dimreepr

Why were the Beatles so popular?

Indeed, but it could have set us back a few year's, if when the apple fell he said "therefore magic happens"... 🧐 I think you're thinking of Neitzche... 😉

Neither, A Single Death Is a Tragedy; A Million Deaths Is a Statistic, this statement isn't as harsh as it seems to be, whomsoever said it; we can't predict the action of a single human, but we can, with some precision, predict the actions of the average human; which is just as true today as when Assimov ventured his idea of psycohistory.

As it relates to the topic and my interlocutor @Moontanman this best describes the situation, My karma ran over your dogma. All I was trying to do is explain the value of acceptance in a balanced 'world view' and by extention a more philosophical approach to life. IOW my moment of awe (doesn't match other's), which for me happened when I said to my dog, who was obviously disapointed when we walked past the turning of her favorite route, "you wouldn't be so disapointed, if you didn't expect to go that way.". Unfortunately, I don't speak dog either... 😣 Apologies, it's a habit of mine to automatically add an at when referring to the members of our little club. 🙏

But that's not the nine o'clock news

I'm happy to defend my supposed stupid, you just want to revel in it; but I can tolerate your version... I could be argueing in my spare time...😉

OK, I'll try again; oh what's the point... I won't get any farther than @Mordred did in the nuke discussion, your right because you say so. He didn't assert "that nukes are bad, mkay" and I didn't ask a question "mkay"... Your only making yourself look stupid...

There's some lovely filth down here...

There's none so blind as those who don't want to see.

Exactly, Jesus Christ do I actually have to spell it out for you... 🙄

That's my point, jeez...

OK, what aphorism is your philosophy? But we both know that you're being deliberately obtuse, FFS.

Let's assume nothing, before we assume that god wrote the bible...

No, I made a statement that you failed to address; pedantry is but a parlour game in our quest for answers...😉

That's your privaledge not an answer...

Tolerance is not conditional, but hate is...

And that's your flawed, world view; what ism sums it up for you? Nihilism, perchance? While other's call it murder:

So, you won't tollerate them, because they won't tollerate you; Don't you see the problem with that? What has god got to do with it?

Being tolerant, doesn't mean you have to like their brand of stupid... 😉

I hesitate to answer bc I think it's an absurd question (please don't think I'm ridiculing you), it's like saying "which aphorism is your philosophy?". One's worldview depends on the world one lives in, one has to think beyond it's limits and look for the awe that puts one in perspective; our relationship with the world depends on our ability to forgive it. If you watch the world through the medium of the popular press, you're borrowing their perspective, not thinking of your own; don't look at the screen, look out of the window. This is worth a listen, it goes some way towards explaining my point...

That depends on how dark it gets...😉

Higher education, higher than what? The best education, teaches you to be higher than your teacher's; while accepting your no different...

A big enough lump of lead, travelling at a relatively big enough speed, would put those numbers to shame. Why is so much of this discussion, so emotionally charged?

More of a "matrix" given the number of people who want in, verses the number of people who want to keep them out; bc they're the real enemy. Blue pill or red?

Relish in your moment of awe and accept the consequences; why am I so special? God was a good got/go to, but all we get now is, dark matter/energy has put a spanner in the works... Your not... 😉 In a lot of way's "genetically fittest" is a feedback loop, IOW your fit enough to live now, tomorrow is anyones guess...