Richard Robertson

Historically, free will is defined as either

1. A gift from God, potentially making everyone completely accountable for their choices and actions; this definition invokes dualism, the assumption that mind/spirit can exist separately from one’s physical brain
2. A meaningless concept in light of a deterministic (albeit unpredictable at quantum…

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Did you know you can whisper to Alexa, and she’ll whisper back?

Now here’s a trick I learned all by myself, which is more fun to do to someone else’s Alexa when the owner is not listening closely:

• “Alexa, give me two hundred decimal places of Pi”

(This works while whispering, too.)

Strangely, wording it as “What is Pi to two hundred decimal…[Read more]

I think that just declaring that we don’t have free will doesn’t automatically invalidate “responsibility”. How we define it and enforce it still has consequences.

I curse you, Determinism! Or I defy you, at least, perhaps in vain, perhaps not, or perhaps because I just don’t know you as well as you know me.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Alexa was very new at the time.

You mean Alessia? And in the last sentence, too? I don’t have the Leykis Balls to edit your post.

jakelafort wrote:
But Beanie, isn’t it an issue when Ivy asserts that she knows it is god …KNOWS IT IS GOD…won’t critique the reasons given why it might not be god?

And then she is sure we are going to end up extinct. After god’s involvement in her life why wouldn’t she assume god will make an appearance or take the necessary steps to arrest the…

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Unseen wrote:
For marriage, they ma go for “Poindexter” (a term Leykis uses to describe clueless guys who don’t understand female wiles) because he’ll be a better provider and will be more likely to respect their marriage vows.

You do realize, of course, you guys can win battles but not the war against the Poindexters, right?

I’m not sure I understand the question or dilemma, but might still be able to add perspective.

I find it difficult to completely separate “personal responsibility” from “social responsibility”. I.e., regardless of to what extent I am personally responsible for my own action, I feel we are built or have evolved to feel at least somewhat…[Read more]

Ivy wrote:
As if we know exactly what God SHOULD do….No?

I would never want this topic to be about “the problem with what Ivy believes”, but an attempt to gain a dispassionate understanding of why human beings believe these things. That said, I cannot remain dispassionate about the lengths to which some humans take their belief in their God. My o…[Read more]

I’m of a mind that if your workplace is wonderful, then getting paid to do it is a bonus. Most workplaces suck in terms of the ‘one idiot’ that always seems to dominate them.  Hum a little tune whilst he’s opining. Treat his views like a foreign language that you don’t need to understand.  You could also look for another job whilst you’re there.

PMJ makes me smile so much and I can’t stop watching but they get millions of views so I think y’all have probably seen them already so I won’t post any more unless someone says PMJ is new to them and so… well, let me know.

Meanwhile that guitar sliding and pickin’ in Human blows me away and I watched it like six times in a row and I still…[Read more]

So anyway…

Do you really want the dick’s position, and are you confident you’re being groomed for it and not just being played? In any case it sounds like you’re assuming he’s on his way out?

I think this one’s got style, aaaaand substance!

Unseen wrote:
The height thing is NOT pop psychology, though it can be useful to refer to a pop psychology article to put it in layman’s terms.

Yes, yes, I have been familiar with the research since puberty, because I use scholar.google.com. Since I grew up short, fat, bald, nerdy, and now old, I have learned to attract the best female by m…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
(BTW, one of the irrational physical standards women apply is a height requirement. Research has shown that they prefer men who are taller than they are, and that the main factor that can overcome this prejudice is the wealth and power of the male. Or perhaps it is more logical than it first appears, according to this Maxim…

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