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Miguel Hernández

['Member']Joined: November 09, 2020 at 21:14Last active: March 02, 2021 at 23:453 discussions63 comments
Location: Spain

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Plato, Aristotle, Kant

Favourite Quotations

- "Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out". Groucho Marx.
- "Record everything. At some point some bastard will stand up and say this never happened". D. D. Eisenhower.
- "Somos balleneros. / Llevamos arpones. / Vamos donde no haya ballenas / Y cantamos canciones." Anon., written in Madrid subway.

Discussions (3)

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In: The birth of tragedy.  — view comment
If you don't appreciate "the birth of tragedy" (Nietzsche), perhaps you should try the tragedy of birth (Cioran). https://klyker.com/wp-content/upload...
March 02, 2021 at 12:18
In: North Korea  — view comment
North Korea owes a lot to the Bee Gees... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbC6dLG_dQY
March 01, 2021 at 17:36
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sO9cFpuOTQ
March 01, 2021 at 17:21
In: The art of the salon  — view comment
There are no young Hegelians here. The spirit of the salon is further from Max Stirner than from Jessica Fletcher ... thankfully. https://www.sorrisi....
March 01, 2021 at 14:39
In: Must reads  — view comment
I would recommend Plato's Meno, the text in which he went from being an author of manners and committing suicide to the skeptic he had been until then...
February 28, 2021 at 23:47
In: "Persons of color."  — view comment
February 28, 2021 at 20:11
In: Why do many people say Camus "solved" nihilism?  — view comment
Camus doesn't matter. The relevant one is Jean Genet. Life is not a pleasure, but suicide consists of a low level of serotonin in the nervous system. ...
February 28, 2021 at 12:13
In: The economy of thought  — view comment
I think that is the simplest solution. Congratulations. https://www.ksnt.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2019/09/ok-hand-gesture.jpg
February 28, 2021 at 11:29
In: Do atheists even exist? As in would they exist if God existed?  — view comment
I am an atheist by the grace of God and He told me one day that puppies, ballerinas and ice creams exist, but that He does not exist. https://static2....
February 27, 2021 at 11:49
In: History = Anthropology  — view comment
I think empirical and cultural anthropology are scientific. The first is a type of paleontology and the second studies and observes current societies....
February 27, 2021 at 08:43
In: Solutions for Overpopulation  — view comment
The one-child policy was implemented in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy 75% of the population agreed with her. In an overcrowded...
February 27, 2021 at 00:19
In: Solutions for Overpopulation  — view comment
Each couple should have only one child at most. Un saludo Javier, de otro español.
February 26, 2021 at 16:50
In: Computer for President?  — view comment
When in 1980 the super-rich decided to get their money out of the American economy, deindustrializing the country and sending their factories where wa...
February 26, 2021 at 11:47
In: Computer for President?  — view comment
Rationalism in politics is nonsense. All rationalists believe that any problem can be understood and has a solution. Great nonsense. You don't give cr...
February 25, 2021 at 11:41
In: Computer for President?  — view comment
Computers are illogical. Who determines what information is relevant? The programmer, not the machine. A computer is a fast fool. Let's try not to be ...
February 24, 2021 at 12:57
In: Why do people need religious beliefs and ideas?  — view comment
I have always thought that the second commandment (Ex 20, 7; Dt 5, 11) should be rigorously applied, because whoever talks about Him apparently wants ...
February 24, 2021 at 09:44
In: Why do people need religious beliefs and ideas?  — view comment
God is Dog backwards. And everybody adores Snoopy. it is so cute... https://www.nosoloposters.com/27014-thickbox_default/print-30x40-cm-snoopy-home.jp...
February 23, 2021 at 23:50
In: Computer for President?  — view comment
The illusion of being ruled by machines is seductive by the principle of equality. It seems like a way to ensure that the law applies equally to every...
February 22, 2021 at 22:15
In: Is Man's Holy Grail The Obtaining Of Something For Nothing?  — view comment
Everyone believes that they derive their values from Plato, Saint Thomas or Kant. However, humanity is surrendered to Ponzi. https://www.ee.co.za/wp-c...
February 22, 2021 at 16:59
In: The economy of thought  — view comment
Why?
February 22, 2021 at 11:57
In: The economy of thought  — view comment
The definition of a prime number is Pythagorean. For the Pythagoreans the number 1 was not even, nor odd, but even-odd. It was the number that was "ou...
February 22, 2021 at 08:37
In: Maintaining Love in the family  — view comment
-Do you accept Mary in health and in sickness, in wealth and poverty until death do you part? -Yes, no, yes, no, no.
February 21, 2021 at 23:58
In: Some thoughts about living.  — view comment
Eternal life lasts a little while.
February 21, 2021 at 23:54
In: The economy of thought  — view comment
Marta and María are sisters. Marta has two nieces who are not Maria's nieces. It's possible?
February 21, 2021 at 23:41
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
You don't know what friendship is.
February 21, 2021 at 19:28
In: The meaning of life.  — view comment
When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.' Groucho...
February 21, 2021 at 14:57
In: Why Be Happy?  — view comment
Happiness is what explains what motivates you to wake up and get up every day. It is the light of a lighthouse. If you don't see that light and you do...
February 21, 2021 at 00:27
In: Internet negativity as a philosophical puzzle (NEW DISCLAIMER!)  — view comment
- Out of desire to change roles. We pretend to be who we are not. We would wish we were less diplomatic. The Internet makes up for our frustrations. -...
February 20, 2021 at 13:00
In: On passing over in silence....  — view comment
The problem is that you can only speak clearly about first-order logic. Most of the propositions of the same "Tractatus" are meaningless applying that...
February 10, 2021 at 13:15
In: Reason for Living  — view comment
Killing you is a bad option. Think of the bad people who will smile and say: we already knew he was a freak, a coward, etc. Fuck them.
February 09, 2021 at 23:52
In: Are All Politics Extreme?  — view comment
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
February 09, 2021 at 11:52
In: Are All Politics Extreme?  — view comment
You keep thinking in terms of the Condorcet conjecture: that all human beings "are" the same. The "people" do not exist. If we take Plato's model, the...
February 08, 2021 at 19:53
In: Truth in Paradox  — view comment
Sorry, but two scientific theories do not have to be consistent with each other. For example, the theories of the end of the universe: Big Rip, Bir Cr...
February 08, 2021 at 16:59
In: Philosophy interview  — view comment
An exercise for a philosophy class is like playing against a chess player who has just learned the rules. The game quickly turns into mutual nonsense.
February 06, 2021 at 15:22
In: Are we ultimately alone?  — view comment
The Department of the Treasury disagrees. They know what you think and you better do what you must.
January 26, 2021 at 19:36
In: Are All Politics Extreme?  — view comment
Weimar Republic. The SA stormed the Reichstag, took Berlin, and put Hitler in power. (Uuuups... a Godwin!)
January 26, 2021 at 08:54
In: Are All Politics Extreme?  — view comment
I think that your question makes sense if you believe Condorcet's conjecture: that all human beings "are" the same. As soon as we add a few more varia...
January 25, 2021 at 20:50
In: Are All Politics Extreme?  — view comment
You should read Robert Freeman: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/11/30/economy-isnt-working-thats-exactly-plan
January 24, 2021 at 22:17
In: What is love?  — view comment
I was married by a judge... I should have asked for a jury. – Groucho Marx
January 24, 2021 at 19:48
In: The world of Causes  — view comment
Einstein: The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
January 24, 2021 at 16:51
In: What is love?  — view comment
Groucho defined it perfectly:Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first.
January 23, 2021 at 23:35
In: Is the EU a country?  — view comment
Europeans are a bad family. We all want to belong to another. Spaniards generally have a better mood. Around here it is said that a German, a French a...
January 23, 2021 at 16:58
In: Navalny and Russia  — view comment
I guess he went to get the second dose of novichok.
January 23, 2021 at 16:49
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
If the US saw what the US does to the US, it would invade the US to liberate the US from US tyranny. A coup is a coup, no matter where it occurs. A fa...
January 09, 2021 at 23:02
In: Super heroes  — view comment
The current Hollywood super hero films - are they simply a continuation of the Gods theme that has been around for thousands of years? I believe that ...
December 06, 2020 at 23:57
In: Misanthropy  — view comment
One Friday you are giving your first kiss in the bottle, between good cheap Spanish wine and Italian techno from the eighties and the following Friday...
December 06, 2020 at 10:08
In: Maintaining Love in the family  — view comment
There are problems for which there is no solution. Someone wiser than me said that interpersonal relationships are like those established by hedgehogs...
November 30, 2020 at 21:47
In: Philosophy/Psychology book suggestions.  — view comment
Karl Popper (1976) "Unended Quest; An Intellectual Autobiography".
November 29, 2020 at 23:03
In: Get Creative!  — view comment
https://designpraxis.biz/img/madman.jpg God bless the hairs that have escaped from that head.
November 29, 2020 at 21:44
In: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely  — view comment
Everybody is wonderful until it's time to pay the rent. Is it a sufficient argument? The tale of the psychopath: A psychopath soaked a large wad of bi...
November 28, 2020 at 23:52
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