TheMadFool

This is something I'm struggling with. It appears that I've developed a taste for meat. I was brought up on a non-vegetarian diet and continued to eat...

I think it's a matter of degrees and not all or none. We've all jumped over holes. It's just that in religion the hole is bigger. Does that mean belie...

Looks like a vicious cycle. ignorance -> suffering + sin <----------------------------<

This proves my point. We actually didn't understand the truth, forcing a paradigm shift.

I see. So, each theory supports and props up the other like in a matrix of atoms in a crystal? They verify each other with ever increasing certainty. ...

I think consent straddles both the deontological and consequentialist world. Deontologically, consent is integral to treating a human as having intrin...

But notice something. Consent is relevant only to the extent it affects consequences of birth and being alive. If the world was a utopia without any s...

That's the perfect word. Panopticon. Thanks. Looks like Bentham was a pessimist at heart.

all that is sin Consign to the bin when that's done there's no more fun I think the concept of sin, taking into account ALL knowledge, is just too bro...

I'm afraid it has come to this. One CCTV camera is worth more than 2000 years of Christianity or any other religion for that matter because religion i...

Freewill is linked to self-awareness. To use mathematical terminology freewill is directly proportional to the level of self-awareness we have. The mo...

:ok: The word "particle" is ambiguous. Thanks.

Well, there's an assumption I'm making and that's our will, the way it works, is "explained" through position and velocity of particles. I'm wrong in ...

:ok: I think AON has dualistic thinking at its core. Forgot to mention that in the OP. I think I'm conflating concepts here but the point is that natu...

Sorry Coben. Can't understand you.

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Prove it!

:ok: My remarks were meant as more of an opinion than a well considered verdict. I just have a very low opinion of politics, that's all.

Good post. I liked it. Great analogies. You have speculated but not proved.

What isn't true? Your post is filled with political events.

That's beautifully composed. Buddha was the wisest of all. Everything made sense until I saw the following: I think we're responsible for both what we...

Politics, no matter where it starts, whether in Iran or the US, always ends in war. I just hope to live somewhere in the middle between these two poin...

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You're right. I'm probably the main suspect in this crime. Poor quality discussions are my speciality. However, imagine we always demand the best, mos...

I don't know how to describe it but I think, despite our attempts to compartmentalize reality, things flow into each other or rather intertwine with e...

How is anitnatalism a Kantian moral argument? It looks very much consequentialist - the unhappiness outweighing the happiness. Deontology, if I unders...

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Yes, consciousness is difficult to explain but within existing knowledge paradigms there is no need to assume anything else.

Can you show me why? Thanks

Yes, I'm not a scientist but the Wikipedia article clearly states that particles follow Newtonian physics. I'll quote wikipedia article on Newton's la...

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Apart from you begging the question by stating as a premise the very thing I want to prove/disprove, I find your post very interesting. The problem wi...

for it to be worth it you need to know a bit Immortality only with hospitality what's the use if to relive an abuse be happy you'll go let rejoice you...

there are laws everything follows is it free, my will? an uncaused skill? laws, break and bend? look here my friend even in chaos random behold! laws ...

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I know. I also thought that was the case. Randomness probably applies to sub-atomic phenomena and not at the atomic level. The two are different I bel...

Our noggins ( :grin: ) could be real miracles!

It's still a script :joke:

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What do you think?

Now that makes sense to me. We could possibly divide all knowledge into two - internal (self) and external (physical world). Introspection is an inqui...

Well I did say I understand and don't understand. I though that was a Zen/Lao Tzu trademark. Anyway, I don't understand this non-rational stuff you're...

On what basis? How do you know that? A thing is not what it's not. That's just saying it is what it is which isn't very helpful to someone like me. Do...

I wonder why you ask? a blunder what a task? an innocent child is born in nature's jungles wild by hungry claws torn if not that then it must feed not...

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I don't understand and I understand. :smile: I don't understand because rationality is mandatory and not an option you can deny. I read somewhere that...

I'm probably misunderstanding you but both statements appear tautological to me. Is there a hidden conclusion using the two statements? I can't see it...

The argument is valid but the some/all premises won't go down well for some folks. I tried to be as faithful to your argument as I could. I'm especial...

A better/simpler argument is: 1. Belief is unnecessary for goodness 2. Belief is necessary for evil 3. If belief is unnecessary for goodness and neces...