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I don't know who I am, perhaps I am just a consciousness that simply congealed on the internet, or perhaps am some pedantic college student of average intelligence...:confused: But for your purposes I am simply god of order. I am whatever your perception represents me as. For myself IRL I am...

Celibacy is like wanting dessert, but abstaining because chocolate mousse is bad for you. Asexuality is like not eating brussels sprouts because you don't like them.

It has nothing to do with how attractive somebody is. Asexuals can appreciate esthetic beauty in people, but its the same type of attraction one has to art, it isn't sexual. It means, by definition, that one has no sexual attraction to people, regardless of sex or gender.

An asexual would feel no sexual attraction toward either males nor females. They may have sexual energy, but it is not stimulated nor directed at either sex. Thus the idea of having sex with another individual does not appeal to the asexual. Though some may develop specific attachment to...

On average, yes, but I suspect a higher proportion of a-romantics or asexuals than the general population's measly 1%. But not enough data to say...

What were you doing on that pier? Pretty funny though, that you got caught by a google satellite. :D

EyeSeeCold HDINTP Asexuality does not mean that a person has no libido or anything like that, it means that a person just does not want physical sex, and is not attracted to a person. It doesn't have to be denial, and a person may have sexual energy which the need to dispel, they just lack a...

I would participate, but the two come up with things that are better than anything I could come up with.

I am curious to find out what NT preferences trend towards regarding romance and sexuality. I have no true hypothesis, I simply want to see if the data has proportions that differ from the standard population. Definitions- Sexuality; hetero/homo/bi/pan/etc. sexual (sexual attraction...

If I interpret you correctly, your definition of consciousness means reactiveness? Thus if one fermion has a certain energy state, no other may have that same state. Therefore, if one changes, they all must change, thus making the universe cohesive. This does not imply any sort of...

Indeed, welcome to the forum. Your interests seem varied, and I can't wait to see what will become of you. It seems that those who are humble or self deprecating always seem to have the best introductions. Yours was wonderful. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdwzZmDjpZs

I'm waiting for real reports, but most of the people I have heard talking think it was vaguely reminiscent of this... forgive me if I offended you

I am I because I can be nothing else

Right you are, but due to the subjectivity of morality and ethics, such a thing is nearly impossible. If I had this framework defined for the discussion, I suppose I wouldn't need or want to ask a question now would I? I suppose I could change the question to something along the lines of...

Chad Yes, those would be the differences between those employed in a regular job, and those in servitude. The freedoms of mobility that are given to an average person are far greater than those given to an indentured servant. The servant has no power to exit the contract, until it either...

Is indentured servitude a bad thing? In a hypothetical space, where the government offers very little protections, and mostly just enforces contract law and keeps civil peace, would a contract of indentured servitude be something permissible from a moral or ethical standpoint. We are...

Thank you Dux, that makes me happy

Duxwing I then responded with the churchill quote my intent being to show that it is more beneficial for a youth to be unrestrained, and more beneficial for an old man to be restrained I then went on to explain why I thought this Liberality allows for greater gathering of experience, and...

You are absolutely right. A young man who has lived fully, and actively, could certainly have lived more than an old man who has done very little in life. But generally speaking, the old have garnered more experience than the young. Additionally, one is only wise in the fields they have...

A young man who is not liberal hasn't a heart An old man who is not conservative hasn't a mind -Winston Churchill Wisdom comes with age, as experience teaches only with time. It is up to youth to learn via experience, which is why they must be liberal in action. Once old, and thus full of...

I was only answering the why. Quite simply, I don't think people do things out of the kindness of their heart, but rather self interest. The advantage of marriage is thus the power of an institution to enforce contracts, whether this is a church, or the state. Societies and their laws differ...

Of course it can, but because marriage is legally binding, it ensures security. The non marital agreement is easy to get out of, as it has no legal or contractual basis. Marriage adopts the coercive power of the legal system to keep the other party tied. Ironically, when a marriage has gone...

MBTI describes the way in which one approaches perception and interaction with the world, not the specifics of interaction. This distinction is important to make for understanding why we are different. What we have in common; we are introverted, we rely on intuition, we place mind over heart...

Marriage originally began as a business contract, and was later repurposed to be about love. So really, like anything else, it can be traced back to our pocket books. And even if it is about love or sex, it is still done for purposes of a perceived mutual advantage. In older times, it was the...

Plato anyone?

Re: What Are INTP's Passsionate About? music, philosophy, and starting arguments just to watch the others burn

I think i disagree with this point only. People who by more will accrue more. Whether they use the things they buy is another story. So the people who opt for convenience will pile up more shit, not necessarily disposing if the old things, even if in reality they only use a few things at once...

When shopping, many people buy things in bulk. When buying little luxuries, they often opt for lesser quality, for the sake of convenience. Consequently, these people do have a luxury of sorts, they have mass availability of a variable amount of products at a relatively cheap price. Often, due...

What about sindarin, and the other elfin dialects, as well as orcish? Artificial languages, which are fully functional, and crafted by Tolkien himself. They are present in the literature, and in no way derivative of english. And they all hold meaning. Detail is certainly an indicator of s...

Based on stereo type the Middle-earth universe was detailed beyond the extreme, every last aspect was covered in one way or another, with the complexity and depth of thought that only an NT could produce Tolkien also had a propensity for languages, several of which he created . I would...

I would go with a Brazilian wax, it is the spring after all. ;)

If I do this then will Jodie Foster love me?

I have to do basic compositions, as a final each semester for my violin lessens. They aren't very good but they get the job done. What style is it in? What is its basic form? It sounds cool, i cant wait to hear it:)

no morals high degree of intelligence in users with maybe one token idiot just for fun

Duxwing Rational or not, they still made a decision. It doesn't matter what state they were in. Even if one was the most coercive and clever sun of a bitch on the planet, and reduced another to a squirming writhing mass of existential agony and compelled this person to suicide, the ultimate...

I never said that people's rationality or independent rights of self determination are an invincible bulwark against the influence of another human being. Of course one can influence another, but only indirectly. The ultimate action comes down to the individual themselves. Thus it is still an...

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I have never understood why people care about this malthusian proposition. Once we reach that projected population cap, or exceed it, people will begin to die. The system will auto-correct because things that are unsustainable inevitably collapse. After this occurs we will be brought back to a...

I would call that the the straw that likely broke the camel's back, a catalyst, but not cause unto itself. If one broke due to only one comment they are weak and would have never survived anyway. Still the jock was a huge dick, and a malicious actor, but I do not think he intended her death...

We are our own rational and moral agents, each in control of our actions. Therefore whatever person A says, person B was the one who chose to commit suicide. So while person A's actions may not have been rational or moral, person A does not assume any responsibility for person B's actions.

Is there a way to reconcile an information based, technological, society with the mindset and culture of a preindustrial one? Simply put, I mourn the loss of renaissance men, and abhor the thought of hyper-specialization in one field and ignorance of all the rest. I think the perfect man must be...

I got H.P. Lovecraft twice Edgar Allen Poe once

Now Space Yeti, give a man a chance to dig a hole before you push him in. It is more fun that way. :D also Ryan Merkle provide a link otherwise nobody will bother to hunt it down.

True, but wouldn't it be interesting to observe that. This person must exist. I'd like to see how one would arrive at such a decision rationally.

Well if they are NT they might find the situation slightly funny. it may take the rack or something more drastic. If they are an F just show them a sad picture and save your time, you don't even need the water boarding.

This makes far more sense, thank you for clarifying it for me.

Ask yourself what you would gain personally from each. In the end, you are pursuing something for yourself, and must ask if it will bring you satisfaction. If becoming great= personal fulfillment, and personal fulfillment = happiness, then becoming great= happiness. But since you think...

I am implying that, but that doesn't mean I have answered the question of freewill. In regards to that, I really don't know.

Not at all, think of anything you have done or experienced and I am certain you can conceive of more than one possible consequence. And Considering we are consciously acting agents, it is entirely possible that if even all spacial activity stays almost identical, it is still conceivable that...