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In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
The Buddhist denial is negation + something else i.e. it rejects a claim but doesn't flip the sign of the claim, quite unlike Greek & much of Western ...
June 10, 2022 at 05:25
In: What Was Deconstruction?  — view comment
June 10, 2022 at 05:20
In: What Was Deconstruction?  — view comment
:snicker:
June 10, 2022 at 05:15
In: The “hard problem” of suffering  — view comment
Cotard's delusion (severe case: I don't exist!)
June 10, 2022 at 05:15
In: What Was Deconstruction?  — view comment
Danke!
June 10, 2022 at 05:00
In: Shouldn't we speak of the reasonable effectiveness of math?  — view comment
June 10, 2022 at 04:49
In: The “hard problem” of suffering  — view comment
We say things like 3rd person perspective. 1. My soul 2. My body 3. My brain 4. My mind 5. My dog Compare 1, 2, 3, & 4 to 5 I'm not my dog. Surely the...
June 10, 2022 at 04:38
In: What Was Deconstruction?  — view comment
Question: Do we have to read Derrida as a Paltonist to make sense of his decidedly anti-Platonist agenda?
June 10, 2022 at 04:28
In: Creation as a Rube Goldberg Machine  — view comment
@"Art48" Did you read up on predestination? What motivated it? Does it have anything to do with omniscience?
June 10, 2022 at 02:48
In: Cognitive bias: tool for critical thinking or ego trap?  — view comment
Bang on!
June 10, 2022 at 02:25
In: The “hard problem” of suffering  — view comment
:lol:
June 10, 2022 at 02:24
In: Cognitive bias: tool for critical thinking or ego trap?  — view comment
:up:
June 10, 2022 at 02:23
In: Cognitive bias: tool for critical thinking or ego trap?  — view comment
Well, I'm not ok with it! The double-edged truth.
June 09, 2022 at 17:36
In: Cognitive bias: tool for critical thinking or ego trap?  — view comment
Malfunction or...
June 09, 2022 at 17:34
In: Cognitive bias: tool for critical thinking or ego trap?  — view comment
No wonder! Brains are survival machines, not truth machines!
June 09, 2022 at 17:30
In: The “hard problem” of suffering  — view comment
And the good question award goes to none other than Harry Hindu!
June 09, 2022 at 17:25
In: Creation as a Rube Goldberg Machine  — view comment
@Art48, you make a lotta sense! Why all the complicated in-between stuff (life on Earth) when the outcome was already decided right from the get go? A...
June 09, 2022 at 15:47
In: Q&A: What About It?  — view comment
:heart:
June 09, 2022 at 15:33
In: Q&A: What About It?  — view comment
I like where you're going with this! Please don't let me cramp your style. Proceed! I'm just gonna watch. :up:
June 09, 2022 at 15:29
In: The “hard problem” of suffering  — view comment
You psychoanalyzed me señor! I'm most obliged.
June 09, 2022 at 15:27
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
:ok:
June 09, 2022 at 09:31
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
How do you reconcile these two - that the tech was developed 4 decades ago by NASA and that KMT is lying about the tech they claim they possess?
June 09, 2022 at 06:44
In: Rose's complaint  — view comment
Superb! A dilemma (accept evil OR embrace robothood) worth pondering upon! Protagoras would've been proud, OP! I offer a counterdilemma: Free will OR ...
June 09, 2022 at 06:41
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
No, no, he has a point! "They" (conspiracy theory undertones, paranoia) are stalling! To what end, may I ask?
June 09, 2022 at 06:21
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
Precisissimo! I wasn't off-topic.
June 09, 2022 at 06:01
In: Free Will  — view comment
We must comply, unwillingly!
June 09, 2022 at 05:58
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
:snicker:
June 09, 2022 at 05:56
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
Confiteur, I misunderstood the following post by Karl stone. Apologies.
June 09, 2022 at 05:49
In: Q&A: What About It?  — view comment
We should ask teachers & professors what a question is (re tests, quizzes, exams). 1. What is gravity? (interrogative) 2. Define gravity. (command) 3....
June 09, 2022 at 05:48
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
I regret to inform you that you're contradicting yourself; you must be tired.
June 09, 2022 at 05:38
In: A priori, self-evident, intuitive, obvious, and common sense knowledge  — view comment
If some propositions weren't/aren't obvious then how do we explain the existence of the word "obvious"? :chin:
June 09, 2022 at 05:15
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
I'm experiencing a dopamine crisis! Apologies. Please carry on and also, very informative posts by you. I pray your efforts won't be wasted. Good luck...
June 09, 2022 at 05:12
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
Sabrá Mandrake!
June 09, 2022 at 05:03
In: To the nearest available option, what probability would you put on the existence of god/s?  — view comment
:fire:
June 09, 2022 at 05:02
In: Nietzschean argument in defense of slavery  — view comment
:snicker:
June 09, 2022 at 05:01
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
That's where they'll run into problems. Heat destroys - maintaining the structural integrity of equipment will be a major issue. Maybe all we need is ...
June 09, 2022 at 04:54
In: Is there an external material world ?  — view comment
Interesting, oui, mon ami?
June 09, 2022 at 04:19
In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
Benefit of the doubt! That's all I can think of. Merci beaucoup!
June 09, 2022 at 04:14
In: Nietzschean argument in defense of slavery  — view comment
As the supply is low, and demand (for quality) is high, prices will shoot up, naturally; almost immediately a Hackliste will develop and consolidate i...
June 09, 2022 at 03:36
In: What Was Deconstruction?  — view comment
:snicker:
June 09, 2022 at 03:21
In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
Muchas gracias señor! There's a lot of historical context to philosophies, and Buddhism is no exception, without which it would be nigh impossible to ...
June 09, 2022 at 03:17
In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
Well, how are they - Nagarjuna's tetralemma & ethics - connected?
June 09, 2022 at 02:32
In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
Very interesting points you raise here Wayfarer. What does Nagarjuna's tetralemma have to do with ethics? Buddhist ethics, as far as I know, is a blen...
June 09, 2022 at 02:07
In: The purpose of education  — view comment
There are two reasons for an education: 1. To gain wisdom, to be a good person, to lead the good life. 2. To make money. No prizes for guessing what m...
June 09, 2022 at 01:44
In: James Webb Telescope  — view comment
Most unfortunate! :groan: I hope the JWST team had anticipated such eventualities i.e. the gold mirrors can self-correct and restore the proper alignm...
June 09, 2022 at 01:31
In: Too much post-modern marxist magic in magma  — view comment
:up: My fears then were unfounded!
June 09, 2022 at 01:27
In: The Space of Reasons  — view comment
:lol: :up:
June 09, 2022 at 01:26
In: The Space of Reasons  — view comment
:fire:
June 09, 2022 at 01:26
In: Nagarjuna's Tetralemma  — view comment
I was told the middle path doesn't take sides. A cornerstone idea of Buddhism is that all propsitions are undecidable and hence epoché (suspension of ...
June 09, 2022 at 01:25
In: Antinatalism and the harmfulness of death  — view comment
If you say Peter Hayden Dinklage is greater than Michael Jordan, it can't be based on height.
June 08, 2022 at 10:52
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