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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeIs there a path to wisdom?
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I was watching this movie "Jacob's Ladder" and it hit me that maybe being wise is knowing what an animal you are.
first off...it seems that "wisdom" is solely the proper of... |
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Society & SociologyRacism on SNL
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but that's exactly it. it's not that i think snl had malicious intent, but it seems everyone 'thinks poorly' about everything these days. it happens too much. (jackass anyone?) peo... |
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RelationshipsViews on sex(ladies reply please)
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I think from a female perspective, as well as (although I can't speak for the opposite gender I can only presume), as for males, there are lots of meaning and non-meaning involved with sex. Simil... |
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Society & Sociologywhy is suicide frowned on???
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Because of the word purpose's infinite possible applications I specifically was referring to a purpose or meaning to life, in terms of is there any and who would know (besides "god") an... |
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GovernmentEnd Welfare for the Rich!
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Capitalism Sucks! Down with Welfare for the Rich!
By Wolf Larsen
Under capitalism the working people pay most of the taxes. The rich people and the large corporations, on the other hand, hardly pa... |
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Your sacred cow
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It vastly depends upon context. I'm a very religious guy but I'm not bothered by religious humour. I even find some of it funny. Actually it's observational humour that bugs me. That so... |
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Life & DeathSchools Lack of preparation for life
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Schools definitely does not provide preparation for life. Everything is useful in theory. Basically the main things you need you learn in elementary school. For instance basic math, addition subtracti... |
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Gender Psychology15 Year old girl hangs herself... for being a girl.
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You have made a blatantly biased and fallacious arguement in absolute terms.
Your credibility and objectivity appear strained.
Such obviously biased skewing allows for notions of delusion and distor... |
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Movie ReviewAnyone see Donnie Darko?
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That was definitely one of the themes.
While I enjoyed the social aspect of the movie and its commentary on life, I spent most of my time trying to figure out the whole time travel aspect of the mo... |
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GovernmentKerry Bad For America
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Ask any American if we are better off as a Unites States or as a British territory. Many Presidents improved man-kinds lot.
Will not 4 billion in aids research improve mankinds lot? When the Const... |
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Life & DeathIs Life Worth the Strife?
23 Posts • 7511 Views
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At the moment, I enjoy life. I've never experienced death but I just take life for what it is, the simple pleasures. Purhaps my purpose in life or maybe my reason for living is to make changes to... |
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Closeness
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Disenchanted - you could try the BTN rule I've always advised for my girlfriends to build up their confidence. Simply put, it's just a way of the step-routine as oppose to immediately '... |
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Theory of the Man-Machine
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I think that the main thing that differentiates Man (humans) from machines is logic, for example, anyone who has seen i Robot, the robot decides to save Will Smith from the cars at the bottom of the r... |
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GodWhy did God create the universe
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Nope, I have no defense and attempt none of domestic abuse, but I do maintain that expecting it not to happen is unfortunately less reasonable than preferred.
No need for fight or flight? After you... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
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Religion Forum |
Faith is Superstition. Faith is the belief that sustains religion and other types of superstition.
The meaning of the universe is not a valid question. Prove to me otherwise!
When I say Faith I&... |
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SocietySocial Engineering
15 Posts • 3538 Views
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Ancient people had education right?
Ancient wealthy landowners had education. scribes were awarded educational rights because it was a required technical skill to be effective agents of social contro... |
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Pacifism
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1. Pacifism has a few different meanings. Simply put, it is the refusal to participate in a dispute in order to resolve said dispute. Another meaning is that pacifism is a doctrine in which violence i... |
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A Thing Called Shame
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Angelfire's got a point about keeping to one's own business. One of the greatest social issues in my school and community is the division people cause when they start intervening in matters... |
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War & TerrorismTen years after "war on terror"
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'US, Israel behind terrorism and social unrest in Syria'
Apr 29, 2012
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011 and many people, including members of the security forces, have been k... |
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Gender PsychologyOf hairy backs and repelling women
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There are indeed women who don't mind and expressly like, even if they don't particularly care to admit it (Usually because of Oedipus complex), hairy backs.
Another factor it is that bod... |
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Child & Family PsychologyWorries for my sister
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Hey there, my name is Michas, 22, and I live in Denmark Europe.
I have a cute but unbelievably shy sister at 11 years of age. To explain my concerns for her, I need to explain a bit about my story, a... |
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ChristianityWhy do teens find Chruch Boring?
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it were more personal rather than social
Very true. Very true.
Churches differ in terms of denominations. Church has become a dull activity because it doesn'tappeal to the teenage soul. A lot... |
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Vegetarianism
30 Posts • 9475 Views
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Impressive response metal giant. I like your style of picking out points and developing them. I'm more of a wood than a trees person-my style id to look at the big picture then close it down. Tha... |
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Pacifism
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1. pacifism is the belief that there are always better ways to solve a conflict than with violance.
2. the easiest application is in everyday life and social situations, ideally world governments sh... |
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meditation
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Ah, now I am beginning to see more clearly where you are coming from, its what I was thinking to a degree but now I'm more certain.
I understand your skepticism, I shared it.
But then I started... |
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