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  1. Nous

    Coincidence? What's That?

    I don't see how issues of memory are explanatory of any matter topical of this thread. Why don't you address the questions the OP asks? Is there a method by which to determine that events such as the coinciding of Lisa's dream and her father's death was an "accident"? Does a non-zero...
  2. Nous

    Coincidence? What's That?

    For whatever reason you didn't answer my question, and haven't responded to any question in the OP. But I have a better question for you: Of all the people you have ever known but haven't talked to or thought about in at least 10 years, how many of times have you had a vivid dream about one of...
  3. Nous

    Jussie Smollett Hate Crime

    This is a very sad occurrence. I keep asking myself: Why, why, why? But, then, those pursuing a career as actor/musicians, and having been recently handed a degree of success (though I hadn't heard of him or the TV show before this), are not the paradigm of mental stability. His acts certainly...
  4. Nous

    Coincidence? What's That?

    How often do you dream of one of your parents, in particular the one you have cut ties with and haven't spoken to in 30 years? I can't remember having a dream about either of my parents. My father died 35 years ago, and I do not recall having any dream about him since. BTW, if you believe that...
  5. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    Apparently you don't grasp the irony, or hypocrisy, or sad humor of someone identifying as a moral nihilist one moment, and declaring that one should do something the next.
  6. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    No argument I could possibly state for moral realism would answer the questions I have asked here, or would help anyone argue for moral nihilism. Nevertheless, perhaps this thread helps to demonstrate that the best argument for moral realism is the fact that the various forms of moral...
  7. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    But moral nihilism is usually (if not always) defined as the positive belief or view that no act is moral or immoral. It isn't the thesis that one simply hasn't come across an argument for moral realism or moral relativism. E.g.: Moral nihilism (also known as ethical nihilism, amoralism or the...
  8. Nous

    Coincidence? What's That?

    Yesterday I was reminded me of a story a friend related to me, which I have mentioned on RF once before. I have a friend -- let's call her Lisa -- who has sometimes told me of her painful and difficult childhood. Her hardships often were largely a consequence of the fact that her father was an...
  9. Nous

    Trump want to keep coal plant open, Robert Murray gets good return on his bribe.

    No, neither the federal nor any state statue excludes the President from bribery. It is illegal for someone to offer a bribe to the President, and it is illegal for the President to enter into a quid pro quo. Indeed, if Mueller got hint of Trump's involvement in some act of bribery in...
  10. Nous

    Trump want to keep coal plant open, Robert Murray gets good return on his bribe.

    It isn't theoretically possible to meet the world's energy requirements by solar and wind power. Traveling wave reactors are meltdown-proof and proliferation-proof. See: The Real Obstacle to Responsibly Meeting the World's Energy Needs Is Not Unbelief in AGW including the links therein...
  11. Nous

    Trump want to keep coal plant open, Robert Murray gets good return on his bribe.

    Fallacy of false dilemma. Our options are not limited to either a president who supports burning coal or one who supports the Green New Deal.
  12. Nous

    Trump want to keep coal plant open, Robert Murray gets good return on his bribe.

    A prosecution for bribery requires evidence of a quid pro quo.
  13. Nous

    Valentine's Day

    After hearing the first released song, Where Are We Now?, from David Bowie's 2013 album "The Next Day," I only initially sampled a couple of the other songs from it, and decided I wasn't going to like this work very much. I just couldn't find the melody in Where Are We Now? Later I did...
  14. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    My own argument (not sure from whom I stole it) is that the existence of objective moral facts is no more "problematic" than the existence of objective mathematical facts and objective logical facts.
  15. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    O go back to my original question, then: Why allow your feelings or values to dictate to you a proposition about the rightness or wrongness of something that you have already concluded is contrary to what is true? E.g., when you rail against people needlessly dragging others into court and the...
  16. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    Really???? Prove it. How come there are so many professional philosophers who express forms of moral realism?
  17. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    @Revoltingest alert me when you get brave enough to address this question.
  18. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    Where did someone look?
  19. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    For whatever reason you didn't answer my question -- at least directly. But it sounds to me that in all this you are trying to say that you don't know whether or not there are objective moral facts (such as "Rape is immoral"). Is that about right as to what ou were trying to express?
  20. Nous

    Moral Nihilism

    Ohhhh, I didn't know that someone had ruled out the existence of objective moral facts!!!! Why didn't someone tell me? Prove your claim. If objectve moral facts have been ruled out, then why are you on this website proclaiming most every day, or even multiple times per day, that people should...
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