Recent content by LOLZ9000

I came to a very strange and profound realization about myself today, and I wanted to share it to see if it was a general INTP thing or just my own idiosyncrasy. I'd wager others have felt this, since it seems like a very Ti-Ne type of issue to have. Anyway, without further prologue... I have a...

I literally let them go on for 1+ years too long because I am scared to have the conversation (inferior Fe). The idea of a painful back and forth and trying to find a nice way to let them down without feeling bad about themselves and without hating me - well, it causes me to overanalyze and get...

DHT has clearly been linked to MPB. I think you are just desperately looking for an alternative solution that has a "cure", rather than accepting that for the time being, there is no side-effect free way to stop hair loss.

Positives from my interactions with INFJ women: Intelligent, good refined taste in arts/literature, independent thinkers, sense of humor, passionate Negatives: Sensitive/touchy with a tendency to explode and overblow issues, have strong views without considering alternatives or being completely...

I don't recommend it for disorders. It's easy to find a lot of commonalities with a disorder that make perfect sense, but when you find out more about psychology you realize that you were overzealous to diagnose just because there were a few things that seemed to match. And self-diagnosing with...

If you were to rewind 1000 times to the exact same moment of "choice", you would pick the same result every time, according to physics and logic. You feel like you have a choice, you think about it long and hard, you hem and you haw, but really the same personal history and the same external...

There is no explanation for human agency (e.g., choice). There is an explanation for determinism and randomness.

I dug up some old newspaper quotes from my local public library that I found interesting: "I thought we'd already had the discussion about slavery as a society. If not than why does the current slavery system exist? Why aren't the slaves let out in the streets to be free already?" - 1806...

You can postulate any theory you like. The most likely explanation is usually the one that is most easily explainable. We can reasonably postulate that the human brain is a collection of cells/synapses that operates according to the vetted principles of physics. That would be the Occam's razor...

BTW, a conversation on UBI may miss the point of why we even need a "basic income". What qualifies as "basic"? Why "income"? Is the idea to provide for "basic" human needs? If so, why do we want to provide income instead of directly providing free government services? Some interesting related...

Depends on your definition of art. Once you define that, then the answer to your original question should be easier to answer. :D

Logic and science would indicate there is no free will. Quantum physics does not change the problem of agency. Either things are deterministic or random, but neither option leaves room for human free will. That said I don't live my life according to the above because it would render it...

Yes. The majority benefit from mutually agreed "order" (i.e. Property rights), so they agree to it. Those who don't are expelled or forced into submission by the police state (i.e. any state).

Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 2

Perhaps I'm ENTP. =P But seriously, sorry - I had a lot of coffee and was feeling brash. Apologies to OP. I think survival of the fittest, statistically, is essentially true - but only in pre-government societies. With government, those that would otherwise die are supported (welfare of...