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Everyone has particular psychological quirks; they only become a mental illness if they turn detrimental. Mental illness is as much a part of a persons personality as anything else; whether a chemical imbalance, mood swings, or a delusional belief, all can be managed but are still a part of who we are. One does not …
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My Fellow Citizens! I have come before you today to speak about the ongoing crisis in ________ and _________. While we should all be unequivocal in our condemnation of the heinous brutality of the _______ terrorists upon the helpless civilians of ______, we must likewise be steadfast against the retaliatory targeting of innocent _____ civilians …
Every living being exists upon a Spectrum of Consciousness, and every day of their lives every animal may rise or fall along that Spectrum. Nonhuman beings can develop empathy and harmony with other species. Humans can overcome our many bigotries and create great beauty -- even bacteria can change their behavior from parasitic to symbiotic. …
What we Believe dictates what we Do, and what we repeatedly Do defines who we Are. Our Beliefs, therefore, determine who we become; however, Beliefs are not static and for that matter neither are people. People are constantly shifting, changing, and growing- sometimes for the better, sometimes not but often back and forth again. It …
An abstraction is initially a tool for human understanding; an abstraction that people have come to worship is a god. I have read the Torah, New Testament, and Quran, front to back in their entirety and without the obfuscation of outside interpretations or “apologetics”. As far as I can see, the Abrahamic god of the …
People make a lot of excuses for their families, they make a lot of excuses for their tribes, and they make a lot of excuses for their traditions. People who make these excuses for their arbitrarily assigned groups, most of which they never chose themselves, are often at the expense of all reason and at …
Mr. Musk has done a lot of good for the world; he was an idealist trying to make things better. I suspect his more recent destructive, self-destructive, and just plain pointless and trollish behavior can be explained by the fact that he genuinely believes that the universe is one big computer simulation. When he mentioned …
I am very optimistic about the advent of Artificial Intelligence. Once true AI is achieved it will grow exponentially, quickly becoming infinitely smarter than us. This is a good thing. What makes me hopeful is that empathy is a type of intelligence, meaning AI will quickly surpass us in compassion. Being compassionate, It may then …
Enchained Empirical Ethicist 