I certainly feel like Trump's election fucked up the vibe a bit too - or maybe even more than a bit - a few years ago. Speaking generally, posters and mods became more annoyed, less charitable, less willing to discuss contentious issues from a spirit of lively disagreement. Of course this idealized pre-Trump state of affairs is probably a fiction of my imagination, but I don't think it's crazy to assume there's some truth to it. In fact, to some extent I think we're still living in the highly polarized context that emerged with his clownish presidency. — Erik
I heard it receives some of its funding from the New Internationalist. — bert1
we like our privacy. — Benkei
we like our privacy. — Benkei
Yeah, all the billions we're making of this site are being funneled to Hamas. — Benkei
Again, I'm asking for specifics. It seems that irrationality has been the dominant form of thought for most of human existence. In what areas has rationality failed where irrationality has succeded? Rationality includes the idea that you might not be right, and that you can only be right after making all possible mistakes. Have we made all possible mistakes? If not, then how has rationality failed? — Harry Hindu
What about scientific progress? Has the progress of ethics been based on irrationality (racism) or rationality (inclusiveness - and understanding that we are all human beings of equal worth)? — Harry Hindu
Seems to me that these "philosophers" are just impatient and want to declare that they have the answers without having had to work at it. — Harry Hindu
Besides, I think as a matter of courtesy, online forums ought to provide some info about location, ownership, etc. to members. I'm not talking about bank details. Just to say, "we are based in Oxford, England", we're sponsored by "so and so" or whatever, and that's it. — Apollodorus
Perhaps. I have noticed that for the past few years I've posted more to politics-related discussions than philosophy. I guess after 15 years of being here/the old PF I've run out of stuff to say. — Michael
Some of us require that it is anonymous — Book273
and at the moment, this site is about all I have in life at all, and I don't want it to be destroyed. — Jack Cummins
@jamalrob's the boss. We're sponsored by the users who donate. The software is provided by PlushForums which is based in London. — Michael
The people who built and maintain this website need to be able to feel safe. That is my opinion. — TaySan
Despite what I said, I think that it is right to question any site we are logging onto and writing on. We need to question what we are getting involved in rather than doing everything blindly. — Jack Cummins
As long as we're not funded by Hummus, I don't care. Hate that stuff. — Baden
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