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Most people get that - it's just déjà vu. If you think about it, you can never pinpoint the exact night during which you dreamt that this event was going to happen. Also, if you really think about it, it's never anything important - just someone moving a cup in a certain way or something banal...

Enmos! How's life?

...who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Wasn't it...

You seem to be getting very angry about this and I'm not sure why. I haven't put forward my views in any way that could be construed as aggressive, nor is this some wild and unfounded theory on banking I've just made up that no one with any credibility in economics supports. And, for the...

Everyone seems to be getting very angry about this and I'm not entirely sure why.

I'm not familiar with Bosch's work, but the mere fact that artists like him existed further back in history doesn't disprove that there has been a marked decline in the standard of art and architecture throughout the 20th Century. Conceptual artists like Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst et al are...

1. I can't believe it's not earlier, but about 14 2. I honestly don't give it much thought, I've made my peace with it. Even the most powerful and ruthless people in the world will be sleeping with the fishes one day, it gives me perspective on things. After all, in Greek mythology it was said...

I don't quite understand what you mean here, could you clarify? So you believe that these artists are seeking to mock the very people keeping them in business? That there is no real point to it all, it's just one big joke? Where's the beauty in that? And moreover, what does that achieve except...

Firstly, although I agree with much of what Roger Scruton is saying, if you'd have read my post properly you would realise that what you are quoting is his words and not mine. We can talk about Salvador Dali if you like, but actually Scruton is referring to later movements in the world of...

I liked some of the things you quoted from him there - wish I could be that articulate! What did you think of the video though? I've paraphrased Roger Scruton's voice-over below to sum up some key points: "If you had asked anyone from the 1700s to the 1930s what the point of art, music and...

Personal insults aside, I don't know what your situation is (nor do I care) but that's a very simplistic way of looking at it. The key is to understand the difference between a deposit and a loan. This difference has been deliberately blurred by banks, governments and (in recent times) the...

Why would full-reserve banking prevent banks being able to lend money? Person A takes out a loan and uses it to produce some goods. Persons B, C, and D buy these goods and A uses the money received in exchange to pay the loan interest and principal. B,C, and D are better off than the were...

Surely this would solve so many problems? Why is it not discussed as a serious option for banking reform in the mainstream media? Fractional-reserve banking relies on exponential growth that obviously cannot be sustained and thus results in economic collapse.

Hello everyone, hope you're all well :) I've finally had the time to start posting again now that exams are over and summer's here. I found an interesting essay/video that I thought might be a good point of discussion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjhVaLbBglQ It's in several parts...

Yeah alright, 'civilised' is a relative term. Different cultures never really understand eachother, but it doesn't mean that our way is better than their way. Science is only our Western society's version of the creation myth, right? But is it really? In a civilised society we can expect...

Committing atrocities and being civilised are not mutually exclusive. Also, it's hardly fair to judge entire peoples by their leaders.

Exactly what I was going to say. Cutting down on alcohol and spending time away from the urban environment wouldn't go amiss either.

The tribes that live in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia would be a good example. They don't take too well to being patronised though: they have a lot of hate for the European tourists who travel there in order to observe them like monkeys.

You can argue that a foetus is always taking part in gaseous exchange though as its cells respire.

Well no, obviously. 25% is just a figure he's arbitrarily plucked out of the air because within the system he's created there has to be some cut off point, otherwise anyone could claim they were a 'bit white somewhere down the line'.