times — your defensiveness and “outrage...
July 25, 2023 at 20:30
It’s an argument against evangelism by being against giving special attention and privilege to the beliefs and stories one happened to be brought up i...
July 25, 2023 at 20:23
I figured this post would be interpreted as simplistically as possible, so as to fit it in with arguing “Move on from Christianity.” But look again — ...
July 25, 2023 at 20:15
For pernicious aspects, I’d try my best to educate them — but like any cult, that’s difficult once it’s been ingrained. I can make up a god right now....
July 25, 2023 at 20:13
“And yet” makes no sense. Also, it’s not anti-religion. But thanks for your always-riveting comments. :yawn: True. I think the social aspect is import...
July 25, 2023 at 18:21
Instead of derailing your thread, I created another one. But the TL; DR is I think it’s a waste of time. But that’s all I’ll say here. Incidentally, I...
July 25, 2023 at 17:47
Touche.
July 24, 2023 at 15:57
Kissinger…yeah. Don’t know if it’s fantastic, but certainly bizarre.
July 23, 2023 at 14:48
Just saw Oppenheimer. Nolan is representative of the times— the “auteur” of plebs. The entire thing has a cold, engineered quality. It’s also confusin...
July 23, 2023 at 12:34
A little “young” for the above list, but I’ve added anyway because it FEELS like he’s been around since the Big Bang.
July 23, 2023 at 02:50
That’s cool!
July 22, 2023 at 11:18
:up: Yes. :lol: I like dragon fruit! What’s annoying is how expensive it is. In the past I would have taken umbrage with that — but after seeing it ag...
July 22, 2023 at 03:23
Well, cross Bennett off the list… :confused:
July 22, 2023 at 03:09
I've read Being in Time twice through, but certain parts many times. Be happy to talk about it. See this here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussi...
July 21, 2023 at 20:35
That’s just about 100% certain, yes.
July 20, 2023 at 21:49
It’s fairly obvious this is one big reason. Trump is easy to predict.
July 20, 2023 at 21:47
Just for posterity / reference: The major Supreme Court cases of 2022-2023: Students for Fair Admissions v. Havard Affirmative action case. Decided 6-...
July 20, 2023 at 17:53
True, but it’s so fun to watch! So let’s not spell out the stupidity too much. They’re all plutocratic criminals that get special treatment. That bein...
July 20, 2023 at 15:53
Yes, true. But because it’s all felt locally, my hope (which is borne out with some polling) is that extreme weather will be connected to climate chan...
July 20, 2023 at 14:14
Always worth remembering the facts: Trump tried to overthrow a fair election. He continues to lie about it. His lies led to an insurrection. He should...
July 19, 2023 at 21:11
Not the ones we’re seeing now, which are both felt locally and exacerbated by global trends. It’s not either/or.
July 19, 2023 at 21:07
Mass existential. Easy to see why, even with adaptation.
July 19, 2023 at 19:01
Half true. What you see and feel in your backyard is also related to the broader global changes. If you're in a draught, or caught in wildfires or a f...
July 19, 2023 at 16:09
A good source is this article from Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7950#core-collateral-purchase-access There are several pote...
July 19, 2023 at 16:04
Yes. I tend to weigh the contributions of the country I live in more heavily— as is should be for anyone of rational age. :up:
July 18, 2023 at 04:08
I think you’re right. Incidentally, the oft-referenced dissenter John Mearsheimer is equally pessimistic:
July 17, 2023 at 22:11
Depends on who you ask. According to the US, Russia shows no interest in negotiating, despite what Putin has publicly stated. Others say the US hasn’t...
July 17, 2023 at 22:06
The US provocation of this war is clear to anyone willing to look at the record, particularly 2008. Their military support is good for the powerful ar...
July 17, 2023 at 21:20
I think it should be legal, but would love to see a society where women aren’t essentially forced to do this kind of work.
July 15, 2023 at 22:40
A little “shout”: I wish picketers would stop chanting “hey hey, ho ho, ____ has got to go.” Makes me cringe. And I’m in favor of strikes and boycotts...
July 14, 2023 at 20:20
Emerson, I think. I like this one.
July 14, 2023 at 17:18
Anyone with a brain cell knew Trump would claim the election was stolen if he lost. He would have done so in 2016. He did so in Iowa that year when Cr...
July 14, 2023 at 16:56
Of course they do. Where else do they exist? Thinking does that, yes — it can take you out of paying attention to what you are currently doing or feel...
July 13, 2023 at 17:47
Who’s doing the interpreting about this life? You. What values, beliefs, conditioning, habits are you bringing to the table before you cast a judgment...
July 13, 2023 at 04:43
A few people were screaming about a recession on this very thread. Between that and the constant blather about how we’re “printing too much money,” I ...
July 13, 2023 at 02:46
CPI Report Shows Inflation Eased to 3% in June https://www.wsj.com/articles/consumer-price-index-report-june-inflation-ede7f4b1?mod=mhp Interesting.
July 12, 2023 at 14:15
Hottest global average in 100,000 years.
July 12, 2023 at 03:16
All that being said, I have to marvel at what awful timing I have. May he live another 94 years!
July 12, 2023 at 01:04
Me too. Incidentally, it was @"Manuel" who received the reply from Chomsky’s wife, not me. Just to clarify.
July 11, 2023 at 23:55
Thank you. Still, I’ll be pretty disappointed if we don’t get anything. Apparently he’s taking time to rest, according to his wife— and that’s concern...
July 11, 2023 at 22:01