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by David Quinn
Fri May 24, 2019 10:32 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The path to wisdom in a nutshell
Replies: 72
Views: 112392

Re: The path to wisdom in a nutshell

[ David Quinn - "It does come out of my direct experience. That is why I posted it." There is nothing here of your experience, just your saying the above without structural background. Again, I've spent twenty years on this forum talking about enlightenment with my own voice. You surely m...
by David Quinn
Thu May 23, 2019 9:59 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

I can’t see cars ever being eliminated, can you? So what about something more realistic? On the contrary, I see cars and a lot of other things becoming useless (if not "eliminated") sometime in the next few/several decades, whether voluntarily or otherwise. And why unrealistic? You might ...
by David Quinn
Thu May 23, 2019 8:31 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The path to wisdom in a nutshell
Replies: 72
Views: 112392

Re: The path to wisdom in a nutshell

What you have suggested about spiritual path to enlightenment is poppycock. You have presented some other persons concept, which is not your direct experience, which means you are not telling the truth but speaking "with tremendous simplicity and depth" hearsay. It does come out of my dir...
by David Quinn
Wed May 22, 2019 12:20 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

Okay, from your perspective, what is the most urgent thing we should be doing right now? Getting rid of all the cars. Go back to horses? I can’t see cars ever being eliminated, can you? So what about something more realistic? But nevertheless, it still remains the case that he [Trump] is someone wh...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 7:59 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The path to wisdom in a nutshell
Replies: 72
Views: 112392

The path to wisdom in a nutshell

This brief passage by Hui Neng describes the spiritual process to enlightenment with tremendous simplicity and depth. If you were to follow it religiously, you wouldn't need any other instruction. Let your mind be in a state such as that of the illimitable emptiness, but do not attach it to the idea...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 7:38 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The social justice wars
Replies: 254
Views: 293055

Re: The social justice wars

I don't think he has anything left in his life anymore. He has long abandoned the spiritual path and now fills his time being absorbed in these kiddie culture wars. It is the only thing in his life nowadays that gives him emotional pleasure. It looks to me that he plans to be engaged in it for the ...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:
Replies: 13
Views: 23394

Re: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:

Perhaps. Nietzsche did say, astutely, that laughter was essentially a form of malice. Are you referring to my smiley or your own post? Both. :D The quote I was thinking of goes something like, "Laughter is malice without a bad conscience". But I can't remember where it came from and googl...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 6:57 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The social justice wars
Replies: 254
Views: 293055

Re: The social justice wars

As a functioning coherent government, Trump’s presidency has long been over. That can be your opinion but I rather stay with facts, assuming we can still access these in some non-partisan way. How do you propose we define "functioning coherent government" in terms of presidential power or...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 12:07 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:
Replies: 13
Views: 23394

Re: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:

Perhaps. Nietzsche did say, astutely, that laughter was essentially a form of malice. Are you referring to my smiley or your own post? Both. :D The quote I was thinking of goes something like, "Laughter is malice without a bad conscience". But I can't remember where it came from and googl...
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 11:47 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

Back when I joined this forum, I was immersed in online atheism, anti-feminist and philosophical stuff. That is very much different both in scope and popularity from the "culture wars" which really became popular around 2015. By then I was wise and cynical enough not to be taken in by it....
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

It doesn’t really matter where the term originated, not when it has so clearly morphed into a standard alt-right trope.

The swastika was originally a symbol for peace and well-being in various Indian religions and look what has happened since.
by David Quinn
Mon May 20, 2019 9:55 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:
Replies: 13
Views: 23394

Re: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:

Perhaps. Nietzsche did say, astutely, that laughter was essentially a form of malice.
by David Quinn
Sat May 18, 2019 3:42 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

After all, you have shown for years now that you have been deeply immersed in all this on-line cultural war stuff, even going so far as to defend Kevin Solway's obsession with it. I'm glad to see that you are finally making efforts to transcend it. Back when I joined this forum, I was immersed in o...
by David Quinn
Sat May 18, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The social justice wars
Replies: 254
Views: 293055

Re: The social justice wars

It was interesting rereading this thread, particularly Kevin’s contributions. What shines through is his unbearable self-righteousness and his implacable hostility and dismissiveness towards women. His close-minded contempt for their stated concerns is there for all to see. This raises the question:...
by David Quinn
Sat May 18, 2019 12:27 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: The social justice wars
Replies: 254
Views: 293055

Re: The social justice wars

Lets try to make a list and check if predictions came out. - DQ: "Trump's presidency is all but over". It's still going on one year and 9 months later. Not exactly a lame duck president either in terms of not acting on anything because of lack of support. This was a false prediction. Not ...
by David Quinn
Thu May 16, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:
Replies: 13
Views: 23394

Re: Proprietary Game of Thrones Post:

It is the sort of show that allows people to project whatever they want onto it. I saw this most recent episode as a cautionary tale against trusting wannabe tyrants. For years, the dragon queen had been showing unmistakable signs that she was a tyrant at heart with a strong vindictive streak. Her a...
by David Quinn
Thu May 16, 2019 8:58 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Re: Flakes and Jackasses

The way you write here, it sounds as though you have been wrestling with this issue yourself. After all, you have shown for years now that you have been deeply immersed in all this on-line cultural war stuff, even going so far as to defend Kevin Solway's obsession with it. I'm glad to see that you a...
by David Quinn
Wed May 15, 2019 10:26 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Flakes and Jackasses
Replies: 36
Views: 51113

Flakes and Jackasses

I’m guessing some of you have already seen this. It is a video of Ben Shapiro humiliating himself during a BBC interview. It is worth looking at more closely because, to me at least, the whole affair embodies everything that is reprehensible about the alt-right movement. Here is the interview in ful...
by David Quinn
Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:33 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trumpism
Replies: 344
Views: 377544

Re: Trumpism

What is not to get? When the mass-broadcasting of information, policy-making and interpretation of events are monopolised by a few people, there is fascism. That also applies to practical/technical fields like medicine to the extent people in general don't understand and cannot control how it affec...
by David Quinn
Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:47 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trumpism
Replies: 344
Views: 377544

Re: Trumpism

I am adamantly -- culturally and philosophically -- opposed to 'multiculturalism projects' and I am also certain that they must be resisted, reversed. No nation, no culture, should have multiculturalism forced on it. No amount of grandstanding on this issue will change the reality that climate chan...
by David Quinn
Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:21 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trumpism
Replies: 344
Views: 377544

Re: Trumpism

The part I still don’t get is the connection to fascism. What is not to get? When the mass-broadcasting of information, policy-making and interpretation of events are monopolised by a few people, there is fascism. That also applies to practical/technical fields like medicine to the extent people in...
by David Quinn
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:32 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trumpism
Replies: 344
Views: 377544

Re: Trumpism

In fact my general position is Liberal in the true sense of the term. But to consider David and also Dan's position we need another term. Their 'liberalism' is really something else altogether. A good term is 'Hyper-Liberal' and 'Hyper-liberalism'. As a general rule, I am against all forms of illib...
by David Quinn
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:20 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: Trumpism
Replies: 344
Views: 377544

Re: Trumpism

You’re right. Most mainstream journalists are not political or In any case, I'm still not clear as to what you mean by fascism in relation to experts. Here in Australia at least, most people do trust experts, but they don't do so blindly. For example, if a doctor tells them they have cancer, they u...
by David Quinn
Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:24 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Mad ravings on the implications of cause and effect
Replies: 33
Views: 41769

Re: Mad ravings on the implications of cause and effect

I also noticed that Weininger's investigations, at times, aimed a bit too low. Yet his ability to depart from an empirical beginning using logical reasoning is so stimulating that his entire output is well worth careful readings between reflections. If only more thinkers would bravely explore new l...
by David Quinn
Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:22 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Mad ravings on the implications of cause and effect
Replies: 33
Views: 41769

Re: Mad ravings on the implications of cause and effect

I wonder, what is the difference between consciousness and experience? Is it the same thing? It depends on how we conceive and define these things. In my last post to you, I did use consciousness to mean the same as experience. The totality of your experiences and the totality of your consciousness...