exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 3hIt is doubtful that you can see things invisible to all or even almost all others. That, however, doesn't mean that it is impossible. Light is a real thing even when we cannot detect it. It is not in another reality. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 3hWell, that's fair to say, my friend. Many people (who served in the military and police, for example), are unusually vigilant. Perhaps you are one of them. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 4hMaybe fly a couple incendiary drones into them before the doors go on? Welcome Wagon, Ukraine style. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 4hSurrender is an option. Ukraine treats surrendered Russian soldiers far better than Russia treats its active troops. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 7hObviously, not. However, no athlete is jumping, lifting or running through invisible dimensions. You may be unusually perceptive of real things. You are not supernaturally perceptive, because there is nothing to perceive outside of our reality. There are far better explanations for your beliefs. 200
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 8hIf your argument fails, you can always run away. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 11hSo leave other people's kids alone. 041
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 11hOf course, no one believed that Bugs Bunny was female or even real. It was something to laugh at. It still is. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hI've seen people claim a lot of clearly false things that they sincerely experienced and clearly believed. No amount of reason or evidence could shift their false beliefs. Medication often did, however. 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hYou might be persecuted in a backward primitive society. You might be unusually sensitive to cues which could be observed and processed by others. I merely deny that you have abilities beyond noticing things that most others could but do not. If that's your position, then we have no disagreement. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hWhat exactly in that article do you believe supports the notion that science is seriously questioning whether paranormal abilities exist? 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hYou're possibly psychotic experience does not constitute reliable evidence, especially in light of the fact that insight is the first casualty of the illness. Yes, I do have training and expertise. No, I am not questioning your intelligence. I've met some very, very intelligent psychotic people. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hWe are still learning more about what causes schizophrenia and how it can be treated. Medical science is not seriously considering the possibility that a break from reality is evidence of alternate realities. 110
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hInvisibility is evolutionarily advantageous too, but I'll bet that I can still see you. 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hBelief in psychic awareness is real and common. As James Randi's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge demonstrated, no one has ever proven any supernatural or paranormal ability whatsoever. Research without statistically significant, reproducible results is not proof. 200
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hAgain with respect, none of that is compelling evidence that you see actual alternate realities. I do appreciate that to you it likely seems that you do. 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 12hI can accept that you see things not in this reality. That's typical of psychosis. With respect, I'm less convinced that the things you see exist in any reality, nor that there in fact is any other reality (as can be usefully defined). 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 16hOr far more likely, it's an illness. 280
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You and just about everyone on this thread should be ashamed of who you have become. 001
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So, you're an armchair critic. You love to whine, but taking action or leaving the country you hate is beyond you. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026... If you're so sure that you are the unique holder of truth and your government so corrupt, why haven't you put your name in the hat for election so that you can fix the system? Are you afraid that you can't convince people to elect you, or is it that you prefer complaint over democratic action? 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Shouting doesn't make your argument stronger, nor do unsupported claims. In the end, you belly ache that American governments are and always were, working for corporations and not the people. Yet you like it more than other countries and forget that people, not corporations, elect the government... 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe they should go work somewhere else? 010
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sure. It's all true and I believe him. Of course, Russia is also not going to attack Ukraine. 010
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026... You may believe that confiscation what others have is the best path to helping the poor, (or as some want, that we should kill all rich people). I don't, but at least that is a coherent position based on more than jealousy. But then, why stop at billionaires when so many Americans are wealthy? 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maybe you do believe that wealth inequality itself is wrong. Communism is predicated largely on this notion, but we've seen the horrors of communism. Isn't the actual issue the living conditions of the poorest? Isn't that what should be tackled? Envy over other's wealth accomplishes little... 110
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is wealth inequality a problem? Is it a problem that 10s of thousands of Americans are millionaires and the majority of US families own a home and a car? Average Americans might as well be billionaires compared with the world's poorest. Is it a problem when US union workers win even higher wages? 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The world needs more leaders like Zelenskyy and more nations like what Ukraine has become. 020
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Russian society is based on taking what belongs to others. 082
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I understand your sentiment, but all of these countries put together still represent only a small slice of Canadian export trade. That isn't changing anytime in the foreseeable future. The Canadian economy is integrated with the U.S., like it or not. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Handmaid's Tale is pure fiction. So is the notion that Canada will end its dependence upon trade with the U.S. if Canada were to somehow double its trade with Europe, it would still be only about 1/7th of what it currently does with the U.S. 100
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It would be a shame if one of those fuel tankers blew up right under the Pantsir during rush hour. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ukraine attacks oil refineries, logistics hubs and military targets. Russia attacks residential apartment buildings, ambulance crews and air raid shelters. For Putin, civilians are the primary targets, not collateral damage. 040
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If a concert stage is the appropriate soapbox to make a speech about Israeli aggressions, it's also the place for a speech about the Palestinian massacre of October 7. Mr. Sheeran's position appears to be that fans paid to hear a concert, not a political diatribe or debate. Seems reasonable to me. 101
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What signs was he holding on Oct. 7? 001
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Quite possibly, Zelensky will be relieved to hand the reigns of power to someone else. I don't know, but what I do know is that the decision belongs to him and to the people of Ukraine, not to you or I. Certainly not to the dictator Putin, who doesn't even have legitimacy in his own country. 030
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thanks for following up. If true (and the chain of allegations here leads to some doubt), this in no way implies that he knew the specifics of a planned attack. Not a good look, but not evidence of a conspiracy. What is clear is that none of this takes away from Hamas' guilt in the Oct. 7 massacre. 110
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Putin has proven himself to be one of the worst leaders in history. All of this death and destruction for what? If his army of orcs marched into Kiev today, they would not hold it for long. Ukraine will never be subjugated to Russia. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Any other fantasies you'd like to share? 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It won't work, until it does. Putin is invincible, until he's not. Russia's 3-day SMO will capture Kiev and end Ukrainian independence, until 4 years and 1.5 million Russian casualties later, it still hasn't. 🇺🇦 020
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yes, true. I pray that Putin eventually pays for his genocidal war. 000
exploringyourideas.bsky.social @exploringyourideas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The more Russian soldiers are killed or wounded the sooner that they will give up their pointless and illegal aggression against their peaceful neighbors. I understand your point, but until Russia stops killing Ukrainians, I will celebrate their shocking losses. 110