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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: greenturtle74’s Cartoon Guide to Asperger’s |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2012, 8:57 am
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Replies: 680
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These are good. Made me smile, especially Weird and Wired. May have to get a T-Shirt with that on it.
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How do you deal with cognitive dissonance? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2012, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 32
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| In answer to your follow up question. No. If by 'religeous claim' you mean a claim based purely on unverifiable belief then no because by definition it is not open to argument. All argument can do is make it sound more or less plausible and it has long been my understanding that plausability and rel... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What would be a good holiday for atheists? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2012, 3:26 am
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Replies: 157
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| Ok first I want to say that without 'Believers' there would be no atheists. So atheists should have a 'Thank you God worshipers' day for giving us someone to be different from. The 29th of Febuary would be ideal for this as no one else is using it and it only exists because some people decided that ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How do you deal with cognitive dissonance? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2012, 2:44 am
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| It is a good question and made me think. Thank you. My beleif in a thing does not require that it be true or supported by any logical argument. My logical argument does not require that I beleive that the premis underlying it is true. For me logic and beleif are just tools for doing a job and I get ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taoism |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2012, 2:20 am
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Replies: 13
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| I like the idea of being an unimportant part of the world, just passing through, only touching with the lightest touch in the right place at the right time in the hope of making things better. Often, once I have really thought about something that was a problem for me, especially with dealing with p... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Global Sustainability |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,342
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| Hi, This is something I have been keeping an eye on for some years now. I am glad you are all talking about this. There are a few things I think are worth shareing. Too many Humans on this planet at once is almost certainly the cause of most of the problems the species faces now. There are also some... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taoism |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 12:17 pm
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| Hi, I keep a copy of the Tao te Ching next to my desk where I do most of my thinking and writing. The sayings can seam difficult to understand but that just makes me try harder. The idea of Tao seams to be to find the most effective and appropriate way to look at and understand things so that instea... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Nature of the timestream & related vocabulary? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 11:06 am
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| 'Ok Kid' said Grandpappy one sunny afternoon under the boondock, 'You aksed fer it!' Then rambled on into one of his famous all day meanderings. Time is not as linear and causeandeffecty as most folk seam to think. It has wrinkles and bumps and knots of twisty timey wimey sort of....Yeah, well, anyw... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should mounties ride moose? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 10:13 am
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Is the plural for Moose Meece?
Moose mounty sounds like it might be something rude! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 9:48 am
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| What is your first name? Bob Age: Depends how I feel. Sometimes very young and childlish sometimes old and wise. Mostly I don't think about it. Location: Earth - Uh, the little crinkly bit where they drink tea alot - Just off Europe (and why is North always at the top of the map?). Hobbies and Inter... |
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