now that we are living longer, social pressures brought around by rigorous and longer education, establishing social and financial security, are pushing the average reproductive age later and later in life, which applies pressure for those that maintain health and reproductive viability into their 30s and 40s. — Benj96
But it may also serve as a reason for our propensity for cancers. — Benj96
we're relatively fast evolving - from apes to humans in, what?, 2.5m years? — Agent Smith
But then again maybe there is some sort of biological mechanism in some people that allows speech to push them around in some way, like sorcery. Who knows? — NOS4A2
"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is a popular analogy for speech or actions whose principal purpose is to create panic, and in particular for speech or actions which may for that reason be thought to be outside the scope of free speech protections. The phrase is a paraphrasing of a dictum, or non-binding statement, from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s opinion in the United States Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States in 1919, which held that the defendant's speech in opposition to the draft during World War I was not protected free speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The case was later partially overturned by Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969, which limited the scope of banned speech to that which would be directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action (e.g. a riot).[1] — Wikipedia
I think it was the latter. — frank
Which makes more sense to you? — frank
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Does this apply to life as well? — niki wonoto
What do you think of these thoughts? — Bug Biro
We have always experienced 'authority,' even in tiny groups — universeness
Is that really true? I can't imagine any authority imposed on prehistoric homo sapiens other than satisfying basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. — Shawn
My impression is that the way to career success in academia is shooting down orthodoxy and coming up with novel ideas — Welkin Rogue
dukkha — Shawn
The word has been explained in recent times as a derivation from Aryan terminology for an axle hole, referring to an axle hole which is not in the center and leads to a bumpy, uncomfortable ride. According to Winthrop Sargeant,
The ancient Aryans who brought the Sanskrit language to India were a nomadic, horse- and cattle-breeding people who travelled in horse- or ox-drawn vehicles. Su and dus are prefixes indicating good or bad. The word kha, in later Sanskrit meaning "sky," "ether," or "space," was originally the word for "hole," particularly an axle hole of one of the Aryan's vehicles. Thus sukha ... meant, originally, "having a good axle hole," while duhkha meant "having a poor axle hole," leading to discomfort.[5]
all the magic of the invisible hand — Shawn
technogurus in Silicon Valley, Stanford, and Caltech who seem to be the positivists of our day and are creating new gadgets and devices that sustain and improve our daily lives. — Shawn
And yet, what occured to me as rather peculiar about humanity is that we do not submit to this pessimism about life or not all of us at least. — Shawn
There's 100,000,000,000+ non-Earth planets in the galaxy. — Leftist
do not waste your precious time in something worthless as Catalonia-Spain conflict — javi2541997
I see why BC changed names. — Metaphysician Undercover
hypocritical — SophistiCat
hypocrisy. The states and organisations only act when they see it is worthy for their own interests — javi2541997
Moms for Liberty — T Clark
It dawned on me this morning what a mess we are in because of failing to use the democratic model for industry and failing to prepare our young for good citizenship. — Athena
The US should be at least eight separate countries, maybe more — Vera Mont
Right. So, business, conflict, persecution, economic exploitation as usual, until the climate puts an end to us - or our super weapons do. Fair enough. — Vera Mont
How long, do you figure, before that's all perfected enough to give up standing armies? — Vera Mont
Sancta Trinitas — Agent Smith
But if you take the alternate stance that not all pain is bad then who decides how much pain is acceptable and why? — Andrew4Handel
I view harm as an unpleasant experience of any kind and something only conscious beings can have — Andrew4Handel
If you punch someone back after they punch you? Are you any better than them? — Benj96
Yes, you are right Crank. Nevertheless, there are some doctrines and dogmas who see the Pope "above" of Jesus. I mean, as a pure representation of God. — javi2541997
I think this issue makes me wonder a lot of questions because my failure is see the Pope as someone different from God but probably a Catholic sees him as the pure representation of the idea of God. — javi2541997