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- Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:37 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Steven Norquist - Audio lecture on his enlightenment process
- Replies: 216
- Views: 56923
Re: Steven Norquist - Audio lecture on his enlightenment pro
Hi guys! Greetings from a spiritual dead man / old hag. :-)
- Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:39 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Hey im new here
- Replies: 58
- Views: 18051
Re: Hey im new here
lol lol lol
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:14 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Hey im new here
- Replies: 58
- Views: 18051
Re: Hey im new here
Hi cousinbasil,
The woman in my avatar is Asia Argento, an Italian actress.
The woman in my avatar is Asia Argento, an Italian actress.
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:16 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Hey im new here
- Replies: 58
- Views: 18051
Re: Hey im new here
Hey prince.
Just wanted to drop by and let you know that you have been unbanned from KIR, if you would like to post there. :-)
Just wanted to drop by and let you know that you have been unbanned from KIR, if you would like to post there. :-)
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:44 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black???
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12796
Re: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black???
You were banned from realism.yuku.com because you were apparently incapable of writing anything other than insults like the one above.Blair wrote:Head over to realism.yuku.com if you want to see a bunch of risible, slithering doucheweasels truly demonstrating Pot calling the Kettle Black.
- Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:30 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Fun math problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7987
Re: Fun math problem
Easiest way to think of this is simply to tally the money at each step: Manager has $300. Manager gives bellboy $50, so now manager has $250 and bellboy has $50. Bellboy gives customers $30 (out of the $50), so now manager has $250, customers have $30, and bellboy has $20. 250+20+30=300, so there is...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Deaf to Non-duality!
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16276
Re: Deaf to Non-duality!
Oh, I think this forum can offer far more than just three of them.
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:30 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Problem With Women Today
- Replies: 873
- Views: 163446
Re: The Problem With Women Today
For your presentation and offering of yourself, you employ Jesus-Buddha-Nietzsche and The Wise of the Ages. They are yours , you own them . You possess their writings, you have correctly interpreted their writing (as against ALL OTHER READINGS ), and you and your posse ---in the Cat Bird's Seat---l...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:17 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Religion: Nothing More Than A Comfort
- Replies: 231
- Views: 29337
Re: Religion: Nothing More Than A Comfort
The psychological argument is familiar: religious people just want to be comforted and told what to believe so that they can remove fear and uncertainty from their lives, and they need an external motivation like "heaven" in order to do good deeds. But the problem with using that sort of a...
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:05 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Simple Proof of the Law of Identity
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4265
Re: Simple Proof of the Law of Identity
The Law of Identity is not properly rendered “A = A’, but “A is A”, for to be identical is not the same as to be equivalent. In formal logic, the "=" sign is used to express an identity relation. The logical equivalence sign, on the other hand, looks like an "=" with an extra ho...
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The Real Threat to Consciousness
- Replies: 56
- Views: 12308
Re: The Real Threat to Consciousness
As with most of TSZ, I think Nietzsche was being metaphorical when speaking about warring. I'm not sure you can be very confident in saying that. In Genealogy of Morals Nietzsche speaks with approval of specific nations that had "warrior cultures," such as ancient Greece and Japan. This i...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:20 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Some high income folks are "going John Galt"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2321
Some high income folks are "going John Galt"
What does "going John Galt" mean, you ask? It's the practice of deliberately lowering your income so as to avoid the increased taxes on incomes over $250,000 planned by President Obama. "John Galt" is the main character of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, who worked in a menial job in ...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:50 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Religion as a Side Effect of Evolution
- Replies: 69
- Views: 12645
Re: Religion as a Side Effect of Evolution
Let's not forget that religion often causes people to reproduce more than they otherwise would, thereby ensuring the existence of more people inclined to be religious.
"Be fruitful and multiply."
"Be fruitful and multiply."
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:13 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Sixteen year old boy beats female bus driver in Michigan
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3101
Sixteen year old boy beats female bus driver in Michigan
NY Daily News story. Note that the other kids are mostly calling the guy "dumb" and telling him that he could go to prison: apparently their first concern is for the practical consequences to the attacker rather than the damage done to the driver. Oh well -- at least a couple of the other...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:50 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: This... Philosophy - and other people, how do you deal?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3250
Re: This... Philosophy - and other people, how do you deal?
It seems to me that you're getting less innocent, in that you're finding most people are pretty shallow as thinkers, even if they sometimes show a passing interesting in philosophical questions.Ignius wrote:The more innocent and truthful I get, the more people seem to dislike me.
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:40 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Thoughts as they come
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6028
Re: Thoughts as they come
Cool. :-)Unidian wrote:Hey Philo,
Odd, I was just wondering if you'd been posting anywhere and I had an inclination to come here. Didn't expect to see you, but there you were in the first topic I opened.
Anyway, I have nothing to add on the topic, just wanted to note the "synchronicity."
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:37 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Karl Marx: Philosopher or social scientist?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2957
Re: Karl Marx: Philosopher or social scientist?
Also another misconception is that Marx wanted to 'change' a society - he never suggested this as such. His theories pointed to this change as inevitable, through various processes in consciousness and economical realities simultaneously. To him this was how the world worked, all matter, all spirit...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Thoughts as they come
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6028
Re: Thoughts as they come
1. What's the deal with all the 1st world countries, especially the ones with the "highest quality of life" ratings, being very feminist countries? Higher technology makes child labor unnecessary. This means that it's no longer profitable in economic terms to have kids -- in fact it often...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:14 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Karl Marx: Philosopher or social scientist?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2957
Re: Karl Marx: Philosopher or social scientist?
For Marx, "spiritual views" are merely a result of economic and social conditions. "It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence that determines their consciousness." Since he thinks that philosophies are merely ...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:51 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Non-Verbal Language Schizoid Symposium
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2791
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:19 pm
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: How to logically make sense of the human body:
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1945
Re: How to logically make sense of the human body:
This is evident by the amount of side effects caused by drugs that are intended to treat a given condition. Side effects don't always indicate a lack of knowledge on the part of drug designers. They are sometimes inevitable because a drug addresses a chemical pathway that has multiple functions in ...
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:12 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The indestructibility of Consciousness
- Replies: 77
- Views: 8604
Re: The indestructibility of Consciousness
^ All I see are a bunch of assertions without any evidence. You haven't even addressed the logical point I was making...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:54 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Anosognosia and Confabulation?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1964
Re: Anosognosia and Confabulation?
Interesting topic. Anosognosia is a fascinating phenomenon, and could perhaps be used as a wedge for a skeptical argument -- what if people in general are not only deficient in reasoning, but unaware of their own deficit?
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:46 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The indestructibility of Consciousness
- Replies: 77
- Views: 8604
Re: The indestructibility of Consciousness
Your argument has a hidden premise: that if something is non-physical, it must also be indestructible. Even if we grant the premise that consciousness is not physical, that in itself does not show that it cannot be destroyed, unless you can also prove that non-physical things are indestructible.
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Does one have to be talented in order to be a pro athlete?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1644
Re: Does one have to be talented in order to be a pro athlete?
The ability to persevere through difficulties is also a talent, I think. So I would say, "Yes." Also, certain physical abilities (like quickness and endurance) are determined by the proportion of slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers you're born with, which is mostly genetic. A person ...