Everything posted by dimreepr
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Exiobiology and Alien life:
We're not alone, we have alien's on this planet that we've yet to meet. I think this was what Douglas Adams had in mind with his "total perspective vortex"
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Exiobiology and Alien life:
No, it's not a question of how much science we do, it's a question of how much time have we got, to do it in? I believe it's certian, well 99.9%, that life exists in the universe; I'm far less certain that (intelligent) life exists in the solar system. 😆 Indeed, they didn't find that either. 🙂
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Exiobiology and Alien life:
I think the two equate nicely. (1) Trying to create a star in a lab... (2) Finding an alien on another planet... We've been trying for year's to find life on Mars, a planet that's highly likely to have sustained life at some point in it's history and not even a hint of a corpse. Landing a terrestrial rover on Mars is childs play, compared to landing and deploying a submersible on Titan.
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Should we lie to people for the greater good?
(1)I have clarified that post: (2) Do no harm. (3/4) Like I've said "we lie for ourselves first", so ones greater good is always uppermost and if ones an 'addict' the lies are extreme. Some people routinely lie to themselves, even the none addict's among us, which is bound to skew one's view reality, and in turn, scambles ones view of what exacty is the greater good.
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
Yes, in much the same way as it's right to torture them...
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Schizophrenia (split from Evolutionary role of diversity of personality)
The belief thingie is what we share, I can't belive we're all sick...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
The thing is, a child is only wise; when they grow up...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
The death of innocent, is a different question...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
You seem to have a different understanding of what is relevant...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
Why wouldn't it???
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
And I've got a tooth-ache, I didn't take it out on you...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
True, but do you kick your wife, or the wall???
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
The wrongest is, causing pain to other's because I'm in pain...
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Should we lie to people for the greater good?
It would do, for a start...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
Which end of the spectrum, is the wrongest?
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Exiobiology and Alien life:
The same chances that nuclear fusion is only twenty years away (for the last 50 year's or so)... It might be possible, but we may never find out...
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Should we lie to people for the greater good?
My neg was for your snide remarks and yet another reasonable question left unanswered, in your answer's; what was your neg for? Now please, can we just discuss the content of the post, in a civilised manor?
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Should we lie to people for the greater good?
My point is, lieing is like eating, we need both for survival and both exist on a spectrum of health ie. addicted to eating, all the way to addicted to dieting; the majority of us tread water somewhere near the middle, but none of us are immune to the edge's.
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
One day I'll sparkle, and then I'll make the bugger's eye's water...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
That depends on your definition of evil...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
Of course I know him, "he's my brother"... 😇
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
Indeed, evil is as rare as a unicorn... I don't think Socrates did either...
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Is Torture Ever Right ?
It's because you've damaged your soul, as Socrates would say...
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Should we lie to people for the greater good?
How can you tell, which is the greater good? Everyone lies for their own good first, and if that conflicted with the greater good; some people will try to twist a lie into a truth...
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Did the American education system did such a poor job at promoting STEM that "Millennials" were less interested in becoming astronauts?
Comfort yes, because we will do anything to stay comfortable, with what we have now, the problem is, we're constantly bombarded with 24hr bad news, that's threatening to their future comfort; they haven't got time to dream. Greedy is a different question...