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This is gold. I don't know what to say. Touché
March 02, 2021 at 12:58
How are the advances of the industrial revolution a direct outcome of advances in philosophy then?
March 02, 2021 at 12:55
This is an answer that I can appreciate. Thank you :)
March 02, 2021 at 12:49
Interesting. I have to get back to you on this one
March 02, 2021 at 12:47
I didn't mean the pandemic is over. I mean that we're still in it and that the situation is not that bad
March 02, 2021 at 12:43
Really? I mean illiterate people. My family is from Indonesia, many people there have had no formal education whatsoever
March 01, 2021 at 10:18
Yeah, this is very true. And a lot of those tribes unfortunately still hold a lot of superstitions. I guess the whole internet knowledge database seem...
March 01, 2021 at 10:13
I'm not sure whether this is such a bad thing. True, many people voice their opinions a bit too strongly on social media. Yet it does encourage the re...
March 01, 2021 at 09:45
So I assume we're both familiar with 'The God Delusion' from Richard Dawkins. I haven't read the book but I've watched the documentary. To me the poin...
March 01, 2021 at 09:32
so am I. Yet not so eager to admit it :). Let's continue our discussion then. And if not tonight, perhaps another time. Calling it quits for tonight
February 28, 2021 at 20:39
Perhaps it's better if you post 20 messages first and then contact me. There are a lot of catphishes on the internet and I want to know who I'm dealin...
February 28, 2021 at 20:33
I agree that delusions are bad. Yet even the American Psychiatrist Association , the current authority on sanity has concluded that religious experien...
February 28, 2021 at 20:28
Okay. So fairies aren't real, you say. But if someone were to experience a fairy, doesn't it make it real to them? Imagine your child has had a very v...
February 28, 2021 at 19:12
Yeah same here. Although I don't think it's a simulation. It doesn't solve any scientific questions. It only creates problems. Because who created the...
February 28, 2021 at 18:57
Okay. Then give me an example of a linguistic concept that isn't real, if you can.
February 28, 2021 at 18:51
Then why is it not possible to channel it with logic and reason? I think I'm a pretty open person. And how does one even know when we have achieved tr...
February 28, 2021 at 15:36
well Buddha argued that the middle is the best position right? I try not to define myself as anything, which is almost impossible but I make an effort...
February 28, 2021 at 13:58
I personally think it helps if we see things as a spectrum instead of just black and white. That is also my problem with the yin-yang model. Too black...
February 28, 2021 at 13:37
Hey Tom. What do you think about my argument that God exists as a linguistic concept. Therefore God exists as a construct in our mind. Therefore God i...
February 28, 2021 at 13:25
Well, there has been a scandal where a number of Bulgarians committed fraud with Dutch welfare. A television crew then went to Bulgaria and asked why ...
February 28, 2021 at 11:23
Love is nothing, non-existence, infinitely undefined
February 28, 2021 at 09:52
In: Free will  — view comment
Welcome! I'm also new here. To me the more relevant question is how society can makes us feel more free. Because it seems governments are more powerfu...
February 28, 2021 at 09:32
As EU citizen it hurts me to see the huge differences between our different nations. I do believe in Europe and the future of the EU. But in its curre...
February 28, 2021 at 09:27
In Dutch we use the words 'autochtoon' and 'allochtoon'. Which mean native and non-native respectively. Yet in the media the word allochtoon usually r...
February 28, 2021 at 09:19
hey keonali. I'm also a bit bored. I'm not using all platforms but we can set up something on Zoom if you want to.
February 28, 2021 at 09:02
That is really cool. I don't think I've ever written a poem like that. But now I've got something to work on!
February 28, 2021 at 08:58
Studying man without studying his history seems pretty pointless to me. We are history and we are our history. Yet studying the universe or cosmos, an...
February 28, 2021 at 08:56
Sure. Can you be a little more specific?
February 27, 2021 at 08:38
Here in Europe (Netherlands) many offline retailers went bankrupt during covid and it continues up to this day. Many small online retailers also suffe...
February 27, 2021 at 07:51
Well, one could argue that God exists as a linguistic concept. Therefore God exists in our minds and therefore God is real. To me atheism is more abou...
February 27, 2021 at 06:44
I find this hard to understand from a scientific point of view. If history and anthropology were the same disciplines, why would we teach them separat...
February 27, 2021 at 06:11
yeah I imagine it's quite addictive. Good night!
February 26, 2021 at 20:58
great. Going to end the conversation for tonight. Nice talking to you
February 26, 2021 at 20:55
that sounds interesting! I've had some shamanic experiences in 2019 and 2020, which are still very confusing to me up to this day. Coming from a Chris...
February 26, 2021 at 20:52
Well, as it happens I'm also a chess player. As a chess player you are taught not to go for beauty but for logic. Going logically from A to B in chess...
February 26, 2021 at 20:47
I think everything is a manifestation of energy. That energy manifests itself in me as life. I think about death the same way as going to sleep. Excep...
February 26, 2021 at 20:37
True. But having some form of faith seems to reduce anxiety. At least in me.
February 26, 2021 at 20:31
Hey Gregory. As a poet I'm inclined to say that there's beauty in truth and truth in beauty. But take for example the Holocaust. The events of the Hol...
February 26, 2021 at 20:29
Hey Jack. In my opinion it is because people need a satisfying answer to the most fundamental question in life: what happens when I die?
February 26, 2021 at 20:17