T_Clark

Everything is nothing but something. You can't really define or describe something without saying what it is and what it is not.

And then waited 13.8 billion years for the punchline.

I feel the same way. The only constant in life in change, but the only constant on the forum is posts about free will.

This is what I like most about the forum. Good post.

I think you're right.

I have no idea what this means, but I like it. I agree.

The forum definitely has a lefty point of view. I don't see that as bias. It's out in the open and impossible to miss. Agendas, but no hidden agendas....

How much to ban a moderator?

There's a lot of bullshit here, but there always has been. There are also plenty of interesting threads. Why worry about those that don't have much to...

According to Wikipedia, it was Chrysippus, Cleanthes successor, who died while watching donkeys eat figs. I guess you had to be there. https://upload....

This is pretty much just more justified true belief baloney but with an even higher reading on the balonic scale.

No offence to Jamalrob, but the forum would be the most low-rent, third-rate conspiracy I can imagine.

No, not your fault. The talk about conspiracy theories related to the forum just has me shaking my head.

This thread has taken an....odd turn.

Your discussions are some of the best on the forum. I like the way they are all connected and, taken as a whole, paint a pretty clear picture of the t...

The forum is left-leaning and all woke and stuff from the top down. It wears it's heart on it's sleeve. It doesn't try to hide it. That does lead to c...

On the forum here, what you see is what you get. There isn't much in the way of infrastructure. There are King Jamalrob and Queen Baden and then all t...

I, on the other hand, have posted much less often on political discussions. Part of my lower blood pressure, greater peace strategy.

I strongly endorse blaming Donald Trump for everything bad that has happened in the past 5 years.

I agree.

I've often seen vaccines used as an example of the problems with capitalist science. In general, vaccine development is not as profitable for pharmace...

You had not provided that definition when I wrote my initial post in this discussion.

No, I wasn't finding fault with you at all. My initial post was written before you had made any response. Your initial post did exactly what I was sug...

The response to the pandemic is the first time I've seen government use science in public to develop policy to address an urgent problem on a short-te...

I was wrong about population increase being caused by civilization, but that was not the comment I was responding to. You wrote: I responded: As I not...

As I noted, "consciousness" has many meanings. Since you started the discussion, it's your job to establish which one you are using. What point are yo...

You should check before you make accusations. I'll have you know that my research is impeckribl....inpeckerab...good. And don't call me "mistaken."

You've proven me wrong before the ink is even dry.

This is the new, improved, 2021 Shoutbox, where you never have to apologize for anything, ever.

Having the Shoutbox on the front page again will give me a chance to have my brilliant humorous work read by a larger audience. For example: Less famo...

I found information here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151221193940.htm#:~:text=While%20the%20world's%20human%20population,was%20just...

Thanks.

I was thinking about Terrapin Station the other day. I remember some good conversations. I looked him up to see if he was still around. He's banned.

What about us grateful cunts?

"Consciousness" means many things. You should specify which one you are referring to. Failure to do that has lead and will continue to lead to many mi...

I hadn't thought of that. That may be true.

Given my understanding of human nature, I doubt this is possible. I think there are technological processes that may end human life in the "near futur...

F = ma. A force is any phenomenon that causes a massive object to accelerate. Gravity causes massive objects to accelerate. Gravity is a force.

This is great. Thank you.

Here's a link to Wikipedia's article on the arrow of time. I think it is a good one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time Your apparent attempt...

We are in a period when technology has approached the capability to cause the extermination of all humans life. Possible self-inflicted technological ...

Civilization and agriculture started 7,000ish years ago. That started an exponential increase in human population, which is now slowing and expected t...

I agree. I miss it.

Ha! So, It’s OK wasting your time arguing with someone if they’re over 23 years old. You are so cute, I just want to pinch your cheek.

My goodness, don’t you flatter yourself.

Titling this discussion "FDrake" makes it seem like you are making a direct personal attack on @"fdrake". I think it's inappropriate. It also doesn't ...

Why would anyone possibly watch? Why watch former "mediocre male league fighters?"

It came from women athletes supportive of women's sports trying to find a compromise. I don't see a political agenda beyond trying to figure out the b...

Asking provocative questions is provocative.

My initial response to this issue was to agree with you, but I was surprised to see that the issue was contested even within the Republican Party. To ...