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That's an interesting thing. There are many things to value in life. I suppose biologically we are indeed pre-programmed to like or otherwise have a p...

Noam Chomsky isn't just one guy. Hint; think bout the audience he appeals to...

Chomsky has been over this issue a million times. I don't see why us liberals can't take his word for it, as if making a mistake by appealing to his a...

I literally think that if Islamic states could form some representative union in regards to Islam as a whole, then the extremist and radical elements ...

Does anyone else feel that Islam needs a representative to defend itself from accusations and the blattent vilification against it? Who or what would ...

Here's a video of a hummingbird snoring in case anyone is bored. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uEfmQt34Nc

Must be a conspiracy. Happens.

I'm illiterate and uneducated, crucify me. If it were not for Grammarly and spell-check, I'd be banned already.

Yeah, so where are all the Muslims denouncing the actions of extremist Muslims? That question is very complex. First, we should recognize that there r...

So then, the issue boils down to a couple of things. 1. Are we ignorant, when condemning a religion by the actions of a few twisted men? 2. Is there a...

That's not my point here. My point is that a few people (Hitler, radical Muslims, etc.) ought not and should not hijack a religion based on the acts o...

Well, I'm quite sure Nazi Germany thought of itself as the continuation of the Holy Roman Empire, which they admired greatly in their pictorial depict...

Context, context, context A good follow up question to the lady in the debate is something of the sort: Has the number went up since 2001 or gone down...

It was certainly a pretext for war, was it not?

Yeah, yeah, we all know that actions speak louder than words. So, why hijack the political narrative and not give the other 85% (?) a voice too?

Of it being True, what can have greater value than truth?

Yes, that is a categorical fallacy. Just as Hitler didn't represent the entire population of Germany, so neither do a few radical Muslims.

I might be talking out of my ass; but, Nazi Germany waged their own holy war against inferior infidels in the name of Christianity/Christ. You don't s...

We obviously don't call an act of terror by white Christian supremacists as 'radical Christianity/Christians'; but, are willing so promptly to justify...

Now, there's your big fat fallacy if there ever was one. An overgeneralization of epic proportions as well as a fallacy of composition and well, a lot...

Ahh, the hypocrisy. As if the West was innocent and as civilized as we say we are. I have been reading this around here and there, that the only thing...

All this talk about value... What a subjective thing value is. Depression is a form of nihilism, which in of itself is quite an objective conclusion t...

The thing that gets me about American conservativism is how it has gotten rotten to the established plutocracy and elite (same thing basically). We al...

I think we don't have to resort to judgments like those at the end of your comment. For the most part, given Russia's fat bottom pyramid demographics,...

How dark. How do you explain the contradiction in your views for a country to develop rapidly, and the rather contradiction you see, as you described ...

Wish we had some Russian members who could post what they think around here. Would be nice to get a change in POV's about various issues. Yeah, these ...

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

That depends on whether you're willing to make the strict claim that beliefs are all material. But, then if we suppose that for a moment, how do you e...

As of late, well not really as of late; but, more so than not, I've become obsessed with Putin. I mean, the guy is OG as us youngsters call 'cool' peo...

So, the placebo effect is just superstition gone wild?

Here's a picture of Putin just watching from the sidelines. https://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20161022_LDD001_...

True that. I guess time will tell.

Seems like we're out of the Paris Climate agreement. Oh well. At least we know that Trump has now a zero chance at reelection.

I'm informed about not being informed.

I guess this is just me whining about why people tend to appeal to ideals when the fact of the matter is that historically idealistic notions of gover...

Yet, you have some of the most prominent philosophers appealing to idealistic notions of governance or appealing to emotions (most notably Marx) about...

Well, I mean that any conception of 'the future' is dependent on some concept of the past by an individual. So, to answer my own question, so it would...

Well, I hope it will be a while longer, just so that you can post here and share the wealth in wisdom and knowledge. While this is true, there's one e...

Hmm. Maybe the question was ill framed or deserves a clear and concise 'another topic.

I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but, is it possible for the future to have a meaning regardless of (time) age?

You cant unseen what has been unseen.

Haha, I guess. Though curiosity without diligent determination leaves you laying in bed all day long entertaining every though that comes up. There's ...

Well, the quantifier for intelligence is usually said person's IQ level. But, to answer your question, (and this is my opinion), there's really no sub...

Depression also goes by another name, which I was wondering what some of you think about. Namely, 'learned-helplessness'. There's also a less stigmati...

There's a funny thing about intelligence. It seems that too much of it tends to land you in a twilight zone of various issues. Many people with high I...

That's silly. Many people struggle with depression and can't come out of that state due to other reasons than 'lack of effort' or 'lack of willpower'....

I would argue that depression is so hard to treat because we are in some sense the slave to our passions. How else would you explain the difficulty in...

The thing is that not everyone responds to medication, or even if they do respond the efficacy isn't great enough. The same however doesn't seem to ap...

In the same boat. It's double the struggle because negative symptoms are rarely effectively treated while the positive ones are at bay. Amphetamines a...

I posted something a while ago about Hume vs. CBT over at the old philosophy forum (now defunct). My argument was basically, that if reason or rationa...