There's no essential difference between hoarding money (wealth) and hoarding any other resource. Imagine a scenario where seven people are shipwrecked...
You wrote: Wealth is basically hoarding, which you apparently believe is an inherently good thing, but it can used for wrong. I don’t see how hoarding...
Money is a medium of exchange. ‘Money’ as you use the term in this topic essentially means hoarding wealth or resources, and you apparently believe th...
Trump might be a good example. He’s continually ruthlessly ridiculed and yet appears to remain ever confident. Sociopathic narcissism could make him a...
Issues may come up in what we might call a ‘spiritual state of mind’ or whatever, and they may need to be dealt with in order to move forward, probabl...
That’s an odd description. You don’t think that neural tissue actually becomes necrotic, I trust. From what I understand the DMN (default mode network...
I need a consult. Yesterday I received an unexpected token rhyme from Terrapin Station. See: https://genius.com/The-grateful-dead-terrapin-station-med...
Meaning essentially that we can value both our intuition and our reasoning and may have a choice in how we respond to circumstances, given the luxury ...
With enough conditioning an abstract principle can become intuitive, I'm sure, but initially they are learned or reasoned out and may have no personal...
I agree, and think the fundamental principle translates to moral issues, such as abortion. No one likes abortion. It doesn't 'feel' good and we have t...
Not at all. Anyway, I’m thinking that losing your sense of self may feel like death, in a way. They say the experience can be terrifying. Buddhists of...
If you means there’s no way to rationalize it, isn’t this evidence for intuitionism? In studies of "moral dumbfounding" people have strong moral react...
As any halfway decent troll knows, the main targets to aim for are intelligence, morality, or social status. Publicly trashing any of these characteri...
If someone is using fallacies in order to 'win' an argument it can be frustrating at times. If it's really blatant I may point it out. I think if you'...
I meant if moving the topic was effective. A question best answered by an admin, I guess. And btw, many members fully know exactly which fallacy they'...
On closer inspection, he may have simply been stating his belief that he could render himself emotionless, and in that case there's no contradiction. ...
This is a poor analogy because a hazardous wet floor is equally relevant to both the hillbilly and the ivy league academic. Indeed it may be more rele...
In times of great grief you are completely emotionless? :chin: No, there’s no choice. We’re always feeling some range of excitement/boredom and pleasu...
It doesn’t follow that because there’s a significant portion of the forum membership that possess a particular quality that they should be catered to,...
I think it's uselessly simplistic to pin wars in history on religion. Indeed belief systems that bond and unify groups with common values and interest...
Religions or belief systems tend to bind groups with common values and goals together so they can function more cooperatively. Within the group this i...
On the contrary, it would be an accurate intuition or assessment, assuming the sign was current and relevant. Prominently publishing ‘basics’ to a gro...
It is unclear what you consider thought, thinking, or mind. Do you consider all mammals besides humans mindless, for instance? I will point out that t...
Small signs or impressions often work unconsciously and therefore may not employ a potential members critical thinking skills. The point is that if yo...
I always follow the herd so I disagree too. Prominently pinning the basics may give the impression that this forum is for people who need to be shown ...
I started reading a book some time ago called 'Against the Grain' which makes the claim that people had to be forced into an agrarian lifestyle, and t...
I’d like to read about it if you’ve published anything online or whatever. I checked for discussions you’ve started here but, remarkably for 6k posts,...
I think that public ownership of the means of production, cooperatives, economic planning, etc, would infringe upon libertarian love of individual lib...
– @"Terrapin Station" Sorry, this caught my interest but the topic had closed so I brought it here. It seems to me that a 'libertarian socialist' is b...
Meaningless??? People build entire religions around this stuff. Fictional?? The experiences are real and the particular brain states have even been id...
Right, but transcendent experiences do occur in human consciousness. How could they not? Conceptualizing the transcendent also occurs in human conscio...
I'd like to see a discussion about happiness that deals with two main approaches, namely materialism vs meaning, with participants arguing which is be...
Acquiring money is a rather specific goal, Occidendum, and in this way is not a good indicator of general intelligence. Indeed it’s not even an intell...
This is essentially how our minds work, we make decisions and then rationalize those decisions. Although we may have the ability to prime or condition...
Just out of curiosity, if acquiring money is your goal in life how exactly are you training yourself to achieve it? Philosophizing doesn’t seem like a...
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