praxis

Well, I’ve been trying varieties like yogurt, kombucha, and kimchi lately. Enjoyable regardless of any microbial benefits. But yeah, I must have been ...

Congrats. You might want to consider consuming probiotics of some kind to help along the microbial recolonization of your gut tract.

Any thing is a useful concept and therefore has value, if only in a utilitarian sense. What is any thing? Anything. How to prove its value? Try referr...

Priests swapping jobs with nuns? Pointless.

A democratic socialist.

I'm curious what the circumstances have been for you. I've engaged this sort of thing in religious based forums, but where I differ from you is in tha...

I voted to delegitimize the Republican Party (in its current state anyway), though I don't think it'll matter much were I live.

An aesthetic experience, like a ‘flow’ experiences or task positive activities, all have a common neural state which is understood to be a deactivatio...

Indeed. https://multifiles.pressherald.com/uploads/sites/4/2016/12/1120607_176281_20160906_graffiti001.jpg

There are a few possibilities: Art for aesthetic pleasure. Art to communicate some idea or concept, enhanced aesthetically. Art to communicate a relig...

A child or otherwise ignorant individual may need to rely on the security and guidance of a shared belief system because they don’t have a good grasp ...

Nothing is preventing you from creating a topic that explores all sides of Nazism. Maybe you’re afraid of being stigmatized? A true philosopher is fea...

I forgot to mention the Soros funded toothpicks. That ham is gonna get skewered and served on a plate with cheese & crackers.

http://wagnercreativegroup.com/breit.png

Ah. Love will conquer all, so they say.

Cute, but shouldn't they have designed you to be a bit more... how can I say this delicately, smart.

That was before my time. Sorry you had to live through it, you old geezer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkPhStCiDE

I guess I'm only saying that people tend to pursue shortsighted goals, despite how irrational that may be. Do we need to look any farther than ourselv...

You wanted to discuss public perception of existential threats. My point is that it can be largely shaped by the media and influential figures who may...

Don’t worry, the threat will be forgotten after Tuesday.

The top of the pile today is the invasion force (destitute asylum seekers) header for the US Southern border. Trump wants to send 15,000 troops to sto...

One significant difference is that one has been politicized and the other hasn't. Perhaps Trump will try to politicize the threat of meteor impacts in...

I would like to comment on one last thing. Besides what Karl mentioned, it can be a tactic to try getting to know someone better by seeing how they re...

To be fair, the doom part isn’t nonsensical. The alleged cause and hint of a solution (“some governing mechanism”) is. Anyway, for what it’s worth, I’...

No one has said it's impossible, and most people know there are cultures who possess values not based in materialism. We may even recognize that such ...

Have you heard of the ocean cleanup project? (https://www.theoceancleanup.com) I think it's at least partly funded by recycling, but in any case, I be...

“Science culture” is selling us an outdated paradigm of greed???

If I encouraged you to insult Trump supporters the encouraging statements would be factual. Whether or not you insulted any, it would be an open quest...

I just watch a TYT video about the "MAGA bomber" just now and they said it's a question whether Trump is at fault for the bombers actions. They say th...

That's an odd thought, and you haven't yet addressed the issue of the need for advanced knowledge in the development of "some governing mechanism" tha...

Burning fossil fuel is pretty low tech and modest in power. Can we afford the results? People tend to abuse all valuable resources and not just knowle...

I could honestly state that as well. Trump’s speeches are mind-numbing. I don’t know how anyone could listen all the way through one. And in any case,...

I've pointed out that the president has significant influential power. Do you disagree? Also, I wrote: I didn't say that "he caused the violence" but ...

Lol Only two simple steps to saving the world: Step 1 Suggest that some mechanisms will cure cancer, feed the world, end war, fix climate change, etc ...

If Trump weren't president then he wouldn't need to be responsible for the influential power of the position. But he is president, unfortunately. And ...

I recall reading about newer research that shows nerve connectivity between the organs responsible for immune function and the brain. They found more ...

I don't believe this is true. Can you show where such a claim is made?

No. Are any news networks making this claim? I believe it's reasonable to claim that the president of the US has a significant degree of influential p...

Why did the pipe boomer send one of his packages to CNN rather than Fox? Maybe he was working alphabetically?

By the brain releasing particular neurochemicals, I would guess.

It's not a problem, it's a correction. There is no type of person, discipline, organization, or government that can reliably take a parental role for ...

No.

I imagine that low self-esteem has various expressions. This seems rather limited in view.

I think that ego has more to do with self-esteem and identity with the particulars that define a person. A person may have low self-esteem and identif...

??? I wrote: Did you not read this the first time around? Do you think anyone is falling for your bullcrap?

You're kinda all over the place so I'm not sure. Is that by design? Anyway, one thing that bugs is how you seem to strongly associate identity with eg...

Being calm and composed doesn’t come naturally to me at all. I really need to work for it. In any case, I don’t see how this relates.

Your claim was that this is a matter of common sense and yet you appear unable to make any sense out of it. For children, there are adults who can res...

So who are these ‘adults’ (enlightened folk like yourself?) that will limit the powers available to the ‘children’? Common sense can be frightening.