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Culture is the hierarchical system of values of a people. Depending on culture, we call certain people heroes, others fanatics, just because they died for something they believed in. For most of history, we have always known that while human life is precious, it is not the most valuable t...
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I've been pondering this thought for a while; Is the West worth defending? The West of today, I can say without any doubt, is not worth defending, not worth dying for. Islam, to anyone who isn't a member of the cult, is very much a real life and death threat. I'm not saying they're the... -
One of Stefan's latest videos "An Important Message About Gord Downie of Tragically Hip" summons a point he made numerous times before. The one I am talking about is the "nameless aunt" that he refers in the video. He then advises us "do not be that aunt". This brings me to his advice on ho...
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I had to decide whether to go to a funeral recently of someone (a relative) I thought horrid. I gave the decision very careful thought and I decided not to go and I am glad I made that decision. In the culture I live in, this is a decision not without cost, but the rubber has to meet the road at som...
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Hi guys, My first post here My 6yo old daughter asks about what happens when people die in a sense what is going to happen to HER. The discussion started perhaps 1 year ago when we talked about how long people leave, how a person grows up and becomes adult, then old and then person dies. She...
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This is the first time a close family member has died for me. I grew up going over to my aunts house and I visited her often as an adult as well. Since listening to Steph I view family very differently now then I did before and I cant seem to bring any emotion out of me about this. I feel pretty...
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My dad died a week before my 8th birthday, after 2 weeks in the hospital. I'm 30 now. I've been doing a lot of introspection recently and I'm feeling a lot of pain about his death. One of the layers to this is, motivated by Stef's podcasts and all the books I have found through them, I have bee...
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I am a Minarchist and I know some people here might hate me for it, but let me explain. This open letter is meant to be at least some point in history to be read by Stefan as I very much respect his opinion. Anyone else reading this please don't dislike the post if you think I am wrong, but rather s... -
In this officially first (and hopefully not last) Self-Archeology vidcast I share my thoughts on the concepts of death, existence, and mortality.
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Over the past few years, I have formulated my philosophy of life, a 13-page document that may be found at either of the following links:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Byh6JnTg3RMecHhxV0pYeklqV0U/edit?usp=sharinghttp://www.scribd.com/doc/183418623/My-Philosophy-of-LifeIn the first half of the docume...
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A new video where I talk about a segment from a TV show “True Detective,” about the purpose of religion, and about it's relation to insecurity and fear of mortality. http://dai.ly/x1d0iu7 -
There are maybe a couple of programs where Stefan talks about visiting dying relatives or going to their funerals and whether a relatives behavior has earned such loyalty. Can anyone point me to these programs please? -
I feel that religions (particularly Christianity) play an important role in consoling people at the time of death of a loved one. They provide a sense of hope that “this isn’t the end, but merely a beginning of something better”. In absence of this, death becomes an abrupt end of the relationship. H...
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Hello Freedomain Radio, I had put fish on the pan an hour ago. I was reading this FDR forum before and between cooking, hence I forgot the fish on the pan and the pieces burned from their bottom sides a bit. I turned the fish pieces around, thinking "Nah! Fish is always healthy." but then I thou...
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Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have a chronic condition that will change your life from diagnosis going forth? it may affect your mobility, cognition, sight, etc, or other quality of your health and life negatively? Were you given a shorter life expectancy and/or increased physical bur...
