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No machine can bring a person back to life or restore peace of mind and faith in a given justice system. I'm speaking about "restitution" to avoid inc...
November 11, 2020 at 20:11
Pain is part of life. It's something we all experience. To someone who views another person as low enough to steal from or injure, has more than likel...
November 11, 2020 at 19:38
Sure, until some kid gets too high (I mean REALLY high and overlooks a traffic light or sign and ends up making a seemingly minor yet incredibly conse...
November 11, 2020 at 18:44
I don't disagree. What you're neglecting to keep in mind is some countries are not "free and open", as in.. some people don't make it to prison. And n...
November 11, 2020 at 17:38
You can't just throw away the dream job and try and turn it into some ridiculous situation outside of any and all reality. I mean, really? What? Serio...
November 11, 2020 at 06:22
You believe there is one "truth, way, and (the) life", and no one may reach God without these things, correct? As long as your savior is savior for th...
November 11, 2020 at 06:01
Sort of like the Son defeating or otherwise assuming the role of the Father? Not so. See the story of Chronos. Or as some speak of him, having differe...
November 11, 2020 at 05:15
Big bang theory, for one. First there was nothing, then there was something. "Heat death of the universe", etc. You'd be competing with a lot of brill...
November 11, 2020 at 04:06
So, entropy, in a way. The slow and inevitable process of what is in motion returning to a state of inactivity. Yet, what spurred the activity in the ...
November 11, 2020 at 02:03
Some seek new lands to share a gift they've been given, others do so to take what gifts were given. This is the only true divide between men and what ...
November 11, 2020 at 00:54
Wise man, who's no longer with us (thank God- don't take that the wrong way) once said: "you can't make everybody happy".
November 11, 2020 at 00:25
This is the problem with society. Like children disobeying their parents because they have some sort of say over their actions and behaviors, complete...
November 11, 2020 at 00:23
Meaning is often weighed against observable and measurable (usually repeatable) real-world circumstance. If a bridge is measured to safely support a 5...
November 10, 2020 at 22:18
I was never any good at math. How does this work out exactly? In my mind, by playing the two games instead of one, someone or something just seems to ...
November 10, 2020 at 21:29
I agree people say things as both that are actually neither. I suppose it does come down to semantics doesn't it? What do you think?
November 10, 2020 at 17:37
So, not all "facts" are true yet all truths are actual facts? Or no? Or do some facts either by design or not exclude or dismiss larger more relevant ...
November 10, 2020 at 17:18
Political pseudo-philosophy at least. :P When it comes to anything political, we're all just really playing game of thrones and want to rule the world...
November 10, 2020 at 16:59
Is this Alex Jones talk or do you have a link to this? I can say I'm whoever from wherever acting under whatever, and do something to make people turn...
November 10, 2020 at 16:29
Well, how so? Leaders are dealers in hope, which of course isn't or doesn't have to be some kind of material gain be it better infrastructure of just ...
November 10, 2020 at 16:05
Erm, isn't that all politics- anywhere? Lol. It's not funny it's really rather tragic but yeah. Eh to be fair many people have either said or thought ...
November 10, 2020 at 15:32
What in the Heavens is whatever you said and do you stand by the concept it is not a byproduct of God? A useful one perhaps but yes.
November 09, 2020 at 23:33
Nope, never. Manager usually fires those who don't abide by stated policies which include non-harassment. Is this a 2nd or 3rd world country you're de...
November 09, 2020 at 22:34
Takes one to know one. Does it not? Vanity is the preferred lens of the true fool, not by birth, as we are all ignorant at such a time, but through li...
November 05, 2020 at 15:45
Why would any thoughts or replies constitute a unique and individual thought or reply from again, a unique and individual... individual? What differen...
November 05, 2020 at 12:00
A person who does something useful or worthwhile or creates something of the like should be rewarded. Most work or have compulsory education because t...
November 04, 2020 at 13:01
We know pleasure feels good instinctively at birth. Good food, becoming pleasantly dizzy, etc. There's nothing really philosophical about that with th...
November 04, 2020 at 10:11
I think I was in 6th grade at a new school, for troubled students. The classrooms are windowless as were the doors, so turning off the light switch wa...
November 04, 2020 at 04:48
Fae? Uh, I know how the victims of any said incident would feel lol. That's the thing about insults and put-me-downs. They either have a basis in real...
November 04, 2020 at 04:38
As I've yet to have the pleasure of becoming acquainted with you I would not know. Is your name ironic? How is that?
November 03, 2020 at 16:11
Only a child or fool doesn't. Well the good news is 2,000 years later we at least managed air conditioning.
November 03, 2020 at 16:03
Ok. Lol. Yet there's no reason you easily couldn't. Eggshells abound apparently. Sounds like a match made in heaven to be honest. I'm sure you'll figu...
November 03, 2020 at 15:48
If so, what gives any 'intellect' of any persuasion or level any meaning beyond itself? Feeling, as the OP states?
November 03, 2020 at 15:45
Well apparently with your omniscience you qualify as some sort of god so there's that. /sly
November 03, 2020 at 15:03
What is "truth"? Is assembling cars by hand the only way to produce an automobile and move society forward? In the 1920's that answer would be yes and...
November 01, 2020 at 13:10
You can't 'invade' a democratic nation open to all- rather, that'd be stupid. Unnecessary. To be fair, historically, the largest genocides of unique p...
November 01, 2020 at 12:54
Uh. You wanna.. add a bit more content to your first post perhaps to include your thoughts? (this is a very high class place, not presumptuous, just i...
November 01, 2020 at 11:06
That's why there's pragmatism, which is course isn't flawless nor does it aspire to be some absolute golden standard. It's just what works. Probably w...
November 01, 2020 at 11:02
Yes. Not at first, not right away, and not by intent of design or nature of pursuit. But yes. The only question is for who. And due to the nature of s...
November 01, 2020 at 04:06
You don't want to have an event that turns a place intended for the best minds and souls to come together to better themselves and others in the proce...
November 01, 2020 at 01:28
I suppose the question all debaters of any flavor need to ask themselves this Hallow's Eve is: "how can one be certain the utopia one seeks isn't actu...
November 01, 2020 at 00:20
What is free? Free to be drunk all day and rot our insides and become a burden on our society? Free to be the vilest person one can be (within confine...
October 30, 2020 at 06:35
Who is this "we" and what gives you a duty or even a right to "construct" the world we all share in your image of justice? Idealism is great, however ...
October 30, 2020 at 04:25
So where do we go from there? There's no organic components nor any recognizable sensory or "feeling" nodes so... if we're on that tangent why don't w...
October 29, 2020 at 11:36
You're on a computer right? Phone at least. Run a systems diagnostic or "CPU health" test or something of the like. It doesn't "feel" anything it only...
October 29, 2020 at 11:11
A robot is an inorganic creation that isn't alive ie. has the essence/evolutionary capacity the human brain has. It's either a (depending on form) cir...
October 29, 2020 at 10:56
If it does, it is because it was programmed to. Who programmed us to? The question many will pass off as rubbish and a red herring, and that few wish ...
October 29, 2020 at 10:29
Basically, if we as humans really evolved here along with everything else in the same time period, side by side, why don't we see birds, dolphins, or ...
October 29, 2020 at 09:36
There's a such thing as comfort in logic and reason ie. when the two go together, often with some form of morality- and there's inane adaptation to a ...
October 28, 2020 at 02:34
If one can deal with what they dish out to others and expect them to deal with as normal, I suppose there's little to be concerned about. It's the cir...
October 27, 2020 at 23:17
Technically, Christianity is about retiring the Old Testament and heh christening a new one. Kinda like "yeah it happened but we don't really do that ...
October 26, 2020 at 20:40