The Philosophy Discussion

I've already tried to befriend Ray Mears just in case....but he caught me going through his bins as he stepped out of his taxi on the way back from the Ivy....come on... he didn't get that chunky from pine, needles, berries and brook trout!

All those 'bush men' and survivalists teach you about how to get drinking water by digging under trees with a stick while driving around Oz in $100,000 4x4's...

Jake http://www.worldwithoutus.com/did_you_know.html
So if we weren't here the world will eventually come to an end anyway due to heating because the sun is dying. Admittedly thats 5 billion years away, but still.

Did you see this on the Daily Show?
Um.. I did.. that's all.

I fake therefore I am

winston the last ice age was 10,000 years ago which is very short time af far as the history of the earth is concerned...in fact it's modern history....this shows that extreme fluctuations in the earth's climate are perfectly normal, we currently are experiencing minor fluctuations, we have no idea whether these will abate, continue or increase in the coming years......Humans being the cause or contributing to these increases is probable but not proven....isn't there a single volcano that pumps out more greenhouse gases per day than all the worlds cars put together?

I think the point you might be making is that because a volcano emits the same amount of carbon dioxide (and other green house gases) into the atmosphere as humans do, that the extra bit of CO2 from us doesn't matter - our contribution is insignificant. This is incorrect. If I were to introduce a very small amount of a toxin into your body that is normally there in an incredibly small quantity anyway, it would still kill you.

TheBrick(Tommy) science works on a massive peer review system one paper does not prove anything.

Exactly. Sadly these rogue 'scientists' whose papers are rejected by journals are beginning to negate the system and go straight to the press, e.g. the great global warming swindle and Channel 4. Wankers.

I wasn't trying to make that point as I'm not sure that volcano thing is even true....it's just something to think about.....if Co2 levels are the cause of climate change, then obviously we are part of the problem...........

I am the problem it's all MY fault.

Sorry. I will try not to do it again.

didn't last long did it?

Anyway, saw this pop psychology and thought of you (us)

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if money was no object? - YouTube[/ame]

Just begun an An Introduction to Philosophy course, online from coursera
https://www.coursera.org/course/introphil

Bout time I learnt how to think right even though I could be a brain in a vat

Simplistic living - has anyone tried it? Or Minimalist living.

Is it hard to do when you've got tools for bicycles everywhere? Lots of cycling clothes.

It's something I'd love to try.

Simplistic living - has anyone tried it? Or Minimalist living.

Is it hard to do when you've got tools for bicycles everywhere? Lots of cycling clothes.

It's something I'd love to try.

Along with everything else, I only own one thing of each. It might sound idiotic, but (aside from very sentimental stuff) if I haven't used something in 6 months. It goes. If I move house, it takes me 1 hatchback journey. Furniture etc, I freecycle then re-freecycle. Books were hard to get rid off. I've cut down to 10 books I'd like to keep till death. My largest possession are my speakers and amp. I came to the conclusion music has too large a bearing on my life, and so I kept them.

I only own one bike, and only the tools that are 100% necessary to fix/modify/maintain it. 2 sets of pedals, one clipped, one strapped. 2 sets of handlebars, one city/work, one long distance. Two sets of chain rings. Speed and pleasure.

It has yet to fail me tbh. I can quite easily live off a 37L Rucksack and be content.
It's an extraordinary weight of your mind and shoulders I can't really explain. It's definitely worth a try.

I find having just one insurance policy for all the various items that I own a great weight off my mind..

unconvinced [so far!] by Kant's categorical imperative, per the Wiki page,

A categorical imperative .. denotes an absolute, unconditional requirement that asserts its authority in all circumstances, both required and justified as an end in itself. It is best known in its first formulation:

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.

preferring the Hypothetical imperative,

Hypothetical imperatives apply to someone dependent on them having certain ends:

if I wish to quench my thirst, I must drink something;
if I wish to acquire knowledge, I must learn.

So I've been procrastinating in the library (nothing new). I made a meme and had no idea where to put it. Don't think anyone checks this thread anyway. Probably for the better...

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