Recent content by Bob in Iowa

Quite the contrary, Mr. Maciamo. It was merely a simple statement that I made highlighting the importance of being able to recognize love as such. The ablity to do this requires a great deal of introspection, sometimes rational and sometimes not, and it gets better with experience. LOL --...

I don't know what love is, but I know when I feel it.

Maybe it would be good for the country if gee dubya would have some young honey give him a blowjob in the oval office -- it might loosen him up a bit.

As a point of clarification, that was said not by gee dubya, but by his dad, Geo HW Bush in the summer of 1987 when he was the incumbent vice president. Put into historical perspective, Geo HW was, at that time, beginning to square off with Pat Robertson, who was also in the race to become the...

Feel free to do so if you think that it is applicable. LOL!!! I wasn't really advocating the act of grasping anything, but I was having a bit of fun by administering some poetic license through metaphor and pun, the interpretation of which, in an existentialist point of view, I will leave to...

I have always had a great appreciation for both existentialism and rationalism, and have long thought that the two philosophies can compliment one another. For example: If one accepts the premise of "I think, therefore I am", then it would logically follow that: I thought, therefore I was. I...

LOL!!! I saw that too. I wonder if having one of those puts a person on some kind of potential security risk list. :p

I am sure that everyone will breathe just a little bit easier, and will sleep a whole lot better after reading this, knowing that Homeland Security is diligently watching out for us all. Personally, I haven't felt this warm and fuzzy since Tom Ridge issued official advice for all of us to stock...

Oh yeah, that makes sense. Some guy in the Christian Coalition pops a woody while watching SpongeBob, and that makes SpongeBob gay. uh huh, ok

LOL Kirei !!! Good plan!!!

Monty Python helped to ruin my ability to take philosophers seriously. Every time I hear or read a reference to Descartes, the "Philosophers' Drinking Song" goes off in my mind. THE PHILOSOPHERS' DRINKING SONG Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger...

That is an interesting article, and I hope to be able to view the entire program although I doubt that I will have the opportunity. I commend BBC for presenting this point of view. I have always been of the opinion that the greatest possible threat to America is not from the terrorist...

If nothing else, in growing older I have learned that in looking at most situations, whether to be annoyed or amused is a personal choice.

Shooter -- my apology if the post above is out of sequence. I did not see your last post when I posted. That'll teach me to post before having the second cup of coffee :-). One of the things that I really like about this forum is that debate is usually done with civility and respect. You...

I would echo what Mad P said in response to your post, in that in science there is no presumption of wisdom, and that certainly finding new unknowns determines the direction of new theory and research. It is interesting that your statement is one that I often hear from people who, while not...