Jokes on you, I practice mindfulness by focusing on the breath. So you are prompting me to relax and be mindful.

Who says I'm aware ?

Free will is an illusion

Most opinions, I think, is pretty much an nonintellectual discussion on philosophy or biology or political science whatever that forgoes any sort of formal logical, or analytical reasoning. I do it too, but in my defense it's one thing to know you're stupid and just be headass, and another one to think your worldview is always correct without any sort of humility.

The amount of stubborn people in the world who think that just because they read an article, it means they're politically well-informed or morally virtuous, is scary. More people need to realize that they don't know much, and their opinion doesn't mean much. That being said, everyone should still be able to speak their mind because of the fact that while an opinion may be worth nothing, the person is worth something.

There was also this lecture on Plato where the point was brought up that while Socrates may have detested democracy and free speech, the guy wouldn't have lasted his 70 years in any other Greek city, and so is it worth a thousand bad opinions to create one revolutionary man?

Glad you enjoy it here and I agree it's a pretty cool place :)

We need even more users. If we doubled the number of users who routinely post quality content, this place would be rolling.

Welcome back :D

Fortunately they don't understand, otherwise they wouldn't be so friendly and devoted.

Disturbing. However, I'm perplexed by how we should regulate dog breeding in the name of animal welfare.

There's value in preserving different breeds of dogs, but not if it means damaging their genetic health or consigning them to lives of suffering, but where do we draw the line?

For example, if Breed X has a 5% shorter lifespan than all other Breeds, should it be preserved?