Let's return to the incident when a workman dropped a wrench inside a missile silo, leading to the missile exploding and ejecting the warhead from the...
Another possible angle.... The problem is not knowledge, or even power, but rather the gap between power and our maturity, or rather relative lack the...
Certainly many would say so. Krishnamurti obviously does. The Buddhists seem to, best I can tell, a very loose and considerably ignorant summary of th...
Or, we could establish ourselves in God's presence by shutting up and listening. What some people call God is what comes in to view when we stop talki...
As hath been honked many times here already, the vast majority of reality (space) significantly undermines your assumption. If interested, please expl...
As a hopefully comic interlude, I would like to introduce a new term: Karma Hog This is what we call a person who is so kind, so compassionate, and so...
Ok, continue. Seems a reasonable step in the right direction. So, as example, before genetic engineering can proceed we'd need some kind of binding gl...
Great post, thanks! Would it be accurate to say that everyone involved is acting intelligently and professionally within their narrow lane, and some t...
Thanks Praxis. Perhaps that's part of what I was wondering. You know, on a philosophy forum everything is up for challenge. Not always so on sites ded...
Example. Human culture has survived for thousands of years without genetic engineering. So why not pull the plug on that field and engage a century lo...
Agreed. But when they learn to communicate better, won't they use that ability to sell us on more of their work? So they will explain it. And then kee...
Joni Mitchell, best popular music artist of the now geezer generation. She did everything, and did it all so well, and has such a strong body of work....
I like this. The middle way, eh? Fair enough. Yea, just expressing my own faith based belief on the death issue. To be clear, I'm not claiming no one ...
A hippy house I built in the woods back in the seventies. Don't have any photos, so I modeled it in SketchUp for the memory lane buzz. https://vimeo.c...
I find peace in the woods, become addicted to it, and then resent my neighbor's barking dog. The resentment of my neighbor's dog is made of thought. W...
That's one road one can take. We might also keep in mind that most people aren't all that philosophical. But for those of us who are, we start where w...
Aha, you are very observant! Yes, Hippyman was animated in Mixamo, which warped the shoulders in manner I was unable to fix. And anyway you fool, you'...
What ChatteringMonkey said, but to qualify, not all generations are so intent on changing the status quo. The Greatest Generation for example. They ju...
I'm happy to proudly report that I haven't the slightest idea what this thread is all about. Something, everything, nothing, all of the above squared ...
And of course the saddest thing of all is that once the hippies and yippies became old enough to have their own children we largely abandoned so many ...
Yes, very interesting! I see now that I've dramatically underestimated Hoffman my entire life. My only excuse is that I was about 17 or so during the ...
Your point is taken, but I'm not sure the core issue involved is really a technical one. It seems to be more a matter of our relationship with knowled...
Can the proposed danger be said to be a real concern to the science community if knowledge development continues seemingly full speed ahead in every f...
What you are perhaps forgetting is that everyone on Earth is not a great philosopher like you and me. So what may seem correct in the ideal (such as m...
Again, without arguing what anybody else should pursue, and thank you for your patience as I beat my dogma drum... I'm not really talking about method...
Well, what have you got nearby? It seems good to find something within 30 minutes range or so, that way you can go often. I find that time is the secr...
Case in point. The source of the problem is not Buddhism, or Catholicism, or religion in general. The problem arises from that which all these things ...
Fair enough. Yes, I need to reach for better language because I'm typically not connecting on this point. I'm not sure I have better language yet thou...
Understood, no problem. But if you'll review my post again you might see it's actually not about you. I hear you, true enough. But genetic engineering...
Here ya go: San Felasco State Park Briefly, what I've learned there. Twenty years ago I sold a business and was flush with cash. My idea was to fulfil...
What both of us said is true. You're right, the alarm bell has been rung. I'm right, it makes no difference, the relentless march for more knowledge c...
My post above counter argues that some people should reject the entire business. If it's not working, and shows no promise of ever working, let it go,...
Regarding religious authority, which is of course a huge obstacle to very many people. One approach is to spend a lifetime trying to find the good aut...
If we define practical as keeping you as a member of this thread who is engaged by the other members, certain issues need to be addressed. That said, ...
No one need take on faith a core principle of Christianity, the experience of love. Try it, if you like it, do more of it. No one need to take on fait...
Thank you for a post with some meat. Refreshing. I'm not debating your ideas here, just suggesting another way in which we might proceed. Be practical...
Without arguing, or suggesting what approach anyone else should pursue, we might keep in mind that I'm referencing different source material most of t...
Ok, I get this, and have been taking that approach in the God debate, without knowing what to call it. This all makes sense, and represents my view to...
Whether we are doomed is unknown, but we are certainly mad. It's not just that we have nuclear weapons, we are bored by them. What can that be called ...
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