Somewhat related - there's actually a fascinating story of how an ancient, heretical Christian sect reached China after having to escape persecution i...
Thanks. It is a theme I write a lot about. The post you're referring to is a follow up on a previous conversation in another thread on rational thinki...
:clap: '“Modern culture,” argues D.C. Schindler “is largely a conspiracy to protect us from the real.” I have copped some hostility in the past for sa...
Trump completely blindsided everyone with that idea. He hadn't consulted anyone about it - Cabinet, State, Defense. I almost felt for him, when he sai...
Trump's presidency is heading for ever-greater amounts of turmoil and instability. He completely blindsided Congress with his ridiculous Riviera in Ga...
Good to know! I too had astounding experiences with lysergines, when it was still legal, which says something (I am after all a baby boomer). As you s...
We discussed this at length on that thread on rationality in humans and animals. I distinctly recall holding the minority view in that thread, as I ma...
I kind of understand the hostility to foreign aid but as I said, a change in policy ought to be discussed, circulated, and executed carefully with due...
It’s not business as usual. A report on the immediate and drastic impacts of the USAID closure in Africa. Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U...
After looking up the definitions, I've changed the thread title. Oligarchy - government by a select group. Plutocracy - government by the very wealthy...
:up: The US ultra rich pay obscenely low amounts of income tax, something that will never be challenged by MAGA, which is after all has a record numbe...
Read the passage in my last post. Lifelong conservative Republican, ran USAID under W. He and others are saying that the forced merger of USAID into S...
A nod and a wink from Trump does not a proper authorisation make. Again, surprised by your view, but from now on I will confine any conversations with...
But Rubio was confirmed as Secretary of State. The decision to merge USAID with State was not approved by Congress, nor even floated with them. As for...
The Myth of Cassandra In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a Trojan princess blessed with the gift of prophecy by the god Apollo. However, after she reje...
Two of my grandchildren are American. Their father is a dual citizen. And as the old saying goes, if America sneezes, the world catches cold. America ...
Hey I'm open to what you're saying, but you're not giving us much to go on! How about, put together an OP - have a look in https://thephilosophyforum....
And let me ask you this: the USAID projects that have been abruptly terminated without notice, run things like medical clinics, malaria prevention pro...
I'm sorry but the way he's going about it is an outrage. He's being given latitude to prevent programs being executed that have already been approved ...
Strange, that. I went back to Gemini after making that post and asked again, and it just kept saying 'I can't help with responses on elections and pol...
ChatGPT showed no such reticence about Bill Clinton, saying Of course, the merest suggestion of raising taxes causes apoplexy amongst the MAGA, never ...
I seem to recall Clinton balanced the budget. (I asked gemini.google about this fact, and it demurred, saying 'I can't help with responses on election...
In what sense, derives from a mandate? He has been summarily appointed, without Congressional or Senate oversight, and the barest of instructions, no ...
My thoughts exactly. Surprised and delighted by the quality and the conversational style. (Right now I'm using ChatGPT to re-learn basic web scripting...
I suppose that's something. But let me make an observation here. I don't generally make it my business to argue for belief in God on this forum. I'm n...
Many people will die because of these actions. Perhaps that's OK with the American electors, although you can bet that their chosen media outlets will...
Not for long, one must surmise. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/489fc48c0be66e74e58b1f78c4780987e225cdca/0_47_1600_960/master/1600.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&...
Well, there is no effective opposition. The Democrats are in a complete muddle, leaderless and rudderless. All of the Republican opposition to the Mus...
:100: I read an article, I think even before the election, about some lucky internet trader, who's making a small fortune selling these bumper sticker...
Agree. I've often remarked that the mentality of modern culture can be summed up in the motto 'nihil ultra ego'. The Cartesian ego becomes the fulcrum...
Right! As Ludwig says That's the source of it. I'm no scholar of Thomism, but I've got a grasp of the basic outlines of what Edward Feser (who's a goo...
But it does have layers of safeguards, very strict security requirements. But Musk and his troupe just barge in, basically saying 'Don't you know who ...
Very sane post, as always. Trump is a demagogue, of that there is not a shred of doubt. But Elon Musk's activities are another dimension to his disast...
I've just now had a most illuminating and insightful conversation with ChatGPT 4 which started with the distinction between noumena and the ding an si...
“Oh, hey, we’re going to impose huge sanctions on our two nearest and main trading partners, Mexico and Canada. …Wait on. What? They’re on the phone? ...
I’ve been a member here since inception and hardly recall him being mentioned. I’ve read some references to him and articles about him, but he’s one o...
No good trying to kick into the long grass of ruminations about democracy. It’s your breakfast they’re going to be eating. Besides, the leading statem...
It is more than probable that DJT is preparing exactly the same methods for the U.S. I mean, he's already demonstrating it - many of his executive ord...
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