GENIUS FORUMS

Religous debates, much like moral debates seem pointless, since they aren't empirically proveable for instance: "X is wrong, because Y" doesn't really state anything as X is just a preference and if Y is an unprovable statement. At best you can infer causation-effects if everyone did X, if...

I think feminists are opposed to the fact that most of the systems in place (for example the Justice and Politics) are inherently masculine, and so only they are losing out on being hired for jobs because they aren't as good at being men (whereas the more manly ones succeed) They disagree that these...

I was actually glad to recieve the message, it reminded me this place existed!

All hail strange internet phenomena

Concious creates matter, the concious observance of an event creates that event (including matter), without a conscious observer the event does not exist. So I would have to go for 1.

that assumes that truth is devoid of emotion but since truth is a human construct then it must encorporate all aspects of humanity, i don't really believe that truth is a separate concept from humanity, existing in some distant corner of space waiting to be discovered, do you? and if it isn't an &qu...

I'd like to start a colony of thinkers somewhere.


except... what if they lay around all day thinking instead of working on getting food?

Money, love, career, the latest cool gadgets, basically things of no real value. assuming that the drive to accumulate all the above is without value... the quest for higher understanding, although difficult and sometimes painful, usually brings value to the lives of those who persue it, i dont see...

Surely the difference between female and male philosophers is obvious? philosophy (to my mind) is cold and ruthlessly analytical, devoid of emotion. Males are (for one reason or another) suited to this kind of environment. Females on the other hand are warmer and more emotional, adding feelings to t...

[apologies for intruding] 2 things: firstly; surely the act of remembering an object changes your perception of the object in question? If there was an all encompassing truth which you experience, reflection upon that truth at a later date would alter the value of the truth for you (regardless of wh...