02/11/2012
Too much comfort and prosperity is not good. Without struggle and suffering happiness soon loses its essence, and ennui takes place, which is worse than any suffering. It's then that man takes to "extreme living" to keep from getting suicidal. It's not only deprivation that would...
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02/11/2012
Individualism and freedom of thought are the enemies of the very values and morality which gave birth to them and elevated them to primacy among advanced nations. (Source)
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02/07/2012
In an ideal society a politician's opinion should weigh more than a lay person's, a scientist's opinion should weigh more than a politician's, and a philosopher's opinion should weigh more than everyone else's. When this chain of command can't be effectively implemented, the soc...
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02/04/2012
Lack of free will is not a new revelation. Religions have been saying it for centuries (everything's in the hands of God) and people were fine with it. The fact that we can't control things isn't depressing. Depressing is the knowledge that no one can. I think religions handled t...
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02/02/2012
For evolutionary purposes, we are designed to feel ourselves as the center of the universe, the world revolving around us. As an implication, for every unpleasant experience we have, we are much likely to blame others. (Don't you feel you are the victim? Everybody feels the same!...
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02/02/2012
NO ONE has a magic key to happiness, becuase there isn't any. It's not important to be happy all the time. What matters is that we be and do our best when we can help it, and know that we can't help everything.
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02/02/2012
Some films show right things as right. Some show wrong things as wrong. And some films show wrong things as right. Those are what I call bad films. Same goes for TV shows. It's not the content per se, but the message or the impression it leaves.
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02/01/2012
Spirituality views the world as a part of "the whole". Its focus is so much on the whole that it never really connects with the problems of the world. Only (non-)remedy it offers is for people to stop being people and merge into the whole. SPIRITUALITY IS HOKUM.
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01/21/2012
Back in my spirituality days I received many a praise for saying this: "An enlightened person lives on the tune of Nature. He doesn't need to know what is moral or immoral." Now I say enlightened my ass! One must be a narcissist of the highest rank to have that thought!
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01/19/2012
"Live as if this is your last day". (What?!) NO! Live knowing you have a long life ahead and you wouldn't want to make it ugly by giving into your studpid impulses today.
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01/17/2012
There are three types of people: 1) Those who walk the path laid down by wise men – Tradition, 2) those who become critical thinkers and find the way – Philosophy, and 3) those who blindly fight for their right to live their own way – Individualism. I think the third type, who ar...
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01/11/2012
Society is a system of interdependence for optimum welfare; and belonging to one isn't a choice. Therefore, individual freedom is a delusion which has to be enjoyed within certain boundaries. Claiming total freedom in society is immature to say the least.
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01/11/2012
He who says he has a right to be jerk as long as he isn't harming anyone doesn't understand the fundamentals of human world. No one has a "right" to be jerk; in fact, everyone has a "duty" to live in interest of the society.
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01/07/2012
The reality of human condition is too complex to be fully addressed by law. If something is not illegal, that doesn't automatically mean it is morally flawless. A behavior doesn't become indecent only when it becomes illegal.
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01/07/2012
Woman, you show cleavage not for that blouse is comfortable for you, but for you want to attract attention of hot and attractive members of male species. But by doing so you attract not-so-desirable gazes too, which makes you feel insecure and threatened. Now you don't want to ta...
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01/06/2012
The beauty of pure rationality is that it can't be factually defeated. Therefore many rationalists enjoy mocking ordinary people; and often they get away with it too. But the real wisdom is to transcend rationality and to live in a non-rational* state where most essential human e...
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01/05/2012
Asking the Universe (or God) "Why me?!" for one's suffering is either ignorance or arrogance. A wise man knows that suffering is not personal.
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01/05/2012
Tell me which sitcom character you relate to and I will tell you how dumb you are!
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12/18/2011
The problem with spirituality is that it does not relate to the actual human condition but the (unrealistically) idealized version of it.
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12/18/2011
If the world is ever to become a better place (though I am not optimistic about it) it will not be because of those who have “resolved” their moral issues by committing themselves to some fixed rules of behavior and thereby become complacent, but because of those who constantly f...
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12/16/2011
Society is a group of interdependent individuals who have aligned each-other's self-interests to maximize their welfare. And belonging to society isn't a choice. A human being in civilized world is born directly into a society. To think that society is an illusion, or that one is...
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12/15/2011
Extreme form of individualism is jungle rule – a world of "independent" and "alienated", zombie-like human beings. Happy it's-my-life-I-do-what-I-want freedom fighting!
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12/12/2011
Regardless of what it should ideally be, the prevailing moral standard is what majority in a given society agrees to.
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12/09/2011
When the idea of happy marriage (partnership) comprises of fantasy ideals of romantic passion provided by TV, films, fiction books and magazines, no human can ever have a happy marriage.
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12/08/2011
The only way to fundamentally approach the problems of the world is to encourage people for critical thinking and help them develop philosophically. All other ways are merely treating the symptoms rather than disease.
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12/08/2011
If you are fun-hungry, sex-obsessed, How-I-Met-Your-Mother-and-Twilight-fan then I am pretty sure that most of the time you're keeping gloomy and grumbling, because those are perfect ingredients for miserable life.
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12/07/2011
When something has both positives and negatives, and positives are such that can be obtained from other better sources, and negatives are having substantial impact, then that's enough grounds for criticizing it.
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12/06/2011
For many philosophically disinclined people their optimism stands in the way of them doing anything about their misery. It shows how at times pessimism can be positive and optimism negative.
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12/05/2011
One's ability to love truly (which is empathy, compassion, respect..) grows in direct proportion to wisdom gained through understanding life. And that's the only way.
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12/04/2011
To modern youngsters: Read wrong books (e.g. The Secret etc), watch wrong films (e.g. Twilight etc) and wrong TV shows (e.g. How I Met Your Mother etc), hang out with wrong people (look around), and ask why your life is miserable. I say, that's why!
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12/04/2011
That love which depends on sexual act for its expression (e.g. romantic love) is but a sexual desire in disguise of love. Romantic love is a joke.
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12/04/2011
Sex is neither love nor an expression of love. It's a quasi-voluntary indulgence of animal nature. Give it a status higher than that and prepare to be miserable.
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12/04/2011
If being virtuous means having less fun then the purpose of life must not be having fun.
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12/04/2011
Awareness of determinism is one thing. However, to base one's decision making (or a lack of it) on the notion that we don't have free will is, in my view, insane!
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12/03/2011
The only truly happy man is a wise man; otherwise a drunkard is also happier than the average.
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11/29/2011
Happiness is also when you cry a river watching The Pursuit of Happyness.
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11/26/2011
People who are bored by philosophy, but often complaining about something of life are big turnoffs to me. They are like kids, narcissists, who don’t want to understand why something is problematic but only want to have their way, or cry.
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11/19/2011
The existence of a system depends on what could be called miracles once it has crossed the complexity level after which the individual participants only know their own roles (bound to their own goals) but have no clue how ‘the whole system’ works. Such systems are prone to tragic...
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11/07/2011
If your brain is below your belly, not even God will save you of wretchedness.
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11/06/2011
Great writer is he who doesn't write what he won't read if it was by someone else.
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11/03/2011
To not want to commit to solid goals is to want to remain an infant. Unfortunately, the universe won't treat you like one, once you're an adult.
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11/01/2011
Knowledge is after all just knowledge. Without 'understanding' in life, man is lost.
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10/31/2011
The head needs certainty to work; but the heart is erratic. What one must, then, work out is flexible certainty.
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10/27/2011
Sparked from Jevons paradox, I have a theory that the more efficient technology we make available, more of our energy will be sucked in by it. And I think I am not wrong. Many offices now work 24x7.
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10/27/2011
If we invent technology that increases productivity manyfold, shouldn't it reduce the work hours? And we think technology is making our lives better. Duh!
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10/22/2011
Having the knowledge that life is absurd is not something one can be proud of, however true that may be.
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10/22/2011
- You know what, there's no God; we're totally on our own! That means we can do anything! Heck, we don't even have free will! It's just the laws of physics determining what we do. Isn't that, um.. something? - Yes, quite a progress that is for the humanity. We're doing great!
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10/18/2011
Only those who close their minds can be certain. Others will always face new conundrums in life to challenge their convictions and incite doubts.
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10/16/2011
Everyone is selfish. But noble is he whose selfish motives are aligned with good interests of something greater than himself.
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10/16/2011
When I will need what you can give, I will talk to you. When you will need what I can give, you will talk to me. It's always that way with everyone; whether we acknowledge it or not.
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