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Ashwin Poonawala

['Member']Joined: February 26, 2017 at 17:24Last active: July 24, 2024 at 03:507 discussions47 comments

Discussions (7)

Socialism

April 07, 2017 at 02:14 12 comments General Philosophy

God

April 05, 2017 at 02:18 8 comments Philosophy of Religion

Democracy

April 03, 2017 at 00:01 0 comments Political Philosophy

Capitalism

February 26, 2017 at 18:28 9 comments Humanities and Social Sciences

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Foot Note: Machiavellianism made Europe hungry for power, culminating into devastating world wars, which basically produced nothing but losers. The gr...
April 28, 2017 at 18:47
Let us address the most basic issue. The only reason I ponder over definitions and meaning is to learn. The reason I wish to learn is to gain more con...
April 28, 2017 at 18:35
Science bases its theories and conclusions on observations; perceptions. On the other side dogmatic religions disallow reasoning, substituting 'faith'...
April 25, 2017 at 16:31
Man, as distinguished from some other animals, like lizards, tigers, snakes, etc. forms social groups, and prefers to live in a society, rather than i...
April 23, 2017 at 02:20
Words are labels describing names, actions, concepts, etc. Each word creates a different image in each of our minds, according to our accumulated expe...
April 08, 2017 at 03:27
In: God  — view comment
Knowledge is the accumulation of data. When we have enough dots connected to make a comprehensible mental picture of a subject, it creates a meaning i...
April 07, 2017 at 16:39
In: God  — view comment
Science moves forward at its own pace, even though the pace is always accelerating. Unfortunately, we know what we know, but we never know how much we...
April 05, 2017 at 22:24
From the beginning, to find the reasons and remedies for the unpredictable phenomena of nature and life, humans stretched their imagination beyond the...
April 05, 2017 at 02:16
A community cannot function without some socialism. By definition, socialism is nothing but taking away some individual freedom for the good of whole ...
April 02, 2017 at 22:49
Autocracies are very efficient, as long as the government is honest. But this cannot work for long, because human greed for power, wealth and fame, ha...
April 02, 2017 at 04:14
A community cannot function without some socialism. By definition, socialism is nothing but taking away some individual freedom for the good of whole ...
April 01, 2017 at 18:06
The United States of America was founded on the basis of diffusion of state’s power, curtailing the power’s potential for injustice. The dazzling succ...
April 01, 2017 at 02:59
After decades of terrorism aimed at us we have started asking loudly why the radical elements of the world hate us. The West, powered by technological...
March 31, 2017 at 20:31
Any definition has to be based on the available facts. The process of defining the purpose of life has to start with most basic facts available to us....
March 31, 2017 at 02:11
Everything that happens has a reason, and it becomes the cause for a subsequent event. We call the analysis of this as cause and effect logic. To me t...
March 29, 2017 at 21:33
Unrestrained capitalism is basically a trickle down economy. Not much trickles down. The rich keeps us poor by exploiting the society, and short chang...
March 29, 2017 at 19:47
Absence of both, pain and pleasure, is boredom. Pleasure is the opposite of pain. Just as absence of hill at a location is not a hole in the ground th...
March 22, 2017 at 01:42
By giving pain to others. doctors feel honor and satisfaction, while a criminal self degradation. What we feel becomes us, and builds character. Our c...
March 21, 2017 at 22:27
In: Globalism  — view comment
Living beings have two basic concerns, security and comfort. Relative global border security created by the conviction recently crystallized in the mi...
March 17, 2017 at 20:40
Desires contained our mind define us. We call this ego. Our ego tells us what we deserve in life. In accordance with this pursuit of happiness we iden...
March 17, 2017 at 17:36
Morality is very personal, and cannot be acquired from outside sources. What I feel from interactions with the outside world determines my morality. T...
March 17, 2017 at 00:07
The United States of America was founded on the basis of diffusion of state’s power, curtailing the power’s potential for injustice. The dazzling succ...
March 16, 2017 at 19:34
In a revolution common people risk theirs and their loved one's lives. Masses live in their small worlds. They are mostly concerned with their own and...
March 16, 2017 at 03:00
Mind comprises of desires, either in pure forms or twisted forms (for instance defeated pride can turn into jealousy). Desires fall into six broad cat...
March 15, 2017 at 01:32
Whenever more than one person decide to live as a group they need to make behavioral adjustments to make the coexistence cooperative. This limits the ...
March 14, 2017 at 16:46
Capitalism is essential for production. But commercialism is based on greed. Too much economic control in the hands of greed makes the society unhappy...
March 14, 2017 at 01:46
Our mind is like a child. You have to coax it to change it; harsh methods boomerang. It is like changing a habit, it is a slow process, but success co...
March 13, 2017 at 21:06
I misunderstood the intention, I thought your feelings were hurt. You are being mighty nice. World with people with honesty of heart makes it beautifu...
March 13, 2017 at 18:41
You seem to have a wide perspective on the issue of capitalistic behavior, and the effects of Govt. controls. I have lived in more than one economy, a...
March 13, 2017 at 18:34
It seems like my response to the Philosophy graduates offended some people. I am sorry for making some persons feel bad. I had no intention of it. I a...
March 13, 2017 at 16:07
It pains me to hear the stories of you 25 and 64 year Philosophy graduates. I hope, we are talking only about the lack of satisfaction of being succes...
March 13, 2017 at 00:48
I am still learning how to pin point the aims of reply. I may have posted my response in a wrong place earlier. Here it is: It sounds like my write up...
March 12, 2017 at 04:05
Sounds like my write up was confusing. I apologize. My excuses are that English is my third language and that at times my mind races way ahead of my p...
March 12, 2017 at 01:17
I have come to the conclusion that if I had taken what came to me without arrogantly feeling that I deserved more, I would have achieved much more in ...
March 10, 2017 at 01:19
I will try. Brain is a part of the mind, and is not be ignored in the process of figuring things out. My reservation comes from the fact that widely a...
March 09, 2017 at 21:14
Murder is unethical for a civilian, but is ethical for a soldier. Cutting some one open is unethical for most of us, but not for a surgeon. Similarly,...
March 09, 2017 at 02:36
The most basic facts I know about myself are: I exist, and I like to be happy. Being in existence does not require any effort on my part, but being ha...
March 08, 2017 at 20:42
Tolerance comes from compassion. Ego is the opposite. Compassion wants to give, is willing to accept suffering for worthy causes. Ego wants to consume...
March 08, 2017 at 03:11
Sorry, I meant "the light (not the time) that leaves the sun arrives here after 8 and half minutes."
March 06, 2017 at 23:03
Try this for a size: Theory of relativity, backed by some proofs, says time is relative, not absolute. The concepts of space and time do not apply to ...
March 06, 2017 at 23:00
I question how much control I have on my circumstances. My efforts some times give me more than my expectation, some times less and some times none at...
March 06, 2017 at 19:23
Any definition has to based on the available facts. The process of defining the purpose of life has to start with most basic facts available to us. Th...
March 06, 2017 at 02:24
I am also appalled by our average living conditions, and by our average way of thinking. Try this for your thought about improving the wellbeing of th...
March 04, 2017 at 02:47
Self esteem is how much you like yourself. This comes from being true to yourself rather than following your lust for self gratification. We play our ...
March 02, 2017 at 22:41
Morality is very personal, and cannot be learned from outside sources. What I feel from interactions with the outside world determines my morality. Th...
March 02, 2017 at 17:40
Individual acts with the level of mercy in his heart. History is full of examples of people who could forgive the most intense offenses against themse...
March 02, 2017 at 03:51
We perceive that everything has a cause, and that it becomes reason for a subsequent event. We call the understanding of this cause and effect as logi...
March 01, 2017 at 02:25
A new born brain is empty. Brain only analyzes experiences starting with birth and stores the results within itself, to be applied to subsequent exper...
February 28, 2017 at 01:21