You seem to be saying that novelty grows out of imitation in varies way or whatever, which is saying that it isn't all imitation. I'm not disagreeing ...
Because to do something new, is to no longer be imitating something in existence. You can't have both things. Either it is all a big cosmic closed cir...
Well, being a leader means taking more responsibility. As power goes up, so does responsibility. The point though, is like Jesus, they take all of the...
Well, I didn't mean to imply that I thought that imitation was opposed to originality, or novelty. I don't think that it is wise, or likely that you'l...
Some do think that guns makes them safer, but I think that the debate tends to be more phrased as freedom vs safety, smaller government and "nanny sta...
People are never going to feel safe enough, it clearly is a slippery slope. There is going to be push and pull. Obviously some will never be pleased u...
Isn't it illegal in the UK to buy a knife of any kind if you're under 18? Isn't it true that knives are highly regulated, and there have even been cal...
Worf was just hilarious. He was raised by earthlings, and living a caricature. He was always like "Klingons do this, Klingons don't do that" and being...
To make jokes in poor humor, the Vega guy was shooting up a country music festival, and was in a bi-racial marriage, pretty sure that makes him a left...
Moral principles are important to be freely chosen or imparted, otherwise it is just tyranny, and slavery. I really don't think that violence is ingra...
I wouldn't blame the inlaws. The most expedient way to get people to do what you want is to just emotionally manipulate them, with fear, pride, sympat...
I bet making it illegal to not wear a helmet at all times would save more lives, and prevent a lot of head injuries. Don't you want to protect everyon...
You know that in the 18th century violence was like 1700% higher. People are focused, and flipping out over this kind of stuff because of the rarity. ...
I think that he would note the overall significance of them, and number, and see them as not nearly as worrisome as people pretend, compared to much m...
Why is it more dangerous to give an untrained, or even unscrupulous person a gun, than political power, and influence without being informed, or scrup...
On what basis? JOHN LOCKE (“Two Treatises of Government”, 1689): “Must men alone be debarred the common privilege of opposing force with force, which ...
The inspiration was the British bill of rights, which allowed protestants to keep and bear arms for their own protection. They were kind of persecuted...
The second amendment does actually appear to be about ensuring the right of the individual people to bear arms, to maintain freedom, and protect thems...
As was mentioned by BC elsewhere the NRA has about 5 million members, whereas something like 75 million American's own guns, the majority of whom are ...
I'm just saying that they lie is all... not because they're devious, but because their cultures differ. At no time did any of their cultures ever hold...
So you believe that a 99.7% conviction rate isnt a sign of corruption? It is established that the chinese at least release tons of fabricated clinical...
"If we attempt an enumeration, every thing that is not enumerated is presumed to be given. The consequence is, that an imperfect enumeration would thr...
I'm not entirely sure I'd trust the statistics coming out of Asia in general... Japan's conviction rate is also almost 100%. The statistics they relea...
They aren't ignorant or stupid, they know the same things that Pinker knows about their motivations, but if even one media outlet is willing to reveal...
A lot of them outright say that's why they're doing it. I think we should go old school, and expunge their existence from the public record entirely. ...
Steven Pinker tweeted an open letter to the media about not giving the notoriety that a lot of these mass murderers seek after the fact: https://drive...
Small step for man, giant leap for mankind. Though, being an astronaut isn't exactly normative, I think that people are generally more concerned with ...
Consider that if everyone is imitating everyone else, then it is a closed and finite system where the only introduction of novelty could be a form of ...
Eight hours, although they always want you to stay like three hours longer, but that's dumb, so the most they usually get out of me extra is like half...
I gots problems with my momsies too. I think that forgiveness is for you. It's letting go of hurt and resentment. You no longer feel wronged, or victi...
Apollo is most associated with the sun, truth, illumination, and so mainly gold, and yellow. Dionysus is the god of intoxication, freeing us from the ...
I think that a more interesting objection is that of art. Plato saw the very dangerous potential of art, for emotional manipulation. We're absolutely ...
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