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Voice of Time; Please consider my following responses. Nobody says "head" if they mean mouth. By "head" one usually refers to the skin-coverd outside of the skull and the back of the neck. For the front of the head one talks about "the face". True, but the face is on th...

Hammock; I see two very serious flaws in reasoning in the excerpt that you posted, which I will explain below. Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death ; by Jesse Bering; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN; Wednesday, October 22, 2008 The first flaw is with the word "imagine". When we try to imagine som...

Ginkgo wrote: I see this is clip as being an exploration of metaphysical ontology , so strictly speaking this particular extract isn't science.

Which is just fine because this is not a science forum. It is a philosophy forum.

Gee

Our arrogance. Nice post, Skip. Gee Why all the self-loathing (or species loathing), Gee, Skip, Blaggard? Without swinging the pendulum too far in the opposite direction (of hubris), don't you think that we are more intelligent, at least, than other species? I don't have self-loathing. I just don't...

Our arrogance.

Nice post, Skip.

Gee

Hi Kayla; as a girl who does martial arts there is one form of sexism that i encounter pretty much every class when sparring with men - or even boys - they are unwilling to use as much force as they would with a man not just unwilling - pretty much psychologically unable this reduces the quality of ...

Hi Ctk; You have interesting thoughts. I am trying to understand human nature and it seems to me that group dynamics plays a major role in how society operates. One thing that I have notice is that most successful friendships are asymmetrical in which there is a teacher and a student. For instance, ...

I would have no problems in coming up with examples of animals doing good, whether towards humans or other animals. But it seems to be a horse of a different color when it comes to animals doing evil? Why? Could it be because evil must be planned? Must there be intent in the action? Hi PhilX; No. T...

Well that's been an interesting read. I've learnt that the man against smacking a nappy clad bum is not against pinching a baby on the lip. Sappho de Miranda; I was wondering the same thing. I noted in your other post that you were very clear on why you were being punished. (with the tickling your ...

'Never nursed a baby'. Have you? Of course. Why else would I have bothered to learn about it? I assume you mean 'breast-fed'. I also don't see what any of those 'techniques' you describe have to do with 'disciplining' a child. Some people are uncomfortable with the term "breast-fed", so I...

Voice of Time; I can't figure out if you just like to argue with me, or if you are trying too hard to be funny. Please consider my following responses. First I would like to say that pinching a baby's lip is a bad idea. It is too easy to accidently hurt them that way -- especially if mom has nails. ...

I've never heard of anyone slapping a baby on the cheek to wake it or get it to feed. I am going to assume, because of your above statement, that you either have never nursed a baby, or that you were extremely lucky. And it is more like tapping or patting than it is slapping, although sometimes it ...

Most children rarely need punishment. Starting at a very young age they need to learn the meaning of the word "no" and this will involve an unpleasant rap and saying "no" firmly. It is absolutely critical that you never rescind a punishment or allow the behavior to continue earl...

The problem with arguments like that is that they presume only an either/or. Why must you hit? Why is it important to hit instead of talking to, or just say "no!" in a firm voice, or just smack with the tip pf your fingers their mouth when they do so or pinch their lip? First I would like...

Hi Gee, You pointed out that my thread could be interpreted at least three different ways. My overall goal is to get a good conversation going which is happening for this thread. I should point out that while this thread is concerned with what primarily goes on at home, you brought up two examples ...