Benj96

it’s not the size that matters but what you do with it - civilisation cerca 12,000 BC

I like this. Well said.

How so? I think we may be talking cross- purposes here. No mother is perfect but that doesn’t stop her from constantly trying to do right by her child...

Is failure to reveal a truth really a “true lie” though or simply an “inactive or passive” approach. For example if we take the example of someone wit...

I never made any indication as to romantic or true love being “perfect” and free from wrongs/ failures. There are always blemishes. We are all imperfe...

You could say that about any medication. They all have deleterious side effects. Does that mean we shouldn’t medicate our bodies with anything that ma...

I agree because of such phenomena as “desensitisation” to violence for example. Things are horrific in rarity and somewhat expected/ un-noteworthy in ...

I see your point. Perhaps it is for the indulgence of seeing oneself as somehow better/ inflating the ego but what bothers me is that if this type of ...

Interesting reference. Yes it would seem that if dogs and wolves truly are genetically identical then the sum is more than its parts for sure. This is...

See part of me agrees: one would like to think they would return the favour. But then part of me believes that’s too “transactional”. I will give you ...

true. There is little in the way of rationale to go with the sentiment in this case. Nothing to learn from

This is a public forum. If you post here expect opinions when I don’t want input from others I simply “think to myself”

This reminds me of a similar philosophy I journeyed into a few months back whereby I considered what it would be like to see the world not as discrete...

I think I would prefer a pause button then something that stops me dying. Because there are moments when I just wish I had extra time to do everything...

so do you think sentience is sort of like an emergent phenomenon of collectives of non sentient neurons? Sort of like how oxygen and hydrogen atoms wh...

I think I am pantheist and also a believe in panpsychism. In fact I didn’t even know the word pantheism existed as a definition for what I have come t...

If someone laughs at themselves when they mess up or an unfortunate event happens to them (Self-deprecation/ making light of a bad situation) and also...

Haha it is a leaky sieve indeed. Especially when one targets the concept of “objectivity” With regard to “objective observation as a fundamental basis...

I don’t know. I think these “siddhi” if they were real word be of a more subtle and rationally achievable vein than flying or pain tolerance. More bel...

seeing as suicide and suffering vs non suffering is a continuum common to all cultures ways of life and doctrines, I would simply like to discuss the ...

I think this is a generally accepted human ideal no? Egalitarianism both underpinning ethics (do no harm/ attempt the greatest good, spiritualism/ rel...

See I would be inclined to agree except when I think “universe” I think “that which encompasses everything” or some “totality of possibilities or exis...

The issue I would have with this is that many would consider relinquishing yourself of desires towards your family (be it ones of affection, love, fri...

How would you suggest one comes to be ontophilic? (Asking for myself :P )

Interesting.i would follow up with a question; can one commit mental suicide instead of physical suicide? A snuffing out of the power of life to dicta...

No not at all. I appreciate you highlighting this. Upon reconsidering I think it was a mistake for me to borrow the term Nirvana out of its original c...

the Active circulating quantity of money (money in the process of being transacted) is X amount and the quantity of money pent up in banks is Y - a mu...

“To challenge mentally or to be mentally challenged. That is the question!” Haha :P

I’d like to share some of my thoughts which I think may be useful in this case. Firstly on capitalism: Capitalism is based on supply and demand. The m...

Show me the reference to “most medical experts/ rationalist agree..” This is not correct. Ones immunity is not a “one size fits all” phenomenon. Wheth...

Speaking as a medical professional I can tell you this is not true. Those with healthy immune systems don’t “replicate less of the virus” it is simply...

Sadly this is most likely the case. There are many things in history that simply baffle us for the reason that we did not live at that time when it wa...

we try to comprehend ancient language with a modern mind. Culture and language are inextricably linked. So our language is shaped by our modern world ...

But if not for choices we would not be free? One would imagine that the number of choices available to a person is directly equivalent to their degree...

the simple matter of fact when dealing with “to moderate or to not moderate” is that something that is not offensive for one person is offensive for a...

as far as I know psychology/ the human mentality is highly contradictory. This comes to light in what sentiments we hold most valuable - our famous sa...

You contradict yourself. If the living is not ultimately any freer and have no true choice beyond what you would have if dead then by that logic you h...

That’s assuming choice is inherently a burden. Which is a matter of opinion. Many would opt for the view that they enjoy choice and that it is not a b...

Actually upon further consideration I’m not even sure if a word has to be mutually agreed upon at all in order to have useful meaning. You may call it...

Then i suppose a baby can simply just not cry for food protection and comfort an simply resign itself to dying? Um this Just doesn’t happen. They most...

Well we could try to hypothesise of an experiment where a baby or better yet several children are raised by mute parents. The parent is given strict i...

Only living things can think living is illogical. Dead things can’t think. There is no control test for this. If there are endless justifications to l...

Tell that to a parent of young children. Whether mental or biological there is a generally accepted compulsion to survive until they can survive thems...

I understand the sensitivities surrounding the philosophy of psychiatry but I do not believe we can censor or put limits on to the scope of discussion...

fair points

I’d be inclined to agree except for the existence of self sacrifice and martyrdom. In this case the I in question is not facist to itself but to a com...

What would you make of synethesia which is word based... for example you always see the word green as The colour green or you always smell petrol when...

Thank you very much you’re very articulate in your explanation. Makes sense to me. I’ll add this t my reading list

It seems no ones opinion satisfies your “curiosity” regarding the subject. Are you here to explore other people’s ideas or simply reaffirm that yours ...

I think the word “beating” and “punishing” in the context we are speaking of need to be disassociated. One can be reprimanded non physically (Verbally...