Philosophy

Park Bench
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I’ve been binge watching this woman on Youtube for a few days. She is beyond brilliant.

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If we don’t have free will, why do we still experience judgment and punishment?

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We don’t. That said, my instincts tell me free will exists. This could because I’m not as smart as she is, but that doesn’t change what my instincts are telling me.

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Do you think it is possible to be good at these 5 areas? I mean, all of them.

Be a good mate
Be a good friend
Be healthy
Be a good worker
Have a hobby you are good at it and actually do.

I think it’s possible to be pretty good at all those. I’d say I’m pretty good at 4. I’m an average friend.

I don’t think there is enough time to be good at all 5.

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Should probably throw be a good parent in there.

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Depends if good mate requires lots of sex. That gets more difficult as you age. lol.

Friend is a difficult one. Someone can be interesting at parties but wouldn’t help you if you got thrown in jail. A friend of mine is dying of cancer and all I do is text him every few days. He doesn’t want to meet. He is sick and just wants to be alone. He has money. He needs nothing. I don’t know what else I can do. I’m not going to force my company on him.

Healthy? I feel good and can walk 10k and swim 50 laps of an olympic pool but I have diabetes and hypertension and should lose 5 kilos. Ask 10 people if I’m healthy and you’ll get 5 different answers.

I am good at what I do but I don’t work overly hard.

I have a hobby (ham radio) that I love and am good at and do every day. I have other hobbies that I am less good at and do when the weather is good (cycling, kayaking, sailing) and some hobbies that I never do anymore (in-person chess, motorcycling).

I have no interest in being a parent and would be horrible at it. Robots should raise children. They would be better at it than we are.

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you make me wish i couldn’t read

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It sounds like you are 5/5 Reg.

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i got 2.95/5
i am not that good at math
i referenced neil postman in my application of statistics to human beings

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in summary-

  1. did woodrow wilson keep us out of war?
  2. is a new virus dangerous?
  3. did terrorists knock down the world trade center?
  4. were kidnapped children held at well-run boarding schools?
  5. has reg ever read a physics textbook?
    try to get 5/5
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i’d like to amend that to include stephen jay gould

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ooooh, sorry, time’s up
you got 0/5
we’ve got some lovely parting gifts
thanks for playing
zero for five
what a maroon