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It comes down to desire
I too want to reach certain objectives, but not at all costs. I see vectors to follow, not specific points to land on
Jail is an issue only to aging mortals. It’s a FOMO maximiser: having to spend X% of life under stern conditions means losing a meaningful part of the limited time available to live
The supposed “uninhabitability or uninhabitedness of other planets in the Solar System” is shit science
I’m not sure about the fate of humanity, but I am confident in myself
“Put your pride on the shelf” is a line in Y. M. C. A. The song was written by a disco group that is literally gay...
I have flipped many views since 2019, but not those concerning death sentences. Yet I do have a couple of nuances to add
More than two thousand years have passed since Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers gave us great wisdom
Utilitarianism breaches personal freedoms and leads to genocides. Even if its means were somehow justified, it puts too much trust in its operator; life cannot guarantee any certain outcome
We are all unique and abnormal in some way or another. We all were not given something that most others were given
Money is a go-between—a supposedly neutral tool that involved parties trust more than they trust each other
Political issues exist because of the immoral use of force. No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent
Perhaps souls do indeed reïncarnate. If so, reïncarnation is way better than any physical immortality, as it allows to live thru different upbringings in different bodies
Beauty is the symbol of good, and nature is the greatest source of it. Beauty and truth are inescapably linked...
Some tolerance is needed in society. It lets folk experiment and innovate—no problem was ever solved by applying a single technique in a uniform manner
Luck does not exist. Quoting Ron Swanson, luck is a concept invented by the weak to explain their failures
I don’t regret past actions that I now deem wrong. They are all lessons that brought me to where I am today
Life has no reason to make the best choices for you, so make your own
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom