QiPowerIsTheBest
QiPowerIsTheBest t1_jc1k9r0 wrote
Reply to comment by Winjin in Future Timeline has removed its prediction about a cure for Alzheimer's disease by 2036 by ixfd64
Pretty sure the ultra rich have always been getting older and replaced by younger generation? What would be changing now?
QiPowerIsTheBest t1_j9kvsdb wrote
Reply to comment by mojoegojoe in Often mischaracterized as a rather debaucherous, hedonistic philosophy, Epicureanism actually focuses on the removal of pain and anxiety from our lives, and champions a calm ‘philosophy as therapy’ approach in pursuit of life’s highest pleasure: mental tranquility. by philosophybreak
I wouldn’t think so. QM is probabilistic but things don’t randomly swerve like in Epicurean physics.
QiPowerIsTheBest t1_iwzi3xy wrote
Reply to comment by chiefmors in Social media makes us feel terrible about who we really are. Neuroscience and philosopher Guy Debord can explain why – and empower us to fight back by ADefiniteDescription
I find a lot of value in social media for philosophical discussions and finding info I most likely would never have come across. It sucks for politics and comparing yourself to others.
QiPowerIsTheBest t1_is2pb3x wrote
Reply to comment by Getjac in Bruno Latour posed a major challenge to modern philosophy’s key assumption - a distinction between the human subject and the world. Philosophy as a field is yet to properly understand the importance of his contribution | Graham Harman. by IAI_Admin
Stoicism was already there as well as its ontology only includes one thing - the universe.
QiPowerIsTheBest t1_jdth34z wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Vivek Venkataraman argues that political equality and proto-democracy were the most common form of political organisation in the "state of nature". These ideals preceded modern liberalism & statehood, and are arguably how humans have lived the majority of our evolution. by Ma3Ke4Li3
Show us where these records show this is a universal form of governance in hunter-gatherer societies.