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GreatandWiseTrixie wrote:If only Freud was still alive today. He would be pleased to see all of the sexual liberations in modern Hentai. Exploration of the human mind, as they say.

Yeah you're right.

[quote="philostudent70"]The theme of the month is: How does Internet and the new technology affect philosophy?

Quite a broad topic for me.

thedoc wrote:
Humans are different, not unique, unique is a very dangerous road to go down, it leads to all sorts of misconceptions about the human condition, and human superiority to other creatures.

I think being different makes that unique.

It's snowing in Maryland right now. Problem is it wasn't expected. Scientists are bragging that they'll be able to get weather forecasting down to the neighborhood level (with the help of satellites). Outside of handling all of that information, I think the emphasis should be on accuracy. Will weat...

Cerveny wrote:There are no infinities in the real physical world. No singularities, no continuous physical medium, no continuous physical space, no continuous time... all infinities are only thought, only pure ideas...

Yeah I agree.

I don't see "green ring" either.

puto wrote:Direct awareness is not required for memory, or learning, in consciousness.

Can you explain more about this? I would love to hear about it.

I don't think so.

Meanwhile, people consume their time with reading crap like 50 shades and Throne Games. They could be spending their time in much better ways. Like reading something educational or doing something creative. And then these people get off to pointing the finger at people who don't read such books and...

Camelia wrote:Did you read any books by Albert Camus? He is very good! You should!

Yeah I've read some of his books.

Hi Virginia.
Hmm Paranormal, sounds interesting.

I'm new to the site. Just wanna say hi to all.