CasKev

To me, the person who uses that phrase is saying that: 'it' is what they consider to be an absolute truth (e.g. gravity is here to stay, so you might ...

@"Rich" The 'I' you speak of only exists because your parents had sex. The desire you have to add novelty to your life only exists because of the expe...

The knowledge and experience you use to make your choices are based on past choices and outcomes, the earliest of which were dependent on various infl...

A good woman is the one you find after the bad woman you divorced. Truly though, I learned a lot about what I shouldn't look for in a woman after spen...

@"Rich" You have the ability to choose, but you had no hand in creating yourself, nor the original environment you were born into.

You are choosing the words, but you are choosing based on all of your previous choices and experiences. Your first choice ever was based on your biolo...

Yes, but your decision to respond and your decision to even use those words was all based on what came before, at the root of which you had no control...

I agree. Events are not pre-determined - they unfold according to a multitude of causal factors, including choices made by living things. We make choi...

And what can they do about it based on your theory?

@"TranscendedRealms" But to whom is this relevant? Everyone has emotions.

Who let Transcended Realms and his packets back in?

Even if you accept this as truth, what are the implications of such a view? What difference would it make to how someone lives?

@"Hanover" I think literal cats are probably a lot easier to negotiate with... consider yourself lucky!

Haha! But at least you would know that you suck, instead of just constantly wondering.

I agree that repression and the unconscious play a huge role in depression. (Y) 3 (N) 1

I think I'll just start adding them at the end of my own posts. Looks pretty legit. People will be trying to click on them and nothing will happen. :D...

What-eva! :D 13 (Y) 19 Hahaha!

Okay, maybe we're going to need a few more buttons... I suggest 'Agree', 'Like', '?', and 'Brilliant!'

Hard to know if you're a worthwhile individual without some 'Likes'! It's the most accurate measure out there!

Took a look. You're right - it doesn't get used much, except by @"ArguingWAristotleTiff", the Philosophy Cheerleader. ;)

I made a suggestion on the Facebook page that they should post more excerpts from the Forum there. Maybe we can get some validation that way. X-)

Ah well, I guess I'll just have to bask in the silence.

I think we need 'like' and 'dislike' buttons and counts in this forum. Sometimes, I think I've made a pretty decent post, and no one really responds t...

The YOLO factor.

My experience with depression was quite different. Having experienced what I consider to be a normal state of mind leading up to the depressed period,...

I suppose I should tread very carefully now... they've started a thread about ousting me - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"...

The need for offspring is biological. That's why we're so attracted to certain members of the opposite sex, why sex feels so damn good, why seeing you...

I think it's because one of our basic instincts is to search for love, reciprocation, community - all of which are aimed at survival of the individual...

I think the problem is that along with increased intelligence and civilization came this perceived need to always be achieving, thriving, and improvin...

Since gender identification seems hard-wired, often from an early age, is it possible that the mismatch occurs in the womb (i.e. a female mind is pair...

I take offence to this thread. It is obviously a thinly veiled attempt to have me ousted. ;)

That's an obvious set-up for a joke about beer and spreading, but given all the recent sexism hoopla, I'll let that one slide right by... ;)

Cheers! So what you're saying is you've got great legs and a positive attitude... Can't go wrong there!

I like to post in this thread whenever I can't find another thread to which I can make a useful contribution. So I post in here a fair bit. I'm mostly...

@"Rich" But why wouldn't all memories be affected equally, if they are being channeled through the brain. Memory loss is often selective, leaving cert...

@"Rich" Just wondering how Alzheimer's fits in with your theory that memory exists beyond the brain. Wouldn't memory be much more consistent and persi...

I return to my previous point above. Perhaps we don't yet have the means of locating and measuring the soul.

Just giving the bully some of his own medicine...

@"John Harris" it would just be nice to see you disagree with someone without being insulting or condescending. (Y)

Keep showing off your lack of personality and soul! >:O

Seems like the cantankerous soul of Thanatos Sand has been reincarnated in this John Harris guy... :D

Our knowledge of a particular word has to be stored somewhere in the brain. The point is that we are unable to detect exactly where, which means that ...

Hahaha! Please refer to the thread on getting authentically drunk... >:O

@"John Harris" I don't believe in souls, but someone could argue that they are undetectable, just like the word 'dog' is undetectable in the brain.

Notice that I put 'soul' in quotation marks. When I say 'soul', I am referring to the sense of being more than just an animal, due to our higher level...

Well at least we got rid of one idiot! :P >:O

We know that a certain part of the brain is responsible for language, but we're not capable of finding exactly where the word 'dog' is stored. Does th...

I think intellectual life is comparable to other markets. To be competitive and benefit financially, you need to have a product that has a perceived b...

We've got us some English-type weather here in Sudbury today. One big cloud covering the sky with a bit of drizzle. Who has something to brighten up t...

Have you had the pleasure of teaching any of @"Sapientia"'s children?