Recent content by Flexor

I think a lot of you are doing the mistake of confusing normal fear with phobia. They're two very different things. Seeing a lion in front of you will trigger an emotion, because you know your life is in danger, and you have to get away. But people who are arachnophobic don't really feel...

Bingo! Just look at your average north american family. You've got both parents working - or often divorced with the kids switching from house to house every week. Kids practically see their babysitters more than they see their parents. Discipline through violence will only make violent...

It's a real dream. That's pretty much it. With the amount of dreams an average person has each night, it's not too surprising that two people could have a very similar dream.

I'm pretty sure he meant this: We've all been through high school, right? I do remember feeling rather tense after seeing others being bullied. Naturally, I've also been a victim of it myself. Having others being bullied won't directly cause students to fail all their classes, but it...

The universe isn't so perfectly tuned. You have to understand that the universe was there first, and everything else (solar systems, planets, lifeforms) have evolved within it, and in function of it's particular properties. If the universe had been different, then what it contains would've...

The world wouldn't fall apart. Repercussions would be severe, seeing as so many countries initiate trade with the U.S. Eventually, global economy would restructure, and new dependencies would be created. Just because the U.S. is the current largest economical center of the world, doesn't mean...

And you'll notice that I put jazz and classical as some of the most complex. I've heard a lot of bach, and I agree it's relatively complex compared to most music. But I still think trance is generally more complicated than classical. You also have to consider that I don't base this...

A computer merely helps you fulfill whatever intellectual potential you had. You could naturally be a better guitarist than Hendrix, but if you don't play the guitar, you'll never realize it. Using a computer promotes thinking. Programming stimulates your sense of logic and mathematics...

As someone who works with dance music everyday, I feel that I must correct a few misconceptions on your part. Please excuse the long post, but there is a point to all these descriptions. Firstly, just from this sentence, I can tell that you don't know much about dance music, which is...

Indeed. As long as we exist in this reality, "1 + 1 = 2" will always be true. Try to prove otherwise.

I used the statement "abortion is wrong" as an example because it's an opinion and not a truth. A truth would be wether or not the baby has conscience, wether or not the baby has a soul, etc. You then base your opinions on these truths. What is true and what people want to be true are two...

What truth could there possibly be about abortion that we don't already know? Things like "Abortion is wrong" or "Abortion is right" are subjective opinions, not truths. The only truth are those known scientific facts that we hold as such until proven otherwise. The only absolute proof is...

Theoretically, I would choose the ape infant if it were the last of it's species. I have no emotional attachement to the human infant (at least, no more than I do to the ape). Practically, I would choose the human infant, simply because of the sanctions human society would impose on me if I...

Precisely, that's why I question the definition of free will.

That's just a figure of speech. When you say that, what you're really trying to say is "unlike our typical behavior". But your personality is who you are. You can't go against that. Like in the example I gave earlier; if you try to cheat the system, you'll only end up doing exactly what you...