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by Skip
Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:06 am
Forum: Aesthetics
Topic: Life is a Terminal Illness
Replies: 117
Views: 33832

Re: Life is a Terminal Illness

Once you've seen the ugliness at the heart of existence, you never unsee it. You are scarred for life. Indeed. Everyone carries a few scars. So what? If you want to sit around, staring into a mirror and feeling sorry for yourself, that's all right. But it doesn't accomplish much. Get a hobby, join ...
by Skip
Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:01 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Does Romantic Love Exist?
Replies: 98
Views: 6249

Re: Does Romantic Love Exist?

I've heard that divorce and/or breaking up can be very painful. Yup. They are. Like a broken leg - but you survive and maybe learn something. LIfe and love have the potential to be such wonderful things and yet they fall so short. Sometimes. This world is so broken. No, it's just real, raw and nast...
by Skip
Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:55 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Does Romantic Love Exist?
Replies: 98
Views: 6249

Re: Does Romantic Love Exist?

Is there such a thing as romantic love? Sure, but it's fairly shallow. If that's all there is, it won't last. If it's only the beginning, it has hope. I see people on dating apps looking for partners and beautiful folk meeting and socializing at bars with each other. That's on stage. In real life, ...
by Skip
Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:11 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: living?
Replies: 39
Views: 3017

Re: living?

Where there are no desires, there are no needs. Desires (objectives, goals, ends, and purposes) always precede needs. Oh, really? I thought you had to be alive to form desires, objectives, ends and purposes. In order to be alive, certain needs must be met at regular intervals. If you have some alte...
by Skip
Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:08 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?
Replies: 12
Views: 1273

Re: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?

Would you agree, that Mahtab Raza, one of the Indian students in Ukraine, shouldn't have to worry about being part of Russia instead of Ukraine, because he has lived past daylight? No. I think no decent person should have to worry about being where they are, for any reason --- but an awful lot of p...
by Skip
Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:40 am
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: Obesity and Gender
Replies: 33
Views: 8269

Re: Obesity and Gender

If - I say if - there was some predisposition in women to eat more, I would wager that this has something to do with an instinct to store calories in preparation for pregnancy. If - I say IF American women were inclined to eat more than American men, I'd wager it's because they more unhappy. Even m...
by Skip
Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:36 am
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: Obesity and Gender
Replies: 33
Views: 8269

Re: Obesity and Gender

There is no question that everybody eats. Thank you for clearing-up that mystery. There is a monumental public health problem in the U.S. and spreading throughout the rest of the world. That's what this is about. Indeed. Because everybody eats, and because the US is a monumentally capitalistic cult...
by Skip
Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:25 am
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?
Replies: 12
Views: 1273

Re: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?

Movies are made based on politics, in which the stories are made up of characters (names); movies are made to influence culture Movies are made about all kinds of things. The characters in the movies have names. Movies are made to entertain people. They are part of a culture. in terms of the first ...
by Skip
Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?
Replies: 12
Views: 1273

Re: Would all politics be disbanded, if every reality were given a name?

No.
Everything, real and unreal, already has a name; most of those things have a number of names in different languages.
Naming has so far had no discernible effect on politics.
by Skip
Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:21 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: living?
Replies: 39
Views: 3017

Re: living?

DPMartin wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:29 pm Could it be said that living is merely a series of fulfilling of desires ?
Living is merely a series of fulfilling of needs. Desires are a luxury.
by Skip
Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:50 am
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: Obesity and Gender
Replies: 33
Views: 8269

Re: Obesity and Gender

simplicity wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:19 am
Skip wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:08 amAnyone can do sexist stereotypes.
You have been around women?
I have been around, related to, acquainted with, friends with, worked with, shared food with a large number of people, male, female, young, old and middle-aged. Like they sing on Sesame Street - everybody, everybody eats.
by Skip
Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:08 am
Forum: Gender Philosophy
Topic: Obesity and Gender
Replies: 33
Views: 8269

Re: Obesity and Gender

It is no secret that women seem to take a particular fancy to eating. Many might consider such bordering on the obsessive [after all, if there were only men in the world, how many restaurants, pastry, candy, and coffee shops would there be? . Not so many. The men would buy bacon in bulk, shove it o...
by Skip
Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:52 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Can Non-humans Evolve with Human-liked Consciousness?
Replies: 6
Views: 721

Re: Can Non-humans Evolve with Human-liked Consciousness?

Note "human-liked" does not mean exactly-like-human but merely share certain relevant common features on the subject matter. That's already happened a thousand times. Depending on what features you consider 'relevant', most species on this planet, including humans, have some traits that a...
by Skip
Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:35 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Can Non-humans Evolve with Human-liked Consciousness?
Replies: 6
Views: 721

Re: Can Non-humans Evolve with Human-liked Consciousness?

All consciousness is self -conscious. Other species are already human-like to the extent that we have environments, perception and experience in common. Beyond that, nobody else will ever be human-like, because they are not human. Their history and experience and perception of the world is different...