T_Clark

This is a misconception. A goat, Zev, won the Kentucky Derby in 1923, admittedly in the slowest time ever of 4 minutes and 7 seconds. Before the 1924 ...

Following up on @"Wayfarer" in trying to set the meanings of some of the terms in the debate, these come from Wikipedia: Substance dualism, or Cartesi...

I was successful in my career and I've lived a good, if not always happy, life. I was also diagnosed with a mental illness - bipolar disorder. Having ...

This makes sense. It's silly for us to expect most people to live with a need to examine everything in themselves and their world just because we do.

Maybe substandard.

Are you befuddled about Counterpunch's response or my support for the Ohio Express and Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band?

This is a needlessly hostile and condescending post and discussion. You should remove it.

Why are you attacking me? I was supporting you. Also, I can't let you cast aspersions on my taste. I still say Ohio Express and Crazy Joe and the Vari...

There's no doubt in my mind that there would be a civil war in the US in that situation. There were a significant number of people who wanted to start...

I'm a bit confused about all this foofaraw (I had to check the spelling on that.) I can still see Counterpunch's original post from my "Mentions" page...

I love our country and I'm grateful for having been born here. I feel a sense of common purpose with other Americans. I know you love it here too. Tha...

That's not what I said. I said particular metaphysical concepts can be judged based on their usefulness in particular situations. "Visions of the worl...

Thanks for the correction to my assumptions.

Never heard of him. Looked him up.

The whole thing. Your denial that religious sentiment could be more than aesthetics of custom, Dixie or elsewhere.

It's the same here in the US and I'm sure elsewhere. Good post. Exactly right.

I assume by "embodiment," you mean being born. Is that correct? If so, you're just making the antinatalism argument that gets rehashed every few weeks...

I really disagree with this, but it's a metaphysical argument that will not be satisfying to atheists or believers, so I've avoided jumping in the pot...

This is just the pointless why is there something rather than nothing argument. Not much of a foundation for a broad ontological understanding. The si...

Conan the Barbarian Philosopher

It was completely predictable that what did would happen. The US knew or should have known. It doesn't matter what justification or explanation anyone...

It all comes down to this - things are worse now than they were in 2002 because we started the war in Iraq. Any competent leader would have known that...

Yes. I agree.

It all comes down to whether or not we can, even in theory, become aware of and demonstrate that our reality is a simulation created by someone else's...

Yes, those naughty Iraqis. It's all their fault. If only they'd behaved like we wanted them to, everything would have been fine. It's not our fault."

It's not. It's called Den Haag, which apparently means "the hedge." "Where should we build the city?" "Over there by the hedge."

Except when there are serious consequences for being wrong.

Of course.

You need to, very civilly, call your attorney and, probably, your own engineer. And the town engineer and building inspector.

Two things I guess: I'm retired now, but I worked as an engineer for 30 years. In that job, the most important decisions I had to make hinged on what ...

Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," solved this problem by defining art as "high quality endeavor." The example he g...

I've tried to be clear, I think the correct measure by which King or BLM should be judged is effectiveness. I'm saying BLM's methods won't work in the...

I think there often is an arc. I don't think it's inevitable. I think it is common with authors that my favorite works are their earliest. It seems li...

I think this is a good way of looking at it. I think of Woody Allen. He makes a movie every two or three years. Some are masterpieces. Some don't work...

Martin Luther King was a pretty squeaky wheel. I also don't remember that the suffragettes burned down any buildings. I don't "demand respect." I only...

I don't think it's "clearly false," but that wasn't my point. The situation, including in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Europe, and the US, is much worse than ...

I'm impressed, given the complex and nuanced writing, rivaling Bob Dylan and Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band.

Again, for me it's all about effectiveness. We can argue whether I'm right about that, but I think any other discussion on this issue is pointless.

Trolling? Moi? The Ohio Express is the greatest band since The Archies and Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band.

For better or worse, that's not how it works, no matter how many times you say it before you stomp your feet and hold your breath. Yes, you're right. ...

@"Noble Dust" Ok, ok. I think it's time we put this to rest... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz4TT3QoPJw

It's very unlikely I'll live that long. My family tends to die in their 70s. Keep in mind - according to Ray Kurzweil, 2045 is the year of the technol...

I won't necessarily prove you wrong. I liked the band and the song, although I'm not familiar with either. Bands from Australia didn't have a big pres...

However understandable an angry rejection of civility may be, the real issue is effectiveness. Black Lives Matter and other similar movements will not...

I keep telling you guys - it's "Murica."

I think you're probably wrong, but one of the very minor advantages of being old is that we won't have to be around to worry about it. That also makes...

Upvote for providing the translation and for it's content.

I think I came at this from a bit different direction than you did. I don't necessarily think that a government or society should provide all the thin...

Whoever the "beneficiaries" were, I think the war was started primary for ideological and nationalistic reasons. When something bad happens to the US,...

I'll take a swing at it: Adequate healthcare, education, security, nutrition, housing, work, community, and opportunity for everyone Life, liberty and...