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Why are flies able to detect a gap in a slightly open window when they are on the outside of it, but not able to recognise the gap in a fully open one when they are on the inside? They can't recognize the small gap as a gap. They come in either by accident or drawn by the smell of food. There is fa...

so i could and would do it if i were forced, and haven't the willpower to stop eating meat on my own because bacon tastes good. pork chops taste good IOW - the reason for all destructive behaviour: could stop but won't, 'cose I like it That was the reason for much of our past suffering, is the reas...

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How big a threat is this? Enormous. The threat has existed since before WWII, when Hitler and his political movement had quite an enthusiastic following (and quite a few moneyed supporters) in America. That enthusiasm has never entirely died out, and in the last few decades, it's grown considerably...

Does hanging onto regrets put a rope around your neck. Bit of a loaded question, no? No emotional or ethical consideration puts a rope around your neck. That can be done by a hangman, a murderer or yourself in a state of terminal despondency. Most regrets do not cause terminal despondency. Most of ...

It's been a while since I visited here. Maybe too long to answer this question. But I'll try. Other animals fit snugly, perfectly and permanently into the world that they live in - whether they like it or not. We humans don't. We have too much imagination too much power and too many choices for a si...

You can only tell a story you have. If you're proud of whatever you did, you tell a hero story. If you're ashamed of what you did, you somebody else's story, an edited story, or none at all. If you did nothing, you may want to share your reasons for that - or not. In any case, it's your story, your ...

Are there any ethical vegans on this forum, particularly couples, and if so, how does veganism influence your life in both a practical sense and a philosophical one? It's possible, but I wouldn't expect so. You get enough abuse being a vegetarian. From the less-than perspective: We have learned abo...

trokanmariel wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:26 pm But CNN is a modernity proof system. A condescension with self-awareness. The combination of the two - condescension and modernity - could be a positive and practical way of looking at news media, as proof of evolution gaining morality.

Fake news! Fake news!

RCSaunders wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:20 pm But they won't drink water if they feel no thirst (desire water)

Then they will be dead faster. If you do not desire what you need to survive, you die.

Gary is right, this universe is broken, it's a failed system, it's a fools paradise. Make up your mind! Which? The universe is fine. There are a lot of fractured things and unhappy campers in it, but the universe doesn't care; it has plenty of other things in it. The whole frickin universe doesn't ...

RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:23 pm Not everyone who is alive desires to remain alive.

After they've died, they will have no needs. Until they get up the nerve to off themselves, they need to breathe in air and breathe it out again, need to drink water and piss it out again. At a minimum.

trokanmariel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:46 pm If CNN were to address the issue, of people having lived past daylight, could that make us more life-affirming?

I doubt it. We've been slaughtering, enslaving and exploiting one another for a very long time before CNN existed.

[... find a mate they can count on. That's not about romance or being beautiful; it's about understanding, trust, affection and acceptance.] Every individual's experience is different, but mine is a little more than that. I'm in my eighties, and my wife in her seventies, and our love is more, "...

If it truly was the case the capitalism has been the cause of all the world's ills, I didn't say that. I said it was largely responsible - in an entirely non-sexist fashion, since the marketing is aimed at all demographics - for the epidemic of obesity in the United States, Canada, the UK, and to a...