T_Clark

"I think I agree. However, what about the white nationalist? As long as he treats people with respect he is not responsible for his hateful beliefs? J...

I miss TimeLine a lot. It's why it took me so long to come back.

"True. But where do you stand on beliefs? Are we responsible for them?" We are responsible for our behavior. That's it. Ever. Always.

I am very, very old. Do you know how I know that, BC? It's because I'm almost as old as you are. As I think you know, I wasn't trying to put out a def...

"Well, women are known in the field of ethics for their sense of care and compassion that is a somewhat inherent feature of women rather than men. I a...

"My point was that if people really feel this way about the elderly, then there must be a lot of Nazi-esque themes in our society." I'm not sure what ...

"This is a very Nazi-ish or at least Randian way of looking at society. What does that say about the educational system and mass media?" I wasn't maki...

"Yes; but, it is assumed that women never retire, only males do due to the above. Hence, isn't your comment distorted by male masculinity or it being ...

"My question is that why does Western society display a deficit in the process of respect and regard for their elders?" Assuming what you've written i...

I've thought a lot about property rights over the past few years, although maybe not from the perspective you are. Steer me toward some specific philo...

"You don't claim that some computer simulation of weather or gravity is how the universe actually works, do you? Aren't mathematical models of physica...

"You're confusing simulations with approximations." No, I'm not. From Wikipedia: "Computer simulation is the reproduction of the behavior of a system ...

"Since we're not programs, the question is moot. Most of the phenomena of the universe are noncomputable. An interesting example is determining if a r...

A universe resulting from a computer built and programmed by a being beyond our current understanding that cannot be differentiated from the physical ...

"I really dont think you could have chosen a better piece to showcase your outdatedness" So - "outdated," "geriatric". Seems like you might be intimat...

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"Again, all things we take on.. It is a choice, though subtly it becomes less so if habituated. We are freer than we think, and at the same time we ar...

I want to make sure I understand what you mean when you say "I was a great capitalist drone all my life, I reproduced my labour value and I accumulate...

Those of us who have mostly fulfilling jobs that we mostly like recognize that 50%, more or less, of what we do is what you call "the daily grind of u...

There are sound rational arguments that the universe, reality, existence, whatever you want to call it, is an inextricable weaving of the physical and...

Baby boomers, GenXers, Millenials - it's all bullshit shorthand created by people too lazy to look at what's really happening. It puts a veneer of leg...

"There are many who claim that poetry is useless or impractical. I see three very useful and highly practical applications for poetry. One is that it ...

“Is that a roundabout way of saying we’re all gay? You wish.” That’s what she said.

But I do know that societies/cultures don't literally have values. That's a category error. Values are mental phenomena, and mental phenomena only occ...

Really, you don't believe that social or cultural systems have any existence outside of a particular human's thought, feeling, or behaviour? Can we kn...

Yes, I am. Thank you. I figured you all needed me to set you straight.

Well, first off, it's obviously not a matter of personal preference. Moralities are systems of values associated with particular societies, traditions...

So, what kind of expertise are we talking about? When I use the word, I generally mean technical understanding about a body of knowledge and how to ap...

A newly discovered Taoist manuscript The verses below are excerpted from a newly discovered manuscript found in the ruins of a recently excavated temp...

I like raw oysters, but they are much better with melted Velveeta.

Apply Clark's Razor - when trying to decide what to do next, pick the path that requires you to do nothing.

Is there anything anyone ever says that The Simpsons doesn't say best?

No, oddly enough my first name starts with “t.”

This is inscribed on the Statue of the Great Kiwi in Wellington harbor: Keep your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The ...

I know New Zealand has had real problems with immigration. They let a few Hobbits, Elves, and Orcs in and the next thing you know, they started taking...

That's the only way I'm stopping.

Yeah, but I'm determined to make the last post in this exchange.

This is not my experience. Consciousness does not drive the mind, it follows along with a notebook and writes things down. Most of the work of of thin...

The conversation on BuxteBuddha is over, you won't comment further, you're not commenting, you've stopped commenting, you're not commenting now. https...

No. You called him an anti-Semite. That's not the same as questioning his "intelligence and integrity."

The difference is that I characterized his writing while you characterized his soul. That says more about you than him.

I disagree with this. Intuition is not "faith based" unless you mean something different from "intuition" than the dictionary and I do. Definition fro...

I don't want to get in an argument about definitions here, but I like to make a distinction between "rational" and "reasonable." Yes, I know, they are...

I've been called a "racist," a "bigot," and a "sexist," so I don't give much creedence to your characterization. Those kinds of accusations get thrown...

So, he deserved to be banned because he disagreed with you?

Now, Baden, you could see I was careful in my comment not to cast doubt on the moderator's decision. As I said, I didn't know why he had been banned. ...

I strongly disagree. I'm not faulting the moderators and I don't know what lead to this, but BuxteBuddha had some of my favorite posts. I've never rea...

I like this one better: The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's going to make them stay...

Although I don't have any specific beliefs about God, I've always liked the idea that it sees everything that has happened, is happening, or will happ...

On a similar note, I've given my daughter "Heart of Darkness" four times as a gift. She never tells me because she says it's "endearing."