I think the Internet has made everyone an expert.

It seems to me that the current economic system is on its last legs regardless. Anyone want to start a fight club?

That sounds amazing, lorin!

Ah best moment... how long is a moment? Tricking is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Given a power vacuum, anarchy would probably lead to gang rule... with the prevailing gang eventually becoming the new state.

Sustainable, peaceful anarchy is a matter not of politics, but of psychology.

Haha did you guys forget? I wasn't 'Hierarchy'... I was 'Hierachy' or 'Hieracrhy', etc. I always broke it is some way, and now I know why.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holon_%28philosophy%29

BTW, hi Infelice!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I understand this thread about as much as you guys. I can only recall that at the time I was under the impression that I was making a very astute point.

and yeah basically me + revan we were liike the kw orphans ans now hahahaha pwnd And yeah wheter you say nice one dAN, you sure are the mAN

Jake Sully learned how to empathise, the end.

I agree it is unprofessional, but we don't know if it was in any way malicious. Could just have been some kind of in-joke (and not the bullying without realising kind of joke). Sure he might well be an asshole but personally I don't feel there's enough information for such conclusive judgements.

You don't know the details so why judge like you do?

Ha!

Yeah I've been getting into it. I like it.

Cool stuff!

She was an inspiration. Truly.

My friends and I (one in particular) share the most ridiculous made up language.

A horrible crime... just like those being committed by soldiers in the middle east every day.

Costumed killers. Nothing more.

Avatar wrote:

Hieracrhy wrote:A die "chooses" based on the external forces acting upon it.

I still think "choice" is the wrong word. The die may display a certain face based on those external forces, but choice is a conscious action.

--A

I agree. The terminology was borrowed, not my own.

If you believe in determinism, then what changes is this: the more human you are, the more cognitive state factors into making a choice. And the more human you are, the more you are aware you are making a choice. (Which becomes cognitive state, which factors into making a choice.) However, if your ...

A die "chooses" based on the external forces acting upon it. An animal of somewhat developed brain functions "chooses" based on an interaction of its percepts and instincts. A human chooses based on an interaction of perceptual data with concepts, or purely conceptually. Crate a ...

I am using free will to mean the ability to choose, and act based on that choice. I would put it to you that this is a poorly formed premise. A die can choose a number when thrown. That does not warrant the claim that it has free will. Choose meaning a conscious decision. Free will is the ability t...