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Modernism is non-religious idealism, the belief that non-religious things like science and democracy will solve all of our problems (science curing lack of food and disease, and democracy ending war and violent conflicts). It began with the French Enlightenment, when non-religion became very...

There are plenty of people following other philosophies. However, the entertainment media keeps showing men following hedonism in relationships and in the workplace, or men being cynical about relationships and the workplace. So it's more the case that if you're hooked on getting your...

Because you have watched them before. Either them, or a film that is incredibly like them. If you eat chocolate chip ice cream 3 times a day, after a month, you'll get sick of eating chocolate chip ice cream. 1) Now that TV is 24/7 with 150 channels, and with Sky, etc., advertising a new film...

Knowledge is power. The more knowledge humanity has, the more power humanity has to better humanity's lot. The knowledge of the ancients is a lot more than the knowledge of only what we know right now. So I think we should read it, and learn what we can from it. If we ditch previous knowledge...

They evolved in places where they might get 20 minutes of sunlight a day. If the weather is getting too warm for them, they might need to move Northwards.

How do you know that there are benefits for the groups they're advocating for? Because these people tell you there must be? I agree. But you have to anyway. Have you considered that might be because that's the point of those courses in the humanities in the modern day, to push these agendas...

Sounds like a mermaid:

No thinking in it then. If it has no thinking behind it, and is just about regurgitating, then it's the sort of subject that you're only supposed to study when you're drunk. If you keep telling elephants that society discriminates against elephants, then they'll accept low wages, because...

Came across this: Attacks on RTI activists in India

I just read that UV 9 => damage within 15-25 minutes, and UV 11+ => damage within 10 minutes. That's true of most governments. The things that people actually NEED to do, are things that are serious enough that it warrants the government FORCING people to do those things. However, most people...

Under the law, if you are in receipt of stolen goods, it has to be returned to its rightful owner. If it's previous rightful owner died, then its current rightful owner is his inheritors. You would have to give the money back. If that means you are now homeless and starving, that is irrelevant...

I looked up "Critical theory": Understanding Critical Theory The goal of trying to understand the underlying assumptions of real life interactions, is a worthy one, because it increases your knowledge and understanding. Clearly, this section makes assumptions about the open and public motives...

Was thinking the same thing. If something comes across as preachy, then it's poorly written.

Most people go through this. They realise that in order to do something like have kids, they have to sacrifice most of their free time, and most of their money, and in addition, have to earn so much on such a regular basis that they need to stick to their career choices. However, if an angel...

If economies are about self-interest, is it really in our self-interest to keep spending our lives just focussed on having more? Isn't "A Xmas Carol" about how Scrooge spends his life focussed on having more and more money, at the expense of having love, a family and having a happy life? So from...

Resident Alien. It's OK if you like Alan Tudyk's style of humour, Native American stuff, and shows that are like Northern Exposure.

On reflection, having read your post, I agree. @BurnedOut said "when used properly". So in theory, and if the world was an ideal place, he'd be right. In practice, looking at the world the way it is at the moment, you're right.

Wow. That's a huge list of things you're blaming on a generation. My generation is Gen X. They weren't even alive when the State of Israel came into being. So you can't be talking about my generation. Even the oldest Boomers were only 2 when the State of Israel started in 1948, and the rest...

That's not what the word "anecdote" means: Google 'anecdote' That would be scientific evidence. It's easy to make mathematical and statistical models of a Flat Earth. Physics uses mathematics and statistics extensively, because that makes it reliable, by only allowing data that is 99.9999%...

I'm talking about true/false. You're talking about winning/losing. Funnily enough, it was from posts on this forum that described how a poster had consistently used MBTI to convince people of things, that I saw some of the potential benefits of applying Jungian theory. Feeler =/= Feminine, no...

I'm in recovery for depression and anxiety. That is why I chose my username, because I'm a scorpio, and it's about ME moving about more. Instagram's gallery refers to pic that were previously instantly taken and uploaded. You can try. But I discovered MBTI 30 years ago, and rejected it then...

I had some life coaching a while back. The life coach gave me a self-hypnosis process to get me to think more positively. Something like "think of a beautiful beach. Think of the things you want up some steps. Now, slowly, climb each step, while thinking you're getting closer and closer to your...

I have tons in my head. But I consistently get the impression that people aren't interested. It's an INTP forum. If you think it's humbug, why not go to a Big Five forum? If you stay for the posters, do you think that people who used to believe in things that have been debunked thousands of...

I agree that enlightened people aren't going to make trivial statements. Having watched "The Greatest Showman", not sure that Barnum was not an enlightened person. Life COACHING is about doing more than teaching. It's about COACHING. Like how a football coach gets his team to train until they...

Yes, if they are a wolf, and they are giving their best speeches. But this is more like when the wolf has given his WORST speech, ever, and now everyone wants to watch the sh*tshow and say how the wolf has shown his true colours. If you want to pull on JP giving his best speeches, by all means...

I'm very interested in all of these threads. But I'm not seeing much in the responses that would count as interesting: 1) JP has a sex dream about his mum. Freud would probably start talking about JP's libido urge. Jung would probably start talking about his mother archetype. But the posts here...

Then why treat them as if you put them on a pedestal and then are tearing them down? Would you tear down a regular human?

I do not know what you mean by "flex". What is weird, is how so many people seem to swallow whatever the media tell you, without questioning it. Yes, and it can be hacked, as long as they play on your egotistical desire to be portrayed as intelligent, capable, moral, etc. If someone claimed...

I don't know why uou guys take all this stuff so seriously. The guys who take all this stuff seriously, are the sorts of people like on this thread: Shinzo Abe | INTP Forum I can't wait till you all tell me that you've read that Elon Musk is Trump's love-child and they're both Betelgeusians...

Someone who games the system. An example is when UK prisons used to ask new prisoners if they were on benefits. Bad faith actors would say they weren't on benefits, and then get a mate on the outside to pick up the money and give the prisoner some of it, in return for a cut. The alternative to...

When person A mentions that person B has used a logical fallacy, person B can respond in one of 3 ways: 1) "Yes, you're right. I will rescind my argument. I might still be right for other reasons. But my current argument is invalid, and so I don't yet have proof for my conclusions." 2) "No, I...

If you saying the same insult to the other person would be offensive, then yes. If not, then no. No, because "c*nt" is an offensive name for a woman, not an offensive name for a "man". You could have called her a "b*stard" in return. OTOH, she could have decided that would make you a...

I saw those on the film "Toys", in 1992. Anyway, I just read that they were being deployed in the Ukraine war. Great for the USA. They get a new battleground to field-test new weaponry. AIs can be programmed to be Malthusians and then save humanity from over-population by killing billions of...

Much as I like this idea, I think that Napoleon would have gone for it. But I also that it would not work in the modern day, because of all the game-playing that goes around today. But kudos to you for at least making the suggestion. :like: If the USA had the superior fighter, then the Chinese...

About 20 years ago, I was saying to a friend that wars might be better decided by a video-game match. Either that, or put the leading politicians in a boxing ring and let them duke it out. However, I doubt they'd agree to a boxing match, because they seem to be mostly over 70, and so the fight...

When I was a kid, I was really good at science, maths, anything like that. But I'd been made to suffer, wanted to not be selfish and just take everything for myself. However, over time, I can see that was taking being unselfish to an extreme. Now I realise that I need to prioritise my own...

One advantage of drones, is they're small, and thus, you can make LOTS of them, and send LOTS of them into the battlefield. Another advantage is they're small, and so much harder to hit. Another advantage is they're run by computers, and so can react and move much faster than most humans. One...

These Machine Gun-Equipped Drones Can Accurately Hit A Human Target From 200 Meters Away They each carry 200 bullets. 50 of them, and you can kill 10,000 people, before they need re-loading. You don't need a single soldier to risk his life with these, as 1 person can operate up to 3 of them...

Thanks. But I'm Gen X. I was born 5 years too late to be a Baby boomer. Maybe Gen X could be alien boomers?

UK gub-mint has been encouraging the poor to stay in their homes and watch screens, since before I was born. You could go to any council estate in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and see tons of lardies. Became so common, that they got their own comic strip The Fat Slags As your own OP pointed...

Mr BO smells. I noticed many years ago, that the obese guys in college had way more friends than the thin guys. They're also much happier. Also, the fat girls have lots of genuine friends, and are much happier. Ever seen a skinny girl who smiles? That's because they all get f**ked. It's...

I know what the word "illiterate" means, to be "unable to read and write". It's a linguistic term that made sense in the past. Most people in England had an education that taught them to read and write in the Queen's English. Those who did not, could not do jobs like being a lawyer or a doctor...

So illiterate people are unable to speak, read or write ANY language? Even the blind can speak at least one language. Even the deaf speak at least one language. Even deaf-mutes can read at least one language. Even the stupidest of people can speak at least one language. Even the most ignorant...

I read some every week, to keep up with the weekly readings. So I've read the whole thing every year, for every year of my life since I started doing this at 18. Been doing it for about 34 years now. So I've been through it about 34 years. I don't know about sufficient. But I now see the...

Then Illiterate people can read. I've known illiterate people who got taught to read, and learned to read. For the same reason, we can't say that animals can't read, because hardly anyone even tries to teach dogs to read.

That sounds like #3. Might be that you were saying #1. In which case, you might have been teaching me something important that I need to pay attention to. Or you might have been wrong, and then if I didn't correct you, you would be sticking to false views and suffering unnecessarily. Most...

Well, I'm not exactly sure, as I've not put a lot of thought into analysing the various ways people can be hated. But here's a few: 1) In the OT, it says "Do not hate your brother in your heart", meaning, that if you hate someone, be upfront and tell them. If someone who hates you, tells you...

Yes. Hate affects behaviour, which affects other things, and so often has a cascading negative effects, such as escalation of conflict into sectarian violence and war. "Daddy, why do we hate the Russians?" BECAUSE I SAY SO, is not really a great answer.

Computers, theology, religions, mythology, good public policies, etymology, linguistics, physics, chemistry, biology, epidemiology, ethics and morality, rationality, psychology, mental health, personality theories, and evolutionary theory, to name a few. 43 years coding. 26 years...

The media say you should love, and that love is good. They also say that you should love animals, and never hurt animals, and yet those people who were taught that by the media, eat animals almost every day, and millions of them are cruel to animals. How many people hate Vladimir Putin, who...