Philosophical Speculations

China Wants to Invest in the Arctic. Why Doesn’t Canada? I have to say I agree with Jorjani's assessment of the CCP (not to be confused with the Chinese people, who are also victims of the CCP). They have shown nothing but the most foolhardy, imperialist and inhumane tendencies. They represent exac...

That's very interesting. The old habits of mind must be broken down to make room for new habits of mind. Either that will happen happen unconsciously and uncontrollably (mental illness), in which case I am sure it helps tremendously to have some sort of surrounding community which empathizes (as opp...

DavidSchuy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:18 am But HOW can indefinitely many universes explain consciousness? There is the hard problem of consciousness... And matter is inanimate...

That's right, it can't. So materialists who are using it to try and explain consciousness are barking up yet another wrong tree.

UFO In Cape Hatteras? Viral Video Sparks Debate Of Mysterious Flying Object Days before the CIA released a large cache of files involving unidentified flying objects (UFOs), following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by podcaster John Greenwald Jr., social media was a buzz about a UFO la...

Over here, that way of thinking would mostly fall on the left. It's sometimes referred to as "eco-terrorism". We also find the same "self-defense" justification used by groups such as Antifa ("anti-fascists"). Such people cannot be argued with rationally. The idea that...

Hello Bernardo and hello to all members here, I am preoccupied with the idea of whether consciousness is fundemantal and universal, or whether materialism is true in the sense of creating gazillions of universes in an observation. Why do these point of views stand against each other? I mean, I real...

There are no rules against using lethal force to eradicate people whose actions you perceive to be a threat to the 'ecosystem'? That's news to me and doesn't sound like being a responsible Citizen in any sense of that word. Ashvin, my original question was really about concrete mice-human relation,...

We'll have that in 50 years for sure... easy peezy.

SanteriSatama wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:39 pm PS: Ashvin, what do you mean Christo-centric approach?

An approach which centers around Christ as the quintessential archetype of Redemption through voluntary sacrifice and rebirth in His spirit.

It takes a little while to get your head around Tenet. It’s interesting that they have it such that it’s the intention to drop the reverse entropy bullet that picks it up... (I don’t think that’s too much of a spoiler?) For sure, Nolan explores the Fate-Free Will polarity in depth, while only havin...