T_Clark

I don't think human morals are established by biology in any definitive way. I don't think you can draw a specific line between a gene and a behavior....

I don't "assume" existing is good, I experience it as good. The fact that you don't says something about you, not about existence. You don't find life...

I was referring to the Planck length in my previous response.

Using Excel I see that we get to that length after only about 120 steps in our series. As I said, Excel allows us to continue on smaller and smaller t...

From the web - The Planck length is the scale at which classical ideas about gravity and space-time cease to be valid, and quantum effects dominate. T...

I don't understand, if you know the answer, why ask the question. To summarize - the sum of an infinite series can have a finite value. The proof that...

It goes without saying that you just don't get it. Living is what people do. We are built for it. We evolved to live the way human beings live. The wo...

I agree with this. I'd like to make sure we include biology in the mix. Human beings evolved as social animals. I believe a lot of our social behavior...

KFM?

I once watched a mockingbird attacking a cat. Swooping down making cat noises and driving it crazy. It looked like she was doing it just for fun. I've...

This is what comes to mind, although I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing - Christopher Lasch was a social philosopher with a psychoanalyti...

I was just in my car listening to a Lyle Lovett song, “I Can’t Love You Anymore” on Pandora. One of the things I love about country music is that it a...

Don't put me in the middle of this. I tend to shy away from controversial subjects.

I apologize if I made you feel bad. That particular discussion is a fond memory.

Well, T Clark being a dick is not all that unusual. It has nothing to do with any "dark place."

I think you're probably right that affirmative action doesn't work. I think it also breeds resentment in those who don't benefit. On the other hand, t...

My computer wouldn't open the jpeg. I had to use my phone. I guess white people's computers are prejudiced also.

At least here in the US people mostly hide their contempt. I guess that's something.

I guess if no one is white or black, we won't have to worry about whether or not white people dislike black people anymore.

I've been in love with Emma Thompson ever since "Much Ado About Nothing."

If I remember correctly, you once posted a picture of a woman in a wedding dress and slyly intimated it might be you.

You've got it backwards. The primary injustice against minorities is wealth inequality. I have a good friend. She is college educated. Upper middle cl...

And I am saying just the opposite - there is a "systemic blockade." The fact you don't recognize it demonstrates your lack of awareness, your blindnes...

This may be true, and I don't know Irish culture or demographics, but I think, given our racial makeup and history, American's attitudes are more cons...

You and Hanover keep misstating what I actually said, even when I've pointed it out. It's a little rhetorical trick you use when you're unable or unwi...

And the Armenians in Turkey and back on into history.

Genocide and similar phenomena - killing large numbers (anything from hundreds to millions) of people of a certain class as a political tool - have ha...

It's not judgmental at all, and my statement wasn't either. They are both statements of fact subject to verification and falsification. I understand y...

Note - This response is to a couple of threads that ended months ago. I just wanted to follow up. I finally finished "Life's Ratchet." It changed the ...

I mostly said what I had to say in my first post. I stand by that. Everything else I've written has been reacting to other peoples reactions. If you s...

I think your claim that you're not being disingenuous is disingenuous.

I gave my reasons previously on page 1071. As for Thorongil and how he was treated, I'm not the one to ask. I do think calling the response to what I ...

I didn't back down from it, I clarified what I meant. I'll say it as clearly as I can - Prejudice against black people by whites in the US is pervasiv...

Actually, you and I agree on one thing, I don't think having affinities for one group is the same as having negative feelings for another. A philosoph...

Boy, this is an interesting discussion. To tell you the truth, I thought my statement was pretty unexceptional and self-evident. I expressed it in blu...

I appreciate your understanding.

I'm curious, do you think my comments should be deleted?

I'm not ashamed. Part of not being ashamed is seeing the dark things inside myself and acknowledging them. It's hard to treat other people honorably i...

Have I expressed shock at your response?

First of all, @"Baden", thank you. It means a lot. Back to work - what I said was not overstated and reckless. I wrote it in cold blood. It was import...

What did it say?

I did speak for myself. I also described my experiences with other people, black and white. I also indicated where relevant studies can be found provi...

I don't think that's true. I'm not trying to be difficult. I told you honestly what my feelings and beliefs are without labeling them. You seem to wan...

I said what I meant to say as clearly as I could. I'm not hiding anything. You can draw your own conclusions.

Here's what I said: I stand behind that statement. As @"Thorongil" noted, I engaged in a bit of amateur psychologizing, intimating he might have the f...

I'm still confused. What have I said that makes you ask that question?

I don't understand the question.

I may not be better than you, but I'm better than @"Baden", so I'm ready to stop if you are. :snicker:

Four possibilities: You are lying to hide your true feelings. You are unaware of your true feelings. Your life experiences are outside the mainstream....

I don't have any problem with that approach, but those types of facts often just get used as bludgeons. They can also be twisted and rationalized. The...