dimreepr

Sorry, I don't get the joke... 🤔

And contemporary language is essential for that; you can teach people with out of date books/language but the meaning gets lost to easily; so we end up teaching intelligent people that it's OK to kill/hate/belittle those that you consider have wasted potential.

It's all relative...

OK, break out the math and show us; I won't undestand if you do, I don't speak the language... MEH I can't be bothered, you don't even know the right word for hypothesis...

Believe it or not, you're not the first person to rock up on this site knowing their opinion is more valuable than the knowledge of the ages; few of us stay long enough to actually learn something.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. - Socrates The thing about philosophy is, it's all been said before; if one say's something completely new, your probably wrong - me

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato

A wise man speaks because he has something to say. A fool speaks because he has to say something. - Plato

But what does your conscience say?

I'm not telling you to smile, I'm just smiling at you...

Our ancestors, at best, are equally advanced... But what has this got to do with the price of egg's???

I think it fundamentally answers the OP, any treatment for depression that doesn't involve medication has to be communicated and for that we need a common language and what better place to start; a smile may not be the answer (I seldom get angry with a smile on my face), but it is a step on the path...

The greater good of the majority depends on you, if you think about it... A single smile does not a summer make, but it can be the start of spring (ooooomg I am wise, go figure😇)...

Tomorrow he will go out and catch enough fish for today... 😉

I was aiming for ironic sarcasm... Define personal, successful, responsibility...

Most people don't think that deeply... So basically, your grandfather agrees with me??? The greater good of what? We are all equal, equally capable of not being special: and I blame you/dad/mum/friend/colleague/countryman/etc. in case you were wondering!!!!

Gravity was a force potential before the inflationary period and that potential has been realised ever since.

I'm not sure America's got 20 years, if this trend continues...

if only that were true...

indeed, the difference is understanding; for instance, I know how a car works, but I couldn't teach you how to fix it...

What do you think the moral equation is? When is it ok to kill? Is a thread I started a while back, which seems a more appropriate thread, to post your answer.

I think one of the main reasons for societies increasing numbers of depression is, we are encouraged to believe we're special and that if we aren't "the best we can be" we fail, full stop. That somehow our parents are automatically imbued with parental love/obligation and if not, my none-specialness is their fault. I think it's important to forgive us for being human; kryptonian's can just fuck off... Way to read the room... 😉

Pro-life is a dichotomy; for instance, if we choose not to procreate, who's gonna feed the wolves???

It strikes me that this is a question of recognition rather than volume; for instance, in a penguin colony even the loudest baby (and they do have to be loud) won't be heard from the other side of the colony unless it's cry is unique and distinguishable. A human baby only has to make enough noise to be heard in a relatively quiet environment with only a few competitors, recognition would come when the parent see's it, rather than a unique cry.