GENIUS FORUMS

"Hasty generalization" is just the common name of the logical fallacy. It has nothing to do with how quickly one is able to make the error. I didn't know what a Hasty Generalization was. I was assuming your original comment was directed towards what Leyla and Kevin were talking about. So ...

Expectantly, The rationality of a thought can only be judged from logically examining it and probing it for faults, dismissing a thought as irrational based on how quickly it was thought of is irrational. If it is well known that concept A is believed by a solid majority of group X then I think it i...

Scott, I thought the water being released as the ice caps melted was the problem (bringing down ocean temperatures and causing large scale global cooling)?

I know people are attached to their homes, but they have to see that New Orleans is a lost cause. It’s just a bad place for a city.

Why is masculinity not associated with male? Why is strength only associated with that which is overt? What about quiet strength? Who (what theorists/scientists) are making these "lines in the sand" definitions of what is masculine and feminine as well as their worth? I am here to underst...

I agree with you, evolution has made us how we are. Ignorance (to Reality) is conducive to surviving long enough to reproduce. Our ancestors (proto human ancestors) didn’t have the brain power to contemplate the things we do, but without them we wouldn’t be here to do so. As for our Homo sapiens...

Didn't that song come from the show? Wonder if I can find the old episodes on the net? "Check it out, its an invention, and it makes non-stop rocking possible. Think about it man, rock singers are only rocking you half the time, the other time their breathing in, but not anymore baby!" Few...

I'm a big fan of theirs. Love the CD, never got to see the show though. Surprisingly well written music under those lyrics.

Glad I finally found some people who agree with me on the Beatles.

Anglagard, Taal, Opeth...progressive up your ASS!

He just means that women are "willful" in the sense that they have demands and opinions, and not much else. For example, demand for fashion items, furniture, and for a man with financial prospects to pay for it all. ...how do you make a statement like this one valid? From a survey? If I m...

It has to come to its own conclusion yes, but we were born into a world divided into political states with power, and we are going to feel the repercussions of their actions. Every action influences destiny, but it’s always inevitable. Keeping an eye on the world situation seems like a reasonable ...

Gotta say, I sure hope he bites the dust. Have you heard of the governments plans for combating avian flu (should it become transferable to humans)? No aid to hospitals and doctors offices, the people are expected to take care of themselves is their plain in a nutshell. I don’t think it’s a bad ...

Three protesters were escorted away by security as each interrupted Rumsfeld's speech by jumping up and shouting anti-war messages. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/rumsfeld.ap/index.html Anyone in that setting who stood up and shouted (in opposition) at the speaker would be escorted out, mal...

I think it would be fair to call "QRS" a "counter-culture." What of it?....Oborden Would it be an Act of Genius to recognise QRS as 'containing an equal measure of superficiality'...in line with the superficiality of 'mainstream culture'... No, it would be hard to say that QRS l...

La Verdad wrote:

It is if you learn from your experience.

lol what if you just get AIDs instead?

Doesn't mean you still can't learn something. At least they didn't kill you. Point is, every cloud has silver lining if you look. I think that it is a rather good saying to remember myself.

I think it would be fair to call "QRS" a "counter-culture." What of it?

It is if you learn from your experience.

Rear Naked Choke wrote:"The glass is half full."

What's stupid about this?

The widespread usage of certain psychoactives (marijuana, psilocybin, LSD) would undoubtedly sway the mindset of its long-term users away from materialism, towards a more humanist agenda. I believe, as a long-time marijuana user, that though some people would become more humanist, most would become...

I like "The Lesser Lights" myself. But I think "The Brothel" was a good name too, why the change?

Shaving isn't that bad, but I still don't do it very often. But then again, I grow a patchy sraggly beard as it is. But my father and grandfather had 'Jerry Garcia' beards, perhaps one day I will too.

I agree with Cory. Good post.

Ok, now I understand. Values precede morals.

I too have toruble fully understanding Kelly's words, but I do think I understand that the ego dreams of what empowers. I believe I will understand better when I have thought more about the human psyche. But, Kelly if you would answer a few questions of mine: The ego dreams of what empowers: which i...

What exactly do you mean by consciousness?