the matter is why ?

I would say lack of trust, lack of education, and fear. And i would not forget susceptibility to fake news.

Sorry if this is off-topic, just wanted to throw that out there. I would have done it much earlier but I’m dealing with a lot as of late.

I mean what’s the joy in piling on a young lady who’s already h…[Read more]

@lausten, the only movie referred to is 2010, which has that awesome scene, moves me every time I recall it, where Dave manifests to Hal who has just laid down his life for the lying cowardly humans, and tells Hal something’s…[Read more]

@mriana, superb all round, thanks again.  John Shelby was one of my bêtes noires, like Richard.  No more.  Beautiful.  The WCG was cunning in that there were holidays.  Especially the massively indulgent Feast of Tabernacles.  Even my three…[Read more]

Aye @mriana. I brainwashed myself in to the chiliast cult of Armstrongism from age 15 as a shallow, wee-wee end of the pool bright, lower middle class English child of The Bomb. The cult did the astounding thing of deconstructing itself 25 years later. Not far enough for our rich tastes obviously. 25 years on my deconstruction continues. Only…

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I’ve been deluded all my life @lausten, it’s human after all.  Who doesn’t believe things that aren’t true?  Reason is… the slave of the passions after all.  But I was give strong delusion for 50 odd years (very odd…), although it was edited along the way and went in to free fall 5 ago.  I’ve documented the trajectory to…[Read more]

@mriana.    God is a human concept.

I agree, a product and resident of our Human Mindscapes.

😉

And then there’s physical reality,

this biological body with an incredible backstory, that I/we inhabit for our life,

but that’s constantly changing with the seasons, first growing, then aging, think of it, the stories of our years, all were e…[Read more]

What I am saying about myself has nothing to do with you

@mriana, we are having different conversations here

There are a lot of people today that would find your radical ideas of you accepting yourself for who you are as hurtful, divisive, and non-inclusive of the marginalized minority.

So, transgender people can talk about themselves as being a male or female, but I cannot? They can change themselves in a way that they accept themselves, but I am…[Read more]

@mriana – Ok, thanks for that!

You’re welcome. Glad to help when I can.

@tanny  to @mriana – Ok, thanks for that!

I second that.

Yeah, just because I’m free with my criticism, doesn’t mean really mean I’m down CFI’s, or ready to give up*.  But I did want Tanny to know we heard him, now I need to look his Comment, see what other trouble I can get myself into.   😉

*Heck I re-up-ed.

Cc.V.4,  speaks for itself…[Read more]

@mriana    but the bottom line is all definitions are human creations and as the Tao says the Tao that can be defined isn’t the Tao at all.

So however one defines it, it is all just a human definition and isn’t a god at all.

I like that.

It would be impossible to understand the essence of the Creator as we are his creation and the idea of the c…

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It’s an open forum.  I figure anyone can jump in and answer any question.  Which is why I jumped in on this to answer sabolina’s question. To answer the question on my own terms.

I could set a trap too:   “Do you think killing is bad?”  [ ] YES   [ ] NO

Please Choose   😉

(and whichever you choose, I can start an argument)

We are so blessed with his presence and so pleased with his wealth of information. – Lausten

Is that sarcasm or are you serious? – mriana

Yeah, I think that’s right up there with my flightless birds comment.  😉

But I am serious about flammable tap water and burning river.

Our burning river lead to the creation of the…[Read more]

@thatoneguy

White Male thinking in this case means things like reason, and objective facts.

@mriana

Excuse me? Are you saying that people of colour can’t have reason and objective facts?

What you just witnessed was White Male thinking they’re using reason and citing objective facts………..

That’s what I said (not in exact words, but nonetheless, I said it can’t happen) and that’s what they are referring to.

I had no doubts, but to some it might have sounded as if humans could mate with other hominids. I just wanted to remove all possible misunderstanding.

Witness the common mistake of  “The Scopes Monkey Trial”, which…[Read more]

@mrmhead

I agree also, as @mriana had mentioned about humans “mating” with gorillas or chimpanzees …

They would not have offspring. In spite of being 98% related, Humans have 23 pr chromosomes (46) and all other hominids 24 pr (48).

The chromosomes would not match up to produce viable offspring, or the offspring would be sterile.

I smile to you Mriana, i understand what you are telling.

Thank you.

Have you such laws in USA?

The closest thing we have is “it’s unlawful to discriminate on the bases of race, creed, colour, gender, religion, disability” I think those are all the minorities covered. However, if anyone violates it, nothing is done. Years ago,…[Read more]

OK – I think @CitizensChallengev3 is trying to speak to us from the beyond.

I’ve seen a few threads that looks like he’s responded, but I click and the latest one is not from him.

Including this one.

I wasn’t sure if it was just me … but seeing “a sign” in this thread, I think it may be more widespread.

Race is a social construct, without a biological basis:

I agree also, as @mriana had mentioned about humans “mating” with gorillas or chimpanzees …

Or to take it in another direction – and I mean no disrespect to anyone – it’s just an analogy:

Race as another name for Breed? as we use the term with dogs.

A breed has various characteristics. …[Read more]

“Treat others how you want to be treated”
This is seen as the golden rule, and it is most of the time. -morgan

I think this is a adequate rule of the thumb, like you shown can it be vague. The more precise of an action the ethic has to describe/guide the more difficulty it gets to define it. Thats why I prefer to leave the ethical definition in a…[Read more]

About that dotard…[Read more]

Within the limitations of free will, yes, you can change. Acceptance is a good thing, but if slaves accepted their fate, we wouldn’t have the democracies we now have.-laust

The part to not having any choise is just for theoretical completeness. In practical real life there is always a choise. Obviously only as long one hase an according capable d…[Read more]

I’m thinking possibly a Hindi speaker or possibly a Spanish speaker. / Now I am thinking Indian (India).-mriana

In order I not posing as someone from another culture / country.
I’m from central europe, german speaking.

I just had a feeling there was a language barrier happening.-m

German is my mothertounge, and enghlish I did learn r…[Read more]

“Not the way I understood it as written and it doesn’t answer the altruism question….” – mriana

Let me clarify:

• “Apropriate preventive measures…” with this i meant some actions that by law would have been applied anyway. Like imprisonment, life imprisonment, death sentence. Anything that would prevent the crime from happening a…

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“Not the way I understood it as written and it doesn’t answer the altruism question….” – mriana

Let me clarify:

• “Apropriate preventive measures…” with this i meant some actions that by law would have been applied anyway. Like imprisonment, life imprisonment, death sentence. Anything that would prevent the crime from happening a…

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This is includet and ment by my second point below: “Apropriate preventive measures … ”

Not the way I understood it as written and it doesn’t answer the altruism question. Something tells me there is a communication issue here.

I don’t think facing reality as it is, has something to do with fate.

Your replies do not lead me to conc…[Read more]

Maybe, but wouldn’t you want such a person off the street so that he doesn’t do it again to someone else or do you have no altruism at all?

This is includet and ment by my second point below: “Apropriate preventive measures … ”

So you believe in fate?

I don’t think facing reality as it is, has something to do with fat…[Read more]

Maybe, but wouldn’t you want such a person off the street so that he doesn’t do it again to someone else or do you have no altruism at all?

This is includet and ment by my second point below: “Apropriate preventive measures … ”

So you believe in fate?

I don’t think facing reality as it is, has something to do with fate. Regarding the act…[Read more]

Once upon a time, I asked myself the question: “Why is something (like killing/murder) right or wrong?”. Till this day I couldn’t come up with an answer, so I don’t consider any action strictly right nor wrong, good/bad; adequate or not, yes of course; but not right or wrong.

So you think murdering another human being is alright…[Read more]

I think the matter of right and wrong depends on what we are talking about.

What are we talking about? I agree so far, in social norms, ethics, morals, laws… exists appropriate/disappropriate behaviour/actions, because these structures implicate an equivalent framework. Outside of them, there is no framework anymore. What makes these actions, in…[Read more]

” @mriana,    Don’t you mean “what is god?” ”
Doesn’t make near a good a title.

Actually now that I’m thinking about it, perhaps I should have asked,

Where does “God” come from?

To me it seems, that the knowlegde what god is could help finding the answer to “Where does “God” come from?”.

My answer, at least to the “what” question is split i…[Read more]

He named all his sons George

But he does have a number of daughters too – one who is named Georgetta     😃

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Hi dear colleague,

Thank you for your reply.

I am answering you immediately.

Ma = 1 kg

Mb = 4  kg

V1 = 1 m/s

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V2 = 0.6 m/s = theoretical value

V2 = 0.5999992 m/s = mean experimental value

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V3 = 0.1 m/s = theoretical value

V3 = 0.0999997 m/s = mean experimental value

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Friction is…[Read more]

Primarily as @mriana said:  “Greed” for either power or money.

Thanks, @mriana! I’m still not even sure why he decided to post in my thread to begin with.

You’re welcome and I’m not sure either, except he’s been a problem and to me that post about the war was not only harassment, but xenophobia or racism and members on this forum, who have been here a while, know how I feel about those things.

@mriana. I have done my research on this.

Which is what it comes down to in the end.  Doing one’s research, following up on tips and getting the details from first sources and authoritative sources.

I understand where you are coming from.  My father owned a small business.  And if there’s one thing he has taught me, is not to own a small business  😉

So just sell your 3rd home in the Bahamas and give your “undocumented’s” a raise  (J/K)

Thank you for commenting on a “right wing talking point”

MG is great at baiting.  You migh…[Read more]

And when it comes down to hiring a low skilled worker who received the old minimum wage (and who was the majority employee populating minimum wage jobs) versus a higher skilled worker who is also applying because the minimum wage was just raised by q…[Read more]

Workers compete against other workers (not employers) for jobs and the highest wages.   Specifically, lower skilled workers compete against higher skilled workers.  Em…[Read more]

@mriana     Should there be another technique to decrease poverty that provides advantages, or at least minimizes consequences, to al…[Read more]

 In what way would you consider him an apologist? — Mriana

Hmm, I’d be interested to know what lectures @Mriana heard. He does like the Bible, even though he is strongly agnostic, nearly atheist. He does believe Jesus was some sort of person and refuses to even really debate it, at least not in any reasonable way. But he doesn’t promote any kind…[Read more]