Whatever epiphanies and enlightenment may be, I'm not claiming they are not real, as I'd have no way to know that. It seems reasonable that in this fi...
Yes, yes, yes and yes. Most philosophy takes place on the level of the content of thought, this idea vs. that idea. While there's a place for this, it...
My take would be that perhaps we should forget about Zen epiphanies, sudden enlightenment, radical transformation and other such grandness. I'm remind...
Same here. I see no chance of tiny little Hong Kong being able to stand up to the largest dictatorship in world history. If Hong Kongers want to be fr...
To me, such statements always raise the question of whether the problem which we are addressing arises primarily from thought content, or from the med...
Ah yes, the voluminous literature about nothingness. Sounds very familiar. :-) I've come to summarize this phenomena, which I very much experience mys...
As usual, every thing I'm saying is going right over your oh so clever little heads, and we've proven I'm not going to be able to fix that. Can you re...
It works. Here's an example. I drive on the same road every day. At least 90% of the time other drivers tailgate me, risking their lives, in exchange ...
I think his "instinctive ability" is that he's a realist. He's not burdened with visions of how things should be and so can better see things as they ...
I can fully agree that Trump is an evil scumbag, so we don't have to debate that. Claims by some that Trump is stupid and incompetent strike me as som...
Could be, a reasonable theory. Or, there could be more to this. If we can momentarily detach ourselves from our disgust of Trump, and for a bit look a...
Ok then, here's an attempt. What underpins the concept of morality, what makes it objectively valid, is self interest. Persistent interest in moral is...
So I'm still trying to figure out what Trump's goal is in denying the validity of the election. Is it something simple like the desire to stay in the ...
I remain intrigued by the idea that when seen from the perspective of the biosphere as a whole, we are the virus, and the corona bug is the antibody. ...
Consider the theist who takes it to be an obvious given that the Bible is the word of God. Starting from that foundation, they then proceed to make va...
There is such a way. Give the thinking a rest. When we exercise our muscles we are damaging the muscles. The muscles are rebuilt a bit stronger during...
There is no conflict between Russia and the West. There is a conflict between the Russian regime and the West. Increasing authoritarianism is a highly...
Feel free to explain why I should bother. In my view, I'm showing the appropriate level of respect for this thread. Don't accept what I say, learn it ...
At least one member is noticing how you consistently avoid explaining Putin's vast wealth to us. https://www.newsweek.com/how-rich-vladimir-putin-us-s...
Yea, Russia only has a big pile of hydrogen bombs they can deliver anywhere in the world in just a few minutes. Definitely a small fry little bit of n...
Yes, Russia only has enough nuclear weapons to destroy modern civilization in just a few minutes, an act they've come close to doing by accident at le...
Plenty of nuance and reflection is possible once one has reached clarity on the bottom line. The problem with your posts is that you offer lots of nua...
Ok, that's cute, and just another way of obscuring that you can't keep up, on this particular topic. On other topics I've found your commentary intere...
You've yet to explain Putin's vast wealth. Please proceed to do so. The label "cartoonish" is an attempt to fool readers, or perhaps just yourself, th...
Could you then please explain how Putin became so rich? And it's not just Putin as a single person. Putin stays in power by allowing those under him t...
May I please renew a call for a bit more precision in our language? Nobody wants any kind of war with Russia. Some people do seek a higher level of op...
Show me you are as outraged by psychopathic regimes shooting their own people down in the streets as you are by legally elected Western politicians, a...
There is no animosity to Russia from anybody that I've heard. There is animosity by many to the Russian regime. The Russian regime is basically a high...
European critics of American involvement around the world. Ok, cool, you've certainly succeeded in generating stimulating conversation. I disagreed wi...
You're clogging the thread with junk, if I reply to every one of your little posts all hope will be lost for this thread. If you wish to now claim vic...
Yes, because the strategy at that time was to let the competing psychopaths fight each other instead of fighting us. And because Saddam exhausted hims...
What country are you in Street? If your country is in NATO have you petitioned your government to leave that alliance? If yes, that would seem to be a...
If you intend to continue a pattern of blatant intellectual dishonesty it will probably be best for me to ignore you so as to preserve the peace of th...
They wish to wipe the Iranian REGIME off the face of the earth. So do most Iranians best I can tell. Just to be clear, the Iranian regime is not Iran....
See? You haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about, which is why I'm not taking you seriously. A million people were killed in the Iran/Ira...
If your argument is that Americans are not perfect, I agree. If your argument is that America makes mistakes, again agree. Are you in Europe? If yes, ...
Ok then, you're right. So America will now bow out of all it's partnerships around the world such as NATO and then the morally superior Europeans will...
So, bring back Saddam then? That's a reasonable question which members could address. There was a choice. Invade Iraq, leading to what we see in Iraq ...
A lineage of Democratic American presidents who had clear moral vision, and the balls to confront the gangsters. Some succeeded, some failed, all had ...
Here's an interesting thread some of you may have missed. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/9544/iraq-war-2003 Paul Edwards makes the case for...
A transparent (and somewhat lazy) attempt to position yourself as being above the arguments presented, without actually meeting any of the arguments. ...
Here's the way to attack Biden, and America more generally.... 1) Biden applied to be the American Commander-In-Chief which gives him, a single human ...
A far more united global effort to fight climate change for one. Of course there's no where to go but up from here. BUSH: Would you like to see Saddam...
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