Lets see, Eco Atheist, Left leaning but often contrarian. Too many interests, a bit of a info junkie. Thinks compassion is underrated. Hates materialism.
Searching for the truth and its limits defines my life.
No offense taken. I don't even remember what the fuss was about :-)
Thanks for the book writing offer. I will have to decline as
a) it's not my area of expertise and
b) I am in the process of writing a chapter for a book within my area of expertise (= clinical neuropsychology).
Thanks anywayl
Do you mean that you hate acquisitiveness or consumerism? My first thought when I looked at the above was, "Why hate materialism? I figured that most people who deny the existence of the supernatural would embrace materialism." Then I realized that you probably didn't mean metaphysical materialism- LOL
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The catch in this case may be that the prosecutors participated in the framing of the plaintiffs before the trail began. As I understand it, prosecutorial immunity from liability attaches only when the trial begins (or so the plaintiffs argue). I ...
That's pretty interesting and I'm fairly sure there are some drugs involved with the developements of such theories.
I'm a science fiction fan so when I think of the future I think of mega computers which could allow us to analyze huge amounts of ...
You may live in one of those rare places that aren't hospitable to most wildlife, the sort of a place where only a human being (and their four-legged hangers-on, like rats and coyotes) would, or could, willingly reside.
In any case, once a cat ha...
I stood up last night at a Central Forum. AA New York only holds 4 of these each year in the U.S., and this weekend it was in my home town. I stood up and identified myself as the GSR for the Atheists and Spirituality group, and I know I heard a f...
this is also why I support the liberal idea of preventing crime by helping people slums and impoverished communities rather than making harsher punishments for them.
The prevention of crime is more important then the "revenge" aspect of punishment
Pascal came from a culture steeped in Christianity, its influence, its dominance, and its fear-mongering. Science in his time was hardly in its infancy, and the brand of rational thought we enjoy now was a stark rarity in his time. Anyone in Pasca...
(In =P) my experience, people who know that their bad behavior will go unpunished are more likely to act badly in the future.
ok, but that is rather childish thinking. I don't think that a lot of people here are like that. We are all here pursuin...
Why do we exist?
As far as I can tell, we're here simply as the result of a series of fortunate accidents. Life arose on this planet by natural processes and humans are just one of the myriads of experimental life forms that evolution produced.