Agent Smith

Perhaps we're conflating equality with predication. 1. Good = Happiness (g = h) 2. Good is happiness (Hg) In the former case, happiness and good are t...

:lol: Random shots do hit the bullseye on occasion.

These - mind, soul, spirit, self - are topics in the philosophy of mind/religion, identity (broadly metaphysics), ethics, thanatology, and are signifi...

But the very existence of the word "sacrifice" is the proof you seek.

I'm inclined to agree with @"Banno" that on occasion one has to sacrifice one's happiness for good, implying they aren't the same. I'm shocked Aristot...

In line with your via negativa approach to many things - let's deal with what is not good first; our intuitions tend to be less at odds with each othe...

:up: Read Banno's reply to me here:

:up: I suspected as much. Danke!

I believe I see your point. We're dissatisfied with the mundane and it is exactly that which we encounter in our daily lives. Every single moment we'r...

I fear that doesn't work. Why is happiness good?

That is correct! I believe it's one major snag in the whole consequentialism project.

That's a more accurate statement than mine! :up:

Moore claims ... If X is good because X is beneficial, why is beneficial good? If the response is beneficial is good because it enhances cooperation, ...

Kurt Gödel, genius made him, genius killed him.

May be an even bigger puzzle is, the mother of all puzzles is, that it's turtles (puzzles) all the way down. Good morning Montana, it's 8:00 AM and su...

Unlike beliefs simpliciter, fallible knowledge has an accompanying justification.

Beware of the slippery slope fallacy mon ami. Organ harvesting is ok, corpse as a sex doll not ok. I've told my family that I know a coupla guys who'd...

Very playful! :up:

We can and we must. I've done me part mon ami. Time to pass on the baton to younger, more optimistic, folks. There are plenty of 'em around. As for th...

Apologies if my response touched a nerve. Unintended ... or was it? I dunno! Allah Rahim.

Ok, ok!

Let us not judge lest we ourselves be judged or let us judge kindly so we may ourselves be judged kindly.

:lol: Possible. Yep, let's not rule Descartes out yet. He's a suspect even if not the prime suspect.

Awesome! A person of his caliber could never have committed a mistake as silly as that! That's the detective in me speaking.

So, you're sayin', we use the same brain to do both politics and science, but they're apples and bicycles? An IQ and EQ test assesses cross-domain ski...

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I think @"Wayfarer" started the my-hero-is-a-jerk trend (vide his thread on Descartes & Animal Cruelty) on this forum. Let's check who else of so-call...

I'm not headed in a good direction. Come watch me put me head in a hungry lion's maws. :cool:

Amazin' grace! Allahu Akbar!

I'm on Khan Academy and Salman Khan (it's a bloody one man show), who tutors members for $0.00 on math and a variety of other subjects, claims that he...

I guess most politics simplify to lie, cheat, repeat, but I'm referring to actual/genuine statecraft which, in me humble opinion, requires more brain ...

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@"Astro Cat" Ask yourself, what could be worse than (physical) pain?

I should've been clearer. I didn't mean to say life, including but not limited to speculation, is fun; I meant people seem to think/believe it's a fun...

Empathy is a significant factor in life as a whole. When weltanschauungs encounter each other, empathy is one of the first casualties and hence the us...

What's of great interest to me is speculation is sometimes fruitful and despite the appalling track record, people still do it. I guess it's kinda a f...

Malus Deus, da! First there's pain; second, there's too much of it. Double fault.

Bundleware, si, señor! Daoist, Heraclitean, Empedoclean undertones. I don't have a choice. Intriguing that logic is about having no option but to acce...

It seems the answer to the OP's query is No!

Einstein is Einstein and I know too little about his competency outside of physics to comment further. Is a politician's job more difficult than a phy...

Polytheism, no, I have crowd phobia. Duotheism hits the sweet spot. What sayest thou?

I intelligo woman. :lol: I believe you're on the right track, on the same track as Epicurus was 2.5k years ago, if your goal is to cast doubt on the e...

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Good to know that you're keeping yourself busy ... doing the right things. In the dark, mon ami, your imagination goes berserk.

If there's no pain, in all likelihood something really bad happens, The Congenital Analgesia link I posted gives you an idea of what a toy world might...

I don't think longevity has any correlation with understanding.

Indeed, I do wonder, but that wonder doesn't translate into knowledge, mon ami. We can only explore the possibility space, offering only our personal ...

Thank god we know so little about these topics. Allah Rahim, God is most merciful, eh Jack?

Who says we understand reality? Einstein refused the presidency/prime ministership of Israel. Was it because he understood reality or was it because h...