Tom Storm

I thought is was an amusing name - sounds more like a Chinese Swiss army knife knock off you might find at Kmart in a grubby blister pack for $4.99.

I have no real commitments either way here but it might also be said that the universe doesn't so much unravel itself as we co-create or even invent i...

:up: Yep. Thanks again for the reference.

Does he need to use those words? He is obviously responding to the famous criticism of it as I have outlined earlier. The following appears to be a cl...

Yeah, I live in the centre of Melbourne's CBD. It seems quieter than Richmond or Fitzroy. Nice for walks and close to all kinds of expensive shit. I l...

Or a lad-led wank...

Great, thanks. Now there's a direct source for this.

Yes, I'm a black-clad wanker, like the rest

Yes, Coopers comes up a bit too.

Thanks. So Kant actually addresses this concern directly. :smile: Christ, it's hard to read. What does it say...

Well, amongst Australian national products are institutional racism and laziness - we don't need to promote these. I don't drink alcohol, but in the d...

Makes sense.

I must have been away that day. :wink: What was the point of that fight? I was in the Keating versus Hawke stoush back then. Out of curiosity, I read ...

I'm looking for some recognised expertise, not just an anonymous member of a forum, like us. I want something that I can cite. You seem to be making t...

I’m not looking for a rebuttal, I am looking for some expertise on Kant, perhaps a scholar on this matter. What is the expert consensus (if there is o...

Settle down. I will do as I want.

No. The stereotype was decades old. Which is why we resented its use.

It's a common critique of Kant. We should ask a Kant expert.

Lawson and Patterson are historical relics of a bygone day. Most Australians under 50 would probably not have heard of them. I have never heard a kang...

I don't think anyone here drinks Fosters. Most Australians I know drink imported beers like Asahi or Corona. Different in the country I'd imagine. ACD...

I'm not a Kant expert. But the categorical imperative - essentially - Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it s...

For what it's worth this is my read of Kant too. The old saying, often attributed to Kant - 'Do what is right, though the heavens may fall.' - hints a...

:up: I've probably asked this before, but if your thesis is that the world is mind created, then why would maths and time and space not also be simila...

I haven't heard anything yet.

Absolutely. I accept that something doesn't have to be 'true' (or correspond to reality in some mysterious way) to be incredibly useful.

Sure. I guess this is a common sense account. By the way, I have no commitments either way, I am just interested to hear more.

Yes, I'm aware of these arguments and well summarised. But what we don't often hear are the ideas @"Joshs" has proposed in more detail. I find them pa...

I find this some of the most interesting ideas on the forum. The notion that scientific laws and maths are contingent human artifacts rather than the ...

Most Australians tend to see themselves as sophisticated city folk, urban hipsters, etc, emulating New York and London rather than any hic desert stat...

This sounds like you're just playing word games. The bigger point isn't about the word 'dysphoria' but the concept of transitioning to a desired state...

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:up: Cool. Yep, and all I'm offering is my observations and built in biases too. I think more options mean there are likely to be more ways of being a...

I understand that, but I don't think this matters. Many soldiers I've known feel this way too and yet were committed to conflicts when they were calle...

I think war is simply a part of being human. What could be more natural than seeking to expand territory and values and finding enmity along the way? ...

:up: Thank you. Plato's one thing, but what do you think? Later is fine. Personally, I struggle with theories. I just intuit my way around. I'm rarely...

I don't think greed explains anything much. We need to look at what underlying needs are being met. Greed itself isn't a need, it's a downstream respo...

Isn't war (armed conflict) in general about gaining territory and control of values? What could be more natural to humans? I don't think people's inne...

Oh, to be in Times Square in 1963!

Probably just getting older I have less motivation to explore the world through books and am more interested in people. I read Lorca poetry in the 198...

Agree, nicely put. What might be an example of such an absolute good and how might we demonstrate this?

Yes, although I might say this is a contingent form of good as it would be 'truly good' for a specific purpose - my back - and such an efficacious app...

What do you mean by reason being transcendent? Do you mean by this that reason provides a universal framework, which transcends our personal and cultu...

I’m a poor reader too. I had a period of 25 years where I read a great deal. These days I lack curiosity. In December I did read Erotic Vagrancy: Ever...

Yes, and what I'm saying is I have not had that reaction. By any definition I've seen. :wink:

I definitely think one can argue this and many philosophers appear to do so (Roger Scruton seemed to be a particular enthusiast) - the transcendentals...

Blimey. Hope you're ok.

I don't really subscribe to this idea of the sublime (awe and wonder?). I'm not sure if I have experienced this. I see things which have impact - and ...

No, I meant that you are one of the minority members here who believes he can identify a true morality. Like you above, I wasn't clear how to read you...

One of those rare people who 'knows' what is true and good. Would you also consider yourself a conservative (socially/politically/culturally)? Nice to...

I think so. Easier said than done, given psychiatric services here often no longer choose to treat complex people, so their psychosis becomes so found...