Agent Smith

The so-called Bates method has been debunked as per the Wiki link provided. Nevertheless, from what (little) I know, I can see, very fuzzily, a possib...

The OP is probably trying to mathematize the great Anaximander's apeiron, in Matrix terms The Source. Bonam fortunam!

Let's, as any person with even a modicum of intelligence would say, the first port of call is to set your own house in order/medici, cura te ipsum. So...

Alas, for reasons good or bad I have no clue, you've compromised on what Robert M. Pirsig calls quality! No matter, I understand!

Can we go into necessary details of the brain-in-a-vat gedanken experiment/Descartes' deus deceptor/the simulation hypothesis? The Devil is in the det...

All I can muster with what I know is superb questions. :up:

Agent Smith notes that down for future reference! Has a religious subtext to it which I find fascinating (re messengers of God).

That, in a nutshell, is what motivates (some) mass-shooters! Sad!

When dreaming, we can become conscious that we are dreaming (lucid dreams), but we can't/don't control the objects/people in our dreams. They seem to ...

What's :scream: to one is just :yawn: to another, eh? I quite like that! The most likely reason is that, sensu amplo, some of us are from another frig...

As is obvious, @"Pie" wants to know why (the jesting) Pilate didn't wait for an answer to the question "Quid est veritas?" he had posed to Jesus? He w...

Arigato gozaimus! No wonder Democritus was known as the laughing philosopher. Poor Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher; he didn't get the joke(s), did...

Question: Have you ever had to lie to (your) kids?

We must try, we absolutely must! That, in my humble opinion, is our ultimate purpose.

:snicker: Oops!

What that? :chin:

I hope I'll be able to remember that under fire! Muchas gracias!

Agent Smith makes a mental note of that! Feels important!

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I can't afford pity, mon ami! Didn't you know?, it's a luxury item! :sad:

Going by the polls, I've subscribed to the wrong channel! :snicker: So meeeee!

Algos (suffering) makes life a just-not-dying affair. That, in short, is the crux of the problem of suffering.

Indeed, I committed a classic fallacy which needs its own name; the closest one in my humble opinion is the strawman fallacy. I tend to, not dileberat...

We should administer psychoactive drugs (LSD, shrooms, ayahuasca, etc.) to animals too as part of a comprehensive research on mind & consciousness. Od...

Imagine that! Perhaps human history can be retold in terms of how many and how big our failures were/are rather than as it's usually told to us, a seq...

Try harder! Either you're lazy or I'm a fool! :snicker:

Divine fallacy. If you havta make a mistake, do it in god mode! :up:

Verisimilitude! Sometimes, not all the time, our feelings get the better of us! It's just part of nam-lu-úlu If I don't make mistakes, how will you le...

In terms of ends, si; in terms of means, nope! The question is, who's got it right?

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I'm disorganized! Years of self-abuse! I'm sorry that you have to put up with my shit! :smile:

Apologies! Not a refusal to answer, but an inability to answer! Please carry on. Danke for sharing your views. Paranesis!

I don't think it's a good idea but I trust mother nature or, more accurately, evolution. Suicides happen for a reason I suppose - those who can't take...

A question to antinatalism. Do you detect any problems with the following list which has been ranked in termsa preference? 1. Life + Happiness 2. None...

I sympathize with the antinatalist crowd. Suffering tops the list of humanity's and also all life's problems - people seem too distracted to notice th...

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Vitals! My own take is that the problem of suffering at the heart of natalism-antinatalism is this: 1. (How to) Live happily (?). Note live happily. Y...

I said what I hadta say! If you're interested, you might wanna read up on the taijitu (yin-yang). When someone cares (too much) about life, he becomes...

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How abso-fucking-lutely fascinating! :up:

Work with me here; for the moment ignore ethics, Momma Nature has been doing that all this while, oui? Maybe that's not entirely accurate but methinks...

Ok, the point is there seem to be nonethical reasons to advocate for natalism and one appears in my previous post.

Well, I'm not sure how to judge your post. It rings true but, absit iniuria, that can be for so many reasons other than it being true if you catch my ...

Fine!

Well, frankly, it would be amazing if we didn't have to work at all and still have our needs & wants met to our satisfaction. This sentiment (somethin...

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The negation of there are no truths is an absolute truth! :snicker:

Isn't that kinda shooting yourself in the foot?

What's an absolute truth? :chin:

:rofl: I don't need to embarrass myself further! Life really does suck!