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Having one of those times where I unfortunately get into the prose-mindedness of philosophy. Anyone care to critique some thoughts?
The greatest breakthrough within our evolutionary lineage was such: the ability to attach permanent meaning to temporal subjects. This is the foundation of our permanent meanings of sounds (language), or our permanent meaning of land-space (territory). Meaning and Memory provided to be the most consistent model for longer survival and effective reproduction across an ever-expanding habitat. Once some sensory-input could be consistently referenced across time, it cataloged itself into the architecture of our mind, thus a central aspect of the species' experience.
Both a mouse and a man may navigate a maze, but only one can feel hopelessness or shame of inadequacies. Both the gazelle and the man can fear predation, but only one feels the existential despair of their situation. This is not to say we are too fundamentally different. Rather, we have built upon them (the lower animals), connected by common elements of the living experience while adding our own empirical uniqueness.
To know what it means to be human is to know fully understand our human uniquities and distinguish are particular place in reality. But ah, just as our ancestors before us, we naturally seek the next state of evolutionary transcendence, by whatever experiential means, to reach an even newer framework. A framework in which they will inevitably look down upon us as we do upon our "lessers."
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>is to know fully understand
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>>2370621
There is absolutely no way that the development of language is on the same level of importance as "territory." Most animals have a concept territory.
>Both the gazelle and the man can fear predation, but only one feels the existential despair of their situation
You don't know this and I am willing to bet there is evidence against this
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>>2370648
Firstly, I was not saying that language and territory are valued the same. I said they were founded the same. Namely by the ability to attach some permanence to a transient, temporal subject.
Secondly, the faculties of our frontal lobe are objectively more developed and fit for more rich interpretation of our experience. It is no great leap to imagine or prove our experience to be much deeper.
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How did the once great and advanced Indus Valley civilization devolve into this?Really made me think
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Indo-European scum.
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>>2370429
id like to know too
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>>2370429
devolve to what? Extremely poor people living in filth?
as long as there have been cities there have been slums, it didn't devolve it just never improved for some
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Why did no one in the Western world figure out cannabis, despite hemp being ubiquitous? Were the native flowers just not strong enough for it?
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>Were the native flowers just not strong enough for it?
Probably. There are different varieties of hemp, some of which won't get you "high" due to not having enough THC.
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>>2370469
Damn, I thought if I went to India I could just go in the woods and pick up good bud out from the wild
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>>2370322
Do you know nothing about the history of cannabis cultivation in the Americas?
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"All problems are self imposed."
Debate this
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You can't
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>it's your fault for being born
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That pizza looks awful.
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Is this a case of "if your house got hit by a meteor it's your fault for living in a place that got hit by a meteor"?
If that's the case, it's a waste of time to debate it. Nobody can argue against "It's your fault you didn't account for something that can't feasibly be accounted for"
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Where did the idea of 'rational' human being come from? We humans are obviously influenced by exogenous factors when partaking in any actions yet economic theories built upon the assumption that we are 'rational', when in reality, we aren't.
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The idea of logical systems springs from the human mind.
Saying "but humans do wacky things and are influenced by chemicals" is not a new argument in the slightest, nor is it a helpful one when it comes to predictive human behavior
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>>2370062
So through interpreting our action logically provide the foundation on explaining human interactions then? How should we integrate the irrational side with the rational one? Is this where we define the abnormal from normal when it comes to predictive behaviours?
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yea rationally is stupid all those religious thinkers are stupid
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>"Natural rights"
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>radical egalitarianism
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What's wrong with them
>inb4 the non answer of spooks
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What was the Roman Empire's tax policy?
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A tax collector comes to your place and tells you to give him some money, if you don't his thugs beat the shit out of you and steal what you have. He shaves a little off the top then gives the rest to the government. There's a reason tax collectors were some of the most hated people in society back then to the point where a few of Jesus parables were basically "Treat all people with kindness and respect, yes, even the tax collectors"
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>>2369709
Open theft as compared to the hidden theft of today
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How do you think WW1 would have played out if Britain, accepted the Germans offer of neutrality in 1914?
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>what kinda ebin germaniums you want senpai?
>just groß my shit up
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France would be German clay right now.
France was already battered with British assistance in WW1, there's no way they could have held out without it.
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>>2369278
Europe would be German.
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>Sparta had a unique dual kingship
>Barely gets mentioned
Why is that? And where can I go to read more about this unique institution?
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Just did research on Sparta (undergrad). Surprisingly there's not a lot of scholarship on specific things about Sparta, if you want you can check out Herodotus and his likely bullshit accounts
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>>2368945
2 kings plus the gerousia and the ephors, Sparta's government was complex as fuck.
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>>2369402
>athenians think you've created the perfect society
>Xenophon, and only Xenophon, was a massive Spartaboo that means all Athenians felt that way
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I need an essay topic for my Religious Studies class , it can be anything but it has to pertain to religion or religions in this world. Is there anything that could be interesting I can write on . Thesis doesn't have to be your own original idea btw.
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>>2368814
I'm open to controversial ideas as long I can back them up with trusted sources.
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>>2368814
>Paganism in early modern Balticum
>Catholicism and Ultraquists under Jiri z Podebrad
>Islamic expansion to Far East
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>>2368814
The series of events from 1960 to the present in the Catholic church, from assassinations of popes, to replacing popes with lookalikes, to having a Jesuit black pope, to having a pope resign, to having an Office of the Inquisition still open, to reconciling with the Orthodox for the first time since 1054, to the pedophile nature of the RCC, to the 1 in 14 priests in Australia being accused of being pedophiles; the laundry list of evil perpetrated in the name of God by the RCC is endless material.
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If you could have the ability to understand all written languages would you go for it? I can think of many pros for possessing this ability but I can't think of any cons. For example, I'd be able to read all books in their native language which and not have to deal with translation issues. Also, I'd be able to read books that have not yet been translated into English. Can you guys think of any downsides to this?
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Why the hell would you not, if there was no catch?
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why would there be any downsides
lots of reading + instant job
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>>2368678
There has to be some kind of downside, right? I mean it just sounds too good to be true. Like you know how people say they'd love it if they won the lottery or something like but in reality when you win it's likely to have a negative impact on you. I think there's some sort of catch to this that I just haven't thought of yet.
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Post your hisfu and any other historical qt's
Viktoria Luise memers need not apply
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Is there any alternative to this insane balancing act?
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Hope the nukes manage to destroy every single person that knows how to mamufacture nukes, while not destroying the planet or population beyond time's repair.
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>>2368377
Uniting to fight aliums
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>>2368377
Inventing a time machine and killing Einstein, and the Curies, and anyone else involved in the advancement of nuclear theory and technology.
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Was there ever a bigger ass-fracturing in Rome's history? 2017-02-15 05:40:11 Post No.2368020
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Was there ever a bigger ass-fracturing in Rome's history?
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>>2368020
Maxentius taking Italy and Africa, killing the Western Augustus, and telling the Eastern Augustus Galerius to fuck off probably twisted some panties.
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>>2368072
What event/what time was this? I'd like to read it.
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>>2368020
Brennus
Where does libertarianism come from? Does it have successful historical precidents
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Protestant work ethic.
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>>2367892
>successful historical precedents
"Non serviam"
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>>2367892
libertarianism is a broad term used by everything from communists to anarcho capitalists to classical liberals.