"Cognitive dissonance. One of the most irritating human traits."
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Greetings :)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gregory Iagrosse May 26, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hi guys,Being an Athene fan for many years, (and Furious! fan for a couple of weeks) yesterday I accidentally stumbled onto this page, and I got interested. The concept of the site is really new to…Continue
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- Sex:
- male
- City/Town: (eg. Antwerp, San Francisco,...)
- Sarajevo
- Country/State: (eg. Belgium, Florida,...)
- Bosnia
- About Me:
- 18 y/o with nothing better to do but surf around the internet looking for ways to pass the time. Site looks nice though.
- Favorite music:
- In Flames, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Metallica, Protest the Hero, ISIS, Cynic, Tanker, Darkest Hour, Opeth, Disturbed, Sikth, Aesthetic Empathy, Hurts..
- Favorite movies:
- Lots of them Inception being my favorite one, Memento, Shutter Island, Black Hawk Down, The Shawshank Redemption, City Of God, Never Back Down, American Pies and many others.
- Favorite books:
- I don't really read too much, although i should..
I like Dan Browns stuff.
- Goals/Projects/Aspirations:
- Well my primary goal is to get into a college next month, other then that 10 kgs of muscle would be nice. The progress in the gym really slowed down..
Forum
Condemning others to validate ourselves.
Started by Lore in I Power: Self-Development Activism. Last reply by Nathaniel Mortazavi 3 hours ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes
The ethical implications of "Temporal Isolation"
Started by Aya in Off-Topic. Last reply by Aya yesterday. 34 Replies 1 Like
Lexical argumentation and its merit
Started by Anthony D in Off-Topic. Last reply by Anthony D on Thursday. 21 Replies 0 Likes
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Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Absolutely, I completely agree. The only way to solve the problem is to eliminate the cause.
Exactly, the shooter gains worldwide fame over night. Why would a resentful, friendless, lonely, insane young man who wanted to leave an impression on the…"
Aya replied to Aya's discussion The ethical implications of "Temporal Isolation""From the last three lines of your post, I'm assuming you are applying the "better safe than sorry" mentality to life-rights over all of time. This addresses points 3) and 5) of my post on Wed 5/15, but does not address points 1),…"
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Anthony D replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."An issue in the context of your reply is the so-called "mad/bad debate". And it very much plays into the perception of these rather extreme forms of criminal behavior.
From a legal and forensic psychological standpoint a…"
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Interesting. I think that just being aware that our behavior is not always justified and taking on some personal responsibility can go a long way."
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Maybe I take empathy and attempting to understand such actions by people to the extreme, but I think it is important to understand the causes of such behavior. You do bring up a good point about school shootings Nathaniel, in that the media makes…"
Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."I agree with the principle to an extent. However, in the case of school shooters, I don't think it can be justified. Same with rape. There's definitely a line, but like you said, those are the most extreme cases.
On the topic of mass…"
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