Philosophy Now Forum

Without freedom of speech, we would not know who the idiots are.

-Imp

inspired by Costello (another oldie but goodie) Abbott: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. You know Bucky Harris, the Yankee's manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team. Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players. Abbott: I certainly...

"There is no original text" - Nietzsche

-Imp

if only "we" (I) could force everyone to behave like "we" (I) want them to behave...

"we" (I) would have utopia...

(works for/against christians or communists (any religion or political "ism"), but freewill screws everything up...)

-Imp

I asked ChatGPT about Popper and it said that Popper is still working at the movie theater

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I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating...

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of course the vat from which all impressions arise is external from the brain...

what matrix?

-Imp

the connection between brain structure and consciousness is strong in some instances (lobotomies) brain structures are as unique as fingerprints a complete map of each structure is not yet within our grasp the evolutionary advantage of consciousness may not seen as necessarily advantageous... (trans...

In religious discussion there's a common statement in Christianity that claims Jesus Christ is our advocate with the Father. A Catholic might respond with, "Yes, He is our advocate, but that doesnt mean there arent other advocates as well." Does that response violate logic, or contains a ...

Russia and China have missiles that can do that now... thing is, so do we... They do not want a direct confrontation with the US. They are using the Houthis instead. The US also does not want a direct confrontation with the Russian Federation. They are using Ukraine for this. the next will be fough...

what you say is true... the peace loving Arab countries are just itching to invade Israel... once they sink a US ship, they may feel emboldened Both China and the Russian Federation have a vested interest in seeing to it that this becomes reality. You can safely assume that Iran and Yemen are now c...

when they contaminated the water off of Japan, we got Godzilla

hopefully with the contamination of the waters near Maryland, we'll get Giant Crab Beasts or something...

Giant Crab destroys D.C. ...

-Imp

what you say is true... the peace loving Arab countries are just itching to invade Israel... once they sink a US ship, they may feel emboldened comrade biden will not be in charge of the US military for long I don't think biden's replacement will surrender position and armaments as he did... but it ...

Rational Fear: You live in a ghetto, where muggings, murders, and drive-by shootings occur weekly. Your fear of being shot is Rational. Irrational Fear: You have nightmares of flying demons with seven fingers, seven toes, and seven wings teleporting into your room and eating you. Your fear of such ...

if god created everything, then god created the devil and evil as well...

how's that for omnibenevolence?

-Imp