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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 24, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
In the literature about cultural appropriation, philosophers have tried to explain the nature of the harm that is involved. Some claim that it is a form of exploitation, stealing the rightful intellectual property of a marginalized group for the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 23, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by augimmun
I saw a posting not too long ago, saying that it was hard to figure out what was true these days, with all the wild claims being thrown around. I think the real challenge is not being able to sort through the facts and logic, and figuring out what is...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 23, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Is 'woke' a kind of Cultural Marxism?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 22, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by puff
Israel fires more missiles into Syria, report from the Jerusalem Post. The reason I have put this here is Netanyahu/ IDF seem intent on expanding to a regional war. Israel has also warned the UN of this Why would ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 20, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
We hold onto the idea that companies and industries, much like family and friends, have our best interests at heart. However, in our capitalist system, the primary drive for every company and industry is to separate you from your money—no ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 20, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by 1patriot
this guy nails it!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 19, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Ryo1
What To Do When Your Shithead Teen Discovers Nietzsche 😆 It happened again. You had an argument with your child. But this time, something was different. Instead of the usual concise vitriol from them like “I hate you” and “I can’t wait ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 19, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
That anger should belong to the noble parts of the soul goes back to Plato. He distinguishes between the cognizing part, the desiring part and the angry part of the soul. The thymos, as it is called in ancient Greek, is responsible for the striving ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 16, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
What if the elites knew how to control everyone and had the power to do so? What would you do then? Just stay controlled?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 16, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by 1patriot
It's been a plan for a well
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 14, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by puff
History does repeat. Love irony. During Covid, if you were strongly against mandates you were automatically antivax. With the Palestinian cause, if you are strongly against Israeli's excessive military response in Gaza you are automatically ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 14, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
How to define stupidity?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 13, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by puff
An interesting legal case in the UK currently claiming the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine was "defective". The reason I have posted this is to illustrate the singular stance that solves all of this; Consent for medical treatment. Common law over the ages...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 12, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
What is a human capable of doing in one hour, one day, one week, one year? What are a group of humans capable of doing? Not working under any system other than a shared goal. Self organizing, self governing. Could we actually be civilized? ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 6, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
My youth must have been the happy days, if one can handle the odd physical fight, and parents wonder why we needed feelings.and don't trust people over age 30. It was the 90s when people felt like they were slowly turning into vombies and Robots. ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 5, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by snytiger6
Bertrand Russel on religion...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 4, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
Works for me...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 4, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by snytiger6
We admit that we are like apes...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 3, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by puff
Funny how Iran is being threatened with Armageddon if they get involved with Hamas and Israel over Gaza. Then little olde Yemen, courtesy of the Houthis, send a few missiles and drones successfully into Israel and nothing happens.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 2, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by snytiger6
All war is a symptom of man's failure...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 1, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by Paganpaddy
Joi de vie Joi de vie slips through my hands like grains of sand. Life gets tough when everything is bland. Modern society endurance contest. No prize at the end, just the privilege of having a run. We all have things that help us endure. Venial ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Nov 1, 2023Nov 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Does time sometimes seem ubiquitous?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 31, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by snytiger6
LINKStephen Fry Passionately Argues the Catholic Church is NOT a Force for Good | Intelligence Squared - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 31, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by snytiger6
Things are not always as they seem...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 31, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by snytiger6
Religions survive because...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 29, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
Netanyahu called Palestinians "Amalekites", which I had to look up: "The Amalekites were a people of the Negev and adjoining desert that were a hereditary enemy of Israel from wilderness times to the early monarchy. Amalek, a son of Esau's son ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 29, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
POLLDoes the UN need reforming? The UN needs reforming is the call from Africa and I totally agree. The power of veto has to go. This became very clear to me with the 51 missiles which were sent into Syria by the UK, France and the US after an alleged ...

Does the UN need reforming?

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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 28, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
>>>> Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 25, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
Poor boy pmsl
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 25, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by snytiger6
Hate has caused a lot of problems...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 24, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Here is a typical text written by a white supremacist: "Everything we have before us today in the way of human civilization, the products of art, science and technology, is almost exclusively the fruit of the creative activity of the Aryans. This ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 22, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by snytiger6
An evil man will...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 22, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
"Postcolonial studies" is the name of a discipline that has become enormously popular at American universities in recent years, not without irony because the era of colonialism ended in the 1960s and apartheid was abolished in South Africa in the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 20, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
I hope people understand how serious this is. "Meme-maker Douglass Mackey was sentenced in New York criminal court on Wednesday after a March conviction for conspiracy against rights, ie election interference, over memes he created during the 2016 ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 20, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
If you like sarcasm, this guy is oozing it. Piers Morgan is his usual buffoon self. Overall entertaining. I have also heard from other sources about a possible outcome (by design?) being to push Palestinians out of Gaza and into the Sinai into ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 19, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Jolanta
Storms make oaks take deeper roots. George Herbert.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 17, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
Over the weekend Australia held a referendum which failed to pass. The referendum proposed that a permanent body be formed, to be enshrined in our constitution, that would allow our indigenous population to have direct access to our parliament so ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 17, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by puff
Interesting interview with one who has lived the history of the creation of Israel. An interview recorded 2 years ago, quite relevant today. "It's not what you know, it's what you could know if you wanted to find out" Talking about Israel and Gaza....
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 15, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Your comparison between Jesus Christ and Nikola Tesla is intriguing and highlights the impact both figures had on their respective fields. Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ is the central figure of Christianity, believed by Christians to be the Son of God ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 15, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by 1patriot
MINI SERIES | FALL OF BABYLON
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 13, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Who told you that calculus or whatever subject is more important than spirituality? Who told you that a primary school education in the USA is the best there is? Who told you all the things you hold to be true? Who told you that? Who told them ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 11, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Ryo1
I read this newsletter with interest. It is about Luxury Beliefs which is a relatively new word coined by R. Henderson. In the form of wealth or high status, the yearning for distinction is found among humans. When they find it isn't enough that ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 11, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...not sure it is worth 2 cents?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 8, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
It's the meaning that counts...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 5, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by 1patriot
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov's CHILLING Warning to America!!! interview in 1984 brain washing of the masses!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 4, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by racocn8
Life is an emergent property of matter. Consciousness is an emergent property of life. Morality is an emergent property of consciousness.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Oct 2, 2023Oct 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Identity politics is the oldest form of politics and at the same time the currently most successful . It is the oldest form of politics , because it binds the individual interest to a group identity and forms a robust weapon out of it . From the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 30, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Jean-Paul Sartre admits he mostly invented existentialism to look cool in front of girls. 😆 Existential Comics See the enlarged image here:
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 29, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...you just can't make this sh!t up?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 29, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by TheoryNumber3
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 26, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
The regressive tendency of a policy that makes the position of victimhood the motor of political action thus consists in the fact that it deals with an emotion (i.e. feeling offended) that is easy to arouse but very difficult to contain. The victim...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 25, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Like giving candy to a baby only the baby will eventually get sick and refuse it.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 25, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by 1patriot
This my reply to Flyingsaucesir with regards to Darwin theory is settled science I charge $130 per hour so your advise would be meaning less and it actually is meaning less. I am so happy i never took any of your tutoring class as i would failed ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 24, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...good luck with that?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 23, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
Analysis oF the Ukraine war
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 23, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
There is always talk about how a Free media is important For vibrant democracies as it holds government power to account. Media is no longer Free when a Few own all, but luckily today we have many podcasts etc reporting and analysing what the Few ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 23, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
Nothing really new about LGBTQ+++, just how society reacts. Are people more accepting now? Not so sure, seems to me people were more happy to live and let live back then, rather than demanding acceptance and equal status in society.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 20, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
I don't think highly of skeptics. Being skeptical is different than being a skeptic. Being skeptical is necessary in many ways. Being a skeptic means that is their lot in life. To be skeptical but also in not being wrong. You ever met a good ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 19, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by DragonDust
What is a god/s
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 18, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by MitchAlla
TShirt and Coffee Mug available on Etsy!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 17, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by 1patriot
What would you do? Kicked out of the university lecture Subject: Legal studies. First lecture. The professor enters the lecture hall.He looks around. "You there in the 8th row. Can you tell me your name?" he asks a student. "My name is Sandra" ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 17, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
This is tied up with indoctrination into a doctrine. Doctrine is for groups and individuals need to conform in order to join.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 16, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
Here's an interview with the Shaman from the Jan 6th events at the Capital in Washington. It's a long interview but I found it interesting. This guy is articulate and I like the way he thinks; out of the box whilst also suggesting solutions. He is ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 16, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by puff
A reminder of the Nuremburg Code. Consent consent consent Consent which means informed, freely given without coercion. Applies for ALL medical treatment eg vaccinations and abortions. Accept this principal and respect others wishes, even if you ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 14, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Unity
Success
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 14, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...how did I get here?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 12, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Kurty
NumerologyBREAKDOWN
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 11, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by 1patriot
This one picture explains flat earth better than any words can. But for those who don’t get it, I’ll explain in tedious verbal detail below. I used to ski every winter and one of my favorite mountains is Whistler / Blackcomb. At Whistler the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 9, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
How do you handle it when information comes to you? You are just sitting quietly about or going about your daily activities and something just comes to you. Maybe it's in a dream. What do you do? How do you process that? How do you integrate ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 9, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Archeus_Lore
Another interesting chat session with Aldous Huxley, ChatGPT, and me. Analyse this: The larger an hierarchical organization is, the more intense is the competition to occupy positions of benefit within that organization, which are power positions. ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 7, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
The ancient Athenian was committed to the assembly of the polis, the medieval Christian to his church, and the twentieth-century factory worker to his trade union and working man’s club. All of them found their purpose and well-being by being ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Sep 3, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
“The trouble with the rat race is, even if you win you’re still a rat!” - Lily Tomlin!!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 28, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by barjoe
LINKNeil deGrasse Tyson's Dream
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 27, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by Jolanta
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. Robert. A. Heinlein.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 23, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by Funtobewith200
Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health. Everything absolute belongs to pathology.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 21, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by Funtobewith200
One must state it plainly. Religious comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody had the smallest idea what was going on.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 19, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
An interesting albeit somewhat lengthy read on transhumanism. Like it or not, transhumanism has arrived, and technology is advancing to a point where that stuff is no longer mere science fiction, it's the reality we all are living in. The case for ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 18, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by skado
What are Mythos and Logos? .
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 16, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by AnneWimsey
Fun in my Aldi's Parking Lot today! Open my car door and am accosted by a so-scrubbed-he-gleams almost shorn-headed Mormon teenager with official hard plastic nametag/ID, waving a pamphlet. I hadn't even stood up yet! As i got on my feet, i ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 15, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
What does it all mean..?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 15, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by skado
I’m starting to suspect that people who insist there’s no free will might just be people who haven’t yet noticed that they have it.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 11, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change. Do you agree with the above statement, and why or why not? Through the ages humankind has struggled with making certain ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 10, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by vocaloldfart
Ensign Roddenberry speaks
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Philosophy & Meaning
Aug 4, 2023Aug 2023

Posted by Word
Panpsychism noun the doctrine or belief that everything material, however small, has an element of individual consciousness. I would not use the word consciousness. The word "knows" is rather synonymous with consciousness. For something to have...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jun 1, 2023Jun 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
At the end of the path of liberation lies enslavement. Such liberation from all obstacles is finally illusory, for two simple reasons: human appetite is insatiable and the world is limited. For both of these reasons, we cannot be truly free in the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 31, 2023May 2023

Posted by Word
Devil is an older word for what we now call terrorist. Devils exist because they are terrorist by a different name.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 29, 2023May 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
This is what a true peace officer sounds like. I also worked as law enforcement part time, no guns and harmed no one. Yet did put my life on the line a few times for citizens, not the other way round.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 28, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
For me, this is encouraging as it shows the fear of being cancelled is diminishing. All strength to him in standing up for children and against grooming aka indoctrinating.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 23, 2023May 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you. Vow to be ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 22, 2023May 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There's no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 21, 2023May 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
A different perspective
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 20, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
I remember this from 10 years ago, adding new dialogue to this clip. They did it with my work, funny as but management went apeshit and had a little secret squirrel (that everyone knew about) investigation to find out who put it together. Good to ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 20, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
Requiem for US homogony
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 19, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Mankind is so addicted to progress that our greatest challenge in the future will be to survive progress. But the odds are against us, because like most drugs, progress produces a lot of pleasure and happiness for some time - before it kills.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 19, 2023May 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKStoicism's Major Flaw - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 17, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
Klaus Schwab and his vision is a worry.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 17, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
That old proposition of who would you invite to a dinner party? I would be inviting Whitney Webb for guaranteed interesting conversation.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 17, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
This is the toxic core of liberalism and the root cause of many of our current problems: the quasi religious belief that the pursuit of individual happiness without regard to the common good should be an "inalienable right." The result is that we ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 16, 2023May 2023

Posted by Sgt_Spanky
I've been watching technology change and advance since the 60s. We've gone from cathode ray tube television, with three channels to cable, to streaming on smart TVs. that interact with you. There were rotary phones, then flip phones, then smart ...
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