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You are definitely on the right track. The so-called "problems" in philosophy are not problems at all, instead, they are misinterpretations and misund...
May 07, 2021 at 17:57
I thought it was a pretty good rant. :) I would have had fun with it! You've got to get over the Trump thing and move on. Look how lame Hillary has be...
May 07, 2021 at 17:18
Most people died before they were 40. Oh really. Are you going to make beautiful people average looking? Are you going to make really intelligent peop...
May 07, 2021 at 17:07
High taxes kill motivation, innovation, and lastly, economies. You want money in the hands of private people, NOT the government (who can only make th...
May 07, 2021 at 17:00
Life was really difficult for everybody, not just the working class. But there will ALWAYS be people who are better off. No such thing as equality. No...
May 07, 2021 at 00:35
That was caused by an incredibly strong dollar and the rest of the world in shambles (post WWII). The U.S. made just about everything for the world. T...
May 06, 2021 at 23:47
Look at the 19th century if you want to understand efficiency. Prices were cheaper in 1900 then they were in 1800!
May 06, 2021 at 23:44
The first thing that needs to happen is to return to an actual debate on things that are real. The Democrats are successfully using their racist narra...
May 06, 2021 at 23:42
An inefficient economy will eventually produce no profit and things will spiral down and out of control as happens every time some dufus attempts to i...
May 06, 2021 at 19:35
It is what it is, but just the same, the less economic distortions, the better. This is why the main emphasis of everything going on in this country s...
May 06, 2021 at 19:17
In economics, efficiency is EVERYTHING. It's what drives the entire system. The more efficient, the more productive. The more productive, the more pro...
May 06, 2021 at 18:45
You have to let the market determine what the correct wage should be. The more distortions you introduce into the economy, the less efficient it becom...
May 06, 2021 at 18:35
"All speech is lying." Where it is true, it is also false (because there is an equal amount of everything in everything). So whereas you might believe...
May 06, 2021 at 18:30
Thinking you can just coast in life is not such a good strategy.
May 06, 2021 at 18:21
You lead by example. I know that Americans don't seem to like to do much of anything anymore (except eat and watch TV/stare at digital devices), but t...
May 06, 2021 at 18:09
I do everything I can do myself for a lot of different reasons, primary among them is that I enjoy learning and doing things. I take care of my home, ...
May 06, 2021 at 18:03
No, I did an incredible amount of work when I was young. I do a great deal now, as well, but have learned how to do it more efficiently. I would think...
May 06, 2021 at 16:44
That's pretty upbeat. Well, good luck to you!
May 06, 2021 at 15:40
Well, I am 66 and plan on working for 20 more years if I am able. I am in excellent health and superb physical condition and do everything I did when ...
May 05, 2021 at 18:59
Back in the 60's, we thought everybody over 30 was worthless. At least you have extended it to 50. When you do turn 50, get back to me and let's see i...
May 05, 2021 at 17:08
Well, people say a lot of things and none of it is true (albeit, it might be the best bullshit currently available).
May 04, 2021 at 17:14
Yes it is. Unfortunately, most people freak-out when you suggest this, but to come to terms with this idea is the most intellectually liberating thing...
May 04, 2021 at 17:11
There's "dire" and then there's "world war dire." If you look at what's happened to the majority of people in the U.S. over the past 50 years, I would...
May 04, 2021 at 17:06
You've got to be kidding. You went to school, right? The stuff that kids say and do to others kids in and out of school is absolutely brutal. As anecd...
May 04, 2021 at 16:52
Younger people ALWAYS believe they are living through the most prescient times in the history of mankind, but consider the following... Look at the br...
May 04, 2021 at 16:20
I don't discount the value of introspection, but actual doing is the way. How do you believe your ideas of what is real can compete with what is actua...
May 04, 2021 at 01:06
What does he have to do with me? What has to happen for things to be "dire" for you? And we have been seeing for decades now.
May 04, 2021 at 01:02
Hard to argue with any of that.
May 03, 2021 at 22:41
Nobody has any longing for that aspect of history and certainly things have improved. 20% of AAs are doing pretty well now but it is up to the AA's co...
May 03, 2021 at 22:38
Baby boomers just wanted to (in theory) live purer, more balanced lives, whereas BLM is a political movement (which is always a power/money grab). God...
May 03, 2021 at 22:27
You might think that in light of what's going on in this country that there would be more than just a couple of people with enough courage to stand-up...
May 03, 2021 at 17:59
The problem is corruption. I am 66 and the amount I know now as compared as what I knew at thirty is incalculable (both personally and professionally)...
May 03, 2021 at 17:54
You must admit, our generation (baby boomers) have been a complete disaster. Starting out as the philosophical idealists and ending up completely corr...
May 03, 2021 at 17:46
Definitely don't quit your day job!
May 03, 2021 at 17:35
You might wish to consider the following... There are three ways to learn. Real learning is through direct experience. Next is learning from somebody ...
May 03, 2021 at 15:27
I don't take what anybody says personally. I am just here to chat with interesting folks, particularly ones that have VERY different opinions from me....
May 02, 2021 at 18:13
What's the point of discussing something with somebody you agree with? Well, by all means, get back to me when you think of something to say.
May 02, 2021 at 18:03
You don't believe there is self-censorship going-on now? Or that it was the worst part of The Cultural Revolution (being a precursor to what would fol...
May 02, 2021 at 17:46
What does that mean?
May 02, 2021 at 17:34
Well stated. I am convinced that even in the slave days, there were a certain percentage who believed they deserved their position. Individualism (the...
May 02, 2021 at 17:32
It is in the most important way...self-censorship.
May 02, 2021 at 17:16
The point of this thread (until it was hijacked by my friend, Magma-tron :) was that the entire woke enterprise is really bad-news (which goes against...
May 02, 2021 at 17:12
Provocative? These woke people are complete morons by any yardstick. I am just trying to figure out how anybody could believe this non-sense. I just r...
May 01, 2021 at 15:43
Why don't we make that "over 20" so we can allow actual children run the country instead of the adult children who are doing such a stellar job.
May 01, 2021 at 15:34
Gee, you're the second person here in the last couple of days who made a reference to my educational status. I must be digging the right yards!
May 01, 2021 at 15:29
Essentially, it gets in the way of groups whose express purpose is controlling individuals. The individual v. the collective is an 80mph fast ball com...
May 01, 2021 at 15:27
Is this for extra credit?
May 01, 2021 at 15:16
What's interesting about this is that whereas it is quite easy to see how mathematics (at its extremes) makes no sense, everything else knowable is EX...
May 01, 2021 at 00:26
Is that the big building where the big kids go to school? :) My friend, just because it doesn't happen to make sense to you doesn't mean that you shou...
May 01, 2021 at 00:19
With a closed mind, you will always be wasting your time.
April 30, 2021 at 19:30