I think there are at least two reasons why many people do not think of such things. One is that some people do not have the mental capacity to...
So far I have been called closed minded and arrogant but no one has tried to seriously address the issue that I raised. I asked my question...
The wide range of vegetables bred from cabbage demonstrates this as well.
Zeppelin I can't understand your reasoning on the story of the Ark. He could not have fit thousands of animals on that small Ark. The bible tells...
There is no possibility that Noah put two of every kind of animal on the ark. There are so many reasons why this is so, and they should be so...
If there is a god he doesn't seem to be trying too hard to make his presence known. I read the bible and I find things like Genesis to be...
Is my localized experience truly mine, or is that illusion as well? It seems almost impossible by definition to be illusion, just as 'I think...
Why would you assume that intelligence is the goal of evolution? Evolution does not have goals, natural selection is blind in that it is nothing...
For the past ten years I have suffered from major depression. I have constantly struggled to overcome it. For a long time I self medicated with...
The fact that something is a human artifact does mean that it is not real. Morality is entirely created by humans, but it is still real. But why...
I still think we have a prima facie duty to not steal. Take for instance a situation like punching an innocent person in the face. When a person...
If truth does not mean "in accordance with reality" then the word truth is meaningless. If I say that it is true that I was sitting in front of my...
Yes but my point is that physical aggression, coalitional exploitation, and organized warfare are not inventions of modern societies. War takes...
Stabby, do you have an answer to your question? I would like to hear what you think.
I am not sure that it is true that females have greater empathic abilities than males. I am willing to bet that there is greater variability...
I don't think truth can be flexible. To me truth means to be in accordance with reality, therefor truth is not relative. If one culture believes...
I think we see more physical aggression among horticulturist and hunter gatherer tribes as opposed to modern societies. Hence higher murder rates...
I see that this is a collection of essays. Can you recommend any in particular that deal with my question? After a quick glance it seems that...
At first glance, without consideration of variables that may be present in a real situation but which were not included in the question, Jack and...
Okie, that is really interesting about the confucianists. It is very interesting that they believe that the spirits are not aware of the rituals....
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