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👋 Welcome to Living Philosophy!
Welcome! This community is here to help you understand philosophy in simple terms and apply it to real, everyday problems, without jargon or fluff. Here are your next steps 👇 Where to start: Introudction Introduce yourself: name, country, and one real-life problem you want philosophy to help you solve. Stay active: ask questions, challenge ideas, help others, share insights, make friends, and have fun! To your clarity, Ramboh PS: What’s your goal for the next 30 days?
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Living Philosophy Will Soon Be PAID
If you are reading this. You will not have to pay for the monthly membership and grandfathered in for the standard tier FOREVER. I plan on turning the community into a paid one in 60 days. With that, includes more content available for standard members. We will be rotating between one module every month accessible for standard members. The following month afterwards will introduce a new module and restrict the previous module. Please pick what module you would like to view first. Standard members will never have access to all modules at once unless you become a premium member. Standard members will have access to only one module at all times.
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Why Child Prodigies Are Retarded
Watch my newest video on child prodigies and what really happens to them over time. We often hear about kids with extraordinary intelligence; learning advanced math at a young age, mastering instruments early, or excelling far beyond their peers. But it raises a bigger question: if they’re so intellectually gifted, why don’t most of them go on to live extraordinary lives? Why do so many end up with outcomes that seem relatively average? This is the difference between linear and lateral thinking. Many prodigies are exceptional at absorbing information quickly, recognizing patterns, and applying established methods with precision. However, society often assumes that this ability automatically translates into creativity, innovation, or unconventional problem solving. That assumption is flawed. Being able to learn fast doesn’t necessarily mean someone can think differently. Lateral thinking is the ability to approach problems from new angles, challenge assumptions, and create novel ideas. This is a separate skill entirely. And it’s often the missing piece that explains why early brilliance doesn’t always lead to groundbreaking success later in life. What did you think of my video?
An argument as old as time, Pascal's Wager.
Just because you're born into a religion, or take on a religion's philosophies and your life improves, does not mean that this is the word of god, nor does it mean the religious text can be considered entirely the truth. Your life might improve having taken on e.g hindu philosophies, yet this does not mean you're guaranteed to get into heaven. Choosing your faith is important. Pascal's wager states that in the case of having 2 people, an atheist and a believer in God: the atheist will either just disappear at death, or will burn in hell. The believer will either just disappear at death, or will inherit the gift of heaven. The atheist will have a neutral outcome or a horrible one, meanwhile the believer will have a neutral outcome or a great one. The point of this concept is not to force you to believe in God, it's purpose is providing you one logical reason on why you should consider that there might be a god. If you believe that you were made in god's image with his conscience you should be able to apply skepticism to each religion and decide which one you think has the strongest case. This means looking for and fleshing out clear historical and moral contradictions, you don't need to study the philosophies inside and out for each one, you can get to that once you have good reason to believe a given religion does hold the truth of the universe.
Why I quit video games and focused on my future: simple participation
Why I quit video games and focused on my future: As a child born into a family where most of my brothers were addicted to video games—an addiction that ruined their lives, making them live only for games and forget about real life—I think I now have a phobia of video games. Every time I enter my brother's room, I see someone who is nearly forty years old with no skills, no car, and no job, just playing. This is what made me hate video games. I don't want to be like that; I want to be successful and have a stable life. This is the reason behind my hatred for video games and why I quit them. I truly believe I have a phobia of them
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