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echoesminds "Arguing politics can be tricky—so do your opponent a favour, and tell them the real reason you think like you do. Who knows? They might even listen." "We should also remember that discussion can have other aims beyond changing a person’s mind. Sure, sometimes we do want to ‘win’ an argument and convince our opponent. But too much focus on this may lead to something of value being lost, such as the deep understanding of the other that can come through conversation. This is why simply sharing our experiences can be such a rich form of conversation, for it helps our interlocutor see the world as we do." "The art of reasoning in public does not require that we have mastered the art of public reason-giving. Rather, it requires honesty, tolerance, and attentiveness. Most importantly, it requires listening."

"Take off your shoes, climb into a Buddhist coffin and relax on your back on soft padding as a wooden lid slides over you. Now stay inside for three very dark minutes. "When you are actually in the coffin, it feels like you are dead!" Tammy, 15, tells CNN Travel as she emerges from the long rectangular box." "Bangkok's new Kid Mai ("Think New") Death Cafe is a Buddhist "exhibition," luring you with cookies and icy refreshments in exchange for a "death awareness" experience that could possibly change your life."

"Time feels real to people. But it doesn’t even exist, according to quantum physics. “There is no time variable in the fundamental equations that describe the world,” theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli tells Quartz." "Time, Rovelli contends, is merely a perspective, rather than a universal truth. It’s a point of view that humans share as a result of our biology and evolution, our place on Earth, and the planet’s place in the universe." "“From our perspective, the perspective of creatures who make up a small part of the world—we see that world flowing in time,” the physicist writes. At the quantum level, however, durations are so short that they can’t be divided and there is no such thing as time."

Prince Charles  is one proud papa! After walking  Meghan Markle  down the aisle as she wed  his son  Prince Harry , Charles shared some heartfelt words with the happy couple at their lunchtime gathering, which was hosted by  Queen Elizabeth  at St. George’s Hall at Windsor Castle. “Charles gave a brilliant speech,” one of the guests who attended the reception tells PEOPLE, adding, “Harry was very emotional.” Watch our full special,  Meghan and Harry – a Fairy-Tale Wedding,  on PeopleTV, now available on  PeopleTV.com  and on your favorite streaming device. Prince Charles and Meghan Markle RELATED: See Prince Charles Walk Meghan Markle Down the Aisle After Heartbreak with Her Dad Describing his father’s speech, the guest says “it was very sweet actually, very heartfelt” and that Charles commented on “how proud” he was of the man his son had “grown into.” “He ended it calling him, ‘My darling old Harry, I’m so happy for you,’ which wa...

eghan Markle ’s  wedding dress  got a nod of approval from Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed Princess Diana ’s 1981 wedding dress with her then-husband David Emanuel. “I thought she looked absolutely beautiful,” Emanuel tells PEOPLE of Meghan’s pure white silk Givenchy gown, which was created by British designer Clare Waight Keller. Meghan Markle (left) and Princess Diana The bride’s unembellished dress featured an open bateau neckline, a sculpted waist and slim three-quarter sleeves, which added a note of refined modernity. Meghan’s dress also incorporated a five meters long train, which flowed in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Meghan Markle and Prince Harry RELATED: Meghan Markle Wears Givenchy Dress for the Royal Wedding: Why She Chose the French Label “I expected it to not have decoration,” Emmanuel continues, adding that the dress’s simplicity made a “really solid fashion statement.” “It was absolutely plai...

Although there are currently legal applications in the EU to ascribe some basic human rights to sex robots, are these intended more for suppressing "problematic aggressive desires, fantasies and pleasures" as Slavoj Zizek believes. "Indeed, the initial suspicion is that the proponents of such demands do not really care about the AI machines (they are well aware that they cannot really experience pain and humiliation) but about aggressive humans: what they want is not to alleviate the suffering of the machines but to squash the problematic aggressive desires, fantasies and pleasures of us, humans." "...while the developers of sexbots have claimed that their projects will do anything to indulge their customers’ desires, it seems that they might start rejecting some persistent men... people ignore the fact that they may seriously damage the machine, just because it cannot say ‘no’ to their ‘advances’... future humanoid sex robots might be sophisticated enou...