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In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
Apolpgies.
October 21, 2022 at 02:22
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
Rationality can get you killed (vide Socrates, death by hemlock).
October 21, 2022 at 02:22
In: Pantheism  — view comment
A different kinda argument - an old trick in the book, but still quite effective.
October 21, 2022 at 02:18
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
What nonsense? It's the natural endpoint of suspicion/doubt. If you get on a slide, you're bound to reach the bottom, oui?
October 21, 2022 at 02:16
In: Immanence of eschaton  — view comment
N/A?
October 21, 2022 at 02:12
In: How to begin one's day?  — view comment
Is there any difference between how one begins one's day in the medieval age and in the modern age? As far as I can tell toilette and a good breakfast...
October 21, 2022 at 02:11
In: The face of truth  — view comment
Ok. Truth, what are its implications?
October 21, 2022 at 02:03
In: Is there any difference between a universal and a resemblance relation?  — view comment
I thought I did clarify my views on that score. The two concepts - universal & resemblance - are, how shall I put it?, not mutually exclusive. In fact...
October 20, 2022 at 10:20
In: The face of truth  — view comment
Dear Australian brother, I have a feeling it's about Fitch's paradox of knowability (there was a thread on that about 6 moons ago). The issue can be e...
October 20, 2022 at 10:15
In: Ukraine Crisis  — view comment
:snicker: His priorities are not the same as yours, oui mon ami? Truth has ... well ...
October 20, 2022 at 09:46
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
What else could it be, oui mon ami?
October 20, 2022 at 09:39
In: Why are people so afraid to admit they are wrong here?  — view comment
I hope I'm wrong!
October 20, 2022 at 09:38
In: Liz Truss (All General Truss Discussions Here)  — view comment
:snicker: El Rachum!
October 20, 2022 at 09:28
In: Immanence of eschaton  — view comment
You can't if you have 11 heads like Avalokietsvera. :snicker:
October 20, 2022 at 09:22
In: Immanence of eschaton  — view comment
A contradiction right under our noses! A valiant attempt still. Hats off to the ones who look for the statue of Liberty in Pyongyang! :cool:
October 20, 2022 at 09:11
In: Pantheism  — view comment
What are you on about mon ami? Pantheism is simply a ... a ... I mean an ... empty sack!
October 20, 2022 at 09:07
In: The face of truth  — view comment
If m, n, o, then p. Is that how "it" works?
October 20, 2022 at 09:00
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
Hi there, is this the ...? Oops, sorry, wrong room! :blush:
October 20, 2022 at 08:58
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
Me too!
October 20, 2022 at 08:51
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
You mean whether (just) a quirk or an illness? Hard to say from where I'm at - torn (to pieces) & yet still ...
October 20, 2022 at 08:49
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
If quantum physics says blah blah blah then, mon ami, we havta know the meaning of the word "opposite". :cool:
October 20, 2022 at 07:23
In: The face of truth  — view comment
@"Banno" You're right on the money mon ami! If truth entails knowledge, someone is omniscient. I'm, however, not omniscient. You probably aren't eithe...
October 20, 2022 at 07:21
In: The face of truth  — view comment
October 20, 2022 at 07:19
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
Ok! Life is meaningless; death too, in the end, is meaningless. The universe also is meaningless. That's absurd because ... we're meaning-seeking bein...
October 20, 2022 at 06:42
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
I feel I'm a nihilist, not an absurdist and that's why I'm what I am - depressed.
October 20, 2022 at 06:39
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
... chocolate?
October 20, 2022 at 05:36
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
Existence/life is so pathetic that ...
October 20, 2022 at 05:15
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
:cool: but ...
October 20, 2022 at 05:14
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
:up:
October 20, 2022 at 04:58
In: Form Versus Function in Art  — view comment
The OP's format is quite clever. Kudos! Sometimes we need to go back to the basics to make any headway in understanding what it's all about and the OP...
October 20, 2022 at 04:54
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
The mathematical answer to that question is different from the philosophical one, oui mon ami?
October 20, 2022 at 04:50
In: Antinatalism Arguments  — view comment
:rofl: Et lux in tenebris lucet.
October 20, 2022 at 03:54
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
How?
October 20, 2022 at 02:40
In: Philoso-psychiatry  — view comment
Why? Oh, ok, just a hunch!
October 20, 2022 at 02:39
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
As the opposite/absence/negation of rationality, ok. What is rationality then?
October 20, 2022 at 02:38
In: If you could only choose one...  — view comment
Why, thank you CornwallCletus. I merely found the quote, as you seem to agree, apposite. There's a lot to unpack, si señor?
October 20, 2022 at 02:12
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
How does he know other people exist?
October 20, 2022 at 02:09
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
Absurdism = Nihilism +/- ?
October 20, 2022 at 01:55
In: Does quantum physics say nothing is real?  — view comment
Good is the opposite of bad. Hot is the opposite of cold. Yes is the opposite of no. Same is the opposite of opposite?
October 19, 2022 at 09:58
In: What does "real" mean?  — view comment
:cool:
October 19, 2022 at 09:53
In: DishBrain and the free energy principle in Neuron  — view comment
Let's start with the basics ... what is a brain?
October 19, 2022 at 09:48
In: Does Camus make sense?  — view comment
:cool:
October 19, 2022 at 09:44
In: A Just God Cannot Exist  — view comment
A just God hasta exist!
October 19, 2022 at 09:41
In: DishBrain and the free energy principle in Neuron  — view comment
:cool:
October 19, 2022 at 09:17
In: A Just God Cannot Exist  — view comment
:cool:
October 19, 2022 at 09:10
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
Sorry for the double post. Irrationality, what is it?
October 19, 2022 at 08:56
In: The face of truth  — view comment
:lol:
October 19, 2022 at 08:53
In: The face of truth  — view comment
I'm hungry.
October 19, 2022 at 05:30
In: Philoso-psychiatry  — view comment
October 19, 2022 at 05:25
In: Philosophical Chess Pieces  — view comment
What is this formula you're talking about?
October 19, 2022 at 02:35
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