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Are solipsism and open individualism beneath the surface the same view?

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Are solipsism and open individualism beneath the surface the same view? [ 28/10/20 ] That does not seem to be the case. There is a sense in which it seems probable that Descarte got one thing right, “cogito ergo sum”. … Continue reading →

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Swedish Response to Covid 19

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[ 26/10/20 Response to a facebook Ad – on Swedish statistics] Whoever wrote this seems to have an agenda that does not value human life very highly. Sweden has taken measures to slow the spread of Covid. As yet only … Continue reading →

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1080

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[ 22/10/20 Mischele posted a newspaper clip on her facebook page – 1080 Detected in workers] If you’ve been eating puha, then you might detect 1080 in your body. It occurs naturally in puha, at very low levels – not … Continue reading →

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Can philosophy help in solving the perennial chicken and egg problem?

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[ 19/10/20 ] No. Because there isn’t a chicken and egg problem. The process of evolution, leading from relatively simple replicating molecules (probably in alkaline “white smokers” using H+ ions from geothermal chemistry in the first instance) through archea to … Continue reading →

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What do you feel entitled to and why?

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Daniel S asked on facebook – What do you feel entitled to and why?(This is an earnest inquiry.) [ 18/10/20 ] I don’t feel entitled to anything. There are many things that seem to be required for my long term … Continue reading →

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What should matter most

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What should matter the most to an individual, his own welfare or society’s? [ 18/10/20 ] Both are essential. Neither works without the other. Exactly where the balance lies will be different for each of us in different contexts; and … Continue reading →

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The greatest problem for humanity

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[ 12/10/20 ] The biggest and most important problem, is how to get global (and beyond) cooperation between all levels of self aware language capable agents present. The survival, security, prosperity and freedom of all of us depend upon this. … Continue reading →

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Perspectives, responsibility

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[ 9/10/20 On Michael Skye’s facebook page] There is certainly great value in being able to see multiple perspectives, and part of that which is really powerful is being able to see the systemic evolutionary drivers of the classes of … Continue reading →

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Ignorance

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RQ: I think its safe to presume educated people too behave ignorant, thus what are the other major factors that causes ignorance in people? [ 5/10/20 ] All people are necessarily far more ignorant than they are educated – that … Continue reading →

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Covid and response

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[ 2/10/20 Mischele’s Facebook rant about response to covid and withdrawing from the UN] No! Certainly – we need to respect individual rights, and individual lives; and that demands multiple levels of responsibility from each and every one of us, … Continue reading →

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