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Yeah i am not feeling it. Separate but equal? One for normals and the other for coloreds? If ya can’t deal with it cuz of your delicate sensibilities or your twisted prurience then go in the bushes or wear an adult diaper.

Pope, congrats on your progress.

I would like to know how the psychotropic drugs affect you. Had only read about those for PTSD and depression.

Unseen, if i understand the lady she is arguing long chain or predeterminism. Start at about 1:30 and just listen a wee bit.

Ancient Chinese secret shrouded in mist and mysticism…

That is business!

Mint, parsley, rosemary, not so much…

Davis, nice critique.

I also think she speaks too authoritatively about the physics of the universe.

Unseen, i have had a problem with that word for a long time. It is not as slippery as spiritual, nor is it as worthless as frankly. I take the word in its generally accepted definition in treating of right and wrong. I object to its association with religion. The idea that we are born tainted or we have fucked up (sinned) and it is so…[Read more]

Unseen: Your argument seems to be that determinism can’t be true because were it so, there would be no moral responsibility.

Not a clue where you got that notion.

There are many ways to deny free will. I can’t see how any person in their right mind and with a modicum of intelligence could believe in absolute unfettered free will. I have i…[Read more]

Davis, you have misunderstood me.

I agree with you at least as to those who are convinced of strict determinism. I’ve indicated already that position is incompatible with moral responsibility. (The no free willers who base their opinion on matters extrinsic to physics of determinism may allow for some limited form of volition and control that is…[Read more]

What exactly does no free will mean?

Understanding differs. Strict determinism negates it. And if we go with that assumption then the idea of moral responsibility is impossible.

Regardless of how we conceptualize the issue we operate in our day to day lives as though we all have free will. And it is the same thing with how we conceptualize…[Read more]

Imprinting is the term coined by Konrad Lorenz. Goslings imprinted would follow him like mama duck.

Perhaps pedophilia is like psychopathy in that a cluster of genes gives the lucky lottery winner proclivities. Whether those manifest depends on nurture.

I wish that there were a massive scientific endeavor to get to the root of susceptibility…[Read more]

Simon one of those speakers said same thing…ya can’t control how you feel but you control your actions. Ya really believe that? In all instances? Can an OCD sufferer truly control those goddamn repeating behaviors? Aspergers? Tourette’s?

Ever been past point of no return in a rage? I have. Punched threw a wall two separate occasions. And i am…[Read more]

One of the speakers opined that 1 to 2 percent are in this category. I’ve read that 1 percent are asexual. So if ya want to conceive a rare bird ponder an asexual with romantic but asexual feelings towards little kids. Aint that some shit?

Pedestrian Ted talk walks the walk. No topic is verboten.

I assume that churches are the first choice of minor attracted persons who intend to act out on their feelings. Kindergartens, nursery schools, daycare not bad choices either. It is so fucking taboo that no politician could
survive if they used Unseen’s words on this topic. It is innate?…[Read more]