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Anthropological history of altruism Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 1254 seconds How did altrusim become mankind's single moral code? And if it so destructive as Objectivism holds, how have altruistic societies survived so long? Related: googlevideo Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: B1. MrCropper, is ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 14:05:26 B1. MrCropper, is this a video you recorded years ago, like in 2007? I notice that in this video, you mention your first name & you're wearing the vertical-striped shirt you often wore in your earliest Cropperb videos. Also, in this video you speak in? the soft-spoken tone of your early Cropperb videos (you're much louder & a bit bossier-sounding in your later MrCropper videos). ;-) A10. MrCropper, ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 14:03:16 A10. MrCropper, what are your thoughts on Michael Shermer's evolutionary-psychology argument about altruism existing in primates & early hominids?? A9.? I think that ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 14:02:29 A9.? I think that as the earliest hominids became more & more sapient, & used the rational faculty more, that "changed gears" for human evolution. Even though altruism, mysticism, physical force, & "kin selection" were still very strong influences in the Stone Age, the development of the rational faculty also enabled humans to become more individualistic & it became possible for people to psychologically reject altruistic tribal dogmas & to think of new ways of doing things. A8. I make some ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:59:17 A8. I make some concessions to the evolutionary? psychologists that maybe altruism might exist among lots of mammalian species, like chimpanzees. But I think that as the human rational faculty evolved, the rational faculty made Homo sapiens sapiens more individualistic & more independent. After all, when you think, you do so in the privacy of your own mind; thinking is something you do all by yourself. (Even when 2 people brainstorm with each other, there's no telepathy.) A7. Hence, dolphin ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:56:31 A7. Hence, dolphin Bob dies, but members of his family (who? don't have genomes identical to Bob's, but who have genomes that have similarities to Bob's, due to family relations) still survive. Hence, even though Bob dies, his germline (in somewhat modified form) lives on. A6. Michael Shermer ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:55:09 A6. Michael Shermer & other evolutionary psychologists say that when you look at mammals that live in groups, you find examples of self-sacrificial behavior (though not all members of the group are equally self-sacrificial). For instance, maybe a shark chases a pod of dolphins. All members of the pod are genetically related. A single dolphin, Bob, may swim toward the shark while the rest of the pod? swims away. As the shark eats the single dolphin, the rest of the pod gets away. A5. Hence, even ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:52:27 A5. Hence, even though Bob sacrificed himself as an individual, his sacrifice in war helped carry on his germline/"selfish gene" by benefiting the other members of Bob's tribe (many of whom are genetically related to Bob). Of course, that doesn't work if *all* members of the same tribe are enthused? about sacrificing themselves before having had children. A4. The idea is ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:49:41 A4. The idea is that Tribe 1 (Bob's tribe) & Tribe 2 will go to war against each other for resources. If there's a recessive gene that emotionally predisposes someone to believe it's good to sacrifice himself for the tribe (there? was no distinction between family & "community" back then), then, even if Bob is willing to die in battle for his community, his altruistic sacrifice might increase the chances that his tribe, Tribe 1, will win in war & thereby lay claim to the resources. A3. Citing ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:46:07 A3. Citing Dawkins's selfish gene theory & W.D. Hamilton's kin selection theory, they say that an individual's genes emotionally predispose him toward self-preservation only insofar as that self-preservation can secure that individual's genetic legacy for the next 2 generations. Moreover, they say that there can be recessive genes that emotionally predispose an individual (say, Bob) to? risk his life for his tribe/village cuz other members of his tribe/village carry the same germline as Bob. A2. To some degree, ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:42:57 A2. To some degree, some (not all) evolutionary psychologists (like Matt Ridley) admit that Say's Law of Markets & the Industrial Revolution prove that? industrial civilization won't necessarily be destroyed by Malthusian resource depletion. However, these evolutionary psychologists agree that in the Stone Age, before the Industrial Revolution & even the advent of agriculture, the Stone Age tribes were subject to Malthusian resource depletion. The tribes violently warred over resources. A1. MrCropper, what ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 13:40:35 A1. MrCropper, what do you think of the evolutionary-psychology explanation for altruism given by Michael Shermer, E.O. Wilson, W.D. Hamilton, in the context of kin selection? 1st, they say that in natural selection in Stone Age humans, the competition wasn't individual against individual, but family against family. Most members of a clan or tribe were genetically related, as the "family" unit back then was the tribe wherein someone lived close to? his aunts, uncles, & cousins. Pathological ... By: lashkaretoiba. on 03 May 12, 12:01:29 Pathological altruism is another good book? The irony is that ... By: MultiFortunatus. on 03 May 12, 11:16:00 The irony is that Altruism is not? a truism at all. Exactly. Preaching ... By: Neueregel. on 03 May 12, 10:13:29 Exactly. Preaching is not? altruism but blind propaganda to suit a? cult's pathological need for followers. Missionary men practice this, all the time. If Ayn Rand's ... By: bma051000. on 03 May 12, 06:15:39 If Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism ever takes hold as the dominant intellectual trend, it will be the wooden stake through? the heart of altruism. Great recap? of ... By: AlexanderEBott. on 03 May 12, 05:14:17 Great recap? of world history. Altruism is the default, and will only exist because of that and its sapping of the more productive, individualistic societies. We can win against Islam, barring our rejection of multiculturalism and our rejection of altruism. Right ... so what ... By: EclecticSceptic. on 03 May 12, 04:59:14 Right ... so what you do is you take something that's bad because of colonialism or religion, then you point out that it has a tenuous connection to altruism or, if it came to choosing? whether the events are better described by 'altruism' or 'not altruism', they would be a little bit better described as altruism. Then you try some sort of guilt by association manoeuvre. The ... By: TehAlexJonesChannel. on 03 May 12, 04:54:53 The Christianization of Aztec Mexico, is? an example of altruistic colonization. The missionaries sought to stop the pagans from continuing their rituals and civilize them, by becoming Christians, all it achieved, was by coercion. What the hell does ... By: EclecticSceptic. on 03 May 12, 04:44:35 What the hell does that have to do with altruism? So altruism now? means 'mismanaging a situation, the 'white man's burden', and colonialism? Yes Mr.Cropper, ... By: TehAlexJonesChannel. on 03 May 12, 03:47:13 Yes Mr.Cropper, Altruism is destructive,it is a form of "humanism", which is actually "anti-humanistic", for instance, trying to civilize Rwanda, eventually led to the Tutsi and Hutu tribes, using the guns and other weaponry that the Europeans brought to Rwanda, during it's colonial history. In 1994, the bloodbath of tribal warfare in Rwanda, featured a chaotic new variable, semi-automatic machine guns, in the hands of religious, and tribal warriors,? who wanted to kill off, each others tribe. Early Childhood Education - a Book Review Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 2554 seconds I was shocked at the brazen assertions in the regular college text. Here is the reason for the terrible state of education today... Cropper Lyceum Monologue: Brandon Cropper Related: googlevideo Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: The first chapter ... By: Doppleganger23455. on 04 May 12, 16:49:31 The first chapter of that book completely removes it from serious consideration. It essentially serves as a disclaimer, protecting the author from any responsibility for the potential failure of the methods he/she advocates. My method didn't work? Well it's because the state didn't provide enough funding.? Can you imagine a book that teaches marketing starting with such a specious appeal? You're the one full ... By: Doppleganger23455. on 04 May 12, 16:36:39 You're the one full of condescension.? Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion, ass. By the way, I don't ... By: Ramiiam. on 04 May 12, 07:12:38 By the way, I don't necessarily endorse that philosophy. I have a lot of criticisms of what goes on in the schools of education of our universities. And I speak as someone who's had dealings with? those programs over many years. But the subject deserves to be taken seriously, which you are not doing in this video. You can scoff. You ... By: Ramiiam. on 04 May 12, 07:06:37 You can scoff. You can read the text in a voice dripping with condescension. That's not the same thing as offering an evidence-based critique of the educational philosophy you're reading there. Unlike what you're offering, it's based on something. And that's empirical research in child development.? What is your background in the subject? The fact that you don't recognize a word like "affective" tells me it doesn't run too deep. Have you ever taken a university course in education? Japan is a case in ... By: namitsu1. on 03 May 12, 13:23:17 Japan is a case in point against this book. Granted they have other? problems, but not because of early academic exposure. I wanna date you.? By: SeanMBryans. on 03 May 12, 06:34:48 I wanna date you.? Sounds like ... By: werefett. on 03 May 12, 06:21:19 Sounds like mindless Progressive Theory dribble. Full of a big fluffy words that mean nothing and are of no value to those? teaching and especially those taught. The teaching ... By: ExistentialExistent. on 03 May 12, 04:37:50 The teaching practices are? the opposite of this. Sounds like a radical book. Rousseau's book on education was ridiculous. Try reviewing that mess! Multiculturalism in the Peace Corps Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 1001 seconds I quote from Farm and Ranch magazine, a story about a white American who volunteers for the Peace Corps, goes to Africa, and tries not to "interfere" with the local tribal cultures as he brings innovation and material improvement. Related: googlevideo Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: "These people live ... By: Eltercero. on 24 May 12, 18:07:15 "These people live in squalor for no reason.'' Spoken like a man who made one effort to move to New York, failed, and moved back in with his parents. You have never been anywhere, Cropper;? if you had been, you might not make such absurd videos. Ha? ha, I don't ... By: ObjectivistAesthetic. on 17 May 12, 03:23:53 Ha? ha, I don't have that kind of facial-muscle control! I just do both eyebrows. I'd also like to ... By: JRuni0r. on 05 May 12, 17:53:04 I'd also like to throw it out there that it's amazing how quickly you take for? granted the fact that you were born into a country with an amazing infrastructure with full access to education, employment and the basic necessities to survive and thrive. Yet, you make stupid claims of "poison the bee nest", simple solutions to evading squalor. The reason he doesn't want to disturb the bees is because he needs them healthy, it's an already struggling farm - he doesn't have the luxury. Multiculturalism =/ ... By: JRuni0r. on 05 May 12, 17:50:08 Multiculturalism =/= developing nation. You sound like the old Imperialists. Maybe, where you're struggling is on the notion of preserving culture while incorporating? more efficient techniques. Clearly, history has shown that when foreign powers come into a country and force their ways onto the people it works flawlessly. This isn't the case, it creates turmoil and hate and often the people retrograde into older habits. Development isn't accomplished through condescension and ridicule. This? vid goes way ... By: yankeewh1te. on 05 May 12, 09:24:08 This? vid goes way back, big ups! "You should aspire ... By: mathforphysics. on 04 May 12, 05:29:28 "You should aspire to work 60 hours a week? in a factory, you shouldn't aspire to dance." is the most ass backward thing I've ever heard. I have not read it, ... By: lengthyounarther. on 03 May 12, 22:51:15 I have not read it, but I had co workers from Senagal from some years. My impression is that Senegal was colonized by the French, and the British had a small colony at the mounth of the Gambia river (which at some point was proably expanded specifically to extend inland alonge the rivers channel).? Senegal has attempted to take over Gambia a few times, but the British continue to support its boundries, adn Senagal cannot dislodge them. Thats the impression I got. Yeah, I suspected ... By: Velkar182. on 03 May 12, 20:14:48 Yeah, I suspected as much, but I was? not sure. MrCropper, ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 15:19:01 MrCropper, regarding your disapproval of the Peace Corps's enshrinement of primitive cultures as inherently worthy of preservation: I think the Peace Corps guy might reply to you, "It's true that their economic living standards are lower. But those people are happy that? way, and I'm happy living that way. By the standards of an ethics that considers happiness the goal of life, doesn't our happiness show that our primitive lifestyle is OK?" I suspect that this ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 15:02:16 I suspect that this is a? video that MrCropper recorded several years ago. :-) Did you say " ... By: legendre007. on 03 May 12, 14:58:40 Did you say "fascinating" with your face completely straight except? for one raised eyebrow, a la Mr. Spock? ;-) Moving, Mr. Cropper ... By: Velkar182. on 03 May 12, 14:09:00 Moving, Mr. Cropper? Where to?? Multiculturalism? ... By: TheDarkPan. on 03 May 12, 07:47:09 Multiculturalism? is the ugly girl's home delivery system. Multiculturalists ... By: MultiFortunatus. on 03 May 12, 06:38:18 Multiculturalists think? a culture is a few exotic foods clothes and dances. That's what they've been told. The zoo analogy is ... By: AlexanderEBott. on 03 May 12, 05:32:47 The zoo analogy is a very good one. I will tell my sister, a sociology/anthropology undergrad, that one. She will probably call me a racist. It disgusts me that simple (and not so simple) things keep people living like that. I would puke the first? time I saw these people living like that. Fascinating. ? By: ObjectivistAesthetic. on 03 May 12, 04:47:32 Fascinating. ? Defending My Unmoved Mover Video Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 817 seconds Beliefsarenottruth has accused me of fallacies in my video about the Unmoved Mover! Related: mrcropper, aristotle, unmoved, mover, metaphysics, philosophy, beliefsarenottruth Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: no you kinda got ... By: imreadyyo26. on 22 May 12, 13:07:41 no you kinda got the idea of regress wrong. yes. if you try to trace the beginning of time ,you will go in to infinite regress. but! you fail to realize if you add the unmoved mover into this theory of regress, HE will go? into regress as well. then how would our universe ever exist? because "some cause" will just continue to replicate the unmoved mover and the universe would have never got to this point of outward expansion. MrCropper, very ... By: legendre007. on 30 Apr 12, 22:17:18 MrCropper, very oddly, there is a Wikipedia entry titled "Eternity of the world" that claims that parts of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Bk. 1, Ch. 7, can be? interpreted as saying that Aristotle really did believe that Existence always existed. What do you make of this? May the? Global ... By: MrApplewine. on 30 Apr 12, 19:25:29 May the? Global Warmings bless you. MrCropper, in the ... By: legendre007. on 30 Apr 12, 18:27:31 MrCropper, in the thumbnail for your video, your mouth hangs wide open and it makes you? look worried, like "whaaaa." I guess it's because you're worried about how civilization can survive amidst the pervasiveness of anti-realism epistemology. :-P Well QG is down to ... By: JohananRaatz. on 30 Apr 12, 17:42:05 Well QG is down to either spin-foam or a holographic universe. One of these two must be true, possibly (probably) both. Both of these make space-time emergent from something beneath it, so even if spin-foam doesn't exist, it's not going to do you any good. Remember the whole idea with QG in the first place is that you need? to explain gravity (and hence bent-space-time) in terms of something that is more fundamental than itself. This isn't particularly mystifying though, just? weird. The spin-foam ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 30 Apr 12, 17:03:13 The spin-foam topology is an unproven, post-hoc and arbitrary hypothesis that has no new detectable effects. It is indeed out of space/time but then? again so is the idea that gremlins are the unmoved movers. Also please stop mystifying space/time, it is merely the function of how extended a topology is and how fast it is to move through it with a certain force. It's in Cicero's " ... By: legendre007. on 30 Apr 12, 15:58:04 It's in Cicero's "Academica" Bk. 2. 1st he mentions Stoic philosophers saying there has to be a 1st Cause. In rebuttal, Cicero says, "So when the Stoic sage has spelled all that out for you, there will come a golden stream of oratory, Aristotle, to say that he is out of his? mind. For the world had no origin ever, since so noble a piece of work could never have a beginning..." I just emailed you this, too, since e-mails allow for more in-depth discussion. :-) This is good and ... By: JohananRaatz. on 30 Apr 12, 15:43:15 This is good and all, but the issue is how you define "out of reality." It doesn't necessarily mean "outside of time." Physicists for example are already speaking of things in physics that are outside of time. For example check? out this clip from 27:55-28:10: watch?v=PKkiy24LqBQ What's she's referring to is something called a spin-foam network, from which space-time emerges. I'm aware of him,? ... By: MrCropper. on 30 Apr 12, 15:39:51 I'm aware of him,? but I don't know a lot of specifics. Many Objectivists have let me know about him, so he seems reputable. Interesting.? Can ... By: MrCropper. on 30 Apr 12, 15:33:03 Interesting.? Can you give me Cicero's words? MrCropper, perhaps ... By: legendre007. on 30 Apr 12, 13:50:05 MrCropper, perhaps you can clear up my confusion this? The ancient Roman statesman Cicero correctly argues that the universe never had to be created; he says Existence always existed, &, if try to trace the beginning of Time, you'll go into an infinite regress. That's true. But, very weirdly, Cicero cites Aristotle in making this? argument, as if Aristotle also said that Existence always existed & never needed a First Cause. I'm confused as to why Cicero would think that Aristotle said that. Mr. Cropper, are ... By: bma051000. on 30 Apr 12, 05:21:59 Mr. Cropper, are you aware of Scott Powell, an Objectivist? homeschool history teacher? If so, what do you think of his programs? I'll go for some? ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 30 Apr 12, 00:53:19 I'll go for some? really good vodka. When a philosophy ... By: PinkProgram. on 29 Apr 12, 23:15:25 When a philosophy reflects reality it becomes more than a philosophy. ? Similar to how a hypothesis becomes a theory. haha I also thought ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 29 Apr 12, 23:04:28 haha I also thought he forgot about the "out of reality" fallacy. Thanks for? another video Cropper I think a crucial ... By: Aotommo. on 29 Apr 12, 22:39:47 I think a crucial aspect of BANT's incorrectness here lies in over-reliance on first-order logic. He seems to think that because the reasons for which one takes a position have no bearing on the absolute truth of that position, those reasons are unable to even suggest what the truth may be. This notion is absurd; while the apparent likelihood that Aristotle invented the unmoved mover to avoid hemlock cannot prove that it is a false idea, it can and does suggest? that it is likely to be untrue. That smacks a bit ... By: Aotommo. on 29 Apr 12, 22:32:28 That smacks a bit of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Philosophy, as a subject, is necessarily concerned with reality, but individual philosophies have oftentimes been wrong about what reality is and what its qualities are. Despite this? fact, there are pieces of philosophy which accurately reflect the nature of reality and the universe. Simply put, false philosophies don't invalidate philosophy, just as false hypotheses don't invalidate science. o.O this is why I ... By: PinkProgram. on 29 Apr 12, 21:57:00 o.O this is why I hate philosophy. A whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Philosophy has nothing? to do with reality -___- But there already ... By: JohananRaatz. on 29 Apr 12, 21:30:28 But there already things in physics that exist outside of time: The Wheeler-DeWitt? equation for example tells us that the wave-function of the universe is time-independent, and also spin-foam in loop quantum gravity is a network of non-local quantum information outside of time from? which space-time emerges,? (thus it's more fundamental than space and time). We can safely assume that existence exists, because that's tautological. But that doesn't tell us if all existence is "in" space or time. Is the unmoved ... By: kleenex3000. on 29 Apr 12, 21:02:11 Is the unmoved mover identical with the "uncaused cause"? Or "IN-finite Regress" OR "something from nothing"? Forgive me? that I am not familiar with the complicate reasoning for and against the unmoved thing (English is not my language which turns out as fatal, accurately on these "philiosophical occasions") Aquinas's Five Ways Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 1943 seconds If you appreciate my work, please pay me for what I create: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Related: mrcropper, aristotle, catholic, aquinas Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: I was absolutely ... By: Theologica37. on 18 Apr 12, 01:11:14 I was absolutely baffled, beginning to? end, with your "treatment" of these arguments. Your criticism of ... By: FoliesdEspangne. on 26 Mar 12, 03:50:05 Your criticism of Aquinas at 7:53 et seq. for approving reliance on the knowledge of others if one can't gain knowledge for oneself amounts to the socially impossible demand that everyone verify everything for himself.? One needn't be a Christian theologian to see the problem here. Please read Tocqueville's Democracy in America, vol 2, part 1, chapter 2 to see a perfectly common sense objection to your proposed 'Objectivist' stance. Like your first? ... By: PigmentAB. on 25 Mar 12, 20:24:28 Like your first? video ... now I will work all night and check out the rest. Good thoughts!! Very good video, Mr ... By: Velkar182. on 04 Mar 12, 16:42:55 Very good video, Mr. Cropper. I must add one thing, which hurts you position of belief in science point (only so much as you adduced citation of Wolfram, though), and helps you a bit more with your argument, overall. Consider? Kant's antinomies, when discussing the spurious nature of the Prime Mover and first cause. As far as the physics, I agree, also, with Wolfram's points on particle physics. The claim that E8 symmetry will be maintained in the standard model is a specious assumption, too. "How may i ... By: MrCropper. on 04 Mar 12, 15:19:01 "How may i contribute without a credit card? or some kind of online paypal like program?" I think you can do an echeck with bitcoin using my email, or with wepay using the link in the info box. "Do you believe in ... By: MrCropper. on 04 Mar 12, 15:17:23 "Do you believe in multiverse theory Mr.Cropper?" I have a video called: "Multiverse: What a Stupid Idea!" "Is it possible to have? a vaccum that isnt [contained in something]?" No,? because that would imply nothing exists. also i would like ... By: BenderBurgers. on 04 Mar 12, 11:52:55 also i would like to contribute to your channel if i? can but i dont use credit cards.How may i contribute without a credit card or some kind of online paypal like program? A vaccum is ... By: BenderBurgers. on 04 Mar 12, 11:50:35 A vaccum is contained within something.Is it possible to? have a vaccum that isnt? Can "nothingness" be a container of a vaccum? If so,how?Do you believe in multiverse theory Mr.Cropper? Ive heard different arguements on the topic stating that no universe can overlap one another and no universe can be reached from any other universe but one universe can spawn other universes and maybe those universes act as the barrier that a vaccum is created alowing a universe to form just like those particles. "If this assumption ... By: MrCropper. on 04 Mar 12, 07:58:10 "If this assumption would be disproved, that would be the biggest proof? of gods existence. " That statement, sir, reveals you as credulous. In relation to the ... By: ypey1. on 04 Mar 12, 00:00:18 In relation to the fundamental particles argument not telling anything about the early universe, Well it maybe doesnt necessarily, but it does by the assumption that the laws of physics are universaly the same in all times and places. This assumption is at the base of science. If this assumption would be disproved, that would be the biggest proof of gods existence. ? 2:15 refers? to the ... By: ForABetterTomorrow. on 03 Mar 12, 10:20:34 2:15 refers? to the zodiac sign of Aquarius and the platonic year. MrCropper, I? think ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 10:10:08 MrCropper, I? think Thomas Aquinas's 5th Argument is a misunderstanding of the fact that every existing entity has a nature. It is the nature of fire to burn, of planets to rotate, and of clouds to precipitate. Thomas assumes that every existing entity's natural actions must necessarily be teleological. That's psychologically anthropomorphic. MrCropper, when you ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 10:04:38 MrCropper, when you raised one eyebrow, you reminded me of Mr.? Spock from *Star Trek*. :-P I think the ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 09:44:45 I think the expression "self-evident only to the learned, and not self-evident to the unlearned" is internally contradictory. If something is self-evident,? then that means it's obvious to everyone, including the "unlearned." That which is not self-evident to the "unlearned," is not self-evident at all. It seems that every ... By: ColemanMulkerin. on 03 Mar 12, 01:19:30 It seems that every one of these arguments for god starts? out with a fantastic argument against the existence of god. 6:27 - 7:06? isn't ... By: pjohn5. on 03 Mar 12, 00:02:14 6:27 - 7:06? isn't it this type of reasoning that is used to prove big bang and the atom..? Some New (Used) Books Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 316 seconds Mostly Spinoza and Will Durant. If you appreciate my work, please pay me for what I create: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Related: mrcropper, aquinas, ways, god, prime, mover, catholic, faith, theology Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: For all the talking ... By: kant1066. on 14 May 12, 17:48:49 For all the talking that you do about philosophy, I'm sort of surprised that you're just reading general surveys and overviews of? philosophy instead of things that go into more detail and are more historically or philosophically specific. Well, the Crop's ... By: Rodney Leon. on 05 May 12, 06:25:24 Well, the Crop's enunciations are idiosyncratic. He has a good-sized vocabulary, but he'll routinely butcher words. It's not very often, but? it's consistent. No offense. He's got me beat by a country mile in many respects, but the truth is the truth. oops, left out? 2nd ... By: Rodney Leon. on 05 May 12, 05:45:12 oops, left out? 2nd quote mark after bag I know you're an ... By: Rodney Leon. on 05 May 12, 05:43:28 I know you're an Amazon, but also consider ebay, especially searches for lots or volumes. You can sometimes find auctions that consist of several books and will cost you very little per book. The unwanted books are an issue, as you know.? Go to advanced search and study its logic, you can create and save some great searches. (handbag, hand bag) would return searches containing any of those words. Maybe (handbag, "hand bag) would work too, not sure. And of course the exclude character, -kant. :) Brother Crop, how ... By: Rodney Leon. on 05 May 12, 05:36:06 Brother Crop, how many books you figure you own? If you? ever get desparate, I'll bet if you found bidders w/ similar taste you could get a little bit. Obviously not too much since yours are actually read! :) Leonard Peikoff ... By: madderbass. on 05 Mar 12, 02:54:16 Leonard Peikoff also recommended a book of fictional short stories called "Nightmares and Geezenstacks" by Fredric Brown. However, these are short stories that are merely a page to two pages long, but they're very well done and are rather clever. If you can't stand? fiction, this may be an exception. Leonard Peikoff said that he showed Rand one of the stories, and she laughed, loved it and said it was very clever. Fiction ... By: jwoodswce. on 04 Mar 12, 20:24:32 Fiction recommendation: Sydney Kendall's _A Turn for? DeWurst_, which dramatizes the conflict between an individual 5th grade student and her teacher. "It simply isn't ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Mar 12, 18:17:45 "It simply isn't easy to write good fiction for the reader who wants something more? than a shallow, vapid tale." Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly. "Have you tried ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Mar 12, 18:15:07 "Have you tried audio books? I have heard? from people who didn't like to read fiction that they find audio books? more engaging and easier to follow." Yes, no dice. I can't follow the plot, or I can't pay continuous attention. But I love history and philosophy in audio format. "where? did? ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Mar 12, 18:12:31 "where? did? Peikoff recommend these books?" His facebook page, says my wife. "Did you heard ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Mar 12, 18:10:05 "Did you heard about krishnamurti jiddu?" From you,? just now. Jiddu said: "A mind that is in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator." How unprofound. I'm afraid life is too short to read such nonsense. "Is the? difference ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Mar 12, 18:06:06 "Is the? difference in? pronunciation a regional thing?" Horvay (from Kentucky) also gives me guff about these words, so if Hawaii and Kentucky are in the same region, perhaps it is regional. I tend to think it is my impeccable taste on display. :o) MrCropper, you ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 08:32:12 MrCropper, you pronounce "pleasure" and "measure" as "PLAY-zher" and "MAY-zher," whereas I say? "PLEH-zher" and "MEH-zher." Is the difference in pronunciation a regional thing? MrCropper, I have ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 08:26:40 MrCropper, I have read *This Perfect? Day*. I recommend it. :-) A particularly ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 08:26:00 A particularly good? entry in the *Story of Civilization* series is "The Age of Louis XIV," in which the Durants discuss Locke and Spinoza. Spinoza's *Ethics*, which you now have, says, "As reason makes no demands contrary to nature, it demands that every man should love himself..." :-) A particularly good ... By: legendre007. on 03 Mar 12, 08:25:52 A particularly good entry in the *Story of Civilization* series is "The Age of Louis XIV," in which the Durants discuss Locke and Spinoza. Spinoza's *Ethics*, which you now have, says, "As reason makes no demands contrary to nature, it demands that every man should? love himself..." :-) ABE books is a ... By: AnarchistOpposition. on 03 Mar 12, 07:12:05 ABE books is a nice? store. Most of the time I order from them or Alibris. Did you? heard ... By: ltlegenda. on 03 Mar 12, 03:59:06 Did you? heard about krishnamurti jiddu? Like your vids. Have you tried ... By: ColemanMulkerin. on 03 Mar 12, 02:14:13 Have you tried audio books? I have heard from people who didn't like to read fiction that they find audio books more? engaging and easier to follow. Haven't tried it myself yet. where did Peikoff ... By: WarVideo. on 03 Mar 12, 01:37:21 where did Peikoff recommend these? books? John? 3:3 By: veritas77axiom. on 03 Mar 12, 00:44:46 John? 3:3 "How old is? your ... By: MrCropper. on 02 Mar 12, 23:29:42 "How old is? your baby now?" Just over 2 years. She can? count to 15 and knows all her ABC's. How old is your ... By: OccidentalSoapbox. on 02 Mar 12, 23:24:33 How old is your baby now?? "What purveyor are ... By: MrCropper. on 02 Mar 12, 23:21:59 "What purveyor are you ordering these?? books from?" ABE Books (Advanced Book Exchange dot c o m) and Amazon, mostly ABE. What purveyor are ... By: AnarchistOpposition. on 02 Mar 12, 23:12:01 What purveyor are you ordering? these books from? Aristotle's Metaphysics Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 3017 seconds If you appreciate what I do, please pay me for my work: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Related: aristotles, metaphysics Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Sensory perception, ... By: MultiFortunatus. on 25 Apr 12, 08:11:47 Sensory perception, all the cool kids are doing it.? Great video Mr. ... By: Devcoriff. on 05 Mar 12, 08:08:34 Great video Mr. Cropper. Thanks for the upload.? This issue of ... By: POWLIHERE22. on 01 Mar 12, 23:59:43 This issue of properties does need to be? address within ontology. Mr. C, I am ... By: zieben64. on 01 Mar 12, 21:06:53 Mr. C, I am confused about inductive reasoning. Obviously the sun will always rise tomorrow(given certain variables remain constant), and I will never pass through a wall. These are examples of? inductive reasoning. But pessimists and physicists will tell you that there stands a possibility that the sun won't come, or that I CAN pass through a wall. Obviously these people are wrong, but why? Or is inductive reasoning always only 99.9% accurate, which is even more unsettling. Where should i go? The flanking is ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 01 Mar 12, 17:27:53 The flanking is pretty interesting, on one side? you have Aristotle saying our thought processes are dissimilar from processes in reality and on the other side you have Plato saying that thought processes are not only dissimilar from reality but in fact the actual reality. Wow "measurement is ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 01 Mar 12, 17:23:50 Wow "measurement is the only source of knowledge" and "in concept formation you omit the measurements" so what is left? And how? we identify concepts, with magic? That is what I call a blank out of the cognitive process. We don't get knowledge only from measurements (the details) we also get knowledge from forms or pattern/process assessment (the principles). Saying something is ... By: TheFunkyTheist. on 01 Mar 12, 16:59:21 Saying something is what it is, is totally the same thing as saying "something is". The law of identity merely states the fact that an identity exists, *not what the identity is*.? "You don't end ... By: MrCropper. on 01 Mar 12, 16:57:17 "You don't end metaphysics with "there is something"... Metaphysics has to do also with what the nature of reality? is." Did you miss the part where I said, "Something is, and it is what it is? and nothing else"? It was at 2:35. The idea of motion ... By: POWLIHERE22. on 01 Mar 12, 06:05:30 The idea of motion without moving is seen best in the mathematical notion? of a Fixed Point. Aristotle? is wrong ... By: POWLIHERE22. on 01 Mar 12, 06:04:05 Aristotle? is wrong. Without Potentiality, Actuality is void of the possibility of being anything other than itself and thus static. Potency and Actuality must therefore co-exist. It is possible to ... By: POWLIHERE22. on 01 Mar 12, 05:56:21 It is possible to define eternal motion in terms of logical oscillations of truth values in an infinite set with truth? values from the set of complex numbers. This works because transformations from one complex number to another is equivalent to a rotation.Google "Inconsistent Universe" by Hitoshi Kitada for further discussion of this idea. The Good? = Telos? By: POWLIHERE22. on 01 Mar 12, 05:47:09 The Good? = Telos? Agree.? By: jonathanaconway. on 01 Mar 12, 05:09:44 Agree.? *to? concretize By: AlexanderEBott. on 01 Mar 12, 04:20:10 *to? concretize Art is most ... By: AlexanderEBott. on 01 Mar 12, 04:19:47 Art is most properly used for to concretize one's? sense of life. Which is a "practical" need. You? don't end ... By: TheFunkyTheist. on 01 Mar 12, 03:56:58 You? don't end metaphysics with "there is something". Are you crazy? Metaphysics has to do also with what the nature of reality is. How simplistic can objectivists be? Jeez. Finally, this ... By: MagisterPridgen. on 29 Feb 12, 18:40:32 Finally, this further leads to a general beneficence toward life itself, except in cases of self defense, such that there is no need/reason to harm non sapient life except in so far as there is a need/reason.? Kind of redundant, I know. So, relative to ... By: MagisterPridgen. on 29 Feb 12, 18:39:06 So, relative to rational animals, the good is that which promotes the flourishing and well being? of sapient life and the evil is that which impedes such flourishing and well being. More than mere ... By: MagisterPridgen. on 29 Feb 12, 18:36:50 More than mere sensual data, Objectivist ethics is rooted in the Law of Identity and its corollary Causality, i.e. a thing is what it is and is not what it is not (A is? A), and given that, within a range of possibilities, to act according to that fact is causally beneficial or efficacious for, in this particular instance, sapient beings or "rational animals" to use Aristotle's definition. If Heidegger is ... By: mathforphysics. on 29 Feb 12, 14:25:43 If Heidegger is complete nonsense to you, then you are stupid. Fact.? I have read ... By: mathforphysics. on 29 Feb 12, 14:06:28 I have read Heidegger. He isn't that difficult. Sartre wrote in an overly confusing style that has given existentialism a reputation for being difficult and obscure. If you search youtube for "heidegger" and "hubert dreyfus" you? will find some very informative videos. Relationships? in ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 29 Feb 12, 11:35:12 Relationships? in reality exist or are possible whether we abstract them or? not. For example, thunder storms happen regardless of our thought processes. You will forgive me ... By: AkivaII. on 29 Feb 12, 10:42:23 You will forgive me if this is obtuse, but are? not relationships abstractions? Regards. How can you know ... By: jonathanaconway. on 29 Feb 12, 07:19:48 How can you know whether it's nonsense or not until you read/understand it? I'm very sure it's nonsense if MrCropper says so, since I trust his opinion, but ultimately if I have the time, I'd like to try to read some of? it so that, if it is nonsense, I can understand exactly how it's nonsense. Irish vs Muslim Terrorism: Reply to Gratex Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 246 seconds Pay me on Wepay: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 This is a response to: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=uTQmCB IBnQE Which was a response to: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=-VKggY VenKE Related: mrcropper, irish, racism, muslim, terrorism, britain, bnp, edl Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Haha worst irish? ... By: statuspush. on 18 Mar 12, 17:56:46 Haha worst irish? impression ever Q.E.D? By: Jipoze230291. on 11 Mar 12, 16:21:27 Q.E.D? You are a fucking ... By: Jipoze230291. on 11 Mar 12, 16:21:02 You are a fucking retard , your northern? accent sounds rather Polish aswell . An island off the coast of Britain how silly . Try a nation that has its own ethnicity and ancient history ..look up Newgrange far more ingeniously designed than that pile of rocks Stonehenge . Ireland is fucked up only because there are British Protestants in it. That's what mass immigration does it disenfranchises the previous people , now it's britains turn to feel it.. They rammed their culture religion and herita Mr Cropper appears ... By: cisbio. on 02 Mar 12, 01:33:08 Mr Cropper appears to have no idea - at all- about the causes of the Irish? troubles. Or about British government policy. The effect is almost comical. The funniest thing is Mr Cropper's smug regard for his own 'erudition' as he spouts utter nonsense. It's painfully obvious he hasn't a clue what he's talking about. And please, don't attempt an Irish accent on YouTube again - ever. "Only if you? don't ... By: MrCropper. on 22 Feb 12, 21:28:13 "Only if you? don't know what QED means. It could be argued that the Partition? agreement was balkanisation, but not the troubles." You didn't know what Balkanization means, and you apperently don't know what QED means. No wonder you're arguing with me; you're borderline illiterate. Only if you don't ... By: sugelanren. on 22 Feb 12, 17:55:06 Only if you don't know what QED means. It could be argued that the Partition agreement was balkanisation,? but not the troubles. The troubles started in 1972 "Only if you don't ... By: MrCropper. on 22 Feb 12, 17:50:31 "Only if you don't know what balkanisation means" From Wiki: Balkanisation is a geopolitical term originally used to describe? the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions. QED "The Irish" wern't ... By: IdaMiaDot. on 22 Feb 12, 17:08:40 "The Irish" wern't motivated by religion... a number of people who were motivated by religion happened to be Irish. There were also Irish mathematicians, artists, writers etc who were most likely far more intelligent and talented than you. Your brain has negatively generalized another group of people? as so it may feel superior by comparison. Only if you don't? ... By: sugelanren. on 22 Feb 12, 16:29:03 Only if you don't? know what balkanisation means "The "troubless" as ... By: MrCropper. on 22 Feb 12, 16:23:58 "The "troubless" as they are called, were between those who wished the reunification of the Island, and those who wished to keep united with the UK" If so, the "Troubles"? were an example of Balkanization. : ) "Wrong... It ... By: MrCropper. on 22 Feb 12, 16:21:30 "Wrong... It wasn't "Balkanisation," it was independence and agreed partition." Lol, and how do you define "Balkanization"? Literate people would consider the following to be an example of Balkanization: " Irish republicans saw the chance of gaining independence while? Brittish troops were stretched overseas..." I am right and you are confused. ...(cont). The " ... By: sugelanren. on 22 Feb 12, 11:32:39 ...(cont). The "troubless" as they are called, were between those who wished the reunification of the Island, and those who wished to keep united with the UK - hence "the republicans" and "the Unionists". The troubles started however, with a massacre at a peace demonstration (the british troops claim they were fired on first, but a recent report into bloody sunday damns them? for firing on innocents) in the late 60's. Wrong. Before 1921 ... By: sugelanren. on 22 Feb 12, 11:22:22 Wrong. Before 1921 Ireland was part of Britain, during the 1st world war, Irish republicans saw the chance of gaining independence while Brittish troops were stretched overseas (in truth, legislation was on the cards ofr an orderly seperation before the uprising started in 1916). The partition of Ireland was agreed? with " The Government of Ireland Act 1920", enacted 3rd May 1921. It wasn't "Balkanisation, it was independence and agreed partition. "what do you think ... By: MrCropper. on 22 Feb 12, 02:36:28 "what do you think the war in ireland was about, and when do? you think it started?" It was about Balkanization. The violence I refer to in the video started in the late 1960's, but I'm sure occasional violence mars the history for centuries. I think you'll find ... By: sugelanren. on 21 Feb 12, 22:45:13 I think you'll find the whole war in Ireland was started precisely because the Brittish DIDN'T see Ireland as foreign soil. But let's pretend you know what you're talking about...what do you think the war in ireland was about, and when do you think it started? (this should be good)? What accent was ... By: InvincibleNumanist. on 21 Feb 12, 21:47:26 What accent was that supposed to be? sounded russian mixed with scottish. not irish? lol obese men always ... By: TwiztidcAsh. on 10 Feb 12, 15:52:08 obese men always know better, eh Gratex? "the biggest cowards are the? ones who preffer to ignore the injustice" Just a final point, ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 07 Feb 12, 16:14:58 Just a final point, i am not one of those people full of patriotic bullshit, the only reason i am Scottish is because it was where my parents fucked, but i do believe we have an inalienable right to our? freedom ( its in the Magna Carta ) I would rather just be looked upon as a human being. "In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." ? Bertrand Russell So you only argue ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 07 Feb 12, 16:02:19 So you only argue with objectivist's? I always try to be objective, was nice discussion anyway, as i said before, have always enjoyed your stuff and found it insightful and funny. Magna Carta is an English charter straight off, i believe !3th century, no Britain then, as for the other two i believe they are English in origin as well though i could be wrong, we have different systems of law in Scotland look it up, you? are wrong dear Mr Cropper about everything we have discussed. "you? prove here ... By: MrCropper. on 07 Feb 12, 15:06:26 "you? prove here that you are as ignorant of british/irish history? as you are of islamic influence in the UK today." A very sound and thorough reply from London's resident philosopher. "The sole purpose? ... By: MrCropper. on 07 Feb 12, 15:05:20 "The sole purpose? of government is to protect the power of the minority of the wealthy over the masses," Perhaps it is used for that, but I can see very clearly that you are not an Objectivist, so it is useless arguing with you further. Bye now. "Could? you tell me ... By: MrCropper. on 07 Feb 12, 15:03:27 "Could? you tell me something you would view as quintessentially British?" Here are three: Magna Carta. Due process. Legal precedent as a protection of? rights. :" instead of ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 07 Feb 12, 12:36:17 :" instead of wanting a government of JUSTICE, they want a government of IRISHNESS or Scottishness or Wales-ness. Instead of protecting rights, they want the government to enforce Irishness. See my point?" The above point i would see if it had any basis? in reality, which it certainly does not, you obviously Know nothing, nothing ( emphasised in a Hitchens like manner ) of the history or politics? of these countries. The sole purpose of ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 07 Feb 12, 12:19:14 The sole purpose of government is to protect the? power of the minority of the wealthy over the masses, i am paraphrasing Chomsky here, but i think he was quoting Aristotle, though i could be wrong, so i believe it is you who does not appreciate the purpose of government. Do you think if each country in these isles gains autonomy there will be civil war? if it does i will chop my pinky off and send it to you, i always forget about the insularity of the colonies. Coming soon to a British Isle near you: Civil War!!! Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 463 seconds Pay me on Wepay: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: mrcropper, bnp, edl, muslim, islam, christian, rights, religion, seperate, free, britain, british, war, quran Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: You kn ow its ... By: KiljiArslan. on 25 May 12, 07:13:21 You kn ow its really funny how easily your trounced by commentators cropper. Really I think you hate Muslims because it gives you? a easy way to hate brown people. So you advocate a ... By: Sizzmaster6985. on 21 May 12, 01:15:41 So you advocate a war against Muslims for simply having a culture you deem "uncilivized". There's an old saying you should probably take head? to "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Thumbs downs for this video Hahaha adopt ... By: PurebredLondon. on 17 Mar 12, 21:25:26 Hahaha adopt american freedom? Id rather have a civil war than be crushed by a corporate? government.....fuck you! That's a good point ... By: ObjectivistAesthetic. on 17 Feb 12, 05:02:51 That's a good point and to be honest I can't answer that. My experience was that in Scotland, Islam wasn't that prevalent (although it was much more prevalent than in America), however, I understand that it is quite prevalent in London...and whether the city of London or? Scotland has more cultural significance I actually couldn't say (no offense to all the wonderful Scots who would kill me to hear all of Scotland compared to mere London.) Every foreigner is ... By: lakeviewviking. on 08 Feb 12, 03:37:47 Every foreigner is a terrorist? America has heavier, more diverse immigration than Europe. And it isn't "gun-loving rednecks" firebombing French newspapers for depicting their god in a cartoon. Funny, you seem to love those gun-totin' Americans when you need your ass saved when one of your neighboring? countries invades. Well, we are broke, and you'll have to bail yourselves out the next time. If I where you, I'd worry about the problems under your nose rather than point at us. Very good analogy; ... By: lakeviewviking. on 08 Feb 12, 03:25:36 Very good analogy; difference is: most southerners? where not slaveholders, but most muslims support second-class citizenship for women. Did I hear right? ... By: cisbio. on 01 Feb 12, 10:54:12 Did I hear right? There's going to be civil war in Britain over Muslims' domestic arrangements? No, wait: that's just the parallel with the US civil war, it seems. Some parallel! (Oh, and look up the word 'corollary' -it does not mean 'correlation'.) While you're at? it, look up 'civil war' - it's not the same as 'pogrom' or 'persecution', which is what your kind of islamophobe so earnestly anticipate. Mudnecks < Rednecks ... By: DanishGreatDane. on 30 Jan 12, 13:14:52 Mudnecks < Rednecks. Gay people are getting killed in USA from blacks... "no? hate crime". If you are Gay, Jew = support white separatism i am scared to ... By: DanishGreatDane. on 30 Jan 12, 13:10:32 i am scared to visit USA... i read only horror stories for? "all black areas" I will stay in EU and laugh at the fall of Americanistan And? don't get me ... By: dysvanlist. on 29 Jan 12, 18:54:38 And? don't get me started on obesity Socialized medicine ... By: dysvanlist. on 29 Jan 12, 18:52:37 Socialized medicine is bad? plus Hollands healthcare isn't supported by America. America, land of the great: Homeless people, drugaddicts, gun loving rednecks. Don't have money for your appendix? Than get the hell out. Every foreigner is a terrorist. Gay people can't get married because it's evil. Let's invade any country we like to get oil. ? "You talk like? ... By: MrCropper. on 29 Jan 12, 17:39:23 "You talk like? america is better than europe, not by a long? shot." I suppose you mean American technology supporting European socialized medecine? Or did you mean American military spending which allows Europeans to spend their defense budgets on social programs? In what way is Europe better than America? You talk? like ... By: dysvanlist. on 29 Jan 12, 14:27:51 You talk? like america is better than europe, not by a long shot. "I? imagine? ... By: MrCropper. on 28 Jan 12, 09:01:12 "I? imagine? Cropper knows what I'm talking about." No, and other viewers may not know, so perhaps you should explain your objections? Uhhhh no. This is ... By: kdurston1. on 27 Jan 12, 12:10:36 Uhhhh no. This is nebulously vague and highly equivocal in it's "correlations" when one studies the examples used by Cropper. I could get? into it, but I imagine Cropper knows what I'm talking about... And Hitler liked ... By: Kikarok. on 26 Jan 12, 20:02:46 And Hitler liked to? paint. Something alot? of ... By: geganobo. on 26 Jan 12, 20:02:41 Something alot? of people dont know: rich muslim woman often wear expensive label clothes and shoes under their burka. you, at least, have ... By: gratex. on 26 Jan 12, 18:54:02 you, at least, have been to the UK... do you seriously perceive that the presence? of islam is the overriding socio-economic issue in the UK such as cropper implies? Can you elaborate? ... By: ObjectivistAesthetic. on 26 Jan 12, 18:32:51 Can you elaborate? on this claim? Once again, as you? ... By: gratex. on 26 Jan 12, 15:11:58 Once again, as you? do so often, you show your remarkable ignorance. "Religion is the ... By: gratex. on 26 Jan 12, 15:11:22 "Religion is the opiate of the masses" - Karl? Marx. Parallels between yourself and Marx, here. Of course they ... By: kubaniski. on 26 Jan 12, 12:49:48 Of course they don't make headlines, just as they fact that blacks are a net? drain on the US economy don't make headlines here. My issue with the presence of large ethnic minorities in European nations is the further decline of the economy, a strengthening of the state and a displacement of native white populations. Islam is a part of that and a big one at that however it is not the only one. "Even if eventually ... By: MrCropper. on 26 Jan 12, 09:11:33 "Even if eventually all the Muslims became atheists the ethnic and racial issue would remain." And at that point,? it would be so boring and unthreatening that it would not make the local news. Ethnic and racial issues are perceptual - the color of skin can inform it. Islam is much, MUCH more - it is a violent ideaology. Islam will be in the headlines for at least the next 20 years. Just see how long ethnic minoroties on subsidy will occupy our attention - they don't/won't. Like I said the ... By: kubaniski. on 26 Jan 12, 08:48:24 Like I said the Muslim issue is part of the problem but not the whole picture. The blacks of South Africa have been in a position of political power for the past 20 years, but they? still are the economic underclass. Like the blacks under the ANC in SA the future British Muslim and black majority will use their political sway to redistribute the wealth of the native whites. Even if eventually all the Muslims became atheists the ethnic and racial issue would remain. @MrCropper.I agree, ... By: KevZen2000. on 26 Jan 12, 08:42:49 @MrCropper.I agree, but I do not want atheism, or rationalism to be force on people,because then it appear that the particular superstition of religion is being persecuted, and zealots love such scenarios, because it enforces their false sense? of superiority, as religions typically grow when repressed, outside of free market environments. Flood for the Faithful - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 126 seconds Although I found this joke to be hilarious, it turns out to be a tool for demonstrating to church-goers that you should accept help from the Lord in whatever form he sends it. The fact that people take it seriously is even more hilarious! The sky is empty. There is no god. Related: mrcropper, flood, joke Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: MrCropper above? me ... By: CW7714yt. on 08 Feb 12, 01:44:20 MrCropper above? me has made an assertion that the sky is empty, what evidence do you have to support that argument "a philosopher would ask"? So brave? By: TouchyWiggleFingers. on 01 Feb 12, 05:04:13 So brave? If god had truly ... By: bryanperf. on 26 Jan 12, 01:07:08 If god had truly sent those people to help the man, wouldn't that be a violation of their free will? And if god is ok with violating? people's free will, why doesn't he just make us believe in him if he wants that so bad? MrCropper, I heard ... By: legendre007. on 25 Jan 12, 12:50:45 MrCropper, I heard that joke, too, and I heard it from a priest on TV. The point of the joke is indeed that anything fortuitous that? happens to you should be attributed to God. If something supernatural happens to you, God did it. If Mr. X takes the initiative to help you -- and what he does is perfectly consistent with scientific law -- you should somehow owe more gratitude to God than Mr. X. --Stuart K. Hayashi The literal idea ... By: normativeRandroid. on 25 Jan 12, 10:21:46 The literal idea behind the joke I find to be rather pernicious as you point out in the descrip, that people think that God works through the actions of other people or natural processes such as evolution. Of course this just begs the question of God's existence and denies the validity? of causality. haha? brilliant! By: jesshneil. on 25 Jan 12, 09:09:44 haha? brilliant! Gold.. JUST GOLD. ... By: SuperKittyPancake. on 25 Jan 12, 02:12:28 Gold.. JUST GOLD. LOL? Missing Dollar Riddle Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 83 seconds Its just a trick! . . .. . . .. . . .. . . The two dollars in the bellboy's pocket should be subtracted, not added. Related: mrcropper, riddle Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: :) ...? good one. By: PigmentAB. on 25 Mar 12, 22:18:16 :) ...? good one. the addition is ... By: yogi2874. on 03 Feb 12, 17:14:35 the addition is wrong. 27 dollars that? they paid include 25 to the manager and 2 to the bell boy. combining them with the 3 they got back makes for the whole 30 in play. Well, the manager ... By: ifatglassman. on 29 Jan 12, 17:57:10 Well, the manager only got $25, which is $9x3 - $2 and that is? exactly right. $30 is the cost of the room but not the actual amount that was paid. If i click on the ... By: TakisAthensGr. on 25 Jan 12, 08:31:40 If i click on the image on? the right would you say a racist joke? racistjokes dot site90 dot net , that'll make you famous! I love? these. By: SuperKittyPancake. on 25 Jan 12, 02:07:02 I love? these. It was spent on? ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 25 Jan 12, 01:28:54 It was spent on? crack. Answer? is in the ... By: Kikarok. on 25 Jan 12, 00:42:51 Answer? is in the description. As with many riddles, it survives on sleight of hand. Good riddle but I ... By: ColemanMulkerin. on 25 Jan 12, 00:42:11 Good riddle but I read the answer? in the description before the video! Can this? be solved? By: qtutoringhelps. on 25 Jan 12, 00:40:32 Can this? be solved? Christian Churches and Temples Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 194 seconds Acts 17, verse 24: God... dwelleth not in temples made with hands... Pay me on Wepay: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: mrcropper, christianity, mormon, temple, christ, lord, savior, holy, jesus, spirit, truth, salvation, atheist Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Aww, look everyone, ... By: KajiCarson. on 19 Feb 12, 08:00:29 Aww, look everyone, the puppet thinks he's a real? boy. Where?? By: KajiCarson. on 15 Feb 12, 17:18:21 Where?? EVERYONE KNOWS ... By: TheVideodude3. on 15 Feb 12, 14:00:54 EVERYONE KNOWS THERE IS A GOD EVEN? YOU MCROPPER "But, that's all ... By: MCTMD1. on 24 Jan 12, 00:51:20 "But, that's all the same." -Great finish.? You are? saying ... By: kleenex3000. on 18 Jan 12, 22:24:12 You are? saying things that you cannot provide Evidence for: "Silly looking" "You are angry" and "you think you are smarter" are not a suitable introduction for a promising discussion. FYI: The Abrahamic G-D is an evolved, mutated Creation from (collective) HumanZ' BrainZ. The ACTUAL CreatorZ are totally unknown as regards their number (could defy comprehension even - what if they exist in NEGATIVE, BROKEN, IRRATIONAL numbers?!!!) - and unknown as regards their properties. I don't understand ... By: Savantrick. on 18 Jan 12, 20:39:22 I don't understand why you're so angry or why you think you're so much smarter than anyone else. Where is it writ in adamantine that a bipedal, pack-hunting ape should know anything about truth? Anyone who lives? in a closed system of thinking is bound to be wrong. If you would like to talk more about this please send me a pm so we don't spam this video. I would be happy to discuss this stuff and my views on reality vs yours. I can tell it's something you enjoy lol hit me up. "bro" I am sure ... By: kleenex3000. on 18 Jan 12, 09:09:53 "bro" I am sure NOT your "bro" From a scientific standpoint I am merely your cousin, which is bad enough. IF you believe in the Abomination of the evolved,? mutated Abrahamic Creator [which is the G-D of the ProCreation of the (respective) chosen people] and his alleged earthly offspring, J(the)C, then simply name one alleged Scripture from this mythical person. 2)I did not call nobody "silly looking" YOU did. So you are a HypoCrite, suggesting a "more civil approach" Hahaha bro, what ... By: Savantrick. on 18 Jan 12, 06:48:20 Hahaha bro, what are you doing!? You know how silly you look arguing about this kinda stuff?? I feel like there's not much love or positivity in your life (at least, none that you are willing to see..)but I care about you man. And I? think you need to take a more civil approach when trying to communicate with a fellow human being. We are all in this together after all and no body wants to listen to an opinion stated like that. ThouArt is a smart guy. Learn from him and him from you. "the religion of ... By: kleenex3000. on 17 Jan 12, 23:29:52 "the religion of Jesus" Fortunately, this person that was equipped with very medieval, very shallow perceptions of good and evil never existed. J(the)C rather EVOLVED. Did you not study history? Name me? one Scripture, that the alleged J(the)C allegedly compiled. "who believes? in ... By: kleenex3000. on 17 Jan 12, 23:21:57 "who believes? in his son" The J (the)C=["the Anointed One"] that you refer to, that allegedly was submitted to the Rabbinic Blood Sacrifice TWICE, on his 8th day and nailed on the cross, NEVER EXISTED. You are suffering from APOMI (Acquired Personification Of Mental Illness) LOL. hate hate hate ... By: glower125. on 17 Jan 12, 22:21:55 LOL. hate hate hate...newspeak. zionist trash? Yes, very ... By: 0ThouArtThat0. on 17 Jan 12, 21:40:54 Yes, very perceptive Mr. Cropper. I'd say the religion of Jesus was all but forgotten by his followers once Rome made Christianity the official religion of the state. From that point forward, Christianity was perverted to serve the power of? empire and not peace on earth. I think if you make ... By: TakisAthensGr. on 17 Jan 12, 19:50:33 I think if you make a lapdance video? or a singing a rebeca black's song video you gonna get much more bitcoins... as for temples, ... By: mebe84. on 17 Jan 12, 18:58:20 as for temples,interesting that christians went against mainstream judaism,where god dwelt in the holy of holies(right?) perhaps there was an undercurrent of jewish thought saying god didn't need a temple to? be worshipped,probly since the first exile to babylon. my 2 cents let's not paint ... By: mebe84. on 17 Jan 12, 18:57:50 let's not paint all? muslims with the same brush. i recently worked with a few muslims from indonesia for about a year,and i can tell u they were normal people(if u can consider religion normal lol). at least one of them seemed to just identify as a muslim,but drank alchohol(don't read too much into that,we're in new orleans),didn't stop working to go pray,ect... "[Religion] ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Jan 12, 18:30:44 "[Religion] Returning to Europe?? whats your source?" Every news story? for the last 5 years. You must have your head stuck in the sand. Read Bruce Bawer's book, "While Europe Slept" if you really don't know about Muslims taking over Europe. Islam, duh.? By: ppw00. on 17 Jan 12, 17:58:52 Islam, duh.? Returning to Europe ... By: geganobo. on 17 Jan 12, 17:58:25 Returning to Europe? whats your source? From the first 2 statistics I found on Google it shows that it has been decreasing every? year. "This is the 21st ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Jan 12, 17:52:27 "This is the 21st Century - the rest of the civilized world has moved on." Earth's 2 billion Muslims haven't, but then they don't count as civilized. And as for Europe, it will soon be agonizing over these? questions again. Religion is returning to Europe in a major way. Your right about ... By: MerozCurse. on 17 Jan 12, 16:13:15 Your right about the temples because now God lives inside of all of us who believes in His Son, Jesus, but I can see that you know nothing about spiritual things. Now what do you see, that's so fascinating about this physical world? It's terrible to even think about how you've beaten down your very own spirit over the years. You've reject the best part of your life, but hey,? you're a free thinking man. You've made your decision. I'm not American ... By: glaatraa. on 17 Jan 12, 15:46:55 I'm not American hence I am above this sort of thing by default. Only Americans go on and on unendingly about God and Jesus. This is? the 21st Century - the rest of the civilized world has moved on. You are not Iran for God's sake - why do you continue to behave in this way? Grow up! And then all ... By: MultiFortunatus. on 17 Jan 12, 08:07:52 And then all temples were made by people skillful at? using their feet. @lanastompanato " ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Jan 12, 05:09:36 @lanastompanato "20 For where two or three gather in my name, there? am I with them." That is a more reasonable? veiw of the subject, if reason has anything to do with god, but there is no god, so it is a moot question. The sky is empty. Why do you say it ... By: lanastompanato. on 17 Jan 12, 04:16:15 Why do you say it is taken for granted that churches will have expensive structures? My church rents a movie theater on Sunday mornings and meets there. You can rent them cheap early on Sundays and there is lots of parking. But God will be anyplace where we decide to worship. You seem to have overlooked a more pertinent verse found in Matthew 18:20 which says: "20 For where two or three gather in my name,? there am I with them." So whether he dwells there or not, when we meet, he is there. Here's a good essay ... By: Joshbuckler. on 17 Jan 12, 01:53:26 Here's a good essay question for Junior High students: would you say that Paul's belief? was superior to the Greeks' beliefs? Shakespeare on Islam in Europe Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 508 seconds The Bard on Islamization. All of sonnet 11, plus lines from Sonnets 13 and 14. Pay me on Wepay. https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: shakespeare, on, islam, in, europe Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: 10? procent of ... By: azadam1000. on 28 Mar 12, 05:19:11 10? procent of western world is gay lol and increasing muslim, go kill ... By: TwiztidcAsh. on 13 Feb 12, 13:34:12 muslim, go kill some jews? or gays... typical muslim behaviour You are racially ... By: ryan84160. on 13 Feb 12, 12:54:57 You are racially paranoid. Pop some valium and lay off the stormfront for a while.? "racist" = white ... By: TwiztidcAsh. on 12 Feb 12, 19:31:14 "racist" = white person who resist black and? brown violence Being a racist is ... By: ryan84160. on 12 Feb 12, 18:08:06 Being a racist is not a thought crime. You are free? to be as much of a racist douche bag as you wish. Actually, when you ... By: CosmoShidan. on 12 Feb 12, 10:33:29 Actually, when you look at Confucianism, it's a self? help guide to pursue knowledge and individuality. While Taoism is a self-help guide to the simple life. As for Buddhism, it's very similar to Epicureanism. Also Taoism and Confucianism have nothing to do with a god. The main books to look into are The Analetics and The Tao Teh Ching. On the contrary, I recommend looking into The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Okay, fine. I ... By: Rattapax. on 10 Feb 12, 19:25:40 Okay, fine. I really don't care about that stuff. My point was that it is a misreading to find nationalism in the sonnets. ? Read 1984 - we ... By: TwiztidcAsh. on 10 Feb 12, 09:31:04 Read 1984 - we live in similar dystopia "Racism" = Thought-crime. Being white (racist) is like... the? greatest sin in the history Pakistani Pedophile ... By: TwiztidcAsh. on 10 Feb 12, 09:28:53 Pakistani Pedophile Nationalists vs Gentle British Nationalists um... i support the Brits? After reading ... By: Rattapax. on 10 Feb 12, 05:16:22 After reading Sonnet 14, read Macbeth. I think that might clarify the poem for you. Nonetheless, I? wouldn't read British nationalism into the sonnets--especially in light of the play Othello. Can't say that ... By: CosmoShidan. on 10 Feb 12, 05:13:13 Can't say that about Buddhism though. Without Buddhism, there would be no ancient Skepticism, which was founded by Pyrrho of Elis, who traveled with Alexander to India to study under the Buddhists or "naked philosophers". Also without Skepticism there's no Epicureanism, and no modified version of the atomic? theory... in turn brought about quantum mechanics that is either deterministic or libertarian. "Look into Islam ... By: MrCropper. on 10 Feb 12, 01:17:36 "Look into Islam yourself" There is? no god. All religion is equally false. Islam is bastardized Platonism, nothing more. Allahu akbar means ... By: Nebulous1982. on 09 Feb 12, 23:38:14 Allahu akbar means ''God is the Greatest''. It is the equivalent of the Halleluya that christians shout out. You are missing the whole point in this video. You should look at how many ''western'' people are becoming Muslims every day. This is not about immigration. It is an ideological alternative to what you are used to, and this feels threatening to some, and this is because of ignorance and fear. Look into Islam yourself: The Essence of? Islam Explained [Full Video] lmao sand? monkeys! ... By: HotElectonePlayer. on 08 Feb 12, 23:17:58 lmao sand? monkeys! very funny! I would't ever ... By: ryan84160. on 06 Feb 12, 06:52:30 I would't ever argue that you don't have the right to say anything.I just think it pointless.There are,in fact, many Arabs that want to see the Arab world progress pass the eleventh century.They want to live a western lifestyle, with western? products,western technology,western ideas and western freedoms.Arab is not synonymous with Muslim anymore than white is synonymous with Christian. " I don't see how ... By: MrCropper. on 06 Feb 12, 06:31:24 " I don't see how it would be any different." It wouldn't, but I'm free to? say it, even if I'm wrong and even if it offends you. My girlfriend is a ... By: ryan84160. on 06 Feb 12, 06:20:47 My girlfriend is a Syrian born Arab and also happens to be the one of biggest critics of Islam I have ever met.Her race has nothing to do with anything. Would you say "niggers" are harming America because you disagree with the policies of a black president? ? I don't see how it would be any different. Rape Muslim? cunts! By: TakisAthensGr. on 03 Feb 12, 09:34:48 Rape Muslim? cunts! "The "sand monkeys" ... By: MrCropper. on 03 Feb 12, 02:08:05 "The "sand monkeys" comment was blatantly racist and uncalled for." True, but its funny, and the Moosies haven't won yet, so I'm still? free to say it. The "sand monkeys" ... By: ryan84160. on 02 Feb 12, 21:49:00 The "sand monkeys" comment was blatantly racist and uncalled for. It is not an attack on? ideas, it is an attack for simply being born with brown skin, living in an Arab nation or having Arab ancestry. Thumbs down? By: FailLeviathanSailor. on 29 Jan 12, 07:55:04 Thumbs down? RussiaToday already ... By: FailLeviathanSailor. on 29 Jan 12, 07:54:42 RussiaToday already expossed sharia-dominated areas in UK "No music, no Gays, No Kafirs". I will give you translated article? from danish newspaper, covering the ethnic cleansing of danes in Muslim Ghettos It is collectivist ... By: eggory. on 25 Jan 12, 07:53:44 It is collectivist in nature to criticize individuals for the groups to which they belong unless belonging as such represents a choice by those individuals which directly and necessarily reflect badly upon them, and "sand monkeys" is a slur meant not even to degredate an ideology, but merely an ethnicity. As such it is irrational and mildly repugnant. I do appretiate that you've started doing videos again, though.? They are generally refreshing. What an absurd ... By: Eltercero. on 20 Jan 12, 21:39:59 What an absurd reduction. Nice job forcing Buddhism into your single, binary world view. Also, when did Ayn Rand become the arbiter of truth? Most teenage boys move beyond Ayn Rand obsessions after they experience the world? on their own terms. Then again, the condition of living with one's parents may preserve childlike beliefs. With all due ... By: Eltercero. on 20 Jan 12, 21:31:28 With all due respect, you should go out in the world instead of talking about? it. You give me the impression of never having even set foot in the UK or Europe for that matter. Maybe I am wrong, but that's what comes across. Also, ''sand monkeys''? You really just removed any last shred of credibility you may have ever had. You reveal yourself as a bigot and racist. Romans - Greek Copycats? Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 830 seconds Please pay me for my work: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Using Bitcoin, you can send payment with my email address: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: mrcropper, greece, rome, grant, paterson, hamilton Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Millions of people ... By: cisbio. on 01 Feb 12, 12:19:19 Millions of people spout off on YouTube. Why Mr Cropper thinks the privilege of hearing his misinformed rants is worthy of payment is a? mystery. Amphitheatres were ... By: cisbio. on 01 Feb 12, 12:16:08 Amphitheatres were a Roman innovation -although the term is derived from Greek. Perhaps Mr Cropper? is confusing them with Greek theatres? Load-bearing arches and domes were also perfected by Romans, as was the use of concrete, making Roman architecture quite distinctive from Greek forms. 1) Carthage DID ... By: cisbio. on 01 Feb 12, 12:10:21 1) Carthage DID found a land empire,? although it didn't last very long. 2) Carthage didn't totally disappear. It was re-founded as a colony and became the second-largest city in the Western Empire. Punic culture and language is traceable in many cities on the coast, such as Leptis Magna. 3) Rome was not uniquely enamored of Greek culture in the ancient world. "Hellenistic" culture had spread throughout the Levant and beyond, mainly as a result of Alexander's conquests and the successor states. the Romans being ... By: americanliberal09. on 27 Jan 12, 10:11:06 the Romans being brutal? oh please the Greeks were brutal too. the Athenians invaded other Greek city-states and force them into slavery, the Spartans invaded and enslaved other Greeks. of course I'm not claiming that the Romans were all perfect, but the Greeks were not a utopia either? Greece pretty? much ... By: americanliberal09. on 27 Jan 12, 09:54:49 Greece pretty? much have democracies and oligarchies. i don't think their any evidence of Republicanism coming from classical Greece. but i thought the dark ages begin with Christianity controlled western Europe and burn most of the greco-roman knowledge. what about emperor Hadrian whom admired the Greeks, he also build libraries and forums in athens "Amphitheater was ... By: MrCropper. on 27 Jan 12, 08:13:13 "Amphitheater was an roman invention not a Greek one." Nope, that was Greek. "republicanism is an roman one not Greek." Wrong again, Greece had voting first, but representatives, I accede, were a Roman innovation on Greek? voting. "Romans have a legionnaire warfare while the Greeks still have phalanx" True, they had minor innovations in warfare. But that should be expected, since they came hundreds of years after Greece was an established power. alright,keep it up ... By: americanliberal09. on 27 Jan 12, 05:12:44 alright,keep it up with your? videos Mr.cropper " when are you ... By: MrCropper. on 27 Jan 12, 02:15:57 " when are you going to do a review on ancient china by the way?" I'm not sure it would be worth my time. If I did such? a video, it would basically be an exercise in debunking myths about China and iterating how backward and undeveloped their culture is and has been for thousands of years. hey watch your ... By: americanliberal09. on 27 Jan 12, 00:24:35 hey watch your video, I'm really convinced that the Greeks mastered at mathematics while the oriental cultures enthrall their sciences upon religion and mysticism. Mr.cropper you completely change my mind on ancient china, i thought the Chinese invented everything for the west but i was wrong. thanks for? the video. hey, i was wondering when are you going to do a review on ancient china by the way? "? the greeks also ... By: MrCropper. on 26 Jan 12, 01:24:16 "? the greeks also learn mathematics and astronomy from the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians" Please see my video on Greek Mathematics for authoritative quotes on that subject. The Greeks inhereted ONLY practical, inductive, rule-of-thumb maths from Egypt and the Fertile Cresent. The Greeks owe very, very little to other cultures as far as math goes. That is not my opinion; it is the statement of mathematicians. what about Pliny ... By: americanliberal09. on 25 Jan 12, 23:22:46 what about Pliny the Elder's book Natural History?, what about Vitruvius's book De Architectura? I'm not going to deny the fact that the Greeks have a major impact on the Romans, but don't forget mr.cropper, the greeks also learn mathematics and astronomy from the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians. so can you call the Greeks copycat too?, even they borrowed a lot scientific achievements? from the middle east. "Archimedes heat ... By: MrCropper. on 25 Jan 12, 19:53:33 "Archimedes heat ray" The heat ray may have been apocryphal, and the giant lever which supposedly picked Roman ships up out of the water was almost certainly post-event exaggeration, but there must be a grain of truth in such stories. In the end, all the ingenuity was for nought because the Romans? took Syracuse, but the Romans are not to be remembered as scientifically advanced, merely militarily efficient. oh did you mean ... By: americanliberal09. on 25 Jan 12, 19:41:17 oh did you mean Archimedes heat ray, that's supposed to burn roman ships? i have to say that Archimedes was a great inventor, but modern historians rejected his heat ray because they doubt it could have burn their ships in seconds, fire arrows will do the work. ? you have got to be ... By: americanliberal09. on 25 Jan 12, 19:26:06 you have got to be kidding me sir?? "what about the ... By: MrCropper. on 19 Jan 12, 20:29:38 "what about the Roman[']s? technology?" They? didn't invent the arch (it was in use many centuries earlier in the mid-east). What other technology did you have in mind? Archimedes, btw, was a Greek, and his machines put the roman's best war tech to shame. The Romans overcame with numbers and brute force. Their engineering was impressive, but they were industrious, not inventive. what about the ... By: americanliberal09. on 19 Jan 12, 17:29:53 what about the Romans technology?? MrCropper, my ... By: legendre007. on 17 Jan 12, 03:04:59 MrCropper, my favorite Roman lawgiver was Cicero. In his own time, he warned about the dangers of the welfare state & he said there was nothing ethical or humane about it. I find it no surprise that Aristotle influenced Cicero, &? that Cicero was considered an inspiration among the USA's Founding Fathers. ^_^ I was shocked to learn of the evils committed against Cicero by Julius Caesar & especially Marc Antony. Such cruelty. :'-( Thank you for your? ... By: endgammer. on 16 Jan 12, 20:52:13 Thank you for your? video on suggested reading. Just got Starr's History of the Ancient World @iluan666 Yes, it ... By: ROBARVS. on 15 Jan 12, 23:20:44 @iluan666 Yes, it is true that Lucretius was a great Roman philosopher; however, one should keep in mind that Lucretius was an Epicurean, and Epicurus was Greek. Lucretius, then, was a proponent of a philosophy that? came to be in Greek culture and that drew upon the ideas of other Greek philosophers (such as Democritus). "if it wasn't for ... By: MrCropper. on 15 Jan 12, 21:06:45 "if it wasn't for the roman empire, all the Greek science and philosophy would have been lost." Actually, the Romans had less to do with saving Greek thought than the area under Alexander's influence. Greek thought was cradled by what is today? the Middle East, not so much in Rome. It was later brought by Muslims to North Africa, where Albertus Magnus found Aristotle and brought it to Europe, where Thomas Aquinas studied it. Rome didn't help much. could you please ... By: dysvanlist. on 15 Jan 12, 19:25:05 could you please make a video? about nihilism? and not the dumbass kind of nihilism like believing in nothing. "I expected more ... By: MrCropper. on 15 Jan 12, 17:45:59 "I expected more detail and specifics in this? video" Such a video would be much longer, and may follow? depending on monetary considerations. I expected more ... By: catothethird. on 15 Jan 12, 17:26:25 I expected more detail and specifics in this video, but I suppose that does exist in some of your other videos on both? civilizations. Still, next time some more concrete examples might be a nice addition. They did have big? ... By: iluan666. on 15 Jan 12, 14:17:39 They did have big? philosophers, for instance Lucretius, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Hypatia, Epictetus and Augustine of Hipo (well he was a theologian). But all of them had a huge influence from greek philosofers. No shit, we ... By: TakisAthensGr. on 15 Jan 12, 08:39:36 No shit, we borrowed, they borrowed, we? bankrupt, they bankrupt JM Keynes vs W Buffet Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 1167 seconds Keynes says a Buffet-style of investment would lead to very busy days and very high risks. Buffet's daily activities and resulting fortune prove this utterly wrong. Please pay me for my work: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Using Bitcoin, you can send payment with my email address: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: jm, keynes, vs, w, buffet Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: It's pronounced? ' ... By: tweak41. on 17 Mar 12, 10:04:12 It's pronounced? 'canes', not 'keens'. MrCropper, it's ... By: legendre007. on 17 Jan 12, 03:42:15 MrCropper, it's interesting that Buffett's choices? in this context contradict Keynes, because Buffett favors Keynesian fiscal policy. Buffett's dad was a free-marketer who favored the gold standard & wrote fan letters to Murray Rothbard. By contrast, Warren Buffett supports government-imposed Malthusian controls on population size & loves tax-funded "economic stimulus" & the estate tax & graduated income tax. It's too bad ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 15 Jan 12, 13:40:12 It's too bad Kipling's sagacious stanzas didn't penetrate Buffet's brain in the? political and social realm. Buffet is famous ... By: mathforphysics. on 15 Jan 12, 13:33:21 Buffet is famous because there aren't many investors that succeed on his level. Many investors have invested using his method. There is nothing brilliant about his ideas. If you? invest using his strategy you will most likely not be the next buffet. Luck is involved. At the very least, because you don't know what is really happening within the company. That being said, BAC is probably a great stock to buy right now. I? read that Buffet ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 15 Jan 12, 13:30:05 I? read that Buffet can look at an entire page of stock tickers and remember and sort the whole thing in his mind. And, based on his ... By: mathforphysics. on 15 Jan 12, 13:14:20 And, based on his philosophy of buying "good stocks at low prices", if Buffet began investing in 2005 he probably would not have been successful. Of course, it is possible for people to make money of the stock market. It is possible to make money in poker as well. One difference between the two is, once you've made more money, you can invest more in less risky stocks and still make a decent profit. You can also invest in the Dow and? almost guarantee yourself a profit. 13:12 ~ He is ... By: yankeewh1te. on 15 Jan 12, 05:09:25 13:12 ~ He is referring to John Maynard Keynes. Keynes made big profits then suffered enormous drawdowns, but he became an excellent investor through time.? Brilliant expose of ... By: jonathanaconway. on 15 Jan 12, 04:05:16 Brilliant expose of Keynes! If only Buffet held a philosophy as rational as his investment techniques.? Mens Rea, or Guilty Mind Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 329 seconds Please pay me for my efforts: https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or use Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: mens rea, guilty, mind, malice, aforethought, latin, legal, jurisprudence Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Good video.? By: EclecticSceptic. on 04 Mar 12, 01:20:25 Good video.? ... to? protect ... By: grantsinmypants2. on 01 Feb 12, 13:07:31 ... to? protect against the sun. Mens rea acknowledges that not all murderers, for example, are equally as dangerous. That their motives give insight into the degree of danger they pose. What I like about ... By: grantsinmypants2. on 01 Feb 12, 13:05:51 What I like about mens rea is that it's egoistic, rather than altruistic. Strictly speaking, there is no way to ever fully compensate a victim, so to think of punishment as repaying the victim is pointless. Its also pointless to think of punishment as punishment per se - as if the purpose of incarcerating someone is to help him fix himself. Mens rea, however, implicitly recognizes that the purpose of criminal punishment is simply to protect against? danger, in the same way you put on sunscreen @ TheTruthgeneral " ... By: MrCropper. on 15 Jan 12, 03:40:57 @ TheTruthgeneral "you can do something that is against the law but? because there is no criminal intent or mens rea it can be said that no crime was? committed" I thought I covered that. please check out a ... By: TheTruthgeneral. on 15 Jan 12, 00:47:36 please check out a more precise definition of crime.The notion of mens rea along with actus reas is what is necessary for a crime to be established.So it is not that one can commit a crime and? not have mens rea but mens rea is a part of establishing that a crime was actually committed.So you can do something that is against the law but because there is no criminal intent or mens rea it can be said that no crime was committed.This is of course not applied in all cases but true Mens? Rea, Actus ... By: AkivaII. on 15 Jan 12, 00:10:40 Mens? Rea, Actus Reus, and Reckless Behavior. Another great and ... By: WarVideo. on 15 Jan 12, 00:01:16 Another great and INTERSTING video.? 3 Cowboys - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 71 seconds haha Related: mrcropper, joke Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Because the mexican ... By: geganobo. on 14 Jan 12, 21:21:40 Because the mexican did to america? what the alcohol did to mexico and russia I am of "Mexican ... By: SP64. on 14 Jan 12, 20:10:14 I am of "Mexican descent"? and I approve this joke. Why the? American ... By: athlon866. on 14 Jan 12, 16:04:27 Why the? American shot Mexican? It's a? joke! ;) By: richardcadbury. on 14 Jan 12, 11:27:27 It's a? joke! ;) oooooo..... too ... By: AndyMH182. on 14 Jan 12, 10:57:57 oooooo..... too soon? Both foreign ... By: talknight2. on 14 Jan 12, 10:34:02 Both foreign accents were well executed!? Well done mate. What was your? ... By: StudentOfObjectivism. on 14 Jan 12, 06:57:37 What was your? purpose in posting this? ... By: richardcadbury. on 14 Jan 12, 06:34:20 encyclopediadramatica dot? ch/Cropperb oh nooo he diiieent? By: swingdocta. on 14 Jan 12, 04:06:42 oh nooo he diiieent? the mexican sounded ... By: gratex. on 14 Jan 12, 03:48:23 the mexican sounded pakistani. juss? sayin. We should stop ... By: WarVideo. on 14 Jan 12, 03:43:37 We should stop drinking mexicans?? oh shiiiiiiiiiit.? By: TheFunkyTheist. on 14 Jan 12, 03:03:51 oh shiiiiiiiiiit.? 72 Virgins - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 48 seconds haha Related: mrcropper, joke Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: lifted from an? old ... By: JHypers. on 28 Mar 12, 07:41:29 lifted from an? old Robin Williams joke...if he didn't steal it from somebody else. ja? By: zieben64. on 15 Jan 12, 04:36:36 ja? Ha ha ha.? By: athlon866. on 14 Jan 12, 16:05:53 Ha ha ha.? Oh,? my! :-O By: legendre007. on 14 Jan 12, 06:42:17 Oh,? my! :-O A North Korean Parrot - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 62 seconds Haha. Related: mrcropper, joke, christopher, hitchens Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Bleak? By: AndyMH182. on 14 Jan 12, 10:54:07 Bleak? Hitchens again - ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 14 Jan 12, 03:04:25 Hitchens again - but remember he couldn't vouch whether that was a joke or? a real account! :-) A Buhddist Buys a Hotdog - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 39 seconds If you havn't heard Hitchens tell this joke, shame on you. Related: mrcropper, joke Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: buddhism might be ... By: americanliberal09. on 25 Jan 12, 23:28:13 buddhism might be non-theistic, but still have that mystical element like every loony religion out? their Oh, boy. I ... By: belaghoulashi. on 15 Jan 12, 06:01:28 Oh, boy. I remember...many many years ago when I was about eight years old listening to my mother trying to explain to us children how babies were made.? Her explanation was utterly correct anatomically. And it sounded to me like the looniest thing I had ever heard. I could not imagine or conceive how anyone would be motivated to do what she was describing to us. It was only years later that direct experience impressed on me a real understanding of her words. I heard that first ... By: zieben64. on 15 Jan 12, 04:31:21 I heard that first little joke from some Brit to the Dali Llama. He was very? confused, pretty sure it didn't translate well. "Does this? mean ... By: MrCropper. on 15 Jan 12, 04:23:54 "Does this? mean that listening to Chinese relaxation music doesnt help? Or only makes us think it helps?" No. It means if you believe anything about eastern mysticism,? you are gullible. lol? By: SuperFinGuy. on 14 Jan 12, 18:40:46 lol? Does this mean that ... By: makedonas86. on 14 Jan 12, 15:17:32 Does this mean that listening to Chinese relaxation? music doesnt help? Or only makes us think it helps?? "Mr Cropper, I know ... By: MrCropper. on 14 Jan 12, 03:12:41 "Mr Cropper, I know you took this from the late?? Hitch!" I wish all my veiwers knew it. : ) But the cowboy and the BYU joke weren't from Hitch. Mr Cropper, I? know ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 14 Jan 12, 02:57:37 Mr Cropper, I? know you took this from the late Hitch!!! "The banality of ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 14 Jan 12, 02:42:57 "The banality of all eastern philosophy" amazing, i am still laughing.? where do? you get ... By: WarVideo. on 14 Jan 12, 02:40:18 where do? you get these jokes? Party at BYU - Joke Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 40 seconds In every lie there is a grain of truth. Related: joke, mrcropper, utah, byu, provo Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Brilliant.? By: Kikarok. on 17 Jan 12, 12:19:20 Brilliant.? if i knew? it was ... By: thekwizatshaderach. on 14 Jan 12, 03:15:46 if i knew? it was going to be that kind of party, i would have stuck my dick in the mash potato. You come? up with ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 14 Jan 12, 02:58:58 You come? up with that yourself? ;-) Greek Math Tidbits Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 1645 seconds In this video, I cover: What do the Greeks owe to other "races" in math? What did China contribute to human mathematical knowledge? Aristotle's definition of infinite. And one or two other things. Related: mrcropper, greek, math, aristotle, infinite, ptolemy Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Yes, debating ... By: h3rsh3y94. on 21 Mar 12, 21:23:49 Yes, debating Cantor on? math... you are qualified. That's interesting ... By: Ramiiam. on 15 Jan 12, 01:21:27 That's interesting about the Ptolemaic model continuing to be more useful in navigation. I hadn't heard of that. Obviously, it would no longer be the case in our day and age that navigation tools based on a geocentic model are more useful than ones based on a heliocentric model. But I'm not? surprised that it took time for the practical implications of the new model to be understood and used. Somebody in ... By: Ramiiam. on 15 Jan 12, 01:13:48 Somebody in comments mentioned Boorstin's The Discoverers. You would enjoy that book. Boorstin has a chapter on the Ptolemaic model, why it persisted and why it was overthrown. He argues that, as observations became more precise, the explanatory deficiencies of the model became more glaring. "Normal scientists" (to use Thomas Kuhn's term) dealt with these problems? by adding complexity to the model, until it became so inelegant that it was ripe for overthrow by a simpler model. I don't think the ... By: Ramiiam. on 15 Jan 12, 01:04:49 I don't think the idea of a multiverse is "pure fantasy." It is postulate. It isn't useless. It does have some explanatory potential. This is pretty recent theory. Why shut the door? on it prematurely? Whether or not the existence of other universes (or whatever you prefer to call them) can be falsified directly, the theory will gain or lose power over time depending on whether it proves useful in understanding things that we can see and measure. Interesting video. ... By: Ramiiam. on 15 Jan 12, 00:50:50 Interesting video. Shouldn't you consult something more recent on the history of mathematics? It's possible that scholars have discovered information they didn't know in 1906. The paradoxes appear so because in each case, the scenario has been described incorrectly. With Achilles and tortoise the "paradox" disappears once you realize you must mark the progress of both against an independent yardstick. ? Then if you know the starting positions and speed of each, you can solve the intercept. Thanks? Cropper! By: amse. on 14 Jan 12, 21:56:32 Thanks? Cropper! "The Greeks didn't ... By: MrCropper. on 14 Jan 12, 19:07:13 "The Greeks didn't know about pi? What about Archimedes?" You're right, in fact I have a video called "How Archimedes Found Pi to be 3.14" but various? values for Pi were in use, even 3, from the Talmud. 11:50 The Greeks ... By: ppw00. on 14 Jan 12, 14:18:29 11:50 The Greeks didn't know about pi? What about Archimedes?? As a greek ... By: Neueregel. on 14 Jan 12, 08:54:44 As a greek mathematician? I feel proud for my greek math ancestors. It's a huge legacy to carry, it's like standing on the shoulders of Giants. The view is great and the foundations are extremely solid. Though, as an empiricist I don't get well with the Pythagorian cult, Plato's dualism and the Aristotelian stagnancy and 'perfection'. Things have changed a lot since then. Fascinating. ... By: namitsu1. on 14 Jan 12, 07:00:11 Fascinating. Shared? on FB. Cantor's point ... By: Spalg. on 14 Jan 12, 05:08:36 Cantor's point would be better seen like? this, 'how many even numbers are there?' infinitely many; 'how many numbers are there?' still infinitely many, but a larger infinity than the previous one Aristotle himself? ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 14 Jan 12, 04:47:27 Aristotle himself? was a sophist, in science and math you don't deal only with what you can observe, you have to derive the facts to make hypothesis and predictions, which is very different from the underived ad hoc solutions as the string theory. If scientists were restricted by the Aristotelian view infinitesimal calculus wouldn't have been discovered or Gauss couldn't be able find the solution for transcendental numbers, the complex domain, that made relativity and quantum mechanics possible. Actually the ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 14 Jan 12, 04:39:04 Actually the Pythagoreans didn't believe that? reality had to follow math, that is a misconception and Platonism, they thought that from reality you could get physical, intelligible or mathematical principles. Contrary to Aristotle they didn't think math and geometry were only constructs of the mind to describe reality. They were fascinated with irrational numbers (what they called transcendental numbers),although they didn't find the solution for them they knew there had to be one, @MrApplwine "How ... By: MrCropper. on 14 Jan 12, 03:34:31 @MrApplwine "How does all that fit in" That is beyond my ken, but if they violate Aristotle's conception of? infinite, they're babbling. "Mr Cropper,? have ... By: MrCropper. on 14 Jan 12, 03:32:53 "Mr Cropper,? have you read THE DISCOVERERS by Daniel Boorstin?" Nope. "Potential's and actuality's must both exist in that they complement one another or are dependent." Potentialities are a concept. They? can only exist as a measurment in the mind. Doesn't some math ... By: MrApplewine. on 14 Jan 12, 03:24:51 Doesn't some math use plus and minus infinity and some calculus use infinity + ( something) . I can't remember but it is used for solving equations or patterns or what? is called "discrete math" I think. How does all that fit in? There you? go again ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 14 Jan 12, 02:21:52 There you? go again, saying "May-sure"(!) Mr Cropper, have ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 14 Jan 12, 02:12:47 Mr Cropper, have you read? THE DISCOVERERS by Daniel Boorstin? Potential's and ... By: joshpapendorf. on 14 Jan 12, 02:06:48 Potential's and actuality's must both exist in that they complement one another or are dependent. Without potential how would we achieve actuality's? Therefore, potential can become actual if pursued, otherwise there are instances where potential cannot become actual? and its a crap shoot on what to pursue to it's end and what not to pursue. Thus all potentials must be pursued to their end despite concrete perception of that actuality. "Any books on math ... By: MrCropper. on 14 Jan 12, 01:58:03 "Any books on math that you recommend?" WWR Ball's book, "A Short? Account of the History of Mathematics" is very good. The other book I quote from in the video, "Men of Mathematics" by Bell, isn't very good. "Any books on TEACHING math that are good?" Euclid's 'Elements' just can't be beat. To teach basic arithmetic, I used Samuel Hamilton's "School Arithmetic," published in 1907. To teach Algebra, I used "Essentials of Algebra, First Course," by Walter Hart, published 1941. More? MrCropper ... By: legendre007. on 14 Jan 12, 01:51:21 More? MrCropper videos? HOORAY! I was scared you went back into YouTube retirement. --Stuart Hayashi This? was a great ... By: WarVideo. on 14 Jan 12, 01:41:40 This? was a great video! LOVED IT. Any books on math that you recommend? Any books on TEACING math that are good? Tips on Organizing Books Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 757 seconds I advise against using the Dewey Decimal system in small home libraries. Just organize according to taste. Pay me on Wepay! https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: books, library, organization Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Good tips...I tend ... By: EJDagrosa. on 30 Apr 12, 02:49:06 Good tips...I tend to use the same system for my history books. You mentioned you don't read much fiction, except for Ayn Rand. Given that you are an objectivist, you might want to check out Terry Goodkind's fantasy series "Sword of Truth"(if you have any desire to read fantasy). Goodkind is also an objectivist, and some of? his views figure in his books, particularly the later ones. you can get ... By: NewScholar9. on 14 Jan 12, 07:45:03 you can get paperbacks for $3 or less including shiping, check out half.com or Abebooks.com,? also look for library sales Thanks for the ... By: makedonas86. on 20 Dec 11, 17:12:08 Thanks for the useful tips! I often go to bookstores and always find something that I can use for my bookshelves. There are many books I have read and there's so many more to read. Right now I have all this knowledge and much of it written in notebooks. You can learn so much from? history books and philosophy etc. but how can you use of it in your everyday life? Very? good system, ... By: legendre007. on 19 Dec 11, 08:13:48 Very? good system, MrCropper! ^_^ "What use is it?" ... By: ReasonSharp. on 18 Dec 11, 20:36:52 "What use is it?" Aside for fun, I read fiction in English to improve my knowledge of the language. Also, I find it valuable as a tool for "concretizing" some abstractions. Seeing how fictional characters face their predicaments and go about solving them helps me put a finger on where they? - or their writers - went wrong (or right) in their lines of thought. Though no single work of fiction will help solve any RL problems, I find that having read quite a few helped significantly. I have two ... By: greenghost2008. on 18 Dec 11, 16:35:19 I have two classifications. Read and unread.? "You mainly spoke ... By: MrCropper. on 18 Dec 11, 16:11:40 "You mainly spoke of non-fiction in this video. What kind of fiction do you read?" I read virtually? no fiction. What use is it? I admit I have the collected Shakespeaer next to my bed, and I'll praise Atlas and The Fountainhead, but any fiction I read has to fit in a classic literature or philisophical category. Even then, its about 1 out of 100 books. Man! You? are a ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 14:03:22 Man! You? are a reading machine, man! I don't have ... By: ReasonSharp. on 18 Dec 11, 13:40:38 I don't have classification problems, as I only have about 100 books at the moment, but this will come in handy as my personal library grows. I think it's great that you can buy books at $1 or less. Here, even used books cost upwards of $5, although I can occasionally get a good new book with the daily newspaper for just as much (mostly it's just belletristic garbage, though). You mainly spoke of non-fiction in this video. What? kind of fiction do you read? I enjoy the ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:30:04 I enjoy the clarity? of your thinking. Objectivism! Accept no substitute! "Have you read any? ... By: MrCropper. on 18 Dec 11, 00:41:20 "Have you read any? Isaac Asimov?" No but I have 6 or 8 by him, including the Foundation series and a few science books, one on? science terms and one on carbon. I also love books. ... By: Jazzper79. on 18 Dec 11, 00:24:50 I also love books. I? organize my books by author. I typically ... By: belaghoulashi. on 17 Dec 11, 23:19:30 I typically organize by color and? size. Have you read any ... By: Virtueman1. on 17 Dec 11, 23:08:15 Have you read any Isaac Asimov?? "Mr. Cropper, what ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Dec 11, 21:51:44 "Mr. Cropper, what is your? take on E-Books?" Real books are easy to make notes in, don't run on batteries, cost very little if purchased used, and feel good in the hand. I don't mind other people abandoning old-fasioned paper, because it will lower the demand and therefore the cost of the books I want to buy, so? have at it! I'll stay with paper for now. Mr. Cropper, what ... By: bma051000. on 17 Dec 11, 21:24:20 Mr. Cropper, what is your? take on E-Books? Lately,? as much as ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Dec 11, 21:13:06 Lately,? as much as 5 or 6 hours a day. How many hours? a ... By: WarVideo. on 17 Dec 11, 21:07:43 How many hours? a day do you read? "There's a Platonic ... By: MrCropper. on 17 Dec 11, 21:07:06 "There's a Platonic way to organize books?" By "Platonic" I mean a "perfect" way that does not take reality into account. So, no,? there isn't. There's a Platonic ... By: TheMessianicManic. on 17 Dec 11, 21:05:38 There's a Platonic way to? organize books? Greek vs Modern Sports Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 364 seconds Pay me on Wepay! https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Related: greek, vs, modern, sports Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: i'm curious to your ... By: jamesellis33. on 06 Jan 12, 06:37:28 i'm curious to your opinion of learning self-defense not so much boxing because it doesn't work. I'm talking about Brazilian jiu jitsu, for the reason that you are not required to inflict damage, but use a submission to get compliance from? an attacker. You might not know or anyone of these people in here know what Brazilian jiu-jitsu is. o.o This theory is ... By: stripe64. on 02 Jan 12, 22:35:52 This theory is responsible for the pussification of America. Nothing could be worse for a kid to do a terrible job at something and be rewarded? for it. Failure is part of life, better get used to it at a very young age. That's? why Golf is ... By: stripe64. on 02 Jan 12, 22:32:46 That's? why Golf is the greatest game of all time. A point can be made ... By: jaklarvabra. on 28 Dec 11, 21:51:23 A point can be made also that a true team sport (not handegg) requires more egoism then an individual sport because it forces you to be confident that just you should control or make a play at a single time. Also I think team sports is more important because it reflects the? human nature more, we are after all a social creature who is dependent of others. greek sports were ... By: gratex. on 20 Dec 11, 17:47:28 greek sports were individual because all the team activities were? warfare, pillaging and other team efforts. It's a good thing? ... By: grantsinmypants2. on 19 Dec 11, 10:47:28 It's a good thing? I didn't say that then. MrCropper, that's a ... By: legendre007. on 19 Dec 11, 08:24:12 MrCropper, that's a good observation about Greek sports being individual. That same observation is made by one of Tom Wolfe's intellectual characters in his novel *I Am Charlotte Simmons*. The character says that the original Olympic sports were individual competitions. He says all modern team sports are an outgrowth of the Middle Ages. He says that's when team sports originated, and they were intended as simulations of war. "Team vs. team" represents "army? vs. army." What do you think? Team mentality and ... By: toluca56. on 19 Dec 11, 04:57:46 Team mentality and collectivism evolved, I believe, from our tribal evolutionary past. Collectivism in SMALL groups works fairly well, allowing for specialization and sharing of resources in resource-scarce environments, increasing the chances of survival for all the members. The trouble is that collectivist approaches work best when the group size is smaller than 150, and one has freedom to OPT OUT. A top-down collectivist approach definitely does not work well in large complex societies.? Understandable, I ... By: CalvinJGreen. on 18 Dec 11, 22:04:19 Understandable, I enjoy it because? it's something I learned for self-defense and fitness reasons. I'm not big on team sports either. But what's really fascinating about martial arts is that it's extraordinarily and deceptively strategic; every movement and every thought that occurs between the fighters can make a huge difference. There are all kinds of martial philosophies dedicated to just predicting and reacting to an opponent. It's an interesting topic to read on if nothing else. "Not even a fan of ... By: MrCropper. on 18 Dec 11, 16:32:53 "Not even a fan of pro boxing? Cropper?" Not at all. Violence doesn't appeal to me unless it is being unleashed? ungainst aggressors, and even then it is regrettable. [2/2] "implicit and ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 18 Dec 11, 14:00:19 [2/2] "implicit and explicit repudiation of the sanctity and dignity of the individual and the virtue it takes to be good at something." If this were true, you? could walk into a cage match with Georges St Pierre - or some professional fighter in your weight class - and defeat him easily. For someone to say it does not require training to become a professional MMA fighter is so ignorant it would require evasion. [1/2] I was being ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 18 Dec 11, 13:56:36 [1/2] I was being flippant because I find it remarkable, laughable even, that you would try to make a serious and defensible argument - not merely assert a preference - that one sport, like baseball, is superior to another sport, like soccer, which are all superior to mixed martial arts fighting. I would love to see the reasoning behind the flagrant assertion that to become a professional fighter in MMA requires "no egoism" after I see a justification that MMA is? an ... And what? is so bad ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:52:06 And what? is so bad about nationalism, he? I love my country, since it is the best. watch?v=JoAWCwm-UXw Not in? MrCropper's ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:49:51 Not in? MrCropper's worldview. Check out his older videos about objectivism. Europeans,? they ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:48:30 Europeans,? they have uncircumcised dicks!!! They not even real men. We Americans put our prisoners to death and bomb the shit out of the rest of the world...Now, we are MEN!!! I think it is a ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:47:08 I think it is a very good thing, when competitions do not create any losers.? We don't want anybody to feel bad. Not even a fan of ... By: CalvinJGreen. on 18 Dec 11, 07:08:57 Not even a fan of pro? boxing Cropper? What?? By: grantsinmypants2. on 18 Dec 11, 00:51:53 What?? Soccer! Ghastly! ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 17 Dec 11, 23:49:40 Soccer! Ghastly! It's played by - wait for it - Europeans!? Lol, I have never ... By: Cogitatio023. on 17 Dec 11, 23:23:10 Lol, I have never liked sports at all.I can remember going to football games with? my cousin,and uncle,and I was more interested in the stadium,and how it was engineered. *That is to? say: ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 17 Dec 11, 23:22:50 *That is to? say: although I disagree with your views on China, I consider them quite valuable ;-) "... explicit ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 17 Dec 11, 23:18:37 "... explicit repudiation of the sanctity and dignity of the individual and the virtue it takes? to be good at something." Although there are some brutes in MMA, George St. Pierre, to take one example, is an extraordinarily talented athlete, whose skill level and dedication to perfection in all martial arts--boxing and karate, wrestling, grappling, Brazillian Jiu Jitsu--is an absolute pleasure to observe. Your observations about MMA are about as valuable as your views on China I? completely ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 17 Dec 11, 23:13:20 I? completely disagree with you. @qtutoringhelps (2/ ... By: grantsinmypants2. on 17 Dec 11, 21:57:36 @qtutoringhelps (2/2) ... MMA, however, with it's minimal rules, is? an implicit and explicit repudiation of the sanctity and dignity of the individual and the virtue it takes to be good at something. It's a ritualized celebration of the notion that the individual is expendable - and not even for the sake of the "team's" success, but simply for expendability's sake. (1/2) Modern MMA, ... By: grantsinmypants2. on 17 Dec 11, 21:56:37 (1/2) Modern MMA, per se, is worse than the most routine and cliche celebrations of collectivism seen in modern team sports. Those, at least, are bromides - the people who believe them, subconsciously at least,? don't agree with them (if they did, they would take no pleasure in a team's success, because in truth it takes exceptional egoism to be successful in those)... Books I've Recently Read, and an Update Posted by: MrCropper Video duration: 819 seconds Pay me on Wepay! https://www.wepay .com/x182ekw/donatio ns/152080 Or Bitcoin, using my email: brandonjesse@hotm ail.com Related: books ive recently read, and an update Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment Latest comments made on this video: Your idea about ... By: legendre007. on 19 Dec 11, 07:59:50 Your idea about starting a restaurant sounds very intriguing. ? What sort of food do you plan on serving? And how formal will the restaurant be (i.e., fancy restaurant versus fast-food place)? MrCropper, I'm very ... By: legendre007. on 19 Dec 11, 07:58:37 MrCropper, I'm very sorry to hear about the health complications. But I'm glad it hasn't stopped you in your very worthy endeavors. I see that in this video, everything is reflected like in a mirror, making the letters backward. ;-) What do you think of how Warren Buffett's father was an advocate of the? gold standard who wrote fan letters to Murray Rothbard, whereas Warren Buffett is a consistently statist apologist for Keynesianism and President Obama's policies? I am surprised how ... By: outsidemendham. on 18 Dec 11, 13:44:52 I am surprised how unknown and insignificant the books MrCropper reads are. He surely? loves reading, that is just reading for the sake of it. Also keep in mind that MrCropper likes to purchase 1-dollar books, so don't look for the crème de la crème of books. It's strange what ... By: ColemanMulkerin. on 18 Dec 11, 06:23:42 It's strange what kind of effects you can have with charging people. In the book freakonomics they describe a school that decided to charge when people leave their kids after school for to long. Turns out the rate they were charging was lower than most baby sitters so the parents left them longer. When they went back to not charging the parents saw it as FREE babysitting now.? Money just has the effect of forcing people to think about what they are gaining and losing. Is this a list of ... By: mathforphysics. on 17 Dec 11, 14:30:07 Is this a list of the? most boring books imaginable? Who killed Homer is ... By: ZeusTelemaxos. on 17 Dec 11, 12:44:47 Who killed Homer is a good book. Its? about the demise of critical and classical thinking in America and the world. Reversing the image ... By: outsidemendham. on 17 Dec 11, 09:31:54 Reversing the image is very easy. Just look for any video editing software for Mac...Steve Jobs died, did I mention...Would be great to hear an eulogy for him as? well. Normal heart ... By: SuperFinGuy. on 17 Dec 11, 09:29:27 Normal heart problems are due to poisons that are normal in our? diets, namely sugar, alcohol, excess carbohydrates and coffee. You have to cut them out of your diet. They will wreck havoc on your metabolism with metabolic syndrome and glycation, and their end products like heart disease, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, wrinkling of the Skin, high cholesterol etc Hope? you do well. By: Ramiiam. on 17 Dec 11, 03:39:00 Hope? you do well. I have that Buffet? ... By: qtutoringhelps. on 17 Dec 11, 02:54:41 I have that Buffet? book as well. 3:30 "by John ... By: hitssquad. on 17 Dec 11, 02:09:37 3:30 "by John McPhee" ...Famous for the 1974 nuclear-weapons and terrorism science-journalism book "The Curve of Binding Energy", which included an amusing and prophetic discussion of the security vulnerabilities of the? then-new twin World Trade Center towers. *I should say, ... By: yankeewh1te. on 17 Dec 11, 01:55:46 *I should say, extends these principles with a unique personal qualitative flair or insight like: "Cherry Coke doesn't have taste memory, if you have orange juice for breakfast you're not gonna want it for? lunch, coke isn't like that" [not verbatim] ? "that's why I bought KO". Love Buffett. Many ... By: yankeewh1te. on 17 Dec 11, 01:53:07 Love Buffett. Many don't recognize, the man invests insurance premiums, and no-one has followed (are we dumb?). The hundreds of Buffett biographies follow his stock strategies. While a good stock picker, that's not the key to Buffett's success at all. The reason his wagers play out is the concepts of book value, cash flow and profitability under good management. Buffett just extends these principles into wagers in the lowest risk investments. Low risk high return is at odds with much of finance.? "Anchorage, the all ... By: yankeewh1te. on 17 Dec 11, 01:41:05 "Anchorage, the all American city" Give? me a one way ticket to Alaska! Sorry to hear about the heart ? you a coffeehead? Sometimes I'm amped on coffee and throwing heavy boxes around by the grace of this insane reality. Glad to hear about the student, that's excellent news. Nothing beats fortitude. Keep at it Crop You're? back? :) By: UrbyKris. on 17 Dec 11, 01:30:11 You're? back? :)   You like it? Share it! Social Bookmarking

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