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Note the Dalai Lama stance, i.e. “If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.” ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality If 10...

The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a...

There is this joke about mathematically proving that women are evil.

And then eventually someone comes along who takes such 'calculations' dead seriously.

The root of human life is breathing in-and-out... it is a valid root . If you need proof, stop breathing . ... (skipped the rest) Ookay let's see. Without breathing we die, and you think that this makes breathing the "root" of human life. That's nonsense #1. And then you use this root as a mathemat...

The common-sense realist accepts the reality of bush fire and its causes, burning the bush before bush burns back. Climate change zombies spout a fantasy cause. Next step in the ideological fantasy* is denial that the fire exists. A suburban dad doesn’t cut his grass all summer. The grass grows dee...

Let √1 be the root of any breathing body whose breathing in/out (+/-) is captured *variably by √1: √1 = +1, -1 √A = +A, -A +A (in) -A (out) Ah yes, taking the root of a breathing body. And assigning numbers to breathing in and out. I think in such cases it would be better if people would just start...

henry quirk wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:39 pm

Atla wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:27 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:16 am

Who wanted a war with Iran for 20+ years?

No one, don't you have some caveman business to attend to?

What the heck did I do to justify such a dismissal?

henry quirk wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:16 am

Atla wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:28 pm

They wanted a war with Iran for 20+ years, it's the main goal of the plan. Only a matter of time, and if they can manipulate Trump into starting it, they can make him take the blame too.

Who wanted a war with Iran for 20+ years?

No one, don't you have some caveman business to attend to?

They wanted a war with Iran for 20+ years, it's the main goal of the plan. Only a matter of time, and if they can manipulate Trump into starting it, they can make him take the blame too.

If you do not agree with 'interdependent' then it is inter-related. Note Chaos Theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory I insist it is 'interdependent' in matters of degrees but I am not wasting time convincing you of it. No, it's not inter-related, and Chaos theory has nothing to do with...

Australia has always been a hot place. Human stupidity applied to resource management, and not climate change, is the cause of the Australian wildfires. Blaming the weather for short-sighted incompetence sounds like a Hail-Mary pass caught for the win. You can do better than that, just deny altoget...

If the human mind is continuous with the world 'out there' - that is where the concept of 'interdependence' is applicable. It is the same if you use the term "(real)" for whatever, they are interdependent with the human mind. Stop lying, continuous does not mean interdependent. It doesn't mean any ...

Straw-man!! I don't believe in the absolute, i.e. the absolutely-absolute. What is most realistic is mind- inter dependent. No, you believe in an absolute form of mind-dependence and call it interdependence. It's a destructive, some would say malignant position. The correct view is of course neithe...

Nice argument on your part, but I don’t believe anything exists. You are a genius! Now could you transfer all your money to my bank account please, money isn't real and you don't exist either so you won't need it. Nice try, but I know that I exist and that it is at least possible that money is real...

commonsense wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:14 am

Nice argument on your part, but I don’t believe anything exists.

You are a genius! Now could you transfer all your money to my bank account please, money isn't real and you don't exist either so you won't need it.