Tom Storm

OK. I suspect it just like, politics, really. So many people identify with a political party, without having any knowledge about policies or a true be...

Can't talk to Buddhism, I only have a basic knowledge of it and can't claim to have taken enough interest in it. Outside of spiritual systems, I think...

Not laughable - geography. I live in Australia and know well many religious people. A close friend is a Catholic priest. It describes the scenario her...

Psychologism is to psychology what scientism is to science. Discuss

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan T...

Cunning implies deceitful, doesn't it? Could they not just be smart and complex? When I wrote that 'Religions are social clubs...' etc - I was taking ...

Thank you for providing this. That's a big theme! How did you come upon these ideas? I'm not sure I understand properly the nature of the split betwee...

This is what you see? Bleak, huh?

I can't see what you see.

You provide no evidence just an assertion based on your own biases about status and power and their negative effects on behaviour. Thank goodness for ...

You're passionate about this, but I don't think I properly understand your point. I'm not trying to be a dick, and I am interested in these kinds of a...

Sure. Maybe where you are. If emotional intelligence is said to mean a person's awareness of other people's emotional reactions and needs and their ow...

What issue are you responding too here.

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I think the important thing is not the labels so much as being self aware, without going overboard. Being able to self-regulate is an important skill ...

Nice work - agree. A lot of people who have been socialized into religions seem unable to even hear the definition in order to grasp it and seem willf...

The situation is hopeless... we must take the next step. (apologies to Pablo Casals.)

No one is saying people don't have emotional experiences, Shawn. The question is how best to describe this and how best to map people's responses (for...

:joke:

Have tired to read TSZ again this past fortnight. I don't know how people can read this, it is so dull and arch.

I'm sure this has been discussed before but is it actually possible to be a nihilist other than in a posturing sense? Can any person be totally withou...

I have often thought this too, but for different reasons. Religions are social clubs and come with a set of 'off the rack' beliefs, so you don't need ...

Rehabilitating the unconscionable?

I am kind of fascinated by what paradoxes like this tell us about human conceptualization and descriptive categories. I lack sufficient Wittgensteinia...

Is this the same as: Russell's paradox Russell's paradox is one of the most famous of the logical or set-theoretical paradoxes. Also known as the Russ...

Did you like the essay?

It's a wonderful piece. Succinct and lucid.

Poetry used to get people laid, right? Ask Byron... If Homer was real I suspect he never went to bed alone...

Clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson (whatever you make think of Lobster Man) says EQ is a myth and maintains that the kinds of behaviour reported ab...

I though the vid was good. I'll check this out too. Cheers.

I think my head hurts. Recently watched a very measured lecture on science by Susan Haack - Science, Yes; Scientism, No. Do you rate her?

Is emotional intelligence a real thing? Or is it shorthand for something more complex? Perhaps it is how people manifest the big five personality trai...

I've never been able to reflect on 'we' I don't really know who 'we' is, but I am somewhat acquainted with myself - as per the ancient Greek injunctio...

Appreciated.

Quick digression - if I were to pursue either Dewey or Peirce (or James) who would you recommend? This is for usefulness, not historical interest. Sus...

I missed this one. Is the view negative? I think many people are suspicious of intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals (not always unreasonably so). Ph...

That's curious. I think I am looking for new experiences in the form of ideas. Krishnamurti said something about the quest for certainty being the sta...

I would tend to agree with this.

Sorry Baker. Not sure I have ever envied anyone's certainty. I am generally suspicious of certainty but it depends on the context.

Don't tell my mum...

Guilty. I am much more interested in myself than in reality. :razz:

Not inevitable. I have watched several Christian apologists struggle to deal with this point. But what they think isn't important. My point is to prov...

You can suggest it, but you'd be wrong. :razz:

I am indifferent to the painting and the questions. Self-reflection works for some people and many questions will do. Seems to me it is often the wron...

Conspiracy? It's all a question of perspective isn't it? Yes, we are lied to. Yes, governments and corporations are shonky. Yes, the rich manipulate l...

Religion doesn't provide a stable moral foundation. As we have all probably noticed, even within a single religious tradition, morality is whatever a ...

No. It is more of a by product in some limited areas pertinent to human health.

I am aware of this argument. My point is that if Nazi's were ostentatiously godless, as is often argued, they would have deliberately chosen something...

You're on fire, Banno...

We posted at the same time...