praxis

I agree that an atheist can be just as irrational as any theist, if that’s what you’re suggesting. And we do indeed all have shared fictions, some dee...

But not necessarily atheists, who hold that a god or gods don’t exist. An atheist may subscribe to a metaphysics that in some way allows for a continu...

I'm sure social animals can be conditioned to have maladaptive responses to situations and in that way be considered irrational. And social animals ca...

Much more practical, though you run the risk of the elderly person not fully grasping the gravity of the situation, in which case things could quickly...

Avoid, unless I had a high degree of confidence that I wasn't a carrier (I don't currently), or if I wore a mask and gloves that I had a high degree o...

Climate change, mass extinctions, pollution... Oh, sorry, I got hysterical there for a moment.

It entails getting within transmittable range of a vulnerable person, in your case, unless you two coordinated otherwise. It also entails direct conta...

How many people are you willing to support sacrificing? https://dfw.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909545/2019/09/witney1.jpg?resize=620,349

As is your habit, you contradict yourself. Humans have the capacity to feel AND think, and we have the gift of foresight, at least some of us, so it i...

Institutional facts arise out of collective intentionality. With this understanding, how would you say something like religion develops?

I was half kidding. The fact is that the dynamics of good-samaritanship have changed. If you want to help the elderly you need to protect them from yo...

If you were close enough perhaps you transferred the virus to her, and her being elderly essentially killed her. Good going, a-hole.

I'm thinking that the 'glue' of a shared fiction is in the perceived value or 'promise', if you will, that it contains. Things like money and religion...

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I’ve read Sapiens. 1) I suppose that’s true. 2) Prolonged anxiety may have a tendency to lead to clinical depression. Sapiens may be unique in our cap...

Perhaps arguably, the deactivation of the DMN (neuological Buddhist ideal) can result in more efficient functioning, particularly of an overactive DMN...

The takeaway might be that the pursuit of well-being might possibly be better than the pursuit we are trained for by missionaries or whoever.

FYI: everyone in hunter gather societies actually have a lot of time to sit around and bullshit. Far more than us fools on the capitalist hamster whee...

Buddhists believe that discernment is an essential aspect of practice, however, that itself can’t resolve the problem of suffering (attachment to self...

Simply saying “not a lie” is, quite frankly, beyond idiotic. Those lies were cut and pasted from politifact.org and I could cut and paste the facts th...

Right, a capitalists definition of well-being. What is that exactly?

Well-being is not self-sacrificial, nor is it apparently an incentive that is ever in place in a capitalist society.

Yes, psychedelics deactivate the DMN (Default Mode Network) which is the neural network that’s responsible for our sense of self, personal narrative, ...

The thing that loses a sense of self is the self?

From some other perspective, a billion years is a blink of an eye. Regardless, we know that it will eventually burnout. Yet we all endow people and th...

That made me laugh out loud.

No-self simply means that no enduring changeless thing can exist. It applies equally to everything and not just the self. Everything is an illusion, o...

Can't help thinking about this. You say it as though it's some sort of economic principle. I think it's a statement of values, like saying that a soci...

Just a few of my favs:

Well, it’s just an anecdote so let’s dismiss it. I concede all of your fine points.

About six years ago my wife and I were in a transition, moved to another state, and considered Obamacare between employers. It was affordable. We ende...

Apparently you can't read or write well.

A little detail like the claim of "massive" taxation and regulation? I can see how that would get in the way. Affordable as in meaning that around 30 ...

Stimulus deal bars Trump's businesses from Treasury Department loans @"Nobeernolife" Damn, I was all geared up to get deranged about this.

It seems like a prelude to war metaphors. A good American should be willing to die for their country. The suggestion that our culture (our values, bel...

Reminds me of something I read just a few minutes ago: The country (essentially our culture?) is the economy? How fucked-up is that.

No, just a lack of imagination.

To be fair, for that remark you’re gonna have to let nobrainnolife rant about TDS for around the 40th time. nobeernolife + TDS = 38 results Talk about...

If you do a quick google check, a figure of 10k comes up for deaths linked to the great recession suicides. That doesn't begin to compare with the est...

Looking to thinkers online for stability is a by-product of loving people? Nevermind. :smile:

It makes buying health insurance within reach for more Americans. In regard to efficiency, the US spends much more per capita than other developed cou...

You doubt that the ACA resulted in millions more Americans with health insurance?

Frankly, it sounds like you’re in a greater need for stability than we are. I suggest you try to find it in whatever way works best for you.

I did forget to mention Trump’s failure to repeal and replace the ACA. Not to worry though, if he’s reelected they’re on track to make healthcare insu...

Everyone can see Trump’s failure in reviving coal and the industrial sector in general, at least in terms of jobs, so investing in green tech, as well...

I imagine that progressive green new deals may start looking more reasonable to conservatives in the near future.

Disturbing, however, perhaps he paints a dire landscape in order to garner support for Diem25?

Reduce globalism? And his wall isn’t built yet so the hordes of bad hombres are still invading our country!

Yes, of course it’s not. At least you’re able to admit that. Good, the first step to addressing a problem is knowing of its existence.

A cartoonist AND hypnotist. He’s definitely managed to influence you on a deep level (below the intellect). You were politely asked to present an argu...