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I've been in the health care system for the last forty years and your what? I am not telling you anything I haven't told my patients since the 90's. D...

Your choice. Spend your time as you wish. You will get out of life exactly what you put into it.

People have been brainwashed to believe that they are incapable of doing these things but it is not true. I have had patients that have been incredibl...

I've been a practicing physician for forty years. I've seen tens of thousands of patients. I know what people are capable of and it's a lot more than ...

All power works its magic by creating dependency. It never hurts to know everything you can. Then (at least) you have some kind of clue what going on ...

I realize that but I shy away from people who like to give homework (even if it for extra credit!). I just try to do what makes sense to me. And takin...

I can tell. Educate yourself. Read about it. It's not that complicated. If you had a serious lung condition, do you think you might make some time to ...

I'm not sure what that means.

One of the solutions to the health care crises in the West is for people to take responsibility for their own health. If you make the effort, you can ...

Meaning that the people who have seen the most success in life throughout the ages are those who are willing to take complete responsibility for thems...

I believe 5000 years of recorded history suggest that you're on your own.

All the time people should be figuring things out for themselves by using clarity in their powers of observation and critical thinking instead of allo...

"SAVE ME!! SAVE ME!! SAVE ME!!," cry out the people, for I do not wish to grow-up and take responsibility for my own life. This last year has been a p...

Enjoyed the conversation as well as your point of view. And I wouldn't worry too much about the energy situation. Energy is everywhere after all. As l...

Please don't make the mistake of believing the era we live in is somehow special. All we know about things will be deposited into the waste-bin of his...

That's only thinking.

Piece of cake... Do you really believe that in 50, 100, 1000 years from now that our conception of any of the sciences will still be the same? If you ...

The notion that human beings have no access to reality (primarily owing to the fact that all things intellectual are in constant flux) might just sugg...

THAT attitude. You have no idea how comforting it is to know that somebody cares... :) What did they teach me at school? Are you really asking me what...

Freedom seems to be more of a sense you get (despite the laws). Sometimes the laws say one thing and the street another (an example being the American...

cp, what's with the attitude? This is just a friendly conversation. Freedom is all kinds of things to all kinds of people. Personally, it is something...

I agree that it is very hard to define freedom, but it's really easy to tell when you've lost it.

cp, what's the point of responding if you don't think it's a valid question? My response to you was basically suggesting that when it comes down to it...

In that we choose to give meaning to that which we cannot understand. I believe that our intellect has no real access to the truth of anything, so wha...

Not only is freedom an ideal, but so is everything else. Even so, and within those limitations, we must still confront the forces of evil that would e...

Just to get to the point where people acknowledge the limitations of the intellect is significant! Most people simply cannot deal with the notion that...

You are correct. My knowledge of Finnish history is nearly zero. I am glad to hear that you guys were able to remain somewhat independent. How you dea...

Might such a paradox provoke one to step-back for a moment and consider alternatives to conceptualization? Might there just be another (better) way to...

You should read Chomsky if your into language. Although he unfortunately went off the deep end politically, he is truly a linguistics genius.

That's a pretty negative outlook. Hope you have a better day today!

Perhaps, but much more fundamental would be the acknowledgement that the human intellect is simply incapable of accessing reality in any way, shape, o...

I think it comes down to the idea that there are a small percentage of people that will do everything (lie, cheat, steal, etc) to get ahead. On the ot...

Fortunately for many of the smaller countries around the world, me and my closest 340M neighbors have been paying to keep you guys free so you can ful...

Judgments are influenced by prevailing moral standards, no?.

Welcome. Perhaps a welfare state mentality.

Within everything exist everything, so the paradox of the above statement is present in all statements if we allow ourselves to realize it. For exampl...

Living a free life requires a great deal effort (physical and mental). If you make it possible for most people to get by without exerting themselves t...

Not to reinforce the notion that Americans know little about what happens outside of the U.S., but Finland is one country of which I am not so familia...

Where do you live? Corruption is THE problem everywhere ALL the time. Look at the history of our species!

Why would that bee? (just kidding :) You call them as you see them based on what?

I was just saying that nobody can argue with God or would, and that one of the most powerful things about religion. And that's why moral authority fro...

I've been watching this slow moving train wreck for fifty years now and thought it was mostly an economic phenomena, but the changes I have seen over ...

Not too long ago, nobody gave a rat's ass what party you belonged to, so if you wanted to play the game, you did what you had to and one of those thin...

I believe in many ways it's already here. I am not sure the full-on Nazi-style totalitarianism would ever be in vogue because you need for the majorit...

I once asked my father why he was a Democrat and he told me that you are whatever the party in power happens to be. I believe this is how the majority...

Jack, you are not you thinking I support dictatorship?

Then , I believe that you should not respond.

You would have made a great 8th grade English teacher back in the day, but if you put a comma before the last word, that help you out.

From God, or The Absolute (whichever you prefer).

I was referencing one of the most important reasons that man invented God (if He does not exist). Again, moral authority must come from a source (The ...