Mikie

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Spoke too soon. Bolsonaro cultists are now storming Brasilia. The moronic Trump supporters‘ insurrection sure set a great precedent for the rest of th...

It’s not theoretical— it’s happened before. Not in another country, but in the United States. It’s amazing to me that corporations NOT giving 90% of p...

There’s nothing to explain. Legislation simply won’t be passed the next two years— beyond the most necessary bills, and even then not without some bri...

They most certainly can, and I just went through how. Giving less than 90% of corporate profits to rich people, taxing corporations and wealthy Americ...

Yes indeed. What else is new? Spot the unquestioned premise: Why do they pay for them this way? Why not ABSORB the cost? How? Answer: From the billion...

I look at it a little different. I think that’s what they CLAIM. But I think a more accurate picture is that people like Gaetz and Boebert want to mak...

You’re either not patient enough or can’t do it. I suspect the latter, actually. But in neither case did you ever spoon feed me anything. What you did...

But who was, exactly? Were people attributing the effects of gravity to invisible angels pulling strings prior to Newton? Did Newton stop being a Chri...

Maybe find a place between listing a bunch of names and rolling your eyes like a schoolgirl. If that’s too vague, I’ll make it more specific: of the n...

They were important in the development of nearly everything in the West. Including Christianity. Should we call them proto-Christians? (Many have made...

The gods were as natural to the Greeks as what we currently call natural, in my view. But who exactly fo you have in mind? Democritus? Thales? Parmeni...

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What would “religious modes of understanding” be? Again, the claim that these early thinkers were just proto/primitive scientists (in todays sense) is...

I’ve read every one of those men. Hence “I see little evidence for it.” The narrative that these men were essentially primitive scientists is unconvin...

Why do you say this? I see little evidence for it.

I wonder how much you've really thought through these statements. You don't elaborate much about it, so you end up with cliche: science good/true/real...

Happy New Year to y’all. Wishing everyone in the forum well in 2023.

2022 may have been a turning point for action on climate change. It was hard fought, and much less than needed to be done, but it was something. That’...

You’d think the world was ending because a small minority of people want to live their lives a certain way. Stop being sucked into these overblown med...

I know. It made sense when I started— I had it all planned out. I botched it.

Why does being limited and transient render something pointless? Seems like utter nonsense to me.

Except that’s not the “harsh truth” — it’s a statement made from a perspective, like everything else. The person holding this perspective, and making ...

That’s perfectly fine. I’m not interested in discussing anything with you, given your history. In case you need it explicitly stated … which you do.

As usual, you have no clue what you’re talking about. ::shrug::

— Jane McAlevey Or we can go with posturing on the internet.

Pretend there’s no such thing as the outside world, while begging for scraps from our Great Leader Trump. :up:

Just a shame that some internet dude wasn’t around to inform Martin Luther King that organizing “doesn’t work well”, that he was engaging in “random w...

Union organizing, civil rights movement, environmental movement, etc. “Random whining.” :lol:

Don’t worry your little heads about it. Go back to naval-gazing. Because that’s worked wonders the last 40 years. :up:

Not one mention — by anyone — about organizing. No talk of working together with others, no talk of unions, no talk of outreach. It’s all up to the “i...

Absolutely.

No, they can’t. Which is why we can’t talk to primates. And ridiculous.

No, it's just nonsense. You're free to adopt this sentimental perspective so that no one's feelings are hurt (obviously your own, most importantly), w...

It's OK, but with elaboration. Namely: WHY is it a "wrong question"? And questions are often wrong -- or nonsensical. "Why do things happen?" Seems li...

If happiness is a good, or the good, then what is it? If its living in accord with our nature, then what is our nature? The function of an axe is to c...

Birds can fly, unlike other species. Is that aviancentrism? Insisting there's a gap between human capacities and those of other animals is done becaus...

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To expose my beliefs and thoughts to scrutiny. It makes me sharper. I hope to do the same for others. To engage in the process of learning, I guess.

Whether one believes the world is fundamentally hostile or not can determine how one treats others. If one answers that question with "Yes, the world ...

I'm surprised no one asked "What do you mean by happiness?" So I'll ask it of all of you who so far responded. If it a feeling, like joy and pleasure,...

I wouldn't go that far. I don't consider animals as having beliefs, tacit or otherwise. I think that's an anthropomorphic projection. Neither would I....

Got me to chuckle, so thumbs up.

I like this one. It could benefit from better formatting, but otherwise well done.

:up: It does get tiresome.

Come on now. If climate change isn’t watertight, what is? The problem isn’t that it isn’t watertight, it’s that there has been a deliberate push to co...

The amount of ignorance on this very forum about climate change is itself evidence that we should ignore 90% of what’s written on “philosophical” matt...

Eh. I use it interchangeably with climate science myself— but I understand your point. No, that’s denial— which is rampant.

You’d be right to. McKitrick is a moron. Not only does he misrepresent the IPCC, notice that he also quotes from the 2013 report. Can’t even take the ...

Yeah, you’re right. Being calm and collected has worked wonders so far. :lol: Again, for those truly interested: read climate scientists, not Internet...