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As a result of biological evolution, it would seem doubtful. We'd still be human. We'd either- possibly- just become more intellectually-inclined, les...
December 14, 2020 at 00:06
Perhaps I'm just a bit slow but has a point/prevailing argument/consensus been reached on anything relevant to this thread- qualia, consciousness, etc...
December 13, 2020 at 03:31
Selfish realist.
December 13, 2020 at 03:08
Politics are basically governance and diplomacy. Anarchy is a lack of politics. So, you want something outside of one person controlling everything an...
December 13, 2020 at 01:46
My dude, it's not controlling you or making you choose anything it just knew. Obviously if we judge the past from the present sure, there was only one...
December 12, 2020 at 01:51
It, allegedly, creates a world or environment of many paths, it just happens to know what you will end up choosing. Take the atheistic approach of evo...
December 11, 2020 at 23:58
I was always somewhat confused by this premise. Say psychics are real, who communicate with.. God knows what. Right. They're not weaving your fate, th...
December 11, 2020 at 22:31
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Absent of strict logical fallacy (ie. being logically incorrect/flawed) I'd imagine it's something of oversight, myopia, or lack of consideration obse...
December 11, 2020 at 22:00
Lol. Priorities, mate. At the same time at least it was due to you pursuing your education and self-betterment and not from being too doped up on a pi...
December 11, 2020 at 21:55
Doesn't this already include options 2, 4, and 5? Rather, what is the difference between 2 and 5, and does it not render 4 null? I see number 2 as bei...
December 10, 2020 at 00:35
It brings itself quite well unfortunately. I'm not saying my sentiments are reflective of society as a whole or even the majority of persons, simply t...
December 10, 2020 at 00:01
Sweet, now I can roll out my social media platform start-up that's been cluttering my hard drive for years. i wonder what effect this will have on the...
December 09, 2020 at 22:45
Nah. Androids are just fine. Lol. Ask around, you might be surprised on what the consensus is.
December 09, 2020 at 02:45
From the article: "X's are assertive. X's don’t procrastinate. X's tend to focus on the positive. X's don’t take things personally; they don’t beat th...
December 09, 2020 at 02:23
That's essentially my reasoning for choosing said option as well. The premise you speak of seems, at least to myself, to involve some sort of 'global ...
December 09, 2020 at 01:59
Easy. That doesn't mean satisfactorily convince them (ie. get them to "like it") does it? If so, not easy. No, right? Definitely 6. I suppose I'll com...
December 09, 2020 at 00:21
They made a mistake. International business works that way. If you don't try to make a reliable product for as little as possible, as quickly and effi...
December 08, 2020 at 23:08
I don't know where else there is to go but up (or back) from here lol. At the same time the artist and his message does interest me. He seems to be tr...
December 07, 2020 at 02:15
Beyond the statistical answer reached by listing all living human beings sorted by net worth in descending order and filtering out the random percenti...
December 07, 2020 at 00:58
I suppose. Kind of like asking how does light illuminate a dark room, really. He answered his own question. Inventiveness. Doing something not known b...
December 06, 2020 at 05:06
Asking questions that imply everything has to have some robotic animalistic purpose, for one. How doesn't it. The world wasn't formed from a cloud of ...
December 06, 2020 at 04:30
Honestly I struggle to understand the 'substance' of either party. I get the talking points and alleged 'essence' from the nomenclature ie. 'liberal' ...
December 05, 2020 at 17:21
Key word being advocated. Probably. Though the base 'ideas' or 'concepts', essentially everything that has or can be observed, experienced, or pondere...
December 05, 2020 at 16:56
An interesting question would be how inclined is someone to participate (or what would the differences/turnout be) in an event where confidence or bel...
December 04, 2020 at 23:36
The former. Point being not every life brought into this world is a thoughtful, purposeful, let alone political action. I'll reply more to the OP in a...
December 04, 2020 at 22:00
Oh forreal? My mate had a few drinks and the last thing he remembered was not being a father. Needless to say, when he came to he was cheerfully infor...
December 04, 2020 at 21:25
I don't think most 11 year olds today even really understand what money is yet, other than if they're good they get a few extra things. They won't kno...
December 04, 2020 at 03:39
Story of Eden. It's not the science it's.. oh never mind. Take joy in the fact we're banned from interstellar travel until further notice and any dest...
December 04, 2020 at 02:28
Ironic thing is certain forms of the most simple, mundane images of art have (allegedly) incredible philosophical value depending on the observer. Exa...
December 03, 2020 at 13:38
I don't know where else there's left to go other than to say back to it's roots in beauty one could hope. You literally got a video of some girl makin...
December 03, 2020 at 13:20
Something about fragility and longevity I'm sure. Whatever it is it has to pretty wise.
December 03, 2020 at 13:02
All stars including our own are basically giant nuclear reactors that one day in the distant future will run out of fuel. One by one each will implode...
December 03, 2020 at 12:39
You're drinking again aren't you.
December 03, 2020 at 00:27
Two eggs cooked can save a life, for a short while, while the same two eggs left intact can hatch enough to sustain a village 'til time's end. Ironica...
December 02, 2020 at 23:29
Mathematics was the creation of the destruction of the earliest forms of "guestimated bargaining", which was made possible due to the destruction of a...
December 02, 2020 at 21:28
Seems to me nearly anything we'd experience here can be grouped into two or three categories. Forward action (negentropy?): mixing vinegar and baking ...
December 02, 2020 at 16:29
Can't be conscious without a brain. That's why someone in a vegetative state is often declared 'clinically brain dead', as in there is no evidence of ...
December 02, 2020 at 16:00
All I know is their crap smells the same as ours and are ultimately subject to the same laws governing life and death. They can just do whatever they ...
December 01, 2020 at 23:59
As one points out, it's worth mentioning there's a difference between being an introvert and being anti-social. I'd say, the introvert prefers or rath...
December 01, 2020 at 23:38
How would you like if i made an interesting post and just included an inrefertial (nonsensical and made up) word in it for no ryhme of reason. English...
November 30, 2020 at 14:26
One argument supersedes any of the opposing arguments for either and that argument is that the former is simply not possible. Though I think you mean ...
November 29, 2020 at 15:05
I always enjoy your posts. They're thought-provoking enough to spur great debates, yet relatable and concise enough to be understood by a novice in ph...
November 29, 2020 at 13:07
Life is about the person you are today competing with the person you were yesterday. Other people just help out by reminding you, he's catching up.
November 28, 2020 at 22:43
If one is capable of doing something, do you think they would have a better chance of doing it quicker/easier with faith in their ability and action o...
November 28, 2020 at 21:51
Not necessarily. Perhaps it is because of the fact you wish to see others free and not under subjugation you (by some off chance, hypothetically) conv...
November 28, 2020 at 21:16
I'll try but don't get your hopes up. If there's one thing philosophy teaches us it's that anything not immediately understood is a dead end. Anyway, ...
November 28, 2020 at 20:26
Oh you don't need an authoritarian regime for torture or trauma, life and unrestricted human nature will do that plenty well on it's own. Same with de...
November 28, 2020 at 19:20
Well let's be fair now. I'm going to assume, considering your contentedness and use of the internet, you're from a first world country. So, you are we...
November 28, 2020 at 15:15
I thought ~ was a symbol for approximation/estimate/or "around". I have ~5 dollars, meaning I have more or less somewhere around five dollars. When it...
November 26, 2020 at 13:44
Children have guardians who deal with life's stresses for them. The problem is stress, realizing nobody is going to take care of you but you (or at le...
November 26, 2020 at 07:11