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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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Philosophy & Meaning
May 15, 2023May 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKIs Everything Fascist? - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 15, 2023May 2023

Posted by Polemicist
Agnosticism appears to be rarely discussed, even on a website devoted to it. Is agnosticism something that everyone could reasonably affirm? Are there examples from other fields that are deserving of agnosticism? Is uncertainty a default position ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 14, 2023May 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
Some powerful stuff here, and truth be told. Civil Rights leader leaves Dr. Phil & his audience speechless after rejecting the idea of “systemic racism” & reparations.- I disagree with him on the "spiritual" stuff of course, but ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 12, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
LINKYou can't be born in the wrong body
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 8, 2023May 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Existential Comics created by Corey Mohler Reverse Turing Test I had ChatGPT give me an actuall "Reverse Turing Test" and you'll be happy to note I easily passed as a computer, here is the transcript: Me: Are you familiar with the Turning Test? ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 7, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
John Cleese - Church of JC Capitalist
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 7, 2023May 2023

Posted by harrison2366
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 6, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
The best explanation that I've seen on financial issues facing the $USD, which will affect us all. "This is because the US Constitution stipulates that "All bond holders shall be repaid". The US cannot renege on it's obligation to repay it's debts....
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 6, 2023May 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
I have been spending much of my time there lately...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 5, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
The idea according to which social facts do not come first, but are explainable from individuals alone, is characteristic of liberal atomism. Liberalism is a thought of rootlessness, which makes the transformation of the subject into a monad the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 5, 2023May 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKWhat The Most Carefree Philosopher Can Teach Us | ZHUANGZI - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 5, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
How my mind works. Was reading about how a Drag Queen is being used to promote recruitment for the US Navy. Drag Queens in the military. Reminded me of "It ain't half hot Mum", an old British show about an entertainment unit for the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 4, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 4, 2023May 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
Would you agree with Bukowski's sentiment?
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 4, 2023May 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Joseph Henrich has shown in his book "The WEIRDest people in the world" that our Western individualism, also in questions of ethics, is ultimately an unintended consequence of the marriage and family policy of the Catholic Church from the 5th century...
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 4, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
I wonder whether all North Atlantic members are happy to expand to the Pacific. Rather than strengthen NATO, it would not surprise me if some think it may be time to get out.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 2, 2023May 2023

Posted by puff
The golden rule is there is always an exception to the golden rule. I am still 100% against censorship, but can get behind this as it excites violence against children. Well done Elon Musk.
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 1, 2023May 2023

Posted by adrianbutler
What Tafe Assignment Help Experts Provide To Students?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 30, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by puff
Poor old George, he did try to warn us
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 30, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Tejas
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 28, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Who is allowed to be proud?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 27, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKYou Don’t Deserve What You Want | Stoic Philosophy - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 25, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
We Europeans know that the US are a world of its own, and that it is kind of weird. It's a place where libertarians call themselves conservatives, and socialists are "liberals". All over the world, people who are in favor of more freedom call ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 24, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Existential Comics The term "supernatural" is kind of funny because by definition it sort of means things that don't exist. If something exists, it is part of the natural world, in that it can interact with particles via the rules of physics. If ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 22, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by pete23445
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 21, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
Sulu is way cool...!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 19, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKYuval Noah Harari Thinks Life Is Meaningless and Amazing | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 84 - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 19, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by ballou
The dumbing down of America has been going on for years. Carl Sagan was right on in 1995.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 19, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
George Carlin was well ahead of his time.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 18, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by vocaloldfart
Oh so true
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 17, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by jackjr
I am a huge proponent of the Death with Dignity movement (my late partner opted for this) and follow all ideas on this issue. I was able to get a letter published in all three of our local papers which included an NPR link. Thing is this issue, like ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 16, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKPeter Singer - ordinary people are evil - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 16, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Garban
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”-William Kingdon Clifford
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 15, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by jackjr
What is God like. This is waaaay above the average intelligence level of the average religious person but it asks lots of interesting questions with lots of fun and, lots of omni’s. If you have a religious acquaintance ask them a few of these ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 15, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by HippieChick58
Mens Only Ford Explorer.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 14, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Something strange happened in gender theory in recent years. Long ago, when conservatives and bigots dominated society, gender was virtually unknown. There was only _sex_, and it was biological: chromosomes, hormones, body parts like testicles and ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 12, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKTaoism, Passivity and Naturalism | Tao | Alan Watts - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 12, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by BrentMBA2004
Sunday past, I'm sitting at a memorial bench I donated to this park near our home, on behalf of my deceased fiancee. This lady was hiking by and started asking me questions and started sharing with me about dealing with grief. Very cool lady, but a ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 11, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
Satan Klaus, the Ether Bunny, the Rotten Tooth Fairy, and the Man on the Moon, the Covid , Transgender are women and Banks back by something rather than nothing. Are all real!!!.......🤣 Luckily the fully immerse make-believe that is at least ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 11, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
What does the injunction, "Be yourself!" mean? Does every person have a core, a personal substance within him or her that can and should be recognized and realized? Is "self-actualization" possible and desirable? Or is there no such core, is the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 10, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
Some good advice there.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 8, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by laidback1
I'm realizing part of the psychological war to divide & conquer , the enemy will use hate filled offensive language and want us to give it back , because the enemy is controling all oppositional angles of political persuasion. This tactic has to be ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 8, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by skado
ON COGNITIVE DISSONANCE (Thanks to racocn8 for initiating this important discussion: ) There are few things that humans like less than having to modify our worldview. It can be terrifying. And understandably so, because it ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 7, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
(This is an addendum to another post about liberalism): It is misleading and wrong to treat liberalism and libertarianism as fundamentally different (as do many people in the USA, where socialists call themselves "liberals", whereas libertarians ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 7, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
One of the central tenets of liberalism, first proposed by John Stuart Mill, is the so-called harm principle : it says that people should be free to act however they wish unless their actions cause harm to somebody else. A different version is that ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 6, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
I stand with the Tennessee Three...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 6, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by racocn8
Do atheists experience cognitive dissonance in their life as it unfolds? Or do agnostics? If so, what is it. Would religionists ever admit to experiencing cognitive dissonance?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 5, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
Is "Woke" and LGBT outrage culture dying,like the Hippies? I perfer the hippies for peace, love, sex , natural environment and natural food and medicine. And our houses, bills and debts were paid,, and inheritance were most likely, unlike today....
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 5, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Ultimately, any allocation or distribution (of goods or money or other resources) is always done by political decision. Nothing about this is "natural". Society cannot take something away from someone (in the form of taxes, for example) that it did ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 3, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Reasonable thinking for a bear. 😆
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 3, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by jackjr
So glad I found this site. The age old question how much freedom do we have over our actions? Compatibilism
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 2, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Viewed through the scientific lens, human beings do not exist as persons, but only as bodies. It takes communities or societies to turn a body into a person. The error of liberals is to assume that personhood and personal freedom is something ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 1, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
The biased reasoning is always the same: my conception of the Good influences my definition of the True. But what if the Truth is not the Good? We would have to suppress the field of research. It is an old idea to believe that the Good is also ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Apr 1, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by jackjr
PBS has a crash course in philosophy. Course 6 focuses on existentialism and the meaning of life. Our group will be interested in this class.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...really?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
I was reading Marcus Aurelius's Meditations this afternoon and was struck by this passage, book 8:58 "He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if you shall have no sensation, neither will you feel ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
If the world order was maintained and Bush was prosecuted for the illegal invasion of Iraq, then Putin would have considered far more carefully before invading Ukraine.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
The meritocratic fallacy. In a meritocracy "merit" is rewarded with success. But we do not know exactly what "merit" or "deserts" means. Does the gifted child deserve to succeed in school? But we quickly agree on what success means, it can be ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
...the most interesting man
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"? How we all laughed at this repressive regime, total religious nutcases, assertion. Not laughing anymore. The American experiment is a failure.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 30, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by MerlinZap
I'm dealing with it!
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 29, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
An analysis of school shootings in general by Russel Brand. He uses it to push his agenda which is we need to focus on what is common to us all, rather than our disagreements.
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 28, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
When European nations and the US label Russia as "Imperialist", at least African's are wise enough to know that is a load of toss. Section of article with link below. "African countries are beginning to recognize their own national interests and ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 27, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FUNandFAITHFUL
Fires & floods in california: school shootings even 5 more people dead as i write; train and chemical leaks in ohio and pa: tornado in miss: so much devastation and much in the "bible belt!' where was the loving god??? I think that god was on ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 26, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Castlepaloma
World athletes have made a decisions to ban transgender from sports. I'm a live and let live guy even for religion. Yet if any group forces their will and unnatural law upon me. I won't be against it, just not for it. Personally choice ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 26, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by CallMeDave
What does the phrase "bad person" mean?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 26, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
Now this is interesting. The Cambridge Dictionary meaning of insurrection. insurrection noun UK /ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/ US /ˌɪn.sɚˈek.ʃən/ an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 25, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
TSA final definition of a liquid (in order to fly) "A liquid has no shape and it takes a shape dictated by its container." This is a shit definition as powders and gases also fit this definition. Eg put ball bearings in a jar and it's shape is ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 25, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
Biden has started his re-election campaign. He has followed the same old tactic of previous American presidents: Send a few missiles into some "Brown" land, provide some good ratings for the media with some "shock and awe" footage then watch the ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 24, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by barjoe
LINKGrace Linn's powerful speech against Book Bans at a Florida School Board Meeting is worth watching - YouTube
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 24, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
"In 2020, the state formed a reparations task force to examine the case for offering payment for what has been called America's original sin of slavery." I wonder how native Americans feel about this "original sin" offer of compensation. I find it ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 23, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
For those who approve of the ICC warrant for Putin's arrest. A good move would be to give the ICC some teeth to actually prosecute war criminals, which I totally agree with. This would involve governments around the world complying with ICC arrest ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 23, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
One of the symptoms of the "age of narcissism" (Christopher Lasch, 1979) is that today everyone seems to be proud of something; "pride" is one of the key words of our time: one is proud of being white or black, of being a true Scot or a Quebecois, ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 23, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FrostyJim
Makes sense to me...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 22, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
“A Little Bit of Logic” Who is Donald Trump? Donald Trump is a salesman, and an entrepreneur. He is not a statesman or a politician. He knows nothing about government , but he does know how to sell. ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 22, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by godfree2
Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind RSS address:
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 22, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
Are the days of "American exceptionalism" over? American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is either distinctive, unique, or exemplary compared to other nations. Proponents of it argue that the values, political system, and ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 22, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FrancoFran
Peoples lives are controlled by fear and greed. Greedy get a job thinking about what they can buy. Fear keeps the job thinking about what they can lose. Greed buy stuff they dont need. Fear keep going to work. The rat race. Tell me: what does ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 21, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
Imagine that, with regards to a given question / problem, two kinds of reality are on a collision course: objective reality "out there" on the one hand (as studied by science), versus subjective reality (personal convictions, beliefs, ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 19, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by jbrooks46
All thinking men are atheists. Ernest Hemingway
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 18, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Willow_Wisp
Are you an absurdist? As an absurdist, you likely embrace the idea that life is inherently without meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value. Absurdism, a philosophical stance closely related to existentialism and nihilism, was popularized by ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Mar 18, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by barjoe
Saw this on Facebook of all places.
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