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For once we agree, anything short of "the next Hitler" looks pretty good and better than expected.

A vague and tenuous connection to sound logical principles. :chin: :lol: I think you’re guilty of seeing what you want to see. I could point out some ...

The promise of a warning doesn’t give me any peace of mind, and if I were warned I don’t think my behavior would change. If I were in the middle of an...

Obama brought the country out of the Great Recession, and was re-elected. I think that even Trump’s supporters realize on some level that he’s far too...

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Consciousness is what it feels like when your brain is working.

I assume you're joking, a wide range of things could disrupt so fragile an economy. Not the current administrations' fault, though I think it could be...

11. No top 11 lists.

Someone discovered empirical evidence for karma, rebirth, etc. and didn’t tell me? :sad: The alleged simplicity has you expressing curious thoughts li...

I hate to nitpick but he might have included stuff like time or gravity. Maybe he wasn't as observant as they say. According to the doctrine, imperman...

That’s an odd take on Buddhism, a basic tenet being that everything is impermanent.

I've been practicing that with swimming, taking 5-9 strokes between breaths at a moderate pace. Can feel a slight headache sometimes.

The topic is about happiness, isn't it? Granted there's an amount of satisfaction that can be gained in merely pursuing a goal, of any sort, and achie...

That sounds like a bad habit to me, and bad advice to reinforce it. You are a victim of cultural conditioning.

It convinced me to become a dedicated nose breather. I had already been doing some breath work in meditation over the last few years but have stepped ...

:grin: Instances of realization appears to have the unfortunate effect of inflating the ego in many cases, oddly enough.

@"Baden" Speaking badly of moderators, is that 'Baden' like I'm a baden (bad guy or badass)?

I read through quite a few of his posts (here and Facebook) to get a better sense of him, because I questioned honesty. I believe he’s sincere. And ye...

Never underestimate the importance of banning ernest.

The artist stated that he doesn't "want the dogs of Manhattan to feel left out of the pee party." Seems pretty decent of him.

How so?

The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor A fascinating book, well written, and important for anyon...

At the risk of being indelicate, if you’re living in the same neighborhood it would be somewhat irresponsible of you to get another cat, being that if...

Either wavey or particley, depending on if you checked on their progress through the slits.

Banned in the midsts of my rapport building. :sad:

Taking Nuke’s advise... Hello, rec, and welcome to the forum. That’s a valid point and indeed I am myself a quarter Mexican. My inclination to wish we...

It makes sense, it just initially struck me as odd, then I recalled how religion can tightly bind a community, and, necessarily exclude all outsiders....

Did you need them to? And you experienced this divine presence, as something separate from yourself? It's a curious thought that a majority is require...

I wouldn't worry about it. His position is so tenuous that he's rendered himself speechless. Funny you should put it that way because I was thinking t...

No, only three sentences after this you say the objective is "reaching policy objectives." Can that be achieved by everyone but Trump supporters overc...

I can appreciate your personal assessment and acknowledge the quality of equanimity in your manner. Nevertheless, your brain is irrevocably linked to ...

You joke, but it’s not a joke for the people you’re talking about, who’ve been lead to hold all sorts of absurd prejudices. How do you deal with preju...

Obviously. I guess that if you addressed the question at all you would be arguing against yourself. Maybe @"Punshhh" is braver than you?

I hate to state the obvious but if something is impossible to recall or imagine then how can you recall or imagine it? You just described it as the wo...

I've interpreted what Possibility has written about it to be like a dimension of measurement, if that makes sense. Affect is a dimension like depth is...

Feeling uncomfortable about it I scanned through some of his Facebook posts to try and get a sense of Ernest. Best guess is that he's entirely serious...

I'm sure it would help if you familiarized yourself with: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

I just hope he posts more after returning from the ER so I can watch this play out.

Cuz I'm not sitting on any.

The intent is interesting to consider. The guy's not psychotic so, what's the cool intent about? According to moral foundations theory, liberals prima...

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That part made me laugh, thanks. :point:

No time now but I'll check it out.

I got this gist when I read through a collection of your posts on various topics, and you now explicitly say, "it has nothing to do with survival, dom...

There are, as Michael pointed out, but the few hardcore ones of the kind you've been describing tend not to last long, and their motivations are dubio...

I don’t follow, there really are no Trump supporters on this forum of the sort you describe.

Somehow I don’t think that a public “there there now, you have reasonable concerns” will do the trick. Validation may be a good starting point but it ...

I don’t know Facebook that well but don’t you still have to accept ‘friend’ requests? Or maybe you can’t read a room so good?

This is the essence of my issue with your theory, at least as far as I currently know or understand it. We value awareness, connection, and collaborat...

I wrote a sincere post about my impression of information theory as you requested. It's your choice to respond, of course, but it's indisputable evide...