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volution is often spoken of factually, but in fact only changing the properties (as opposed to the nature) of descendants is directly observed; this is nothing new, breeding has been done for thousands of years. Evolution is the theory that this can eventually lead to new species. Yet speciation has never been directly observed, only inferred. All the examples of it being observed, are based on mating preference, not innate incompatibility; by this standard, Ethiopians and Greeks of ancient times were different species, since they did not mate with each other.
And abiogenesis...
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What?
>>1194813
>And abiogenesis has never been replicated, which is strange. If RNA can happen by accident why can't that process be replicated in experiment?
Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life. Evolution explains the origin of life's diversity - not the origin of life itself. Claiming this as evidence of evolution being false is like saying gravity is false because we don't know how the universe came into existence.
>>1194825
This isn't about evolution, it was just something tangential. You completely ignored the first paragraph, which was the one about evolution.
Why is knowledge considered inherently good?
Why do people waste time trying to discover worthless truths like the origin of the universe? Science is great when it's useful, but what is the point of these so obviously worthless endeavors?
>>1194747
Finding them a purpose.
>>1194747
Keeps you busy.
Furthermore, I'd like to ask why the layman even puts any energy at all into studying things like cosmology when they have no hopes of gaining any direct benefit or even making a meaningful contribution to the field.
I see this with atheists arguing with Christians all the time, why does it matter whether someone is a creationist or not? It not only has no effect on your life, it has no effect on anybody's life, the notion that man is created has no real life repercussions for the vast, vast majority of the human population. Even if creationism is false, it...
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Word World
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In this document I will outline a deathly virus I theorise exists, called word. It's an abstruse subject, but beyond it's harsh nature is a beautiful philosophy.
The principle of this theory is that words are a virus; that's not to say words cannot be beautiful or coherent, that's saying there is greater beauty and greater coherence beyond them.
For over two-thousand years we have used word-technology, and word-technology has led to other technologies. Word helps us to sustain ourselves and our civilization, but...
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Technology can be helpful or harmful, On the one hand, we have created wind-turbines that can generate free energy, and on the other, we have nuclear missiles that can wipe out any landmass.
Animals hunt, or consume resources; in a world where there are tensions between humans, their prey and their resources, there will be vigilance and there will be indiscretion. Humans will design, and deny the wind-turbine based on want, and design, and use nuclear missiles based on need.
Harmful technology would spur, and so would helpful technology; this is an aspect of the deathly nature of words.
Our sin advances as the word-technology advances, tensions between humans become more complex as time passes.
The current Russian and Western tensions make it near impossible for peaceful resolutions by politic; where only a political winner can stop the impeding World War III. A side will criticize the other on history, behaviour, and more; targeting leaders and reputable people foremost, and neglecting the views of the general population.
History spans for thousands of years, and accepted behaviour has changed over the course of history. An analysis of ancient history with modern behavioural philosophy, is sure to see primitive man as undesirable, and the same goes for certain conduct throughout the ages.
As time passes, we neglect our history with word-technological advancement and accepted behaviour.
Our tongues are locked into the system, and our minds are imprisoned – the only free will of the matter are the wordless aspects.
Theoretically, our heads are stuck to the side of a cube, rather than our heads being central and our mind being balanced.
I'm afraid I cannot explain what implications a wordless world would have on the mind, for I've never experienced it. I imagine it would be a more harmonious thought and emotion process.
We are, at this moment in time, standing on the edge of extinction...
Wow. You said a lot of nothing.
>oh man what if our thoughts weren't constricted by the rigid confines of words! Could you imagine?
Language is just a refined form of communication. Language actually aids cognitive function. It gives form to otherwise formless notions.
>>1194739
>bitch like moaning
You are a troll.
Did the Industrial revolution affect human civilization more than the neolithic revolution? Are the green revolution and the digital/information revolutions the culmination of the industrial revolution or separate from it? Will the information revolution have a greater effect than the industrial revolution?
>>1194648
No. In the neolithic revolution living in cities moved from 0 to finite. Ini the industrial revolution living in cities moved from finite to finite.
Falsified. QED.
Industrial revolution is like paying you 50 bucks more, neolithic revolution is like inventing the concept of a salary.
>>1194652
>cities = civilization
Wow, like, euro-asiocentric much?
I'm seeing a lot of guys here warping opinions using biased or unauthentic sources to prove their arguments.
If you fall short of an argument, admit your shortcoming or seek out a credible source.
We learn when we fail, arguing leads us nowhere. This board is for discussion and not arguments.
Pic semi-related.
It's black and blue.
>>1194480
>4chan
>admitting you were wrong
Nah
>>1194544
Found the parasite who contributes nothing to this board.
We had a good thing going for a few months, guys, but at this point the diamonds are impossible to sift out from the shit and piss.
What can you guys tell me about the occult beliefs of Nazis and how it relates to party ideology? How much of Indiana Jones, Wolfenstein, etc., is true to life?
This is like 4th time you made this thread, faggot.
And nazi occultism is largely a meme. Himmler was an autistic pagan faggot who sent out expeditions to 3rd world shitholes trying to prove ancient civilizations were ruled by Nordic superhumans, but most nazis didn't give a shit about it and they sure didn't want to create an army of alien robot Aryan zombies. Hitler himself was a lapsed Catholic at worst.
>>1194461
lol this is the first thread I've made on the topic. I didn't realize it was a popular topic.
What about the Thule Society and its relation to the NSDAP? Stuff like that
>>1194461
This, except Hellboy actually happened.
Daily reminder that nothing you own is your own and that everything is the property of a greater who has allowed you to use them for the time being.
That's what you think.
underage b&
>mfw Stirner said this to point out the innecessity of property, and that we need not be ruled by material monopolies
not to say you are wrong, but I wish people would take Max more seriously
Is Somalia the only example of an anarchist society working with success? We're talking about a group of people who've known life without a government for thousands of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeer
>Under Xeer, there is no authority that dictates what the law should be. The law is instead discovered by judges as they determine the best way to resolve a dispute. As such, the Somali nation by tradition is a stateless society; that is, Somalis have never accepted the authority of any central government, their own or any other
What...
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>success
>>1194394
Success in that it's the way they want to live.
>>1194377
Somalia is 7 states but one country and nation.
T. Somali
>Cuban Missile Crisis
>Common belief is that Kennedy stood up to an unreasonable Khrushchev who wanted to do the unthinkable and sneakily plant missiles in Cuba so as to get the first strike in a Nuclear war
>throughout 1962 prior to October
>be Kennedy
>be assblasted about Bay of Pigs, a literal and unprovoked invasion that was crushed
>terrorise the shit out of cargo ships heading to...
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>>1194327
Because it's not bad when the US does it.
>Why does the American government allowed to keep getting away with this?
Because they won. That nullifies everything else in your post too.
What if this was successful?
>inb4 hurr durr it was never possible :^)
>>1194315
It wasn't possible. Fuck off alien space bats.
If it was successful then Germany would have more wiggle room in terms of oil supply for their mechanized corps.
they would still have to make the final drive to Moscow to ultimately win the war. Stalingrad and the drive for the Caucasus was just to relieve a desperate shortage of fuel, for which millions died just to achieve that supply.
whether that much manpower and resources dedicated to Case Blue was worth it or not was debatable, the Egos of Stalin and Hitler got in the way their "THIS IS THE LINE" talk concerning Stalingrad.
>>1194343
The oil would have burnt like the factories and fields in 1941 and 1942
I'll start with pic related:
http://www.mangatown.com/manga/otoyomegatari/
Best depiction of life in great game central asia ever. Minutiously researched and incredibly detailed and well written, i recommend.
>>1194307
Historie manga is pretty good. I've not read Ad Astra is it any good?
Also Age of Bronze is a nice comic.
It Aint Me with animals.
Meticulously detailed and researched series about Vietnam, complete with bonus sections on unit tactics and weaponry.
>Although most theologians of the early Church read the scriptures as indicating a flat earth, Augustine was not so sure. But he was vehement in denouncing the view that human beings lived at the antipodes, that is, on the opposite side of earth. If they did, they would not be able to see Christ descending from the heavens at the Second Coming.
What did he mean by this? Did he literally think Jesus was living the sky? A sky-fairy, so to say?
Yup, that's the idea. Heaven is literally above us. This is what Chrustians believed until convincingly proven otherwise.
>>1194294
in*
>>1194294
>Did he literally think Jesus was living the sky? A sky-fairy, so to say?
That doesn't suggest he did in any way
Who actually were the Chichimecs? What kind of social structure did they have?
Were they similar to the Navajo and Comanche? Was their culture all about war?
>>1194165
A desert and jungle-border dwelling people. What little I read on them is from Aztec research so I get the impression they are very behind in technology and civilization compared to the almighty Nahua.
If I were to be skeptical of the Aztec description, it would lead me to believe they were developed enough to have standing villages and bureaucracy. They would also be behind enough to retain many customs seen in the Navajo and other North American tribes.
They hat qt3.14 waifus too, senpai
>>1194423
Funny enough they gave the Spaniards a harder time than the Aztecs did. One chronicler said that Chichimecs considered it a bad shot if they aimed the arrows at ones eye and it went in between the eyes instead. Another which said a mere four chichimecs forced 50 spanish allied natives to retreat. And they refused to confront them again.
>>1194454
I could believe it. A less settled people would be a bitch to fight for the Spaniards and their allies - all of which are used to Aztecs and their "allies" throwing bodies at them like madmen
What does /his/ think of evidentialism i.e. the philosophy that you should have evidence for your beliefs and reasoning and opinions.
Are there any good arguments for anti-evidentialism?
Define "evidence"
In humanities? Double hermeneutics, self-fullfilling prophecies, limited human perception and the likes at least.
>>1194167
a single hermeneutics isn't a hermeneutics. As far as evidence? Hume's black swan.
>all existence is striving, no more no less
>there is no contradiction between materialism and idealism; mind and the physical coincide in the same harmony
>all human lives are equal because all are equally worthless before der Will, and are merely vessels for it to exaust it's restless desire for more life
>ultimate enlightenment comes from abnegating one's carnal desires and living a life of acetic contemplation of pure forms, nature...
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>contemplation of pure forms
Explain what that means in the context of the philosophy of Schopenhauer, lest you should be called an effeminate, yea gay, man.
>>1194200
What's there to understand? 3D is inherently PD.
>>1194101
>One need only look at a woman’s shape to discover that she is not intended for either too much mental or too much physical work. She pays the debt of life not by what she does but by what she suffers—by the pains of child-bearing, care for the child, and by subjection to man, to whom she should be a patient and cheerful companion. The greatest sorrows and joys or great exhibition of strength are not assigned to her; her life should flow more quietly, more gently, and less obtrusively than...
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