I don't think we should argue about it one way or the other, any more than we should be spending our time arguing about the existence of Zeus and Horm...
We have enough resources and wealth to provide for everyone. We choose not to. Why? Because those who benefit from massive wealth inequality don’t wan...
Yeah they do, but I’ve only heard about it second-hand. Articles only haven’t answered all my questions— I’ll just have to bite the bullet and call an...
Has anyone from the northeast US had a heat pump installed? Looking for feedback… How much was it? Worth it? Does it work in very cold weather? What k...
So it looks like sea level will rise by 10 inches, inevitably. https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland-climate-and-environment-9c...
I tend to agree with this. It’s taboo. Race is also taboo, but in terms of explanatory power I think class is higher. I don’t think describing things ...
That’s definitely an issue— and it should be minimized if possible — but the government does all kinds of things that cause pain. Look at what the Fed...
:up: I think that’s a bit harsh. I think there’s plenty to learn from Schopenhauer, and he’s an excellent writer — very clear. I also think his interp...
I didn't say he wasn't knowledgable, or even that he was wrong -- and certainly not that he was bought. True, you're not saying that I said it -- but ...
So I found it -- from my bookshelf, in the end. Very old-school of me. (Pages 196 to 198 of the E.F.J Payne version. I copied the above from the Inter...
But what is the self in the first place? I think what’s usually being asked with questions like this is: doing what you’d like to do or being who you’...
We should decarbonize as quickly as possible. There — fixed it. Most of his points seem to be like this. Nitpicking. He points out that 1.5 is arbitra...
It’s a good question. Later on in the World as Will and Representation, I think volume 2, he’ll say that because we cannot know anything whatsoever be...
I'm only familiar with Smil in that I've seen some YouTube videos; I haven't read his books. He's interesting, though, and I'd like to hear more about...
This case was clear cut. I flagged it and waited -- no moderator was online, so I deleted it myself. Now feel free to whine about this huge injustice....
Please don't pretend to know what you're talking about; you don't. These sites themselves state that CO2 is a greenhouse gas -- that's all you need to...
:roll: Again...how about learning something about climate science before posting stupidities in public? You're embarrassing yourself. I'll help you: h...
Yes, which is the latest slogan of climate denial. "The climate is always changing." "It's happening, but not due to human activity." You fall into th...
You're embarrassingly silly. That video is from the TV program called "The Newsroom". I posted it because I thought it was funny -- notice the little ...
And you wonder why you get ridiculed. I guess I'll do the work for you: Now stop here and ask yourself whether you still believe scientists haven't co...
Let me clue you in: scientists the world over have indeed taken into account natural variation and natural phenomena. The rate of change we see is due...
I don’t hate Zizek, I just never feel I learn anything from him. If he’s discussed the topic here than that’s a credit to him. I haven’t seen it done ...
Is this a joke? Yes, a responsibility in public. Not in private parties in the off chance that a video leaks. Maybe she should stop having sex too, le...
:gasp: :rofl: Yes, so I guess we can throw out all that consensus— you’ve discovered something all the world’s experts have missed. Please take your d...
Well of course I agree with all of this... That's obviously true, but I'm not really intending for it to be a theory or explanation of society. I'm hi...
Come on now. Think for a second about how ridiculous this sounds. You still have a right to privacy, even if you're a politician. She did nothing ille...
But the trajectory isn’t inevitable. We got here, and are staying here, because of decisions made by human beings — human beings with power. Leaders i...
Sounds like the same tired point over and over to me as well. Although it’s true you didn’t say the exact words “all that matters is biology.” Great w...
I would recommend you spend more time with counter-arguments. This one in particular is very old and, in my view, long refuted. Unless you're saying t...
I like it. Many followers indeed. Fair enough. It's my own idiosyncratic usage -- which is why I'm never upset if people don't care for it. I only men...
Strange that you'd want to pick a fight with me out of the blue because you dislike something I wrote to someone else. Oh well. (1) I never once said ...
“Although he nowhere defines truth in terms of a thought’s likeness to a thing or fact, it is clear that such a definition would fit well into his ove...
I don’t think there is a goal, really. But if you’re interested in a more in depth discussion on what philosophy is, I’ll point you to the link below ...
Since free markets don’t exist, and nearly every country is a state-capitalist one — often called mixed economies — this statement is just meaningless...
I agree wholeheartedly. Again, here I would include this as “religion,” using a fairly broad definition. In the OP I mentioned Christianity especially...
:up: Well this is what I would lump in with religion, in a sense. The beliefs and values we internalize — and that become hardened into unconscious do...
True, but in this case I think it’s relevant only because “original” was used. I think there’s a lot more to be said about it. As many know, I like wh...
https://youtu.be/XM0uZ9mfOUI “If we face this problem head on, if we listen to our best scientists, and act decisively and passionately— I still don’t...
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