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- 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...
- 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...
- 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?
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.
- 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...
- 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?
If only this were entirely true.Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:59 amBut at the end of the day we choose who we want to be.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...