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Rather, it's that one is a weakling, a wimp, if one isn't able to take part in such a society. And they certainly don't think of themselves as "haught...

I seriously doubt this is often the case. It seems to me that more often, it's about "If you can't beat them, join them".

I asked this two weeks ago. Jesus, how time flies! My question still stands.

Something is only understandable to someone, to a person, not somehow per se. People differ vastly in what they are able and willing to engage in and ...

Why should a person address their cultural biases??

I'm not a Buddhist, so I wouldn't know. But from what I've come to know of Buddhists, being a hardcore motherfucker is perfectly in order.

Of course. But in terms of structure, it's relevant to distinguish between analytic and synthetic languages. As a native speaker of a highly synthetic...

*sigh* You do realize that I'm not religious, have said so, and am fiercely critical of religion, which I have also made clear, extensively (to the po...

What does it mean "to learn from experience"? Just because one experiences something, doesn't mean one will learn something from it. For example, peop...

Not at all. Your point is that it's only some (young) people who "believe that their rights supersede others rights" etc. etc. I'm such such beliefs a...

And then there's that striking similarity between a zombie and an individualist ...

But teeth do rot, hair does grey, skin does wrinkle.

Good luck to you and Witti with explaining advanced math or engineering to preschoolers! The issue at hand is jargon, not private language.

*sigh* What I've been saying is that "philosophy" and "religion" are two categories. This isn't intended to rationalize immunity from critical examina...

And using the definitive article before "hoi polloi" makes one a real uneducated worldling. :razz:

There is no place for idealism in religion or spirituality.

Enter random mutation and evolution being a non-purposeful process. We can still insist that survival is the sole criteria, it's just that in the face...

Is English the easiest language to learn? I think a lot depends on the prospective learner's native language and how it differs from or how similar it...

Be a hardcore motherfucker. Jesus, the virtue signalling!

IOW, the history of mankind. Duh.

I'm asking if you're bothered by any of it. Remember, my point that started this was that happiness and value "need to come with a sense of being apri...

My question was: Can you complete the sentences in a way that doesn't feel like something is lacking or remiss? You've completed the sentences. Are yo...

Apportioning blame is often a power strategy, and when used that way has nothing to do with actual causation. If one can successfully pin the blame on...

And of course there are good quality products made in China. It's just that they cost as much as those made in Switzerland.

There you go. And by now, the issue has become systemic, so that for the individual person, it would often be socio-economic suicide to try to buy onl...

No. That's shortsighted. What we should campaign against is the desire to get more for less. Against greed. Against the desire to keep up the appearan...

How can one hope to understand a term without immersing oneself in the field of expertise from which this term originates?

Why is German "unsatisfactory" to people who want to speak Italian? It's bizarre that one religion should employ concepts that another religion finds ...

Consider completing the following sentences: "My happiness is based on ..." "What I value is based on ..." Can you complete the sentences in a way tha...

*sigh* Suit yourself. I'm leaving you to heavens and to the thorns that in your bosom lodge to prick and sting you.

Fuck you for this. You don't read posts. I'm not going to defend claims you merely imagine I made.

Oh? Would you say that if you cannot explain, say, advanced math to someone who totally isn't into math, or to a small child, this means that " it's m...

Pa?iccasamupp?da explains these things. Unless you think that pa?iccasamupp?da requires an additional explanation/context/foundation?

People differ in how much need for cognition they have, from Wiki: The need for cognition (NFC), in psychology, is a personality variable reflecting t...

Not at all. I'm just a Western female who happens to have an innate interest in Early Buddhism. A very bad combination with very bad consequences.

Because the prospect of ruling over the world is so attractive.

The two of you don't seem to understand the epistemic and normative nature of religious claims. There's a reason why "philosophy" and "religion" are t...

No, I mean in general, about anything. You're flying first class, I'm flying coach. I have no doubt that your experience with Buddhism was markedly di...

"Nebulous" is certainly not the word I would use. I think the Early Buddhist take on rebirth is so complex and requires one to keep in mind so much do...

You externalize.

A psychologist saying this?? Surely you don't mean it. Else they'll draw and quarter you! Yeah. Externalizing rocks.

So that unless one is blessed with great intelligence to master advanced math and such, one is stuck in being Amelie? Oy vey.

I think that to pursue an answer to this question will necessarily lead to an unsatisfactory result, because both happiness and value need to come wit...

It's not uncommon for religious/spiritual people to claim that theirs is "not a religion" but that it "is the truth". I've seen Christians do this, an...

Yay!!!!

I think the whole idea of there being Red and Blue states within one country is insane. It's a miracle the US has any semblance of functionality at al...

A fish stinks from the head. The American political system is, in most states, based on the motto "winner takes all". As long as this is in place, in ...

Yes. Neither the solipsist nor the realist have any notion of "perspective" (other than in the sense of 'wrong/faulty', as in "People who see things f...

Yes. As (right-wing) authoritarian mentality. The thing about noble friendship (kalyanamittata) is that it bears very little resemblance to ordinary f...

What are you talking about?? He and I are having a discussion here too. I'm getting tired of all these balls I'm supposed to drag around ...