:blush: I'm serious but looks like my idea is ridiculous. Muchas gracia señor! You took the sting out of jgill's remark. Well, I was hoping that a sea...
:snicker: We have to play our cards right and we'll get through this antinatalist phase in one piece. That said, life, there's lotta room for improvem...
Transhumanism, refreshingly upbeat! I like it - it acknowledges the problem of suffering (nod to antinatalism) but then goes on to say that we can, ge...
Yup, the number Nmax would differ with what one chooses to count as 1. That said, I was hoping to find a number such that 1. No calculation ever would...
Our reproductive strategy gives us a clue about what we were up against - we were prey, on our toes 24×7. Imagine what that would've meant for young c...
Let's meet halfway as I've been suggesting, unknowingly, all along. Those who can guarantee a reasonable degree of comfort for their children are welc...
@Gnomon & @OP Reductionism: 1 + 2 = 3. Everything about the whole (3) is explicable in terms of its parts (1, 2). Holism: 2H + O = H2O. As Gnomon poin...
What about the observable universe? I read somewhere that the observable universe contains roughly 1080 atoms. That should be a good place to start at...
a Well, in line with what you said, antinatalism probably spawned in a fit of severe depression and to that extent its validity is questionable. Like ...
I was proposing a test-drive, you know, just to find out what happens. In all likelihood there's a number that would make us go "Yeah, this is it! It ...
I have no further comment on abstract objects, but I do have something to say about all these purported "illusions" the mind creates. If the mind does...
I don't know if I should give you a :up: or not for that comment! Many have taken the route you recommend, but some haven't and that's what's interest...
I was told that gravity slows time down and hence the acolytes of Einstein claim that frequent flyers live longer than their twins/birthday cohorts (b...
All inquiry eventually ends but not in clarity but in confusion. There are always some presuppositions that haven't been examined in the philosophical...
\frac{1}{\infty} If we substitute \infty with 1000, we get 0.001 which to an accuracy to the hundredths is 0.00 or 0. We go from undefined to defined ...
Yeah. Nevertheless, I wanna know, how shall I put it?, the largest finite number that would be required for science. Clearly we don't know how to do m...
Would you or would you not put down an animal who is beyond help but suffering (intensely)? That is to say are you for or against mercy killing? I'd w...
:up: From an astronomer-physicist's point of view, the Big Bang is when their equations break down and become meaningless. It's as if current cutting-...
The Nothing Special corollary of The Mediocrity Principle Any theory/philosophy, including but not limited to idealism, that implies the existence/occ...
The trending social issues like racism, sexism, homophobia, etc., their prominence to be precise, especially the positive light in which these minorit...
The OP's query boils down to the metaphysics of time. The conservation laws of matter-energy claim that neither matter nor energy can either be create...
Sad that the SCOTUS has been infected by politicians with vested interests. Just shows how weak American democracy is. This corruption will have sever...
Indeed, ahimsa has as a clause non-retaliation policy i.e. to refrain from exacting either vengeance or justice if you catch my drift. This is in keep...
While it seems possible that Angelo Cannata is putting words in Heidegger's mouth, I quite like the thrust of the OP. Objectivity, the concept exists ...
In the physical world, 2 and tree are very different - one is visible, can be touched, smelt, tasted, and so on while the other cannot. In the mental ...
Could I start a company selling good karma and buying bad (karmic) debts à la Jesus Christ? This is an already established practice albeit on a small ...
True, but for the poor, the sick, suffering > happiness. Antinatslism is for these demographics. Another issue is the difference in weightage of suffe...
That's not what I meant, but you have a point; nevertheless for the guy/gal who goes through the trauma of unfulfilled love, suicide becomes an option...
It's odd that ethics is conceived of as (a) business (transaction) - good & bad karma are like wages (+) and debts (-). Ergo, there should be a provis...
I was a (hopeless) romantic too once. It didn't work out for me. Maybe I'm an exception but I wouldn't bet on it. Sweeping generalization? I made it a...
Indeed, the issue is complex - there are just too many unknowns i.e. any sincere attempt at an analysis is going to end in aporia (bewilderment). The ...
What we wish for: Ahimsa in all its glory - the complete abolishment of violence of all kinds. What we actually get: Violence as a necessary evil - un...
How very insightful! Hats off to you. "Distortion" is the key word here, oui? Bad karma, the severe case of the sniffles you get on the day before an ...
The suffering are sold on the idea of anitnatalism. It's the happy folks antinatalists havta convince. Question: Is a 99.99% surety that you can guara...
I like the way you think! However, you're paying a price which some may not be willing to. What that is exactly is for you to find out monsieur. All I...
Drugs are either initiators or facilitators vis-à-vis insight. In the former capacity they cause/bring about the Eureka moment! In the latter case, th...
The type of questions the OP is an example of pits our faculty of imagination against logic. Just because we can't conceive of time with/without a beg...
Excelente! All I can say is that you're on the mark - it's a Morton's fork. Both time has a beginning and no it doesn't are incoherent, but the former...
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