As usual it depends on perspective. "Mad geniuses" accomplish great things that benefit the human race, however commonly their obsession impacts them ...
An excellent demonstration of the concept of the value of moderation in all things. Life isn't a single variable which should be maximized. As folks l...
Exactly. The OP is an excellent example of the importance of perspective. From a human philosopher's perspective the OP's declarations make some sense...
Reminds me of musings we had at 0300 in the morning in residency: "soap should be given away free and Birth Control should be in the water supply and ...
Approaching this logically, yet impractically, kitchen knives hurt their owners >90% of the time, yet adults with serious problems due to toxic childh...
I am in complete agreement with you that Free Will, as a label is a total disaster. I wish the concept could have a different one, say "Bob" for insta...
No one has a problem-free reality. Similarly no one has a lock on tragedy, everyone has had to deal with something. I never used the word "easily", re...
Oh I agree with you that in reality our inability to predict the resultant state in the case of decision making doesn't tell us anything about the val...
Portland, OR. I mean if you wanted to come up with an idea to maximize the number of tents in public spaces in your town, what could possibly work bet...
I stipulated "in competitive environments". That's the arena I'm speaking about. If you don't compete against others, then my commentary doesn't apply...
Don't confuse not showing emotions externally with not possessing or using emotions (internally). In competitive environments, generally speaking show...
Oh haven't you heard? NGOs have been giving away free tents and tarps with your tax dollars for years. The local News broke the story in our city and ...
Alas no one knows at the granular level how exactly human decision making happens. We do know that if someone could take detailed knowledge of the ant...
The freedom implied by the word "Free" in Free Will doesn't mean free from influence, it means free from following inevitably from the antecedent stat...
That's the thing with fighting strawmen, you always win. No one I know who believes in Free Will (as well as serious Determinists) supposes that the c...
Firstly, anything not impossible is possible in my understanding. What is your understanding? You're asking me to demonstrate that Free Will is possib...
Well the biggest risk (by far) of firearms is making suicide attempts more likely to be lethal. Thus if there is someone in your household who is at a...
I agree that fewer guns = fewer murders. And if someone pondering the purchase of a home defense weapon could by declining would substantively reduce ...
Pray tell, in which possibility is Free Will not possible? BTW if you're going to throw out conclusions, you're sort of obligated to back them up (oh ...
In my experience, from a practical standpoint (since you are describing personal dissatisfaction) the key shift in thinking to promote personal satisf...
Arguing about whether a home defense gun ACTUALLY makes one safer is missing the point. It's like arguing whether buying homeowners insurance makes yo...
Based on my experience I look at the "stupidity" definition differently. Namely that there are several axes that together are what lay persons determi...
Hey thanks for the more thorough discussion. I agree with using the term supernatural (to separate from the field of philosophical metaphysics). So at...
Oh, I'm for reasonable gun control as are most gun owners in the US. But outright gun bans including of law enforcement and the military is practiced....
True, that number is zero, whereas the numbers of deaths that could have been prevented from occurring through the use of a firearm is greater than ze...
Okay, I guess my previous understanding is correct. Namely that academic Metaphysics does NOT necessarily (even with a ten foot pole apparantly) addre...
Exactly. As an aside, I thought it was interesting the you distinguished stage magic from purported Magick, since stage magic is, of course completely...
Like I posted, it's not about what one consumes or doesn't consume. It's the announcement. Of course in environments where herd mentality is strong (y...
Your post makes sense if the definition of metaphysics is the musings of ivory tower metaphysicians. Whereas, to me the purported beyond physical acti...
Yeah, it's the same psychology as vegetarians making meat eaters uncomfortable. However, there's a difference between someone not consuming alcohol (o...
Several things: First, unless you want to redefine metaphysics in the current era from what it has meant historically, the role of "magic" cannot be e...
That sort of thing used to be the norm. But now in the Post Truth era, one decides on an expedient conclusion, then cherrypicks data to support the pr...
I believe I get what you're saying, and I don't absolutely disagree with the analogy of an old fashioned mechanical slot machine. By my understanding ...
Oh, I got that originally. My point was why look at the issue solely "logically" when the hallmark of the metaphysical is the "magical"? After all, th...
Several things: First, you're discussing amortality (one doesn't die of old age, but can be killed just as you can be currently), not immortality (you...
Well, sure the more extreme members of ANY group can be shown to be... extreme. But your OP attempted to describe a whole group. Don't get me wrong, I...
Ah, you missed my reference to gods being metaphysical. I am not necessarily proposing any particular mechanism for the operations of gods because 1) ...
Uummm... to my view you've "proven" the answer to a slightly different question. Namely: "CAN religion perpetuate and promote a regressive worldview?"...
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