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December 15th, 2007, 11:47 pm
I agree. I realize your point that my use of terminology is too vague and interchangable and creates confusion. The context and meaning in which I was trying to portray was not the wording I used. I agree with your statements about empathy and socialization, cognitive processes, etc when the terms a...
December 15th, 2007, 10:12 am
It's funny that most people think a dictatorship is inherently evil, but that is the form of government of the Christian God and the government of choice of the bible. Dictatorships are not inherently wrong, it is merely the fact that there has never been a single human being who could hold the offi...
December 15th, 2007, 10:06 am
There is no room for individual ethics in the military, that is for sure. The military makes a point of making this true. Since WWI the military has enacted more and more conditioning techniques aimed at making the soldier an automaton that follows every order with no hesitation. In studies of past ...
December 15th, 2007, 9:58 am
I personally do not believe in ghosts because I have never seen any conclusive proof that they do exist. I have never had a supernatural experience personally, and have never seen proof of supposed supernatural experience's people have had being real. When I see true evidence, I will have no problem...
December 15th, 2007, 9:55 am
I think in images and words. I think it's reasonable to conclude babies think in images until they are capable of adding words to the equation. Thinking exists without language. Language is a cultural creation. Deaf people still think even if they know no words and don't know sign language. Blind pe...
December 15th, 2007, 12:45 am
It's a lot easier for me to answer how people should not choose a candidate. -By religion (#1 Problem with voting in America today) -By political party -By how they look (yes, i've actually seen this one) -By how much money they have/spend and how much they can campaign -By their agenda People shoul...
December 15th, 2007, 12:24 am
This is a great exercise in thinking! Props for starting it. Haha. Today it made me happy to have a philosophical discussion with someone of a completely-opposite-in-every-way viewpoint without any argumentation! It's pretty rare, because I live in a very closed-minded sheltered area where people do...
December 15th, 2007, 12:18 am
Cause and effect does not actually exist in science. Science shows David Hume's point that inductive reasoning (which, causal reasoning is inductive.) is circular and is not reliable. Science does not operate under cause and effect- the idea of cause and effect is merely language. Science is a descr...
December 14th, 2007, 9:38 pm
I have read the entire book multiple times and it absolutely sickens me. When I was a Christian I never read it in entirety, just the nice selections people like to read. When I became Atheist I wanted to research it deeper and what I found completely disgusted me. I couldn't believe I ever supporte...
December 14th, 2007, 9:30 pm
Actually psychological studies have shown empathic development is independent of cognitive development in majority. The reason highly cognitively developed people develop empathic abilities easier is because they are simply easier to teach. This fact is not a direct correlation, not ALL highly cogni...