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So like an animal, an unintelligent person, or someone gripped by psychosis. Hey if any of these things are 'yourself' forgetting sounds like a servic...
May 19, 2020 at 14:31
Confirmation bias? Say if you or I became fixated with a common object say blue jeans or red cars, we'd suddenly begin to notice them more. There is a...
May 19, 2020 at 13:33
Great video I enjoyed watching a while back. Entertaining, informative, and brings up a few points worthy of discussion. https://youtu.be/bHw4MMEnmpc ...
May 19, 2020 at 12:15
Whoops. Forgot to mention the secondary words must sound identical to the base word when pronounced together and must be used sequentially one after t...
May 19, 2020 at 11:49
If you could live without both, which would you prefer?
May 19, 2020 at 07:39
Until thy work is done. :D Not sure but wouldn't this have just been a "9, 7, 8, etc." countdown at best with a maximum of 8 contributions? Suppose te...
May 19, 2020 at 06:32
What is the other possibility aside from coincidence? Reminds me of the Global Consciousness Project. If you heard about a certain thing that means it...
May 19, 2020 at 05:59
Well relying solely on the notion of biology it would be little more than glorified pleasure chasing robed in psuedo-intellectual grandeur. A glorifie...
May 19, 2020 at 04:21
Well, a qualified mental health professional if nobody else. :D I don't get it. Don't get me wrong as analytical as I try to be things can and do go o...
May 18, 2020 at 11:53
Let's address the semantics first. 'Mine' is a linguistically relative term. Your arm is your arm and my arm is my arm both of which can be referred t...
May 18, 2020 at 08:42
Probably just having a bad day? :/ Alcohol or something? As a theologist many religions do allude to the idea this is either a 'fallen world' or that ...
May 18, 2020 at 08:13
Who can help biology sustain itself the most. So, scientific innovation? Not everyone has the scientific gene in them so the speak.
May 17, 2020 at 12:25
But did they not? Nothing relinquishes ones ego than being cripplingly ill next to another on the doorsteps of the Great Equalizer that is death. We a...
May 17, 2020 at 05:02
So that takes us up from 50% to 75%? Was there not already a 100% chance of this with only X? Or perhaps that's your point. Hm. Well a perception is a...
May 16, 2020 at 14:15
So what is the remaining 75%?
May 16, 2020 at 11:51
But is a reflection of ones conciousness necessarily philosophy? I could be young and never question anything with my deepest thoughts being little mo...
May 16, 2020 at 01:10
Let's start with what isn't philosophy. Explicit math, scientific or otherwise codified law to name a few. Perhaps philosophy is what happens when unb...
May 15, 2020 at 22:08
Same as an unloving one you could assume. Per doctrine, doubt it's something that could ever be adequately understood. Always existed. As far as time ...
May 15, 2020 at 08:24
Human conciousness vs. animal conciousness. Allegedly, the following is true. Elephants mourn their dead. Caged dogs about to be slaughtered that witn...
May 15, 2020 at 05:42
Story of Cronus comes to mind. Or, iRobot. You can either control your creation or it will inevitably control you. Beyond that depends how dystopian y...
May 14, 2020 at 11:36
This excludes unintentional fallacies then? How so? Assuming somehow I know for an absolute fact there is an afterlife and say 'there isn't' and someo...
May 14, 2020 at 08:29
What couldn't this mean. Right could mean moral thus opening a neverending discussion on ethics. It could mean solving a question or demystifying an i...
May 14, 2020 at 07:21
Ask yourself this. What would be more ethical for humans? Living in a civilized society or living as animals do? Following the mentioned premise of bi...
May 14, 2020 at 05:03
Let's group together traditional medicinal drugs prescribed by an authorized health professional to help with an ailment and recreational drugs taken ...
May 14, 2020 at 03:25
Unless those big, bad black holes aren't so ominous after all. One theory goes "what is a black hole in this universe sucking matter in, is a white ho...
May 13, 2020 at 11:11
Probable odds. People don't like having their beliefs questioned. Then or now. As for the staple phrase and resulting paradox. Perhaps it was esoteric...
May 13, 2020 at 10:43
Depends. Is this matter of any relevance or importance to us? Assuming it is and we are one of the relevant parties or stakeholders. Is what could be ...
May 13, 2020 at 05:50
A gun meaning a firearm. A rational, moderate would assume one small enough to be carried by an individual. So. A handheld instrument capable of firin...
May 13, 2020 at 05:46
What I meant to suggest, and solely for the sake of argument, was as relateable as Jesus was, it may have just been an exclamation. If you and I are s...
May 13, 2020 at 03:32
What would you say to this. A major religious institute dictates the following as far as discussing philosophy. "A collective of higher Learning and T...
May 13, 2020 at 01:21
Ah, mysticism. Where to begin. Suppose I'd start by telling a bit about my own beliefs then continue to my understanding of the concept more broadly. ...
May 12, 2020 at 06:46
Yes because you were there right. Witnessed it all first hand or something? It was no joy. But, allegedly, it happened. Something I was told was there...
May 12, 2020 at 04:14
Oh there most certainly was. The entire society and civilization was besieged and destroyed. Just about 500 years later to the date. Give or take some...
May 12, 2020 at 03:33
That's an assertion, depending on interpretation, that is not accepted across the board denomination-wise. Beyond that is who or whatever referred to ...
May 12, 2020 at 03:20
Perhaps but it doesn't necessarily have to be all that you've entailed. From my understanding of solipsism, it seems like a rational fallback point in...
May 12, 2020 at 00:13
Well a mind is a terrible thing to waste so I'll leave out one idea. If you got the internet/TV however there's really no shortage of things to learn/...
May 11, 2020 at 08:40
I'd say it's not so much that there aren't, simply they are different across the animal kingdom and can be easily circumvented or made irrelevant. Hum...
May 11, 2020 at 04:52
My view. Correct me at anytime if inaccurate. USA Natural rights are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. All capitalized actually. Perhaps merely...
May 11, 2020 at 03:08
Hm. That's much more thorough than my prior understanding of it ie. "If a thing seems either more or less likely than it probably is." Not flawless in...
May 11, 2020 at 01:21
Pretty spot on definition in my book. Pretending I didn't read that, I'd have said .. any observable and intentional arrangement of matter not done so...
May 10, 2020 at 09:33
Seems to me like all this either is, or is being taken as, more of a semantic argument. Things being relative an obligation is something you either mu...
May 10, 2020 at 08:53
He appeals to the masses. Simple. Relateable. Speaks his mind. And yes nods to the relevant majority. Somehow all while being a billionaire real estat...
May 10, 2020 at 04:47
As open as you feel the need to be. It's a bodily function. As you said like eating, sleeping, or defecating. It's not really interesting to a second ...
May 10, 2020 at 04:31
Other than the fact it's not real? People can hack smartcars and pacemakers already. Let's assume it cannot be and yes it's just constant pleasure. Wo...
May 10, 2020 at 02:37
The idea would be one's real and one's not. Of course, you'd have to define real. Oh, well, if you can't think of any. Hm .. can't quite find an emoti...
May 10, 2020 at 02:18
Probably. Or this sentence. You either do something or you don't. Much more to it obviously. Some would say there is free will and there is best will....
May 10, 2020 at 01:35
Hm. Yeah. I suppose if you're bungee jumping a harness is good too. Never heard that explicit depiction before got to say. You got to remember you're ...
May 09, 2020 at 06:43
New as in never thought of before? Probably not too many. As to the second question not everyone lives in a modern, connected world. History repeats i...
May 09, 2020 at 05:29
Anytime. I love this kind of stuff. Honestly I had to Google 'Nicene creed' to learn what exactly it was. Was raised Baptist myself. Seeing as it was ...
May 09, 2020 at 04:21
Pain. Wanting it to end. Not complicated really. Some do have mental complexes that exasperate the problem. Of course others have just been dealt a ho...
May 09, 2020 at 00:57