Fri 1 Jan, 2010 09:40 am - [QUOTE=VideCorSpoon;115936][I]Sigh. [/I]Interesting how the original topic, "things to look for in a philosophy forum" resulted in exhortations, critiques of policies and people, spiels... (view)
Thu 31 Dec, 2009 12:10 am - I bet reason number one is "be witty in front of other people". :surrender:
Anyway, all of you keep skipping the interesting -for me- question. Do you think you have found what you... (view)
Tue 29 Dec, 2009 12:15 pm - Isaac Asimov
Lewis Carroll
Charles Dickens
F. Dostoievski
Terry Pratchett
Edward Rutherfurd
Saki
Raymond Smullyan [1]
P. G. Wodehouse
--------
[1] I know he's also a philosopher, but I have... (view)
Tue 29 Dec, 2009 11:59 am - [LIST]
[*] A place to talk and show knowledge
- Other people's thoughts and theories (Or one's thoughts and theories on other people's)
- One's thoughts and theories
[/LIST]... (view)
Sun 8 Nov, 2009 10:44 am - If I answer "trying to find what is not working and fix it" I might be describing a plumber, but somehow I think that is a philosopher, no matter what he calls himself.
I think whenever... (view)
Mon 12 Oct, 2009 02:06 pm - [QUOTE=manored;96924]If you dont believe in an afterlife, that indeed is true, but, then, nothing at all seens to have value either. What is the point of living now if you will die anyway? Why not... (view)
Mon 12 Oct, 2009 01:25 am - [QUOTE=manored;93950]
1. Everone needs a purpose, one may chose that (Making society as good as possible) as his purpose.
2. Depends of whenever you are interested in leaving a "mark"... (view)
Sun 27 Sep, 2009 02:43 am - [QUOTE=manored;93794]I think its possible, if we start "enlightening" children since a very young age and do so for many years, and if that view is indeed superior to the old ones, (Aka:... (view)
Sat 26 Sep, 2009 10:24 am - [QUOTE=manored;92577]True, it really depends of the point of view. From the point of view of "passing genes forward", intelligence, or perhaps our level of it, doesnt really seens like a... (view)
Mon 21 Sep, 2009 12:20 pm - [QUOTE=chad3006;92396][COLOR=black]Possibly, but [/COLOR][SIZE=85][COLOR=black]it could be that intelligence is not what is needed. Humans may prove to be an evolutionary experiment that failed.... (view)
