Tom Storm

Perhaps you confuse information you don’t know or understand with a non-response - I don’t blame you, it’s a complex subject. I remember debating a Na...

It’s more complex than that.

That is a philosophical response. Pragamatism. Read more and try to think before you get lost in your own baggage.

We’ll most want to wipe out Israel. Just do an internet search on where The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are sold or referred to. :wink:

I guess my response is another question- What reason should we care about that question? What experiences are you having where this is important?

Call me Derek.

Everywhere I have ever been. Not to mention much of the Middle East. But you’re right that it isn’t official state policy anywhere but the Middle East...

My intuition is the we are a brief flash of light in the infinite darkness. I’m certainly not the same entity I was 20, 30, 50 years ago. I would need...

The bigger question is why did he take to wearing his bicorne to match his shoulders? Was this to assert his yet to be articulated status as a Nietzsc...

Nicely put and presumably you’re talking about a process that will continue indefinitely as new or revised models supplant earlier models.

This seems an odd argument. I don’t have to believe in anything transcendent or foundational in order to appreciate comfort. Nihilism doesn’t choose c...

I tend to agree that Nietzsche's often blustering, histrionic style is tedious and nothing I’ve read of his work is of use to me personally. Feel free...

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That aside they are correct in the view that some of the most egregious examples of Dunning Kruger syndrome have been speculations on QM. This kind of...

Sensible assessment. :up:

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Sorry, dumb it down further. :wink: Are you saying? People may experince pain and suffering. We ought not do anything which deliberately causes pain a...

A nicely phrased summary of the matter. Religious nihilism is a real concern. A critical point. I spent significant time with what can loosely be call...

It’s on the way but you can feel like this about some goldfish. For me this misses out on love being more like a great big electrical experience, galv...

I'm not sure what it is you are arguing. I'll move on. Thanks for the chat.

Thanks. it’s entirely my fault. I don’t really have the right disposition. But I love a good overview.

That’s awesome! I wish there were more tools like this. That said, the complexity of this material just confirms why I have avoided philosophy for the...

What is laissez-fair materialism? I was saying that many secular humanists are progressives and believe in helping to make a better world for future g...

Wishful thinking. Corporate power and capitalism is likely to be too strong to allow for this to become anything more than decorative filigree. Could ...

Ok, well we are at an impasse then. :wink: As someone who has worked with the Green movement here I can say that it is very rare to meet someone who i...

Agree. Humans are tribal creatures and understand themselves in relationship with other humans. We borrow from each other, we imitate each other, we v...

:up: The materialists/naturalists I've known tend to have a reverence for life and align themselves with conservation and environmental causes on the ...

Most likely I’d trust the person who makes no appeals to unknown worlds or powers and takes seriously the status of an ongoing physical world. Perhaps...

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I don't think it's an either/or. Different situations have different explanations. My own view is that greatness is a poor word. It implies too many o...

That's some lovely writing. Well put. Yes, I think a case can be made for this. Has this thread been partly motivated by you asking yourself, how did ...

And this is key to the conspiracy theories. If Kennedy was going to make positive changes, then there was 'good reason' for vested groups to take him ...

Every belief system seems to advocate for a first prize of some kind, whether that be liberation, a classless society, or the Kingdom of Heaven. We te...

I meant sneering. Sorry. Typo.

I have tried to point this out myself. I suspect that if searing is foundational to a worldview, there's not much point engaging with them about this ...

That’s funny coming from someone who has a habit of interpreting things in the most sneering manner possible. This is not relevant to the thread and a...

You and your deflection.

You're assuming that you are entirely in control of your communication style. I'm not sure we know that. About anyone here.

Nice. Couldn't we also say - Mary has not studied or read quantum physics. Thus you ought not ask her to teach a university physics class in it.

Fair point and if only there were more of this. My friend, a Baptist, used to say, 'I am a Christian but I am compassionate enough to keep this to mys...

Good question. The arts are filled with heightened emotionality, so an emphasis on the theme of love is not surprising. That said, in my experince peo...

I don't think it failed. I just can't see a direct connection between the assassination of a politician (even if he was charming and represented some ...

How would one draw a direct connection between the assassination and these events? I hear about the libertine youth culture of the 1960's, but I wonde...

No problem.. I like diversity on this site and people who hold different views to my own. :pray: If everyone agreed, wouldn't life be boring?

When someone says, 'I have something for what ails you, my friend' they generally mean they want to help you with your concern. I would agree with @"1...

I see. I think this is just a turn of phrase.

I tend to think Kennedy assassination as a cultural touchstone and source of mythmaking and generic anger at 'the system' has had more influence than ...

I don't understand your reaction. I read @"180 Proof"'s contribution as a reasonable response, which was located in the philosophical tradition. I fou...

I don’t agree. Isn’t consciousness and metacognition a more recent development in the universe? The history of the universe being one that has been mo...

I think this fits my general sense of things. The cartoon is funny. Yes, I've seen that. I've never developed enough of a passion for any subject to m...