The Complex Relationship Between Happiness and Motivation

wang-banger · 2012-05-30T22:14:39.332256+00:00

Stating that socialism is a command economy is a falsehood.

He didn't do this - you're putting words in his mouth. There is nothing in his statement that says anything about "socialism" or "command economy."

masa247 · 1 day

Non-coincidentally, many Western Buddhists who have trained in the East would be considered fairly "mystical" on this board: Robert Thurman, B. Allan Wallace, Shinzen Young.

Lightfiend · 1 day

I know what you mean, but I figured this would be a good time to point out this study: What Kind of Chocolate is Best? The Last You Taste.

Lightfiend · 1 day

Being devil's advocate, but one may also argue that regret is a too strong belief in the past.

Lightfiend · 1 day

Yeah, I see a lot of people mischaracterize Rand's fiction. They don't understand that it's supposed to be exaggerated and romanticized...that's the type of aesthetic Rand likes.

spacecadetzen · 1 day

Not sure if you saw my edit, but apparently Raymond Moody coined the term in his 1975 book "Life After Life." That may have been too recent for it to be included in the text.

Also, Moody's book is listed under "Parapsychology" on Wikipedia so there may be a mention of it in that section.

spacecadetzen · 1 day

Does it have an index? Can you tell me if it has anything on Near Death Experiences? I assume it has to be mentioned somewhere.

EDIT (May have answered my question): Raymond Moody's "Life After Life" apparently coined the term in '75, so it may not have anything.

sedusa_su · 2 days

It's not unnatural for 30+ year olds to be attracted to 18 year olds. If this makes you feel a "little pedobear" then maybe you should work on becoming more comfortable with your sexuality.

jenkinsear · 2 days

I think many liberals would claim that libertarians ignore the problems with lack of regulation (collusion, trusts, etc).

That's probably true. You should make a meme about it. :)

This puts the onus on a landowner to prove that a company is doing damage to their land. That's a much more difficult burden of proof to meet, and it creates "David vs. Goliath" cases where a single landowner may face an entire company's legal team.

Well, with the right property system and justice system, it shouldn't be that way. Unfortunately our current system is corrupted on many, many levels.

Also, it allows companies to cause the damage and face the consequences later rather than forcing companies to follow certain standards to start with.

Not exactly. If this was the way property rights were actually protected, it would become precedent for company's to ask permission to pollute, rather than taking the risk and paying a hefty punishment later. Hell, maybe people will even get arrested for damaging other people's property through pollution (in the same way people get arrested for vandalism).

I'm not sure the exact punishment that should be given in any situation, but it should be enough to deter people from recklessly damaging other people's property. It's a real crime, in the same way theft and murder are real crimes. If I kill someone, I shouldn't just get a slap on the wrist. The punishment needs to be appropriate. If a company's pollution ruins a farmer's land, and that farmer can't grow anything all summer - the company should be responsible for taking care of the entirety of that farmer's losses.

I'm not saying it has to be big government regulation, but I believe there should be some minimum standards of personal and environmental safety. This really stems from my beliefs regarding land ownership, which are much more left-libertarian in nature than most people in this subreddit.

I think there should be standards with personal and environmental safety, I just don't know if top-down government legislation is the best way to set those standards.

jenkinsear · 2 days

Democracy by dollars doesn't make something moral or immoral.

Democracy by voting doesn't make something moral or immoral either. Democracy, in general, isn't a recognition of natural rights - but a reflection of the majority's will. If the majority of people are immoral, democracy stands no chance.

jenkinsear · 2 days

Many liberals realize that regulation can create monopolies

Many, but I wouldn't say most. Of course I'm only talking from my experience, but I find that most liberals are pro-regulation and tend to not consider (or underestimate) the possibility of regulatory capture.

however they also realize that without regulation businesses will externalize all sorts of costs. Most prominent is the environmental damage of industry, which was consistently externalized before the EPA and environmental regulations.

This is why property rights are so important. If the externalization of your costs is effecting someone else's property, then they have a right to protect themselves from those external costs (by suing for property damages, etc.)

jenkinsear · 2 days

It's called generalizing, but not all generalizations are necessarily bad. Whenever we are talking about liberals, or conservatives, or even libertarians, we are making generalizations. That doesn't mean they are all homogenous groups of people, but that there are certain tendencies within each group.

Lightfiend · 3 days

Nope, from what I've heard Rand's aesthetics is probably the aspect of her philosophy that I disagree with the most.

Lightfiend · 3 days

That's because you're legit. :)

Lightfiend · 3 days

I didn't say I didn't like them, but it's true I don't have a desire to read them. That's not a contradiction, one can have a desire not to do something without doing it.

AgentLocke · 3 days

"libruls" is the giveaway, because we all know Republicans always spell words wrong when they speak.

wang-banger · 3 days

Ron Paul predicted the housing crisis way more explicitly about 1-2 years before this quote. Just sayin'

Lightfiend · 4 days

I know. I go through a Norm MacDonald binge about once every 3 months. His interviews (especially with Conan) are just amazing.

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