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TheQuestioner

['Member']Joined: November 12, 2020 at 03:35Last active: December 27, 2020 at 13:504 discussions16 comments

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People will spend money to prevent something that may happen in 20 years, before they spend money to prevent something that may happen in 50 years.
November 16, 2020 at 02:21
I don't think the majority agrees with you, because if they did they would divert all the cancer and heart disease research funds to prevent global wa...
November 16, 2020 at 02:14
I'll try a different approach, to prove that free will is an illusion; 1. I would not trust the future of the human race on the free will of the 72 mi...
November 13, 2020 at 22:41
The laws of probability allows us to see that the "causation chain" must be controlled by an external source that is able to rig the outcome. What are...
November 13, 2020 at 21:53
Without a master plan, humans wouldn't have lasted 100 years. Too many "coincidences" had to happen for the race to last 6 million years. I don't thin...
November 13, 2020 at 20:14
By "free will", I mean the assertion that humans can actually make their own choices, instead of following a master plan that is beyond their control ...
November 13, 2020 at 18:16
In response to your assertion that another timeline might be similar to the present timeline, consider a person that causes other people to become vio...
November 13, 2020 at 17:34
Instead of "That could not possibly be a coincidence.", I should have said "That could not possibly have occurred as a result of free will." I disagre...
November 13, 2020 at 17:12
Thank you for your reply. I posted this issue because it is not uncommon for other people to change my mind. Based upon their replies, I am now consid...
November 13, 2020 at 02:04
When you quoted me as saying "I just enjoy doing it", I was referring to my daily piano playing, and not my composing. It may surprise you to know tha...
November 13, 2020 at 00:24
I should have used the word "recognized" instead of "successful", since "successful" infers monetary consideration. It doesn't matter how much money A...
November 12, 2020 at 22:21
Thank you all for your intelligent replies. The question I presented in this topic (Why bother creating new music?) lends itself to a very basic philo...
November 12, 2020 at 22:03
Thank you for your reply. However, it seems as idealistic as the other person who said "There will always be an audience for an honest song". 1. If yo...
November 12, 2020 at 18:30
Here are the last five musical acts on Kimmel: GIV?ON, H.E.R., Perfume Genius, 24kGoldn, Ozuna, and Woodkid. Those are the artists that are getting th...
November 12, 2020 at 16:02
If the Beatles, Pink Floyd, or U2 was a new band in 2021, here is what they would experience: 1. They would spend hundreds of hours creating their mag...
November 12, 2020 at 15:28
Thank you for all your comments. Unfortunately, the following comment is false: "There will always be an audience for an honest song". On Soundcloud a...
November 12, 2020 at 14:55