Search results

I missed you too. (So, who are you again?)

Depends what you mean by meaning (see what I did there?). A sentence can be full of words, each of which has a meaning, but the sentence itself is meaningless or even false. Things-in-themselves make up a universe that is directionless and not here for any particular end, but are they still...

If meaning is not part of the universe, but meaning exists for us, then what are we?

Just get this for any potential sexual partners: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816121950.htm

This is the outer world?

Expected response #1: Who are you? Expected response #2: Who are you? Expected response #3: You were gone? Expected response #4: *mumbles* goddamit... Expected response #5: Can you go away again? Expected response #6: Who cares? Obligatory link.

You'd better not say anything that could be construed as bad about digimon or you might get another week added to your temp ban. Apparently that's how it's handled around here instead of just having your post locked and moved.

You're right, even if you are trying to be a smug asshole about it. Most people who want the technological singularity to happen are not involved in any attempts to bring it to fruition (whether those attempts are in vain or not). But it's still an option for them to do so. If a Christian...

If people are completely honest with themselves, it is. There is some evidence in the form of extrapolating trends, but in the end it is wishful thinking. However, many of the futurist and transhumanist hopes are things that can tangibly be pursued (eg by getting involved in the fields of...

To approve blocked posts, of course! Like I said, I was just spit balling. I don't think anything like what I said would be implemented anyway. It was more to illustrate a method of democratic due process than anything else. I guess my concern comes down to this: if people can be banned for...

[/SPOILER] [/SPOILER]

Perhaps we should have forum trials for specific people. Step 1: A poll is opened in the Crime and Punishment subforum asking "Is so-and-so a troll?" and people vote yes or no. If there is a sufficient ratio of yes:no votes, an accuser is named and a trial starts. Step 2: Give the accused and...

I'm not defending anyone in particular as much as I'm defending the idea of free speech in general. I think it's easy to see someone as proselytizing if we disagree with them (I'm sure some people think I'm somewhat of an atheist apologist). However, I do agree that a lot of the discussion in...

I wonder what types you think the Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs are? (link is NSFW or for anyone who doesn't want to see a video of a man getting beaten to death). If you haven't heard of the, here is the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs

I think trolling and proselytizing have very different intentions behind them. A lot of things could be interpreted as proselytizing if people talk about it enough, especially if you disagree with them on that subject. But even people legitimately proselytizing at least think what they're doing...

It happens to me fairly often because I sprinkle my posts with a lot of links. I assume it's purpose is to prevent people from coming here just to advertise their own websites.

I think decentralized, DIY technology is the way to go for future innovation if we are to avoid the social inequality problems that Kuu talked about. However, this seems to increase the potential for problems concerning the technology itself (no oversight on what people can do with it). So...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIYbio http://www.ekac.org/transgenic.html Any thoughts as to whether this is a good idea? What are possible benefits/detriments? Should non-scientists, amateurs, citizens etc. have access to and/or be allowed to perform genetic experiments and bioengineering on...

Example of how much of an asshole I am: "Have you seen The Dark Knight Rises yet? I heard some people in Colorado thought it was to die for." -Me to a co-worker today.

Re: Your Ideal Male Partner If I were setting you up on a blind date and you wanted to know something about the guy and I described them as cute, funny, confident, and intelligent, would that tell you much about the guy? Wouldn't you rather I told you something specific about how he looks...

I'd say most people don't want to see the bad guy win in any movie. Having the bad guy win creates a sense of hopelessness and darkness-induced audience apathy that most people would rather avoid.

Probably me.

Re: Your Ideal Male Partner These things are very abstract and could mean any number of different things to any number of different people. If you were more specific about your particular tastes, random guys might have a more difficult time thinking you're talking about them.

Bane seemed like kind of an uninspired bad guy to me (although he did make kind of a cool badass type character). I didn't really care that much about his back story, which they seemed to like to repeat several times, and he didn't really seem to have much motivation for what was happening in...

Why stop there? There's plenty of good stuff concerning sex and love that people must follow everyday, right? The bible sure is a great place to look on matters of love and sex. I wonder what other great wisdom we can find that everyone follows today: As true today as it was when it was...

That's interesting. Let's break this down based on moral schools of thought. I shouldn't even have to ask about ethical egoism. Is there some argument that shows that homosexuality is not in the best interest of the individual homosexuals? You claimed that HIV spread because of homosexuals, but...

When asked by British parliament what practical use there could possibly be for electricity, Michael Faraday replied "One day sir, you may tax it." In hindsight, my takeaway point is that there is no foreseeable way to judge the usefulness of a new discovery. You say we should cease pure...

[/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER] [/SPOILER]

I thought about getting these around my right bicep (similar to how some people get barbed wire): http://medicdaily.co/wp-content/uploads/dopamine.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Serotonin-2D-skeletal.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Acetylcholine.svg...

Re: Superiority Complex I mostly feel inferior. This is what moves me beyond introverted and into withdrawn. My social philosophy often boils down to the old saying: "Better to keep your mouth closed and have people think you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

It doesn't matter to me. Just because you know how someone got to where they are now doesn't change who they are now. I guess the way I see it is: If you find someone attractive, then find out they are or used to be the other sex, does that change the fact that you find them attractive...

I've observed elsewhere that this topic seems to result in one of three discussions: 1. Gun control. 2. The perpetrator: motivations (Violent movies? This movie specifically? General insanity? Or was it somehow rational?) and/or fitting punishment. 3. What this will mean for the movie "The Dark...

I looked around and was surprised this wasn't mentioned yet (or if it was, that it wasn't popular enough to still be at the top). Any thoughts? If you haven't heard about it, here are some links: Names of victims. The shooting was heavily planned out by the perpetrator.

Bottom line about homosexuality*: There is a biological explanation for homosexuality, whether it be genetic or uterine development (see my other posts in this thread). The only reason someone would argue against this is because forcing the issue to be a matter of free will puts it in the realm...

Really? I think you're misinformed.

My post number is a bigger number than yours. I remember back in the day I was the first one to reach 4 digits - who wants to go for 5 digits? (Let's not stop until it gets to scientific notation).

I guess I'm an INTP still. I don't think much about it anymore but nothing has changed too dramatically since the time when I did think about it more often. I do still tend to use MBTI to think about the characters I make up for various daydreams/stories.

Translation: anything that disagrees with you is bias and used for various agendas to promote... evil? That's a nice, cushioned safe zone you've etched out for yourself. I'm not going to pay $94+ dollars for a single passage. Mind sharing what it says verbatim? Or linking to an online book...

That's a complete falsehood. 1991/1993 Twin Study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18536986 There are plenty more, including one that found concordance in triplets as well as twins. This also doesn't take into account chromosome linkage studies, brain structure studies, in utero...

Your post from the evolution thread did not disprove either side, nor did it say anything particularly insightful. I'm not trying to be an asshole, nor am I doubting that you are just as capable as me or anyone else of making a post that falls into that <1% but there really isn't another way...

Probably <1% of posts/responses say something original, unique, witty, insightful, and/or thread stopping. Problem is, everyone thinks that >50% of their posts fall into that category.

Here's some general observations of mine: 1. Certain people get more responses than other people, even if what they have to say isn't intelligent or relevant. This is generally because of #2. 2. People are much more likely to respond if you make controversial, emotional, or insulting...

I was trying to say that I think my intelligence is pretty much average or maybe just a touch above average. Then I appear to go on and disregard the way that intelligence is quantified as well as the use of generalized intelligence, negating my first statement, only further proving my point...

I've only ever taken internet IQ tests and the results are all over the place. The lowest I think was 118 and the highest I think was 157 (most of them with a standard deviation around 15). Personally, I'd probably rate myself lower (maybe 100-110ish). I think differentiating types of...

What we think about happiness might not be correct.

My beliefs? I'm an atheist. But that doesn't mean I can't argue for a different view for fun.

So you want to debate: 1. Against a strawman that you've already created? Or 2. Do you want to debate whether or not the Abrahamic God exists? Or 3. Do you want to debate whether or not a god/creator/higher power does/can exist? Or 4. Do you want to debate why it's acceptable to...

Watched "Melancholia" a few days ago. The second half of the movie was great. I had a dream about it that night that gave me a decent idea for a story.

Quoting is a way to show that you don't believe your thought or position is original, but that you're aware that someone else has thought about it as well. For instance, there is a post in the philosophy subforum right now claiming it's the ultimate argument for faith and then it proposes...

I have to admit, when I said that a small part of me was "trolling for shock value" someone like that is exactly who I was hoping would show up.