praxis

Can you show any evidence of that happening in the 70’s? Evidence would be convincing.

I would freely divulge my conscious insecurities but I don’t want to bore anyone, and we’ve stayed far enough from the topic as it is. You shouldn’t b...

Funny you would say such a thing, I received a PM today from Outlander demanding that I “hush” because he fears that you are suicidal. Is that a hoax ...

I doubt anyone would claim that Americans are among those with the greatest lack of well-being, at least not in the material sense. Millions of childr...

It is not generally regarded as immoral though. The so called American Dream, for example, is highly praised by much of the world.

To enact this replacement they mention three bases of power or influence: the media, education, and the courts. Somehow these were used to convince or...

It’s not entirely subjective, for instance, there ways to physically measure stress and serotonin levels, which correlate to mental well-being. The mo...

What country are you from?

You mean like that the-shy-is-falling climate change bullshit or that Trump is Hitler reincarnated? The latter is definitely true. :scream:

I was merely attempting to simultaneously explain your aversion to them and amuse myself. Only questionable stories need defending. You choose to whin...

What makes it an issue is our glorious leader saying things like the following at campaign rallies: Such comments are designed to appeal to the conser...

If your mental gymnastics were more entertaining I might engage with more of them, but I haven’t completely disengaged. I don’t know what to make of y...

So why would Madworld be inclined to vote for a candidate based on the criteria that they support late-stage abortion restrictions? We need a better c...

I seriously have no idea of what you’re babbling about with that. Working class Trump supporters working against their own interests is entirely sense...

I wasn’t talking about Nietz and the faltering was hypothetical, a review of the posts above will reveal. Also, I couldn’t answer because I don’t know...

I doubt that Pfhorrest’s philosophy is based on mere faith. So don’t be hung-up with the notion of faith. It’s not only about religious belief.

I suppose the middle ground here is faith in one’s reasoning. Pfhorrest spoke of rejection, of two things, and it being core to his philosophy, so if ...

Sound philosophical reasoning is still questionable, right? and a pursuit, of truth or wisdom or whatever, and one can be faithful to that pursuit.

I think it’s more a question of valuing sense pleasure/immediate gratification vs something more eudaemonic, which may be why I find this discussion a...

The r/whoosh continues. :yawn: My stating that I was parroting a narrative is indeed an admission of narrative recitation and proves your point, such ...

If anything I’m parroting a Trumpian narrative. He prides himself on cutting taxes, deregulation, installing conservative Supreme Court judges, and th...

I’m pretty sure that science informs us that processed food, refined sugars, fat, overeating, drinking, lack of exercise, smoking, drugs, etc etc, isn...

They’re not controversial. You haven’t contested them yourself, in fact, which lead me to believe that you accept them. Let’s keep my chakras out of t...

You’re contradicting yourself and in that way I can see a Trumpian affinity, but in reasoning, you say that you’re not a fan of that which you would c...

So you hope for a Trump-like win in your country in ten years? Tax cuts for the rich, a judicial system further skewed to favor the rich and powerful,...

Eastern European, right? like where NOS’s employer is from.

The right thing, in certain circumstances, could be considered a dereliction of duty, where the difference is between a moral sense of loyalty or resp...

It’s a very big mistake to assume that people are rational, or that we’re not all prone to social influence. I was a little surprised recently to read...

I thought ‘well-being‘ was a more common translation for eudaemonia. I’ve read several books on stoicism recently, btw, and don’t recall ‘flourishing’...

That’s what I suspected. No doubt many of the Trump culties believe that they’re somehow already paying half for their Benzos and such, so, mission ac...

Isn’t that the deep ecology guy? If memory serves, he calls for a greatly reduced human population.

Just teasing, I imagine he meant religiosity.

:razz: And by executive order, no less.

So you have no faith in your philosophy?

The point is that, as the term implies, it does so ‘selfishly’. This selfishness is expressed in your own theory that morality is based on human flour...

Genes propagate when the carriers survive, merely. Our species is a significant line differentiation, but it’s only one layer out of many possible dis...

It’s touching but for me not as haunting as similar films I’ve seen. It actually felt a bit formulaic.

We’re all prone to tribalism and the primary function of moral frameworks is to bond the tribe, in whatever form the tribe may exist. It’s a very succ...

You couldn’t be more wrong. At best, they may have been convinced that they served the immediate goals of their tribes. How else to explain the curren...

If I follow your meaning, no and no. What you're talking about are sense patterns or mental representations. We couldn't recognize sandpaper or a part...

Well, it’s kinda hard to tell how often others wash their hands, touch their faces, social distance, etc. from just looking at them. A mask, on the ot...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gsaO3v4SvwA

I think that’s why he used bold type, trying to make it appear meaningful.

https://twitter.com/SBRSportsPicks/status/1282425879906394113 This darl'n should be fired for not keeping up with the party-line. Trump loves masks no...

He probably doesn’t have a choice. Gotta stand by your partners in crime or they’ll take you down with them.

Ultimate truth is the worst thing one could reify, in my opinion. Btw, I didn’t recognize you with the Frida avatar until just now when your thoughts/...

Wow, there’s roughing it and then there’s putting your feet up in a pseudo log cabin in Idaho. Don’t forget to try the potatoes while you’re there. Sh...

You’re right, it’s rather uncool of the wayfarer to hypocritically reify the ultimate truth. This is an essential aspect of religion. After all, what ...

As far as I'm aware, "realization" in Buddhism (the perspective that I assume you believe in) refers to the realization of emptiness, so what other ul...

Emptiness is the ultimate truth? Not much practical value, you must admit, other than stress relief and perhaps something to build a religion around.