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You wrote: This implies you may be claiming that emptiness in the Theravada sense means that things do have inherent existence or nature. That's stupi...

I fight the good fight because all the tyranny of stupidity needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Thank you William Shatner for taking a risk and being the oldest fucker to ever be expelled into outer space, and for being such a dramatic actor. htt...

Of course, Jesus advised against casting pearls before swine, for instance. Pearl before swine, my friend, pearls before swine.

Nope. God sent a whale to swallow Jonah and save him from drowning. The whale later barfed him up unharmed. :halo:

Whales never eat people, not even killer whales.

I don’t see how your sadistic appetite is relevant to our little chat. If we just look at the aspect of CBT, there is a large body of evidence that in...

Hence the often misquoted line "To be or not to be, I'm cool either way.."

Looks like it has the full video University lecture series. I signed up but didn’t pay the $50 for certification so I won’t be a bonafide CCV (climate...

A lot of books on climate change. Would be nice to know which was a good one that focuses on the science.

You’re one of the laziest trolls I’ve seen.

It is, but there are worse things, like backstreet abortions, or children being raised in impoverished conditions.

Modern-day stoicism is all about well-being, and well-being is not opposed to a proper (not deficient or excessive) sense of pride and dignity. Indeed...

You're claiming that Theravada Buddhists believe that things do have inherent existence or nature? If so, you're obviously very wrong.

You were saying something about the modern stoic being prone to quietism and I speculated that the pantheist may be more prone to quietism than the mo...

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This isn’t a very objectionable claim, being so oddly expressed, but it feels like I should object, so I will object, and demand that you at least try...

Yesterday I was engaged in a sporting activity that didn’t go well and I remember feeling that I had a “heavy heart” when leaving it. That down in the...

Xuit has nothing to do with luck. Go ahead and take another guess.

Why is it so hard for you to be honest? What is Xuit? You don’t know because I haven’t defined it.

For the eleventh time, in order to define something you need to specify it’s unique attributes. Your definition only identifies information, human con...

Completely in character, @"Pop" completely ignores the fact.

A few basic reasons are that either the object wasn’t framed as art, or that the observer didn’t recognize it as art, or that the observer recognizes ...

It’s not news that culture and art develop. The issue highlighted in the example is that hanging a piece of rubbish on the wall could be seen as a ref...

Interesting statistics. One of the most striking differences is the percentage of stories framed around leadership/character vs policy/agenda, with 74...

You’re starting to talk like Trump, at least when you’re too rushed to consult a dictionary. And the fevered media treatment, seriously? Biden can’t u...

No. For example, an artist pins a banana to a wall and says that it’s art. Many people agree that it’s art, but many others disagree that it’s art. Ho...

If something has “nothing whatsoever” to do with qualitative distinctiveness then why should it offend?

I'll go through it step by step. You compare Pop's claim that "Art work is information about the artist’s consciousness" with actuarial tables. If the...

Strange take, I don’t know anyone who is offended by an actuarial table, or anyone who’s not emotionally affected by artistic quality.

Speaking of melodrama. That’s super cool and all, but what use is it? You claim that it will put art back into the hands of intellectuals and artists,...

Long ago I read a book about centenarians and if I recall correctly, the theme that I derived from the personal stories basically corresponded to Newt...

Aestheticism emphasizes aesthetic value and effects. It doesn’t deny other positions so this can’t be said to be a definition of art. What are you thi...

Just the excuse I needed to get a 3D printer. Goodbye fiestaware.

Maybe it would help if you thought like a Trump supporter. I’m sure they could come up with all kinds of examples where liberals actually punish the u...

You mentioned this actual policy and ask us to compare it with something but neglect to give a comparison.

If you’re referring to Tim Wood’s comments about preventing Trump supporters from voting, that’s punishing Trump supporters, and it’s not actual polic...

So help me out. It shouldn’t be that much trouble.

You gave an example for conservatives but neglected to give one for liberals.

You’re saying that silencing opposition and controlling the truth may both be strategic power plays?

You can’t blame him, my ego would definitely want to disown that irrational hostility.

Claiming that art is an expression of consciousness in no way contradicts aestheticism. It’s as though you’re saying that defining art as an expressio...

Dumb fascist that I am, I still don’t get it. You’re saying that you can’t tell truth from lies?

And funny.

I normally add it to salads but occasionally sauté it with avocado oil, onion, garlic, and fresh ground pepper and salt. Like spinach, a big gob of it...

A little refresher on a couple of words and their meaning. Advocate To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly. Co...

I meant similar to the bar. A show of basic competency that relates specifically to voting, whatever that may be. For example, one question might be: ...

Maybe earning the right to vote by passing an examination like the bar exam. Though even if preparation for the examination was made freely available ...

Influence is my art form. :nerd: But seriously, earlier you wrote: It’s not clear how this will change anything. Could you enlighten us? Also, those w...

I don’t know what you mean.