Firstly, I deliberately avoided using "progress" in the last post, since, as you suggest, it would imply some kind of end to which people wo...
I can sympathise to an extent with your experience, Harley, as I experienced something similar during my schooldays. Anyone who claims that name-calli...
Then how do views change? After all, monotheism was once just an idea one person came up with, or had revealed to him, against a backdrop of a polythe...
A: Given I'm currently at University.... No, no idea whatsoever Q: What was your worst exam ever, and why?
Britain, I would say, has one of the most varied music scenes around, it's just that a lot of it is underappreciated, and what gets into the charts te...
Simply setting a double-standard on what constitutes a "valid religion" to teach to children. If that ruling is to be considered legal, then...
Congratulations on surviving your teenage years. Unfortunately, you will now be required to remove all insanity from yourself, unless you provide suff...
28.99408% - Total Geek More or less accurate...
13274 for me Amazing how effective the simple ideas are at producing challenges...
A) Kitsune is the Japanese for fox, but also refers to the mythical fox-folk of Japanese folklore, which are typically tricksters, but also generally ...
In some things I envy the US. Like actually having concerts such as these... Enjoy the show, Knux - if what I've heard of the Dear Friends concert is...
I have If so, I don't remember sufficient details to decide...
Jimro, while the same piece of evidence can provide different, equally valid conclusions to various different people, it doesn't mean that they should...
Maybe it's just some grand conspiracy they've set up to leave you confused as to what to do, and in a no-win situation, Sam...
Well, perhaps it is better not to devote a single day to having the commandment "Thou shalt spend this day acknowledging the greatness of *indivi...
Sorry for the slight backtrack, but I've been fairly busy recently... Jimro, while the other side may well have rational arguments to back up their b...
While the excluded middle principle isn't an all-inclusive doctrine, there are still a lot of areas where it does work. Granted, things where "al...
In terms of thoughts which may cause your brain to hurt, how about this: Imagine you are a disembodied being. Just try. Brain hurting yet? The point ...
Western Philosophy tends to place the definitions as: Body: Physical substance that has extension, solidity, and form - basically, what we can percei...
There's a certain amount to suggest that people heal better if they believe that they will get better, and it has been obsrved that animals will often...
Well, we might not know the right things, but we can generally figure out what we think does not work. Might be worth listening to yourself on occasio...
Well, in general I suspect people would prefer to experience positive emotions without experiencing negative ones, but I reckon that you can't have on...
Quote:If hate defines love, does love define hate? Well, if that were the case, the two would be synonimous, and so would indeed define each other......
Interestingly enough, Rebbe, a few years back I generally felt cut off from my emotions, and was left with a fairly dead feeling inside, where I wasn'...
Not claiming to be an expert, but I would generally go with a somewhat cliched suggestion - be yourself, and be honest. Granted, not easy to do when y...
Certainly, the Gospels are a good place to start. Genesis/Exodus, aside from the family trees, aren't too bad for providing some early context, and Is...
Emotions cloud perception. Love turns a pimple into a dimple, anger gives you tunnel vision, boredom means you are reducing your perception of the wor...
Things like "startled", which are arguably more reactions than emotions, might be difficult to assign a PCM value to... Thanks for your ide...
Just some thoughts based off The Spontaneous One's suggestions. The idea of there being fundamental elements for the emotional spectrum does sound pl...
Interestingly enough, I've just had a series of lectures relating to emotions and what their role is, and there are some interesting thoughts. One of ...
OK, this is something of a thought experiment based on some of John Rawls' theories of justice, for those who know them, and I'm just curious to see h...
Well, as someone who joined over the summer, I discovered the board via a friend, and decided to stick around to see what it was like. As far as I'm ...
Well, as someone who joined over the summer, I discovered the board via a friend, and decided to stick around to see what it was like. As far as I'm ...