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I agree with the premise. The "I", the "Self", comes about in the processing of sensory experience. So the "Self" is not anything internal, but is the manifestation of the particular set of life experiences. These experiences are thrown at the self without its permissio...

Evil. What is it's source? Is it just a subjective idea in each person's mind? If God made all things, then is he the ultimate source of evil? That which makes all things is a concept known as God, God is just another word for every conceivable concept. So yes, if a word can be conceived, then yes,...

Creatures which have not evolved to survive in the changing environment ultimately die out of natural causes. So genetic transmission of cultural traits which do not support survival in the prevailing environment are pruned away. You realize, of course, that "organisms evolve" is one prop...

Evil. What is it's source? Is it just a subjective idea in each person's mind? If God made all things, then is he the ultimate source of evil? That which makes all things is a concept known as God, God is just another word for every conceivable concept. So yes, if a word can be conceived, then yes,...

Have you ever heard of epigenetics? Yes, but two problems: one is that at present, it's speculative. It's just about as speculative as The Standard Model of Particle Physics. Observed epigenetic effects have been traced traced to changes in the expression of DNA. The second is that it's a method, n...

Over time this will promote greater cooperation and collectivism in the society, as emphasis shifts from "ME" to "US". This might be true if learning could persist from one generation to the other -- if, for example, ideology could be written into DNA, so that one generation's l...

I am advocating for a collectivism wrought of love for one's fellow man. I see that. And I would wish that you could get it. If you're going to have a collective, you need a lot more than just a "loving impulse," because unguided by morality, that can go very wrong, and just end up sancti...

F12: "The only way to obtain true happiness is through selfless service to our fellow man." There's a half truth in this. Happiness is difficult for individuals; but happiness is definitely not assured by Collectivism. Neither extreme is the road to anything good, actually. We are not mon...

So, it is possible then, correct? But, when we know some thing, for sure, which EVERY one agrees with, then that is objectivity, right? Or, when we can look at things, from EVERY things' perspective, then we can have an objective view of things, correct? And being a mental concept objectivity can n...

What we call objectivity, does not exist among humans. What we call objectivity is just a group of people with the same subjective opinion. But subjectively agreeing does not yield perfect objectivity; just limited agreement in a limited group. Even if every human being on earth agreed to an idea, ...

What we call objectivity, does not exist among humans. What we call objectivity is just a group of people with the same subjective opinion. But subjectively agreeing does not yield perfect objectivity; just limited agreement in a limited group. Even if every human being on earth agreed to an idea, ...

Nick_A wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:55 am
Hi f12hte

While I agree that society as a great collective is capable of many things. Unfortunately I've learned that society is capable of both the greatest compassion and abominations.

Please see my reply to Immanuel Can in this thread.

I think that we are headed in the right direction, towards collectivism. I think that it is necessary for the survival of humanity. Collectivism yields better use of scarce natural resources, and it will not take long for 7 billion of us to become 14 billion or 28 billion. Most utilities, police an...

What we call objectivity, does not exist among humans. What we call objectivity is just a group of people with the same subjective opinion. But subjectively agreeing does not yield perfect objectivity; just limited agreement in a limited group. Even if every human being on earth agreed to an idea, i...

One of the most important basic and avoided questions is if a person considers themselves essentially an Individualist or a collectivist. It seems more enjoyable to argue over techniques or good and bad. But the question of Individualism vs. Collectivism as desired method to improve human nature pu...