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Why is the concept of inheritance slowly losing value to most? Has society moved past the concept of legacy/become apathetic?
People don't think about the future anymore. Nihilism has taken over.
>>590558
The Welfare state has made it so that it's entirely unnecessary to leave one for your children. You can spend your whole life looking out for yourself and your carrier, and not have to worry about their future because someone else will be there to pick up your slack.
>The Renaissance was a peaceful era
>"The Dark Ages"
>The Renaissance was a peaceful era
Now you're just making shit up, no one says that.
>>590527
they were dark you dumb sperglord
fucking christian apologetics ffs
Now, we are all familiar with the paradox of Theseus' Ship, or Grandfather's axe as it is known to some. The dilemma when original ceases to be original when parts are being replaced.
Now with the modern medicine and science, we can replace most human parts. When do you cease to be the original you and become a new you? Brain seems to be the final frontier in this case, as we have no idea how it works or how to replace it. And is it even replaceable. Is our mind the product of our brain, or is some ether from the outerworlds?
I know SJW's and nu-newwave...
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Jesus christ you are retarded.
The paradox of Theseus' Ship can not ba applied to any living self regulating organism. The human body knows when a part of it does not belong. It has means of accessing this and it spits out shit that shouldn't be there.
Congrats we don't really exist in any essential, discrete way and the ground of being is nothingness, you're officially a buddhist
The one that really fucks with my mind:
It's the future. We have the technology to completely create people artificially, from scratch. A clone of is made of me, perfectly cloned in the physical sence. Then the entire contents of my brain is copied to a computer, and inserted into the clone. What happens to my frame of reference? Will "I" experience the world from two bodies now, myself and the clone? Who is truely "me"? Both the original me, and the clone? The clone is so perfect that not even my family can tell the difference. Am i not then...
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Did the autism at Manzikert doom the Roman Empire or was it on the road to recovery until the 4th crusade?
Well i don't know too much about the battle(though i'm greek) but going against turks(seljuks) using turks(Patzinaks and others) is pretty retarded.
Anyone else have some ideas? I'd like to know where it all went wrong.
>>590276
I'd say Manzikert was a symptom of the Empire's problems more than the cause. He fielded an army composed of mercenaries who weren't dedicated to the empire, and he returned from his captivity to a civil war and was blinded. Seems like the situation was pretty bad for the empire in general.
Are there any philosophers/ideologies that encourage victim mindsets or blaming others for their problems? I'm working on a story and one of the cities is built around this ideology I'm looking for as a way to control its people (thinking is dangerous, it's ok to submit our higher authority because you're weak, etc.) The reason I want an underlying philosophy is so the reasoning of the leaders is deeper than 'spooky scary government is out to get you', and I want to know the major reasons why that philosophy should be implemented.
>>589654
>Are there any philosophers/ideologies that encourage victim mindsets or blaming others for their problems
Early Christianity was literally victim worship and about blaming the Jews and Romans for everything bad in the world. Saint Augestine blamed earth quake's on Roman Paganism.
>>589705
But the Jews and Romans were also responsible for the crucifiction and thus for the eventual salvation of mankind. Sin has an important place in theodicy.
>>589654
Communism
t.Nietzsche
Why do Capitalists circlejerk over Adam Smith so much?
Not only are Adam Smiths economic theories based on an incredibly basic LTV completely bunk, many of the moral arguments he used for market interactions, such as The Invisible Hand, were completely and utterly debunked by Globalization and Capitalist Imperialism.
It also seems bizarre I keep getting Libertarians and Austrian Econ fags throwing "But muh the Invisible hand" at me when they don't even know what the fuck The Invisible Hand even refers too from The Theory of Moral Sentiments and...
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>>589151
Sure is TANKY in here tonight.
He's the founding father. People still consider Darwin and Tesla geniuses even though their ideas have been updated. Why should Adam Smith be treating differently? You can admire Smith and Hayek you don't have to choose the most recent guy.
>>589151
>fags throwing "But muh the Invisible hand" at me
that's a pretty basic indication that the person talking to you doesn't know what you're talking about desu
Rate Attractiveness: Historical Edition
I'll start.
>>588976
Sometimes I can't believe that guy is Joseph Stalin. But he lacks glorious Habsburg chin
>>588976
7/10
>>588994
10/10
>>588976
11/10
>>588994
-11/10
>>589017
9/10
Which historical leader is the ultimate "chaotic good"?
>>588743
Not that one, that's for fucking sure.
>pic related
America, leader of the world
>>588746
Pinochet did nothing wrong. Lawful Good all the way
"Sometimes, democracy must be bathed in blood"
How might Japan have won, or at least pull off a draw, in the Pacific War?
Say it's January 1942 and you're running the show. The war is already on so how do you win?
Not start the war in the first place. Concede china to the american sphere of influence. That's about it.
>>588365
They couldn't. At best they could have dragged the war out.
>>588365
By January of 1942, it's already too late. There is 0 way to win a total war with the U.S., no matter how well you fight: Even with allocating the bulk of their resources to Europe, the U.S. outproduced Japan in important metrics, like carriers, by about 8:1; and those Essex carriers held more and better aircraft than what the Japanese are fielding. No amount of tactical success is going to hold off that tide if the U.S. really wants you dead.
Therefore, the only way you have a chance is to to the...
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>one of the most elegant and beautiful metaphysics ever devised
>God-tier theodicy, explains evil without sacrificing the goodness of the divine
>God-tier aesthetics, beauty as the path to God
>blew Gnosticism the fuck out
>Rational but spiritual, logical but passionate, argumentatively rigorous but poetic
>compatible with all but the most Walmart-tier religions
>Founder...
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Sounds good. Where do I start?
>>588199
His Enneads if you wanna dive into the deep end. Read his wiki page if you wanna get a solid overview
>tfw golden soul
I'm asking here because /x/ flew into its normal clustercuck of trolling, schizophrenic rambling, roleplaying, and wishful thinking.
What did people historically think magic & sorcery was like?
I see vague references to it in the old legends, and apparently people made up elaborate rituals based on it.
Everything from curse tablets, to true names, to enochian, to divination, to shamans, to goetia, to hermeticism, to druids, to voodoo, etc.
This is purely academic interest.
>>587713
Turk here in general a lot of people still believe in magic but its generally seen as something you shouldn't dabble in as it is sinful and as you can get the attention of harmful spirits. Don't know if its true but I heard from some very reasonable people that they have seen some weird shit. Generally it has been like this all the way back to the ittomans and probably before.
>>587713
Magic and religion and medicine are intertwined to the point of being near inseperable for most of human history.
>>587738
Are there any survivals of shamanism in turkish folklore? Or is it mostly about getting djinn to do your bidding now?
Does the mediterranean idea of "the evil eye" exist in Turkey?
The last thread died so here's a new one. Post good looking althistory maps - I said good looking maps, so no Paradox game templates.
WHERE ALL MY PRUSSIABOO AT???
>godlike military
>Berlin best city GM
>Prussian eagle is best eagle
>a prussian chancellor made Germany GREAT AGAIN, when Kaiser Willhelm II fired him, Germany lost
name one state better than Prussia
>protip:you can't
kys nazi
>>586293
tell us more about your pure 1/128 prussian heritage, amerifriend
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>History forum games
The highest Level of autism.
I wonder what the people who play this look like.
>>585795
>I wonder what the people who play this look like.
>>Experience the excitement of being a notable person in 1930s Albania
What can you tell me about the Tiger tank?
Was it pretty much invincible?
Yes, if it was lucky enough to get to the front line without breaking transmission, running out of fuel and not getting bombed on a route, if enemy used only medium tanks, shot only at its frontal armor from at least 1km and had no numerical superiority, then yes, it was pretty much invincible.
>>585375
Looked cool though
>>585377
>1942
>No slope armor
