Technically, I'm one of those, but my reason for doing so is that making covid vaccination into an actual law would require a thorough vetting process...
But to know what isn't in the texts, one has to read them first. Sure. And again: To know what isn't in the texts, one has to read them first. Even I ...
I was much surprised by this at the time, and couldn't make sense of it. This is peculiar. The country I live in, Slovenia, has been having a crisis a...
Those who have actually studied at least some of the Pali Canon have some knowledge about which inferences are warranted or likely warranted, and whic...
This is the first thing I've read that sparks some doubt about Trump for me. Indeed, why didn't Trump get the armed forces involved after having lost ...
For one, because your position lacks empathy. And while you eagerly claim to empathize with others, it clearly doesn't matter to you whether the perso...
Except that you're not actually asking them why they refuse to get vaccinated. Those minuscule risks don't simply translate into minuscule strokes or ...
Actually, this is part of the standard problem of how statistical data based on large studies is presented by doctors to individual patients. It appea...
Not just here at the forums. More importantly, it's being fed to us by the government. What is worse, we can not communicate with the government, the ...
Some EU countries have been trying to scare people into getting vaccinated by making it a policy to publish the daily covid numbers (infected, hospita...
But you see no fault in Westerners eagerly buying those goods? Greed can make people believe all kinds of crazy things. Make no mistake: I despise Chi...
"Oh, look, a guy on the internet said that it's irrational not to get vaccinated! So let's just all get vaccinated!" - said noone ever. Can't you see ...
I suspect they would relate to that injustice only if they would be on the losing end of the no opt out game. Because generally, many people are perfe...
The onus is on those who want to persuade others. The terms of engagement stopped being equal the moment you express the expectation that some other p...
You're not "explaining" it, you're merely stating it. Still waiting for a link to the covid vaccination law. (And even if the US has one, many other c...
Is there a law in the US -- and do name it, post a link to it! -- according to which covid vaccination is mandatory? The issue in some EU countries is...
As noted above, some people do believe, by default, that life is a blessing and worth living. Such people cannot relate to your concern. You could per...
You're missing his point. His gripe is with those who made him, who made him exist (and more generally, with people making other people exist, and thu...
Indeed. From your link: The question is whether we should fully give in to the natural baseness of human nature, whether we should deem it absolute, t...
Agreed. Unless this belief (or, to the point: asserting this belief) is part of the realist's strategy to achieve his ends. It's not like it is really...
It seems that for all practical intents and purposes, (formal) logic is a response or reaction to what is intuitively felt as wrong thinking. In other...
This isn't just in the US, it's a global trend. Polarization (and simplificationism) appear to be the logical consequences of democracy. Democracy was...
Sure, in absolute terms, those numbers are increasing, but in relative terms, percentagewise? You don't have any actual data for this, do you? Do you ...
There's that saying -- "People of substance don't post much on internet forums." I agree with this, and its obviously ironic implication. In face to f...
It's not uncommon that we develop a theory (based on some evidence) and then this theory allows us to see (further) evidence that supports it. It's wh...
Ooops, that hit a nerve. I myself am actually in favor of idealism, my view is much in line with the Buddha's on this. But I am also painfully aware h...
Which is extremely difficult to prove, and even if the person wins the case in court, their career in the industry, or altogether, is probably over. E...
To what end? Merely to satisfy curiosity? If we start from the position that humans act purposefully, oriented toward a goal, then understanding is me...
No, the issue is the exact wording of the termination, not the actual reason for the termination. The wording has to be in accordance with the law for...
I can't say that I'm not glad to see that scientism and capitalism are digging their own grave. Granted, at an enormous cost to human life and to the ...
You should know better. There is less fault with the anti-vaccers, becuse their stance is a reaction, a revolt against the normalization of scientism,...
You said: The Buddha maintained that there is a final solution to the problem of suffering. So if you say that there is no "final" or complete solutio...
Meh. I sometimes go for days without even turning on the computer, I just don't have the time. I only recently got a smart phone, but I don't use it m...
Sure, and, as I said, it's a stance that is counterproductive for success in the world. People who think "it's all in their head" tend to end up in in...
For all practical intents and purposes, we agree that the Pali Canon is "the word of the Buddha". I'm not a Buddhist and my relationship with Buddhism...
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