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by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:29 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Are people really basically good?
Replies: 47
Views: 1335

Re: Are people really basically good?

I tend to agree with arguments against freewill that nonetheless hold that we don't know the difference so we have to act as if we do have freewill. I'm not entirely sure free will and choice are the same thing. I think there are extenuating circumstances and situations that take away our control a...
by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Are people really basically good?
Replies: 47
Views: 1335

Re: Are people really basically good?

To expand: suppose a child is born with genetic disposition to having ADHD. Their environmental conditions both in vitro and in their childhood home are such that the genetic potential manifests and they exhibit behaviors such as inattention, difficulty in controlling their emotions, and having a ha...
by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Are people really basically good?
Replies: 47
Views: 1335

Re: Are people really basically good?

Imwashingmypirate wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:44 am
honorentheos wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:41 am
If only this were entirely true.
Is it not?

I hope it is. Otherwise I'm screwed.
I tend to agree with arguments against freewill that nonetheless hold that we don't know the difference so we have to act as if we do have freewill.
by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Way Off-Topic: Question for RPGamers
Replies: 260
Views: 84681

Re: Way Off-Topic: Question for RPGamers

I'm curious: when you introduce new players, at what level do you start them relative to the existing group? Since coming back to 5e I've kept the party levels balanced no matter when a new player joins us. I have also become a convert to milestone leveling due to experience points being unreliable...
by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Are people really basically good?
Replies: 47
Views: 1335

Re: Are people really basically good?

Imwashingmypirate wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:59 am
But at the end of the day we choose who we want to be.
If only this were entirely true.
by honorentheos
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Are people really basically good?
Replies: 47
Views: 1335

Re: Are people really basically good?

What Dr. Bokovoy said reminds me of the cognitive bias called fundamental attribution error. When we see someone else do something bad, we assign the "badness" to their nature. When we do bad things, we point out all of the contingent circumstances that led us to make a bad choice. What Dr. Bokovy ...
by honorentheos
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:20 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Way Off-Topic: Question for RPGamers
Replies: 260
Views: 84681

Re: Way Off-Topic: Question for RPGamers

honorentheos: I am curious how you handled this, and how things are working out. Hey Bret - Thanks for the interesting update to your own game's progress. I often get a similar sense of exhaustion after many sessions where I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants improvising what I hope is ...
by honorentheos
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:58 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Rabbits (Review)
Replies: 28
Views: 3410

Re: Rabbits (Review)

Love Paranoia. I'd say it's probably my favorite one shot game, hands down. But I haven't seen the newest edition. I'll have to check it out. Finished season one of Old Gods. Damn. I love the production, the story, the vibe. Everything about it hits all the right buttons for me. Again, many many th...
by honorentheos
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:38 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: I never spoke with him about his business dealings
Replies: 140
Views: 7205

Re: I never spoke with him about his business dealings

Lock her up, lock her up, lock her up... Did he lock her up? Not for lack of intent. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/fbi-clinton-foundation.html May 22, 2023 The Justice Department kept open the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s family foundation for nearly all of President Donald...
by honorentheos
Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Another false dilemma from DCP: Prophet or Fraud
Replies: 29
Views: 2581

Re: Another false dilemma from DCP: Prophet or Fraud

This argument completely falls apart if you know the history of Automatic Writing. History is easy to miswrite if you leave out the facts. False dilemma or not, I think Joseph Smith was a fraud. Agree. Whatever options available, I think Smith knowingly perpetrated a fraud. He lied to his father in...