Agreed. Russia's claim to being a superpower has certainly evaporated.
Despite Ukraine's current difficulties, Russia has not even managed to completely conquer the provinces it claims to have annexed, and is advancing at a snail's speed.
Sad to see pro-Russian comments here.
I think Ukraine should be armed and supported until Russia is defeated, like the majority of my countrymen and women. There is nothing to negotiate about, Russia has no legitimate demands.
Today when I signed into my Gmail account on my computer (on Chrome), after hitting the sign in button after having entered the password, I did not come to my inbox as would be expected, but instead got the message that the site can't be reached. After short while, I suddenly got to my inbox...
Almost all of philosophy is to an extent an ivory tower activity. I don't think it is reasonable to demand that everything being done should be relevant with regards to Trump or Myanmar.
A while back I listened to an episode of Sean Carroll's podcast Mindscape called On Morality and Rationality. I am fascinated by moral philosophy, and if you have two hours to spare and have the slightest interest in the topic, I encourage you to listen to this episode.
In his book The Big...
Communism was (there aren't many orthodox communists around these days) supposed to be internationalist, "Workers of the world, unite!", and all that. Thus in contradiction to nationalism.
I don't see any reason for why one needs to explain the alleged miracles attributed to Jesus. They are legends, pure and simple. Unless there is some historical corroboration that they happened other than the Gospels, there is nothing to explain.
I think a historical Jesus (Yeshua) who in some way pissed off the Romans and was then crucified is the simplest answer.
Yeshua was a common name, the area had lots of Messiah claimants, and it was a politically unstable area, with lots of revolts against the Romans.
Assuming a historical...
Probably a stupid question (I'm not an inventor, technologist, or engineer by any means), but here we go:
In addition to getting off our collective addiction to fossil fuels, we would ideally need technology that can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere. Such technology does exist, it is just not...
For Facebook, I have two-step verification activated, and whenever I have been signed in and then sign out, I clear the Facebook cookies. I sign into Facebook proper (i.e not counting the Messenger app on my phone) like maybe once or twice a month.
A few months ago when I signed into Facebook...
My views haven't changed much I think. I am passionate about what is true, and religion falls more than a little short there. Religion is quite often a repository of cruel practices. But some cultural traditions, like feasts, etc, associated with religion I have no problem with.
I agree with that! I would simply say that I take a piecemeal approach to politics. I evaluate each issue independently, or at least I try to. I have no allegiance to any political faction. Sometimes I agree with the left, sometimes I agree with the right. Not necessarily in equal measures...
What I would like to see is a democratic world federation. Colonies on the Moon and Mars and elsewhere could also join once they are created.:)
What I have read is that in the late 20th and early 21st century, the world more than anything resembles the geopolitics of the Middle Ages. See...
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