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> On 29Nov06 Duik, OMI asks: Who gave the following
> definition of TRUTH? Truth is 'Adequatio rei et intellectus"
> (Latin for "conformity between thing and mind")
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cybrwurm answers: I don't know who first coined the
phrase, But I do know that it is the motto of the so-called
correspondence theory of truth. Search for epistemology,
ancient. If I recall correctly, the topic was a hot one in the
middle ages.
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> On 1Dec06 ianne asks: What is something you must
> see/discover/find/do before you die? I'm not talking
> about philosophical entities, really. perhaps, something
> material and worldly? :P
> call me shallow, but mine has to be riding a gondola on
> the serene canals of Venice, Italy under the twilight
> sky of November. it seems so peaceful.
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cybrwurm answers:
before you die you must:
1 - LOVE!
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2 - think for yourself
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3 - make a positive contribution to the world
so that people will remember you always with
fondness and gratitude, saying "the world is
better now because of her".
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> On 1Dec06 luv_my_bi asks: Are black people in africa
> more evolved than us? They have always lived in the
> jungle.So they havent stopped evolving right?
> Do you think african men have nipples?
> Also, are they more intelligent than us?
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cybrwurm answers:
they're just as evolved as anybody else, i should think.
if you're looking for what kinds of human beings living
today are physically closest to our *very* remote
ancestors, i would suggest taking a closer look at the
Canadian eskimos.
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> On 1Dec06 dlucf asks: If you were given $1000 to
> make someones life a living hell, what would you do?
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cybrwurm answers:
i would give the money back
then i would tell him what he can do with his
"generous" offer! grrrr
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> On 1Dec halwasasp asks: Is there a particular lifestyle
> / set of aspects that studies confirm is the one that
> produces best happiness?
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cybrwurm answers:
Of course not. Science is incapable of measuring
something so slippery and iffy as 'happiness'.
But many different lifestyles have claimed to have
found the best recipe for achieving happiness.
4X: Buddhism and Epicureanism.
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> On 1Dec noyesno asks:  Is time a lie? [snip]
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cybrwurm answers: Time is certainly not a lie.
It is a mode of perception; it is our way of seeing
the world as a thing-in-process.Without this built-in
time-perception that we all have, we would doubtless
go mad. Time allows us to deal with the universe in
a reasonable manner.
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> On 2Dec06 Jenn F asks:  Is there anyone else out
> there who at one point felt Descartes was right?
> "I think therefore I am".
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cybrwurm answers:
Absolutely! Descartes' importance to philosophy can
hardly be over-emphasized. He was the one who placed
philosophy on the path that allowed her to finally break
the chains that kept her a slave to the churches for so
many centuries, and ultimately freed her to develop into
what we now call modern philosophy.
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Oh sure, he made a few mistakes along the way, but
then all philosophers do. But most of these are fairly
easy to fix:
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i am, therefore i think   . . . 
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> On 6Dec06 tonyt asks: Why do people write long
> smartie answers like someone is going to think they
> are smart? I mean if any of us were really smart we
> would have real lives and not waste any time on this
> dumb website!
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cybrwurm answers:
Golly Gee, maybe because SOME of us think that
maybe SOME of these questions are actually asked
in good faith, and therefore merit some small effort
towards providing a reasonably worthy answer! duhh
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> On 6Dec06 patricia asks:
> What represents freedom to you? [snip]
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cybrwurm answers:
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of
pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do
not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their
efforts to obtain it." -- J.S.Mill in 'On Liberty'
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> On 5Dec06 cash_thug asks: What is one's purpose in
> life? what does a person like me live for it seems like
> i don't have any purpose in life i mean does anyone
> ever think this way i mean the way my life has been
> since my birth i just take it one day at a time like ok
> today i lived but with no purpose i go to sleep and
> wake up and the same thing ...
> does anyone feel this way too?
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cybrwurm answers:
The purpose of life is to participate in the great process
of universal upheaval. The purpose of life is also to find a
purpose. And not only that; it is to pursue your purpose
with passion and enthusiasm, so as to enjoy your life as
much as you can, for as long as you can. Why? Because
life goes by so quickly that if you're not very careful you
just might blink and miss it. And then you'll wake up one
day and realize that your entire life-long pursuits after
money and power and pleasures have turned to dust
and ashes in your mouth. To coin a phrase:
Life without joy is not worth living! 
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> On 9Dec06 SpunkyBru asks: What did John
> Stuart Mill mean by enlighted utilitarianism?
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cybrwurm answers:
The phrase 'enlightened utilitarianism' is intended to
distinguish Mill's brand of utilitarianism from all other
forms of utilitarianism; chiefly from that of his
predecessor Jeremy Bentham. Mill's utilitarianism is
thus 'enlightened' because it is an altogether deeper
and more complex philosophy. So, 4X, the concept of
'happiness' is much richer and better than Bentham's.
And in the same way, Mill expands the concept of
'pleasure' to include both higher and lower forms of
pleasure. Examples of this 'higher pleasure' would
include things like love and friendship.
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