I do not understand your reply. I've done nothing but explain why I'm right. Do you need a citation to prove that in 1634, Galileo was arrested and tr...
If it were that they think the answer is wrong, surely, they would explain in what way it's wrong - something they haven't done, and you haven't done,...
It doesn't work that way. People support law and order, not because they need telling what to do - but because it constrains their fellow man. If "Do ...
No he doesn't have a point. Crowely was a Satanist, and member of the Hellfire Club; a high society amoral debaucher. "Do what thou wilt" was intended...
Ex nihilo nihil fit - is logical, but logic is a consequence of the reality that springs into being from the big bang, establishing the existence of t...
I set out meaning and purpose, insofar as it's possible to discern: I disagree with the assertion that the earth is over-populated. An answer that doe...
Well, I'm not blinded by ideology. Advocating recognition of a scientific understanding of reality is a significant imposition on capitalism, because ...
Oh dear me banno - this began with Pantagruel saying something like: "The challenge is for people to use their gifts for the collective good." The col...
Yes, Malthus was wrong. Hurrah! I'm glad you admit that. Malthus is the spiritual father of the left wing, limits to growth, anti-capitalist, pay more...
No. I demonstrated the difference between a: Geometric progression 2, 4, 8, 16 etc, and an Arithmetic progression: 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. Malthus' argument w...
Generally speaking, people only starve these days as a consequence of political turmoil, war, natural disaster, disease - things of that kind. It's no...
The graph you posted has no relevance to the argument I'm making, or really - much of an implication to the argument Malthus made. He wasn't predictin...
In Essay on Population 1798, Thomas Malthus predicted that, because population grows geometrically - 2,4,8,16, etc - while productive land can only be...
The invisible hand is a mechanism - in capitalism, that allows for the production and distribution of goods and services without dictatorial political...
With all due respect - you and others are wrong. It's a matter of cause and effect that what is wrong cannot survive. The physiology and behaviour of ...
The question is one of purpose - of the meaning of life. I can not define an ultimate purpose for existence. I can show there's a truth relation betwe...
Sure. But you weren't trying to justify altruism. What you said is: Altruism and the collective good are not synonymous. That's merely the sheep's clo...
Capitalism and communism are systems of political economy. Reducing those to a distinction between selfishness and altruism is a caricature unworthy o...
It's not an age old question. Communism has failed. It came into the world around 1900 - basically just another form of slavery; committed several mas...
I assume Paterson's comments refer to the contents of the book - "The Feminine Mystique" - presumably containing accounts of comfortably bored suburba...
Thanks for your comments. Some good stuff here. Sadly, I've lost interest in the subject. Or rather, my attempt to discuss something other than how to...
200 years of capitalism suggests otherwise. The repeated, and often genocidal failures of communism, suggests otherwise. Man tends his own garden best...
I disagree with the assertion that the earth is over-populated. Rather, technology is misapplied. In fact, resources are a function of the energy avai...
I set out to know what's true, and have discovered something important to the survival of humankind. I'm trying to tell people about it. It's quite co...
I agree with all of this - other than the dog latin! Using the term "sui generis" is entirely at odds with the "pretty much state like" part of that s...
The EU is not devolved. The direction is the opposite. Competencies are devolved to the EU by sovereign nation states, and as a consequence, the EU mo...
It's a matter of being able to examine the belief - no more or less. Now I say that, I seem to recall some TV show, where they showed simple magic tri...
Apology accepted, however, I think we need to stick with human, adult brains - capable of knowing what things are, and having beliefs about them, and ...
Oh, yes it is! It's a little early for us to start thinking about children. We've only just met! Let's stick with adult brains, at least capable of kn...
I read your opening essay and banno's before I commented on this subject. What did you read before you wrote it? Anything? The problem with your essay...
Well, okay then creativesoul - good talk. Maybe give my approach a little more thought and get back to me if you wish to discuss it. I "believe" it's ...
You said: ...they believe that that proposition is true. The proposition is sometimes said to 'sit well' with the individual's other beliefs whenever ...
I read both arguments and see it differently. I suggest that belief is belief about the self. "The mouse ran behind the tree" is really, an abbreviati...
The idea of a federal Europe has a long history. After WWII Winston Churchill expressed a desire to see a country called Europe, and the 1957 Treaty o...
I've seen a few of Jordan Peterson's videos. He speaks very well, and I agree with much of what he says. But I have significant problems with his over...
UK and EU in row over bloc's diplomatic status. By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over t...
President Biden's inaugural speech was an appeal for unity in face of significant adversity, and that's all very well - but it might be viewed as an i...
We get the same thing. It's like they're advertising black people over here! I think I can get one on interest free credit! Did you notice a distinct ...
I'm currently reading a book entitled 'Despised' By Paul Embry - about the relationship between Labour and the working class. It is somewhat different...
Ultimately, there is no choice but to treat people as individuals. — counterpunch That was the first line of an argument that explains why it's necess...
I am not able to respond to your post because it doesn't seem to answer my question, and is expressed in terms that are opaque, jargonistic and inexac...
His skin colour ISN'T AN ISSUE FOR ME! — counterpunch Why 'ought' it? The question is whether a man was killed. What does his skin colour matter? Ulti...
You think being insulted will teach me to make better posts? That's a bit vague. What do you mean by better? You're a subjectivist. So you should cons...
Okay, let's go with that. I don't know what I'm talking about. You know better. Then why not explain it? This is a philosophy forum after all. What ca...
Right, because on a philosophy forum - who might imagine one could discuss ideas freely, without fear of being insulted, provoked and banned. If that'...
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