GENIUS FORUMS

David_Vogan wrote:All of our everyday activities gain motivation from an emotional drive....

.....whether you'd like to admit it or not

How'd you come to that conclusion? Introspection? Reading the results of scientific studies?

It seems to me that one has to account for the origin of things, and that in reflecting on that, the reflection turns back to what is divine. I do realize that that reflection occurs in subjective space, in psychology and all sorts of errors occur there, or can occur. And if there is 'contentment' ...

You said that women enjoy being degraded in "normal sex", and I'm telling you that there are women(and men) who both enjoy sex and yet experience no degradation in it. Calling the sexual act degrading (IMO) depends on the state of mind the individual is in; did the sexual act produce bad ...

rape is having sex with someone without their consent. There is no such thing as consensual sex among humans. A consent requires a conscious agreement. Sex among humans is unconscious. It's impossible to consciously agree to perform an unconscious act. But I can remember having sex, I'm sure of it!...

I find it hard to distinguish between normal sex and rape, at least from the perspective of the man. You're a fucking moron. Here's a hint brainiac - rape is having sex with someone without their consent. In normal sex, the woman enjoys being degraded; in rape, she doesn't. Some of us more sexually...

David Quinn wrote:True, but physical sport is also a test of character, of knowing how to make the right decisions quickly under pressure. In many ways, it provides a more well-rounded examination than chess.

What about speed chess?

Kunga wrote:

Anders Schlander wrote:On a scientific level, I would be doubtful whether there are actually masculine and feminine hormones

Testosterone and Estrogen

Androgens are the male sex hormones, of which testosterone is just one of many.

In my own case, what I have come to, is that the 'real nature' of the reality in which we find ourselves is simply beyond intelligent description . There is a sort of 'kingdom' of perception, being and understanding that we are, at least most of us, locked out of. We cannot get to it by our own str...

David Quinn wrote:You'll be paying off the mortgage, mowing the lawn and taking the kids to school in no time.

You should write horror novels David, that was scary.

dejavu wrote:Alex does not underestimate what our consciousness is capable of, which is why I am one of his readers.

He doesn't seem to have much faith in the ability of "our" consciousness to attain absolutes and certainties. Is that underestimation?

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Well there's nothing to be done about it now is there. ( Crap, I must have touched on a nerve. Childhood abuse or something! dejavu, why are you always putting your foot in your mouth? ) Maybe you don't understand. I stopped being offended by typical jokes and insults about my Mum(or Dad) after abo...

It's really rather an ancillary issue whether or not the knowledge of a person is acquired formally or informally, but thanks for the quotes. Ancillary to what? It seems the particulars of early educational institutions/environments might potentially have substantial impact on intellectual developm...

Genius doesn't shun knowledge. That's all an education is. I think jupiviv was referring to formal education, and the institutions and methods that that usually involves; not simply pure "knowledge." Here's some quotes on the subject that I found on the net, attributed to Albert Einstein:...

I'm only taking offence at the lack of quality in your supposed "joke."

I've got a sneaking suspicion that Alex is scientifically "illiterate", possibly even fundamentally scientifically incapable/incompetent. If that's so, I wonder how much that fact plays into his dislike of scientific modernity. He's just not good at it(science) like he is at humanities/art...

How amazingly clever, amusing and original!

My Mum's still alive, still Australian, and I'm not patriotic - I was just fuckin' with ya, for the "your mum" comment.

dejavu wrote:Hang on,....don't tell me Sue is your mum???

She's not.

This has been a thoroughly worthless discussion. I'm ashamed to have started it with my pointless and niggly observation, and I'm ashamed to have continued on with it as long as I have. I'm gonna try to do better in the future.

By the way, Sue would drive a "ute" not a "pickup."

What? No, my Mom's fine - she just changed nationality. She's New Zealand-ish now, and me being so patriotic and all it's just a sore point for me....

dejavu wrote:

Jason wrote:Are you Australian dejavu?

Is your mum?

She....was. <sniffle>

Are you Australian dejavu?