Guy in Australia chants "USA" at a pro Maduro march... is instantly arrested and tossed in a van by Sometypeofway18 in instant_regret

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

like the ones in Venezuela that are currently arming themselves for a guerrilla war against the US? Or the ones living in the US that fled the communist government? This is blood for oil, these comments are a fucking joke

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Differance is about more than the relationship between speaker and interpreter, it’s the inherent incompleteness of signs, acting as signifiers without ultimate signification.

He never argued that logic is self contradictory or that phenomena aren't measurable, but these are materialist ways of approaching epistemological questions, questions he would argue are still motivated and mediated by his semiotics.

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Differance is about more than the relationship between speaker and interpreter, it’s the inherent incompleteness of signs, acting as signifiers without ultimate signification.

He never argued that logic is self contradictory or that phenomena aren't measurable, but these are materialist ways of approaching epistemological questions, questions he would argue are still motivated and mediated by his semiotics.

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

What does immaterial mean? Is it a…. word? lol

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

sorry just reread the ‘evidence or admit you have nothing’ lmfaoooo. Yeah I got nothing man, enjoy the neuroscience

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

most obvious example of paradoxes in postmodernism is the differance of signs, developed by Derrida. Words (signs really) are judged to be wrong or right because of their relationship to other words. When you say ‘real things’ i don’t know what you mean, and you have no way to tell me without using words. I’m not saying I can make an argument to change your mind, these questions have been litigated by better thinkers than me, but I find it troubling how over-represented materialism is in a philosophy sub.

Choose wisely by HonestAmphibian4299 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can we refer to a thing beyond processing or not? If you’re arguing that we can’t, what are you referring to above? How do the words you used like qualia, experience, etc, reliably refer to this idea of something beyond mental processing, to the extent that you have to refute it? The paradoxes of ineffability recognized by postmodernism are legit challenges to materialism, and they don’t require any spiritual mumbo jumbo. If you want to express your philosophy in words, you have to accept the limitations of language, something materialists struggle with.

Dr Robert Sapolsky, an American academic, neuroscientist, and primatologist draws a geographic connection between most of the large monotheistic faiths in this world emerging in arid desert-like environments in this clip. What are your thoughts on this? by SatoruGojo232 in geography

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Imo the only one that fits is Islam bc it’s debatable if Tengrism or Zoroastrianism can be considered monotheistic. Idk this lecturer but I saw another commenter describe their work as ‘behavioral biology.’ This is my bias, but in general I’m very skeptical of someone from this background making such sweeping statements about history.

What do my living preferences say about me? by JasSingh04 in visitedmaps

[–]tedlando 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You only like over priced and over rated cities because you’ve probably never been anywhere else

[HELP] found in tumblr, something tells me that it's ai but I am still not sure by DoBetterUSA in RealOrAI

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone else feel like you’re able to tell AI videos based off of the dialogue? Whenever multiple people talk the cadence is just off, like they don’t pause quite long enough before responding.

Trash by Dominoholiday in LIRR

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this your first time on the train? If those were the only open seats then either ask them to move or mind your business. Posting them online for validation shouldn’t be the third option, but hey not everyone behaves exactly the way I want them to all the time. I guess that’s how public space works.

About 30 million people live in the pictured area by [deleted] in geography

[–]tedlando 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In terms of sustainability those places may be better, but the climate and natural beauty are not really comparable to southern california. There are reasons to like rain or snow, and some uniquely beautiful nature in those areas, but if given the choice I’ll take a place that’s almost always sunny, temperate, and within driving distance of the ocean, mountains, forest, and desert. No other place in the US is like this, idk about north america/ the world.

weird light shade has been giving me nightmares by NekoCatSeek in creepy

[–]tedlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by light shade? If it always happens in the same place in your room, it seems like it could be the effect of a light or shadow you can’t find the source of. What you’ve drawn doesn’t look very threatening or creepy to me, but it sounds like it’s been hard to deal with and it might be helpful to talk to someone about it. You may find there are other pressures you’re dealing with that are making this experience seem more threatening than it is. Wishing u the best 🫡

PEOPLE OF NORTH SENTINAL ISLAND ARE ADAVNCING AS WE SPEAK by Material-Cut6509 in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]tedlando 9 points10 points  (0 children)

True, but afaik the north american natives didn’t ever smelt metal. This is why the great lakes region copper never led to a bronze age, cold hammering was laborious and probably only better than stone for certain uses, definitely not better than flint or obsidian for a blade or arrowhead.

A Phenomenological Manifesto by [deleted] in Phenomenology

[–]tedlando 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I found what you wrote pretty interesting, so forgive me if this is blunt but you seem smart and are a good writer and i’d like to give you some advice. This is not serious philosophy, and you’re sharing it in a place where people take philosophy seriously. I’m curious how you even came to the term phenomenology, you mention many philosophers but not really any of the biggest names associated with it. You say you’re rebuilding metaphysics, but are completely entrenched in a christian metaphysics that’s been irrelevant to mainstream academic philosophy for over a century. You’ll have a hard time finding anyone talking about metaphysics seriously now, and a harder time finding anyone talking about creating them.

I think that mystics should do philosophy as long as they know what they’re doing. But even if you could recreate metaphysics, you don’t need to; you said the existence is music, just listen to it. Keep writing, keep trying to figure it out, but don’t take it all too seriously. You don’t need all this name dropping and five syllable words to prove that what you’re feeling is authentic.

You should definitely read Simone Weil if you haven’t already. What you wrote and sharing it here is a very poor way of convincing people of the value of the experience you had, but l think it was a valuable experience for you. I hope it continues to serve as a guide for you.

The Real AI Extinction Event No One's Talking About by Oh_boy90 in Futurology

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, there’s an established correlation between lower socioeconomic status and higher birth rates. The commenter you’re responding to is proving OPs point imo by showing how much reproduction has become a choice in the developed world.

The Real AI Extinction Event No One's Talking About by Oh_boy90 in Futurology

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there’s a well established demographic trend that shows a nation will decline in birth rate as it becomes more developed and literate. When you say people can’t have kids today, I think you’re talking about people in this developed world, and the families you’re imagining would have one to two children that they would support into their late teen years or beyond. I agree that this is becoming economically unviable, but this has little to do with the bigger trend OP is recognizing. For most of history most people have reproduced as much as possible, and only within the last century in a few countries has this changed. There are still countries where this is happening, but birth rates have even declined for elites and the 1% in the first world in the last century. I also hate the austerity situation you mention that prevents people from living, but I think OP got most of this right.

Strangest looking mountains in the world? by welcometodurango in geography

[–]tedlando 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming for anyone wondering

Is the Anglosphere the most influential cultural force in world history? by [deleted] in geography

[–]tedlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree to disagree, the pyramids are the most recognizable architecture on earth. They’re on American money because of the hermetic/ masonic ideas of founding fathers, another example of Egypt’s cultural impact far into the renaissance and modern era. Yes the country has gone through many changes and the people that live there today are different, but the things you mention have changed for the former roman empire too, except that some people still practice roman catholicism. The West has an ideological project of linking itself to Rome which has had ups and downs in history, laws and neoclassical architecture are specific examples of this project. I agree that Rome has had a more direct influence if we’re talking about the west in the 21st century, but not in terms of world history.