Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of evil | TED Talk

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5842893/Famed-Stanford-prison-experiment-shows-naturally-abuse-power-based-LIES.html Famed Stanford prison-experiment shows naturally abuse power based **LIES！！！**

The problem with the freedom from religion foundation is it favors people like Obama heavily over ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

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I don’t like McDonald, don’t do fast food in general but people always say how great the coffee ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I was not even aware you could buy McDo Cafe in tins ... here in China McDo is a bit of a life saver... their cheap coffee is acceptable and better than Starbuck at sevreal times the price ... I grab an egg muffin with coffee and soda water for 8 yuan (~$ 1.5) ... and usually have between 1 and 2 refills ... and the toilets are ok ... sometimes even equiped with paper

Please note that I have started an new Group, and it has been approved.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

James Veitch https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_veitch

In honor of dumpster fires.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/

In honor of dumpster fires.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

2 u 2 fucking cat ... cordial greetings from a filinophobe

A friendly morning reminder to live conscientiously.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

My gf used to invite me for a "duck shower" ... I always wondered whether this was the correct spelling ..hmm ...

A friendly morning reminder to live conscientiously.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I offered my neighbour a free shower with me ... but she refused

I don’t like McDonald, don’t do fast food in general but people always say how great the coffee ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

just marking ths ...because i want to write a comment later

65... ...who'd a thought?... :O

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

oh - 65 Departemen:Hautes-Pyrénées Capital: Tarbes Region： Occitanie https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Département_français#/media/File:France_d%C3%A9partementale.svg

65... ...who'd a thought?... :O

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

Thought what?

Isn't the weather crazy?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

How much is that in civilised degrees?

Born and raised in a socialist country I may state that the government ownership of the means of ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 10, 2018:

Work liberates the capitalist from pain and suffering when carried out by the ***WORKFORCE*** 。。。 Even the capitalist vocabulary is denigrating.

Fake polygraph.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

His brain does not differentiate between reality and fantasy ... lies and truth But good cartoon!

Born and raised in a socialist country I may state that the government ownership of the means of ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

That is not different in a capitalist society. Large corporations are totally undemorcratic entities. It is ownership that leads to slavery regardless of the nature of the owner.

Please phrase your best response to the first tile as a question.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

YES ... We Can

Angel Hsu: How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change | TED Talk

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Is China saving the world or destroying it?

Hi All, Yesterday Dan and I attended my first Pow Wow/Meeting of the Tribes in East Greenbush, NY.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Looks very rustic 。。。 a bit of contrast between the raw fun outside and the culinary aftermath

Have you ever had a relationship, either romantic or just personal friendship, which ended badly.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

That is an interesting question ... Several years ago I met a lady who was using the same name as my ex ... I just gave her a new name 。。。 but dispite the relationship didn't last ...

Abstract yet clear, agree?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Screwed, bolted or nutty？ that is the question

Admit it, buddy, you're pissed that a popular president popped up (any place/time) and received so ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Perhpaps someone should compile such a list and then send it to all those on the list

Admit it, buddy, you're pissed that a popular president popped up (any place/time) and received so ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Imagine this list gets leaked and publlished ... The loyals one on the list will perhaps become disloyal... funny twist

Often I "hover" by accident..."visit" is always intentional...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I guess one can also hover intenally

@rcandlish -- Hello, and welcome to the group.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Welcome indeed to a niche of freedom

On bi visibility.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I like Asian women and i feel strongly attracted to Black women. Does that make me bisexual?

I want to know how you meet new people.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Where do people meet to communicate?

I actually can't stand xmas songs, I was sent this and have been laughing since [youtu.be]

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Shit ... it's not even autumn, or fall As you say, yet

‘A total joke’: Trump lashes out at Koch brothers after political network slams White House - ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 8, 2018:

naughty Mr.Pence can't wait to get the top job!

Symbolism Is There any unambiguous symbol for capitalism?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

The hammer and the sickle are the symbols of communism: representing the workers and the peasants

Is it acceptable in this site to call your political opponents "mentally deranged"?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Another interesting comment "I think your reasoning is stupid and I explain why you're full of shit you think I'm angry and full of hatred but the truth is I couldn't care less about anything about you other than the dumbass reasoning you've presented since it's the only thing I know about you."

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel The phenomenon of patriotism is a recondition for ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I was lucky. I grew up without patriotic antics. The Nazis had tsught the Germans a good lesson. Unfortunately aging Germany is developing dementia and forgetting these valuable lessons.

I want to know how you meet new people.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

You have made a start here ...

This one made me laugh. We all need one these days.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I think it was Pence!

Today is my 113th day of being here with all you wonderful people.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Any cake and/or champagne?

Is it acceptable in this site to call your political opponents "mentally deranged"?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I guess leaders agree with this assessment about the connection between mental illness and political opposition

[yahoo.com] Fuhrer Trump Administration Plans To Detain Immigrant Children Indefinitely-WTF!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Just like the Australian governments

So I've been reading about all the election shennanigans going on and I think I have a workable ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Will there still be people left who would be willing to vote?

Is it acceptable in this site to call your political opponents "mentally deranged"?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

@bigpawbullets What about calling the gun lovers impotent???

SOLIDARISMUS Solidarity: Natural Economic Redemption of Man, Rudolf Diesel.,1903

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Diesel ... a name that is associated with noxious particles and big companies cheating. But good old Rudolf - not the reindeer - but the inventor of the Diesel engine was not just a good engineer and tireless tinkerer. Rudolf Diesel wanted to be a social revolutioniser. He refused permission for his invention to be used by the military. This bloke was a true humanist. Unfortunately nd ironically someone is still holding on to the copy rights of Rudolf's book, first published in 1903.

TGIF!! Have a great day!!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 7, 2018:

It almost was ...

Bordello

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Bordel, Freudenhaus , Casino ...

Iceland Raises Age Of Religious Consent To 21 | Andrew Hall

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Cool ... but they should include violent video games and similar stuff.

I have heard of speed dating.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

the USA wasn't speed dating DJ TRUMP ... good match?

I have heard of speed dating.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

How many people end up in stupid jobs? And many people will spend more time at work than with their partners.

I have heard of speed dating.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

well .. perhaps too much energy is wasted on calculations ... finding the idea match ... perhaps It's nonsense ... is the fastest sperm really the ideal match for the egg?

Freddie Mercury: gli addetti ai bagagli cantano «I want to break free» in aeroporto e i passeggeri...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Don't worry ... it's in English 。。。

The burners, and not in the good sense.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

https://video.corriere.it/trump-va-all-attacco-senza-me-new-york-times-cnn-falliranno/966e379a-b1ba-11e8-b837-d3ad6d664b0d

Eventually ❤??

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Really???

11 settembre, spunta un video inedito della tragedia delle Torri gemelle - Corriere TV

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

The footage is in English ... all filmed at ground level.

11 Fast Facts about Christianity: 1.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

If one could evaluate the ratio between owning one and reading it, it would probably reveal that the bible is one of the most unread books.

Just look at the price of a new home.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Well ... for years people were blinded ... now entire nations are in decline and the environment has deteriorated drastically. In Australia those who could afford speculated on real estate but the inflation thus generated was never really labelled in flation but capital gain. Now the situation is so bad that hardly any young people can afford buying their own home. They end up with a debt because of the studies they undertook and they are punished in the housing marked. Unfortunately there is no peaceful solution to get them out of that quagmire.

Time For Outrage It certainly is and has been for a long time.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Be outrageous - rock the boat!

What is the difference between this group and the Progressives and Socialists group?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I was hoping that people would leave their most outrageous comments and ideas. Be Reasonable - Ask for the impossible!

What is the difference between this group and the Progressives and Socialists group?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Less focussed on politics

I saw somebody ask if, as religion fades, polyamory will overtake monogamy as the dominant practice.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

They are already 。。。 but they are known as sports events.

My colleague recommended a doctor that he likes, so I’m here for my first visit.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Just check where the plug is!

"We're gonna build a henhouse.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

don't forget to paint it white

Morning! Tomorrow I will be topping off this fairly shtty week by driving to Maryland to meet a...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Good luck ... bon voyage!

Think of the homeless today ! Today is the International Day of Charity.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy. （**Johann Heinrich PESTALOZZI**)

Think of the homeless today ! Today is the International Day of Charity.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

The nature of camping changes entirely whether we do it for fun or out necessity.

Is it really so wrong to want to be a priority to someone?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Well ... Donald Trump would probably ask ... Why are there still people out there for whom I am not the absolute priority?

What is more important book knowledge or experience?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

Knowledge gained from experience is very different. You can read about sex all you want ...

Just do it!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

Still not done???

Beware of this scammer please ! Goes by the name of MaliaPonzio.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi ... From Ponzi to Ponzio ...

Morning all!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

yeah right...

Bon appetit ... Hey, Mister Christ, have you eaten yet?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

I should specify: I found this Photo under the menu in a small restaurant in Canton.

Judging Trump by his "accomplishments".

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

well ... he should be tried,, found guilty, tarred and feathered ... and forced to walk down Pennsylvania Ave ... you bet there would be far more people than at his miserable inauguration

Judging Trump by his "accomplishments".

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 5, 2018:

She is a risk taker

A few questions for Atheists out there.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Strangely enough my elder brother always referred to us as freethinkers. My parents got married when the Nazis were still running the show. So my parents had to produce ***ancestoral*** records as proof of their aryan family tree whose trunk was rotten to the core. The most interesting aspect, for me, was the discovery that the issuing authorities had been the churches: Catholic and Lutheran. Btw the Lutheran church tefers to itself. at least in Germsny, As evangelical. Until the early 1920s there wasn't a single nominal atheist in my mischpoke. Yet apart from the rituals: weddings, baptisms and funerals, there never any reference to any divine authority. I have 2 brothers. Together we produced 6 offspring. The first wss bsptised in1967 by the Lutheran Mafia and 2 by the Catholic Mafia. My children were not.

Confucius say, check these out!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

though the average bird will probably beat him in any contest requiring intellectual processing

How a Young Woman Lost Her Identity | The New Yorker

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Very interesting ... I wonder whether one could argue that these people found another identity. I am fascinated by the cases where these *lost* people found another identify and lived "normal" lives as the other *them*.

During your school days.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Holidays!

The republican Fascists are right now holding hearings against the rule of law and common sense! ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

I think the systems around the world are collapsing

Did anybody see what the Ridiculous Idiot and his merry band of fools were up to today?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

You are just too cute in your rage and outrage. You are just watching **politics pure**. Your supreme golfer is a good lighting rod. Look beyong the tragedy. We live a global drama.

So as summer starts to draw to a close this pressing question came to mind - Flip flips - yes or no?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Do you mean thongs?

So as summer starts to draw to a close this pressing question came to mind - Flip flips - yes or no?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Do you mean thongs?

Do you use religious terms sprinkled throughout our language?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Btw ... I use Islamic greetings with Muslims and Shalom with Jews and call my of my Chinese friends comrades. Neither affects my "commitment" to atheism.

The most useful asset ??

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Are you sure it's not a wallet.filled.with cash and credit cards?

Do you use religious terms sprinkled throughout our language?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

your question almost warrants a PhD in applied linguistics ... i wonder How perversive other Religions are. You should read ***Asterix & Obelix***. The authors transposed these Religions reference to the Roman religio-linguistic background replacing all references.

So weird to see my ex-husband’s profile pop up on Match as a fit for me.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Don't you think that there are similarities between such Profiles and Job applications? Ultimately you have to have an interview.

[washingtonpost.com] Time For Outrage

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Are things ever going to change for the better?

It's as if Hamilton knew Trump.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

That was a very visionary text. The accuracy of the discription of the character of ***The Trump*** is amazing.

A guy with “good Christian values” who is “a child of God” looking for a calm, feminine ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

I had a funny chat exchange with a Filipina. When I told her that I was a staunch atheist, she just replied: "It doesn't matter ... as long as you believe in god."

Lawsuit: Oregon construction worker fired for refusing to attend Bible study | OregonLive.com

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Perhaps the employer will claim that it would increase workplace health and safety. If the judge is a fucking reigious freak ... Brothers and sisters let's pray for the construction worker!!!

Lawsuit: Oregon construction worker fired for refusing to attend Bible study | OregonLive.com

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

It will be very interesting to see the outcome. What can an employer ask an employee to do?

The US Government is so fucked up and dysfunctional. I'm surprised I haven't tried to date it yet.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Go for it if your are game. But this idiot might fucked you! He's already fucked up the country。

Do you use religious terms sprinkled throughout our language?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Interesting point ... i can't think of an atheist equivalent ... perhaps all the vast rest of the language is a reference to normality.

Do you use religious terms sprinkled throughout our language?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

I like the ***Jesus fucking Christ***, unfortunately I rarely have the opportunity to use it.

I may be wrong, but I see religiosity as more of a generational belief system.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

You state that "we are the first generation". A greater understanding of the universe has been around for hundreds of years. The ancient Greeks knew about atoms. Giordano Bruno already stated that our solar system wasn't all that special. The keys to the acceptance of the ephemeral nature of General knowledge is education. Religions are mainly relatively comfortable mental straightjackets.

Why doesn't tRump get the message of how much the world genuinely HATES him?

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Because he might not be able to believe that anyone is capable of not liking him. He thinks of himself as a prophet perhaps even a god. This guy is not normal.

My Question on omnipotent

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 3, 2018:

go to the US and ask Trump!

Yep, I think the message is clear (especially when someone with terminal cancer specifically asks ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2018:

well ... so have i ... perhaps i am an asshole myself ... but not big enough to become the president of anything.

Holocaust ... let's remember for the pig of this Earth every day is "Holocaust Day"!

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2018:

well not just the poor pgis ...

From a Canadian newspaper

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2018:

This is counterproductive. I like people who refuse to go to war. Trump's refusal to join the military was perhaps his only positive act. The drama is that he is now the supreme war lord of the planet

[songhanhphuc.org] Interesting reading. Take it as a grain of salt.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2018:

IMany words, words for the sake of filling an entire article, a string of empty cliches. How many times do you have compromise on shoes? Life is a string of compromises. I wasn't even born into the right family. We compromise on food and toilet paper, on our habitat, on our work choices. We constantly compromise on our integrity, even our dignity.

Who would make the best US president

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Why don't you just pick an unassuming person living on a shack in Alabama or somewhere in Nebraska?

I received a message today from the CEO of a Christian youth program nonprofit.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Just reply: According to your belief your are guided by an omniscient god。This confuses me .. why would s/he guide you to invite me to work with you given that I don't believe in any diety。

How many remember the name of this cartoon and did you watch it?

PontifexMarximus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

does anyone have any recollection of "Hongkong Phooey" the clear dog in an HK copshop?

How many remember the name of this cartoon and did you watch it?

PontifexMarximus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

does anyone have any recollection of "Hongkong Phooey" the clear dog in an HK copshop?

How many remember the name of this cartoon and did you watch it?

PontifexMarximus comments on Aug 31, 2018:

does anyone have any recollection of "Hongkong Phooey" the clear dog in an HK copshop?