Agent Smith

Wu wei! The state should interfere but only by not doing so! :joke:

A = There are no truths If A is true, it is false (contradiction) Ergo, A has to be false. That means There are some truths, is true!

:ok: I would've preferred Wittgenstein's thesis to be exactly how I interpreted it in my previous post. That would've been awesome in my humble opinio...

You have a point! :up: Nonetheless, there's nothing more useful than truths, oui?

I hadta get this off my chest! A thousand apologies if it's balderdash!

:fire: Excellent point! Thanks for making me realize that! Descartes's cogito ergo sum can be rephrased as the self-contradictory statement I'm not th...

Well, I must confess that my understanding of Wittgenstein is wanting in a lot of ways. My instincts, however, inform me that he's not entirely correc...

Most intriguing! Psychosis, in psychiatry, is defined as the inabilty to distinguish the real from the unreal! So, you're on the right track, mon ami!

Muchas gracias señor/señorita for the suggestion. Would you like to discuss hyperreality? I've come across the idea in connection with the use of psyc...

These are the limits of my understanding. Interesting nevertheless. I was just drawing a conclusion that seemed to be staring me in the face! "Somethi...

After Neo kicked my ass, I haven't been the same! :smile:

:lol: I haven't yet managed to develop a foolproof method to tell the difference between idiots, fiends & innocents ! Thus my predicament I suppose! :...

Update Statement A self-destructs when it's applied to itself. It appears that, like with the liar sentence (this sentence is false), this is a very d...

You're kidding, right?

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What you say is debatable! Wittgenstein was specifically concerned about language in relation to philosophy. He, as far as I can tell, declared, with ...

All that I can say at the moment is that there's going to a dramatic fall in the global population in (say) another 50 years. Whether this is done the...

No, unfortunately or fortunately, no!

Let's see what Gnomon has to say. His G*D is some kinda information-based entity. He makes it a point to state, in very clear propositions, the word "...

You know, I've been thinking (like never before in my life)...the gap between us and God could be as big or even bigger than the gap between us and an...

I'm not an optimist. I'm just tired of being a Gloomy Gus! I thought I might try on some optimism; you know, a test-drive of sorts! No untoward events...

Muchas gracias señor/señorita! 1. What is it? (Ontology) 2. What happens to it? (Causality) 3. Does it stay the same or does it become something else?...

:fire: So the red dot "moving at (an) arbitrarily high speed(s)" (faster-than-light) is nonphysical! Hasta be, oui? @"Wayfarer" \uparrow

Good question! Frankly, I dunno! That said, in a universe that seems to hold tons of non-linear phenomena, I wonder why our minds are so into thinking...

https://youtu.be/Vsk-qROwwfU 17 people + 1 guitar (in one piece) in a saloon car meant for 5 max! I suppose we'll all fit on this planet! All this hul...

Bootstrapping?

So metaphysics is basically the follow up question to "what is it?" viz. "what is it really?" This particular, seemingly-improved-upon query being ask...

If, as some believe, math is an invention then... Math \to Physics \to Chemistry \to Biology \to Mind \to Math! That's self-creation, oui?

Physics \to Chemistry \to Biology \to...

What explains the persistence of this, what in your universe is a, delusion?

Why? The world's a messy place, because? It's all your fault Fortuna, damn you! Damn you and your dice and your coins and your cards and your quantum ...

Ok, you have some skill! https://youtu.be/weKcXQv15fo

Believe you me, we'll never make any progress just bandying words about as long as we have no means of getting childrens' consent with regard to being...

Not entirely out of the realm of possibility; in fact it's likelihood is > 50% and that's a conservative estimate vis-à-vis my abilities to recognize ...

You have a point! That's what @"Possibility" was driving at. Nirvana fallacy it's called if memory serves. Quite an apt name taking into account how G...

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In my experience, an expert is (usually) immediately recognizable. Don't ask me how!

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What a powerful idea, mon ami! What a powerful idea! I could employ a spouse, a sibling, parents, children for as long as they cook my goose so to spe...

Hope?

We can't afford to make the same mistake again and again, but it looks like that's exactly what we're really good at. It doesn't look deliberate, so w...

:fire: Methinks it can be done! Should it be done? I'm not quite sure. In a country which I will not name here, I saw a mother spank her toddler son t...

Wow! I didn't know we could do that, sir/ma'am! You're the very soul of clarity as far as I'm concerned. The rest of your post, superb! Isn't it bette...

True, hence antinatalism. Right?

In defense of pro-lifers, I'd point out that Roe vs. Wade happened in 1973. It's now 2022. That's 49 years. To put things into perspective, fashion ch...

This may not be exactly on point, but the notion of being invalid is more applicable to a theist as god(s) have been interpreted as a psychological cr...

I'm afraid you overestimate our abilities, especially if you use me as benchmark! I'm terrible at problem solving! I prefer to give up unless my ass i...

Well, with that attitude how do you get anything done in your life? I'm not saying we can't do better, but for some obvious reasons - most of them to ...

With regard to your example of a shoe, couldn't we make a distinction between primary use(s) (integral to its definition) and secondary use(s) (go hog...

There's no ambiguity or vagueness in (say) what a triangle is. Nobody ever gets confused as to what a triangle is, once s/he is edified as to what the...