Do you mean to say that those who promote rationality as the be all and end all of cognition as we know it are wrong to the extent that it's (rational...
I like what you said earlier: Perhaps I'm way off the mark in the way I interpret it but for what it's worth I'll give you an idea of how I made sense...
This sounds like you want to sell the idea that esoteric knowledge isn't something one acquires via rational inquiry - the clarifications of definitio...
:ok: :up: So posthumans, as the name suggests, wouldn't exactly be "humans." Posthumans would be so advanced - mentally and physically - that we human...
I'm speculating so cut me some slack. Good, whether we comprehend it for what it really is or not, has to my reckoning a particularly intriguing chara...
I don't mean to be disparaging of sages but I find it rather implausible that there could be knowledge that only a select few can get a handle on. Of ...
I'm not sure if I'm anywhere near the ballpark but the notion of esoteric knowledge is amenable to a rather mundane interpretation which is that so-ca...
It looks like there are two things to consider as regards aggression defined as above. There's the person faerself and there are the things that fae's...
1. Why is a constitutionally superhappy human "...arguably a walking oxymoron"? Do you mean to say that such a state has to be, in a sense, made compl...
I see no good reason to disagree with what you say. Darwinian life, as you put it, can't even hold a candle to Transhumanist existence as and when it ...
I guess the takeaway is it (size) matters Then again, and I don't know how far this is true but it's said that the world's biggest killer is the humbl...
Agreed. However, note that language in re the Tao Te Ching is like a carpenter who, upon arriving at his workplace, discovers that the only tool that'...
Quite possibly but, as you're fully aware, philosophy isn't really about finding definitive answers. In fact, as is repeated ad nauseum, philosophy is...
Indeed! We love choices don't we? even if it's the case that one of them is foolish/mad/both. Something worth exploring but outside the scope of this ...
I realized that there are two ways of interpreting these lines and they are: 1. There's more to it than meets the eye: We observe the world and there'...
To each his own I suppose and then there's the fact that there are two ways one can make big mistakes with very severe consequences, there are acts (S...
I like the idea of transhumanism. Happiness (pleasure & suffering) is something that's close to my heart but I'm guessing I'm not alone in this regard...
I second that motion but a word of caution. Although anyone who claims not to be a hedonist is lying through faer teeth, I've always been doubtful in ...
:up: :ok: You weren't happy with, and I quote, "...a cloistered monk who contributes nothing to the world." My point is that at least such people don'...
A good question! The general perception seems to be that bigger is better. I have no clue as to the origin of this belief but I suppose its an evoluti...
Why do you ask? Your question presupposes a particular notion of reality that you have which I suppose you feel mine doesn't correspond all that well ...
What is it like to be a bat? To be able to fly on one's own steam, to be able to "see" with your ears and yet have poor eyesight, etc. Since I've neve...
:up: It never struck me that that's a possibility. Non-justificationist epistemology! :chin: What I find intriguing is the definition of knowledge in ...
Smith left the room in a huff, his shadow flitting across the wall in the soft light of the setting sun. I looked outside the small window in the room...
I just realized that the OP, in different words, is actually about The Problem Of The Criterion. Two questions, 1. How can we know? 2. What do we know...
So, why base your philosophy, transhumanism, on what you admit is an addiction? Wouldn't that be a big mistake? Transhumanism, specifically its hedoni...
Ask yourself, given what we have - focus on our strengths rather than our weaknesses - is a sinless world possible? If you like answer the follow up q...
:up: :ok: I'm familiar with the concept although only in very superficial terms. I'm told that the existence dark matter was hypothesized after normal...
:up: :clap: A gem of a statement. What if it's a narrative-like composition? You know, like a story. A story has no logic per se, it's simply a report...
I have no idea but that "anything" would be impossible to detect as detection requires some form of interaction but transparency means none of that. G...
On point. :up: If I may say so, in my humble opinion, you clearly have your feet on the ground and though your ideas are somewhat science-fictiony (ob...
Excelente señor/señora! Muchas gracias! My very own experience with this idea of teachers who don't look anything like what comes out of their mouths ...
You nailed it. It all depends on what kind of energy we're talking about. A masonry wall is transparent to sound though not to visible light. Walls ar...
Therein lies the rub, friend and thank you for bringing it to my attention. I owe you for it but given the possibility that I could be utterly mistake...
I read that as directed evolution by which we can engineer our genes, the difference between it and natural evolution being the former is planned with...
I don't know if you'd like to pursue what I'm about to say further but just in case you might like to I'd like to put forth a line of inquiry in re Ta...
There's no way we can answer the question without being dishonest. I would've liked to say that I know nothing but then I know that I know nothing and...
One man, Agrippa. Case closed. If your curiosity still isn't satisfied, then consider people's tendency to swallow veridically-challenged falsehoods (...
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