I have scanned the argument and it sounded, in part, like the antinatalism argument. Is the veganism argument a form of this argument? Where the vegan...
I like Lewis Mumford approach quoted by Liane Lefaivre "A Facet of Modern Architectuie since 1945" sites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34807.files/9-5A...
I think there may be two types of genius: a) The genius who looks at different or varying concepts and finds a connection, which was there but not rea...
Perhaps concern for others starts with concern for one's self. Unless I am concerned about my actions and how they might affect others, then I don't s...
Perhaps similar to water, which only becomes ice under certain conditions, new emergent technologies can only form when the conditions(historic) are r...
It does not appear to have the Brutalism style anymore, I'am sure it is lurking here and there in the building, but the overall effect is too light, a...
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, it can only form in a certain manner, that is given. Water also has three phase states: liquid, solid and ga...
They seem very masculine to me, hard and unemotional. All that massiveness wants to overwhelm the individual. I like the ones with the lower flat roof...
"Leftist Jeremy Corbyn elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party" The Washington Post, this may say more about what American's know about British polit...
Hi ArguingWAristotleTiff, I lost my dad back in March of this year. He and I had developed a close relationship over the last 15 years, which was miss...
I suppose that all particulars are related, and that only by means of universals that limits can be drawn between particulars. An apple is not a dough...
Just a thought. Not ontological DB, and yes probably like Plato's Forms. (off topic. It is amazing how much is said about Plato's form theory even tho...
Marchesk: Pleasure/pain are feelings we generate. They are indeterminate, unbound, you can always get higher or feel more pain. Pleasure/pain provide ...
Nature is the way it is. Very simple rules, like gravity, keep every thing moving, and enable matter to develop into much more complex forms. Througho...
Isn't there an assumption here, "any specific entity" must exist prior to having any specific attributes. Reality seems to present entities, which are...
John, you might be right if the populations compared were very similar. I just saw a report that tried to compare Honduras to Switzerland in terms of ...
Some thoughts. Yes, these reviewers may have a built in bias, but I have not seen (but I will take a look) any substantive rebuttals. Psychology exper...
I have not read the report itself, only reviews by media and summary by UOV said about the study. The NY Times indicated that 250 researchers choose 1...
The ability to reproduce results consistently based on reported finding is one of the main problems with psychology. The research psychologist is unde...
If you have not tired meetup.com you might try it. Plenty of diverse groups post their meetings here. I belong to three or four groups, but only activ...
I used to go to Socrates Cafe, which is held in the local Presbyterian Church's huge basement and it drews all age groups, students, lawyers, a wide v...
Well I think "Universal" is the traditional term, the term 'general' is perhaps more appropriate, or (as I saw Aristotle's name mentioned) 'species'. ...
Hi John, I think color is a concept we learn to abstract from our experience of things as a common property things. The movement is from particular to...
?Cavacava Unicorns have one horn, they conform to our imaginary expectations, and they are real but they are not actual. Wayfarer: "There's a differen...
I think universals are as real as my desk, but they are not actual. Unicorns have one horn, they conform to our imaginary expectations, and they are r...
Socrates felt Divinly inspired: "Every one sees that love is a desire, and we know also that non-lovers desire the beautiful and good. Now in what way...
https://41.media.tumblr.com/b468e82c0ac68e4b598c10650e4659a8/tumblr_nypcn5Jva11rkbhqwo1_1280.jpg Here is what Harry's looks like from camera perspecti...
Our first experience in life is being whacked in the fanny. I think pain becomes suffering. We quickly learn to avoid pain, and recognize others exper...
I think the choice involved in having a preference of one thing over another is not the same choice as a program can make. Preference suggests a trans...
https://41.media.tumblr.com/2d1ace35e2186b9581c095c6bff36bd5/tumblr_nyjmtwASxW1rkbhqwo1_1280.jpg Harry's Bar, it been around for a a long time. Cheap ...
I wonder how much the medium matters in Conceptual Art, where realization of the idea is the subject and object of the work. Of course in Architecture...
I think practical value of the choice lies the life one leads, not in this or that particular god. We all want explanations for our situation and we a...
The decision to believe or not to believe in god, is no guarantee of eternal salvation. The concepts of heaven and hell, each support the concept of t...
And I don't think this matters. It is the Ideal one can believe in or not, whatever it might be, the Ideal that supports life after death that support...
Yes, we wager prudentially. If there is no benefit, then why bother? I think that it t is the possibility and uncertainty surrounding life after death...
It is pragmatic, not "disingenuous" unless you consider pragmatism disingenuous. What do you mean by the "wrong deity", how can there be a "wrong" in ...
Well, there is always Pascal's Wager. I don't think there has ever been a civilization or society with no religious practice. There must be something ...
So what is the main dish? Turkey? I think I am having pork crown roast. I am bringing the wine, an Italian red Toscanna. Still planning to make my Tur...
Martha Stewart https://youtu.be/BnEsszsI-eE I have made some of her recipes, they work, but if I remember correctly she uses a lot of exotic ingredien...
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