Epikur

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  1. Yes that is how it looks like. I guess the criminals need some training as well.
  2. I saw today a movie where the evil guy says that he sacrificed his fingers to stay alife. He threatens to kill another criminal unless he sacrifices his fingers too (without tools). So I ask myself what would I do to keep myself alife? This could be extended to what moral rules would you break to keep yourself or your loved ones alife?
  3. @Harmony342 Regarding this topic the movie "memento" fascinated me. Specially the real meaning of the story. The guy has a severe memory condition. Normally one would think about suicide. Leading such a life seems to be quite meaningless because of that the guy tricked himself to give himself a meaning. It's a fake meaning but because he can't remember that it's fake he thinks it is real. That way he keeps himself alife. How would you deal with it?
  4. I wish I got this training when I was a child. Now it's so hard to get rid of my atheism regarding cleaning.
  5. We have a form of free will but in essence not. Things just happen. Plus we don't have an identity on top of it that makes it dobble impossible. As an experiment one could use a coin for decision making. I wonder what effect it would have on the long run on the mindset.
  6. @louhad Seems like you have a big heart for the violent folks on the street. I guess many people don't have that.
  7. lol 10 month ago Tim was not relevant. The Impeachment thing didn't work out right? Anyway the thing now is totally different. There are violent folks on the street. You will not see Sam Seder, Kyle Kulinsky, David Packman or others from the left reporting on that. The consequence is that Trump probably gets stronger https://www.youtube.com/c/WalkAwayCampaign/videos
  8. Because it triggers the opponents and they make mistakes and Trump benefits from it. Seems like he is winning.
  9. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-drawn-to-conspiracy-theories-share-a-cluster-of-psychological-features/ One perspective for its power seems to be that evolutionary people in the past had a better chance to survive if they had a bit more paranoia. He might be wrong with his fears many times but he needs to be right one time to survive.
  10. Question that are too hard for science are philosophical questions
  11. @Roy If you can't handle the heat don't go to the kitchen. There are many safe spaces in the forum and out of it.
  12. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-07/portland-mayor-warns-protesters
  13. He made it clear that times are changing. People don't want the establishment. They don't want fake politics. At least they want to try the real thing. Trump might be the start. Maybe the US might become more democratic and no more a corporate entity.
  14. @dyslexicCnut In 10 seconds you can get shot 10 times