Eh. I think he knew of certain risks involved in invading Ukraine, but I have doubts he would have done so had he known the extent of these sanctions,...
This is true, almost always the case. There is nothing but diminishing returns now. Obviously even beginning the war was pretty bad, but more than a m...
I was looking at just that. Here's the problem. I think most of us can attest to the extremely dubious record of US intelligence in the not too distan...
So Russia is setting up a service in which payments received for natural gas will be converted from Euros to roubles, because Germany and other countr...
These terms, these terms... can cause a serious block in thinking. Whereas it is true that "naturalism" as commonly used in contemporary philosophy is...
They differ though. Goff calls himself a "Russelian Monist", or a "neutral monist", so the stuff of nature is neither mind nor matter. Strawson, being...
There are many forms and articulations of panpsychism. The one I know well is Galen Strawson's. The gist of it is that the basic constituents of reali...
And Nature will win, she eventually always does. But we fight it for a bit. Going back to the OP, it looks like Russia is now using mercenaries to fig...
All roads lead back to Hume on this one, with much merit of course, he gave the topic the fame it deserves and noted the massive issues involved. So w...
Well it's gone pretty badly if he had this in mind - having so many soldiers killed must be embarrasing. At this point, I don't know what he may have ...
Europe won't be able to get enough supplies for its energy demands this year if Russia stops the flow. Next year, perhaps, very hard to imagine that h...
Well, by now, I think it's not relevant to science really. Most scientists simply do experiments without assuming any metaphysical stance. There are e...
It is a good question, one would think they would be more readily admitted here, which in a sense they are, but not as much as one would expect. Of co...
Well, if we put aside Berkeley's context - which I frankly have to re-read - and simply take the phrase as is stated, it's a problem. To be a human be...
Why is Russia attacking Lviv? It doesn't make sense. I thought they would go to Odessa next, based on captured territory, going to Lviv completely thi...
I think it's quite rare for general to be killed. This many dead generals is far from good news from a military perspective. But if I were Ukrainian, ...
I exaggerate a little. I'm actually worried here, prospects don't seem to good from what I'm seeing. Not saying they will use nukes, but they might. I...
Jeez man, this is the bs I was talking about. :meh: With news like this, the risk of a fatal miscommunication really rises. But I'll stop with my para...
I'll sub to his channel, good stuff. :up: So who the heck does have this info on the situation of the Russian military on the ground? I've really been...
Thanks for sharing that, very interesting. But it's been almost three weeks since that interview happened - based on the date. What he says makes sens...
What I meant to say that if you believe in or think there is something to the "law of attraction", then it should work like a law of nature. So, you s...
You see it work when you pick put an instance of it "working", but you don't count the many, many, many instances in which it does not work. In fact, ...
Total superstition. It could be argued that on select occasions it can be used as a heuristic , but it guarantees nothing and realistically does nothi...
The only (somewhat) intelligible formulation of "physicalism" is whatever physics says, is all there is. So we should stick to what physics says about...
No actually, revelation and empirical investigation are often at odds. One issue here is that the word "revelation" can be used in several ways, I hav...
If our intelligence were God given, as you say, this would have to be treated as an empirical fact about the world, but I don't see any evidence as to...
Well, I mean, replace "Russia" with "USA" and you can find very similar claims by the US concerning Iraq. But it's clear propaganda. Of course, the US...
I have been seeing Al-Jazeera for this reason, but you've given me a few more. I wish I could access different channels, my country offers CNN, FOX an...
It's the same issue again. I have serious doubts concerning Western coverage of the war, certainly Russia has committed serious war crimes in Ukraine,...
Great post :up: I'd only add that, so far Europe has said that they aren't planning to sanction energy coming from Russia, doesn't mean they won't som...
If they take Kiev, either the West escalates even more or it will have to negotiate. Plans to send war planes to Ukraine from the US are spine chillin...
It's somewhat difficult to find accurate info amid this mess. I assume that the reason Kiev is not yet taken has to do with its resistance, but, what ...
Bombs thrown in Russia and the US will spill to China. It will likely set off a chain reaction, in either case, the radiation and change in temperatur...
Man, yes, Russia has legitimate historical grievances w/ West. This Ukraine invasion is a war crime. Both are facts. The problem that I see, is that t...
Was looking for this, came out two days ago, but, worth a read. He's the best one of them all, but I'm quite biased. Chomsky's take on the issue: http...
Yes, the fallout of the nuclear weapon use would be what would assure most of us would die. Anything can happen in this war though the brunt of the sa...
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