You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

Outlander

Comments

Of course nobody wishes for their marriage to fail, to experience a fatal or debilitating incident, or to fall into severe addiction or substance abus...
October 10, 2021 at 07:04
What differentiates a religion created by somebody else or that simply doesn't feature an intelligent designer from your own? Lack of organized religi...
October 10, 2021 at 06:35
It didn't until I happened upon two omniscient fortune tellers in this thread who know all that was, is, and ever will be, as well as being intimately...
October 09, 2021 at 22:00
Apparently there's something worth talking about and promoting, that is your version of the truth. What makes your version greater than that of anothe...
October 09, 2021 at 21:12
Who said the two are mutually exclusive? The idea of man being set apart from the animals by an intelligent non-human creator (or at least the existen...
October 09, 2021 at 19:55
I don't think anyone is really pro-work, just pro-civility. Let alone the examples of how one used to obtain something they want or desired.. what if ...
October 09, 2021 at 19:16
Come to think of it that sounds horrific. Imagine if someone suffered from PTSD flashbacks from a painful, violent incident but instead of just severe...
October 09, 2021 at 18:52
Compare it to a dream. If it was just as real (sensory identical) or perhaps of a longer duration than what you define as not a simulation, you'd have...
October 09, 2021 at 06:43
Jeez, a bit like why throw the baby out with the bathwater when you can just blow up the whole bathroom. As someone whose job it is to deal with and b...
October 09, 2021 at 05:57
You're not dangerously insane. There's little to be said beyond that. I suppose to pad the reply some, of all senses we possess sight and visuals are ...
October 09, 2021 at 05:39
Why haven't there been any new members in over 2 weeks. Sorry, they don't like me. Nor does a virus favor it's antidote. Do what you will.
October 08, 2021 at 07:16
A never-ending meal of infinite courses that one can enjoy without any physical sense or sensation.
October 06, 2021 at 00:40
\ Perhaps someone who's not you doesn't view life and it's benefits, rewards, and yes as you obsess over it's negatives, drawbacks, and moments of tor...
October 05, 2021 at 13:43
Yeah but there's just something almost ethereal, mystical even about a sentence or piece of literature that you can ascertain completely different yet...
October 05, 2021 at 09:54
You realize it costs around 50 cents to make a simple phone call to just about anyone anywhere in the world at just about any payphone, right? Let alo...
October 04, 2021 at 20:47
Or. Which does confusingly imply there's a state of non-consciousness compared to a consciousness that one must heh consciously "activate" whereas nat...
October 04, 2021 at 12:05
That's not what he asked. Dumb animals get eaten or if deemed 'dangerous' by humans are put down. 'Evil' humans are either legally liable as criminals...
October 04, 2021 at 11:05
Fair enough. Let's go beyond an example and see, explore the phenomenon as you say. What's your definition (and relevant examples) of what is and what...
October 04, 2021 at 10:36
Oh come now, how can we or at least expect others to identify with, let alone vote for someone or something they deem 'non relatable'. It may be a shi...
October 04, 2021 at 10:03
Well written, can't say I came across anything disagreeable. Not sure if this is still "bayesian", admittedly I'm not familiar with the term, but cont...
October 04, 2021 at 08:37
I think he's channeling the attitude and spirit of one Jonathon Swift, author of "A Modest Proposal". Sometimes one needs to see the extreme of their ...
October 03, 2021 at 23:57
Never. Ever since humanity replaced geocentric theory for heliocentric theory, there was nothing but horrid weapons of war and disease. Nobody ever go...
October 03, 2021 at 23:17
If you feel like you have to "be something" at certain times but not others you're simply not what you're trying to be and are an actor. So act as you...
October 03, 2021 at 22:36
They only refer to the protestors and councilors respectively, because the father, or author, of the sentence determined so. Or I suppose "it simply h...
October 01, 2021 at 16:32
Would you perhaps mind explaining it then, seeing as you now hold the minority viewpoint of 'understanding' in this discussion?
October 01, 2021 at 15:51
Hm, I can see the point. Why not: Out of fear of violence, the councilors refused to allow the protestors, whom are known to advocate violence, to dem...
October 01, 2021 at 15:40
Human nature cannot be escaped so easily, unfortunately, as your point reminds us of. I think there's a Star Trek episode that covers this.. "the need...
September 30, 2021 at 17:35
Naturally, to understand what is one must first be intimately acquainted with what isn't. The first step is understanding whatever is can become what ...
September 30, 2021 at 16:54
Neither are these sentences, yet we know they're personal. Created by and for persons. Your point (what I assume to be at least) is not lost on me, I ...
September 30, 2021 at 15:05
Can't take it with you. Lost are those who call circumstance reality. Contrary to popular belief, you actually can make a horse drink. Though it usual...
September 30, 2021 at 07:23
Well unless we're referring to some science fiction artificial intelligence.. business by definition is an endeavor by people. So how does it not rela...
September 30, 2021 at 07:02
It doesn't matter what I nor anyone thinks, what matters is the reality that we are "employed" that is to say indentured servants to our bodies and bi...
September 30, 2021 at 06:41
What makes a good poem? A fanciful, grandiose, magniloquent assortment of words, a cornucopia of kitsch and familiar sounds we call rhymes that connec...
September 29, 2021 at 19:44
I. Thy. Lie. Why? Cry. Sigh. Ply. Tie. Fly. Try. Buy. Vie. Sly? Pie. I. Modern life in a nutshell.
September 29, 2021 at 18:37
Due to nature itself and an advanced organism's ability to adapt, we'll never know it would seem. Probably. Though I wouldn't call 'ignorance' a defin...
September 29, 2021 at 17:09
Interestingly enough humans cannot be carnivores, exclusively, due to the noted occurrence of scurvy when without fruits or vegetables for prolonged p...
September 29, 2021 at 05:21
Yeah but belief isn't fact, people died from starvation and malnourishment without eating animals. No one died because some empire didn't conquer Anta...
September 29, 2021 at 03:32
Ah, but now did you not just do the same? 'There is' harkens to the name of the biblical God of the Old Testament 'I Am', ala absolute facts even if s...
September 28, 2021 at 04:24
That which I simply cannot be bothered to change.
September 27, 2021 at 23:46
It was an innocent (enough) quip at case-based abortion and neglect of the mentally ill in society. Not a quip per se more of a satirical statement th...
September 27, 2021 at 18:49
Not if it reaches childhood at least. We let life take care of that. More broadly, there was a time when man needed to eat animals to survive, perhaps...
September 27, 2021 at 12:42
What are you Bill Nye the science guy now? You don't know that, you've just been told it. You don't even own a microscope. I doubt you've even seen on...
September 25, 2021 at 23:07
Both ridiculous assumptions. Viruses and other bacteria are highly intelligent, being able to adapt to their surroundings and gain immunity to threats...
September 25, 2021 at 22:34
"Knowledge is power, energy. Intelligence is potential, wisdom is kinetic." "Wisdom is knowledge vetted through the proving ground of life." Those quo...
September 25, 2021 at 21:41
Yeah!! lol. what be goin on, @everyone ?
September 25, 2021 at 13:05
Imagine being told something about yourself that is positive. Say, hey you're pretty tall. It's kinda cool to hear the first or even dozen times aroun...
September 22, 2021 at 23:42
Philosophy of Science? Unless you plan to get spooky with it. Than Philosophy of Religion.
September 22, 2021 at 21:13
Remember, you cannot know let alone have perfection before or without imperfection. This is the other noble truth. The less popular one. I was about t...
September 22, 2021 at 19:55
In: none  — view comment
This is the term that has multiple definitions. Is the son of Hitler, no someone who say didn't get their ass kicked and who actually succeeded, say s...
September 22, 2021 at 14:49
It is a fact that convention forbids any other movement for said piece. So, Maybe. :grin: Convention, tradition, rules (especially mutually agreed upo...
September 20, 2021 at 17:59