Existential Hope

Illusion about nonexistent illusions. Repetition can also imply a desperation to defend a view that seems to be flawed. As for truth, well, it would s...

Ultimately good world. The truth doesn't have to be repeated multiple times for its truth value to remain. I hope you would have expanded your wisdom ...

You're the one who committed a fallacy twice which further undermines your already undermined position. Also, I think one could also add the double st...

I wasn't saying that you're a sadist or anything. It was more of a fantasy. However, you obfuscate things that don't need be obfuscated.

Another example of the fallacy fallacy without adequate justification. Might be a new record. If believing happiness is an illusion and that satisfact...

I am confused about plenty of things, sure :) Here, however, I was referring to a mirror I just bought ;)

But it's not impossible! Ergo, happiness!

Who said it's easy? Another confusion on the horizon! Jk Yes, it is. I am afraid that your understanding of satisfaction is incomplete, perhaps due to...

Yes, it is. If you think otherwise, then what you call satisfaction is a rather poor imitation of it. I hope I could suffer for a day if that allowed ...

Satisfaction is happiness, and that's what my lived experience and the experiences of many around me shows. It is happiness, but you're in denial here...

Your idea of happiness is limited then. As I said, an illusion about illusions. You do experience satisfaction, but you don't take realise that/misund...

Too egotistical for me. Thanks for the advice, a slightly misled version of "myself" ;)

"Same to you" Much appreciated!

I never said that you didn't (except for a few deliberately flippant comments). However, you also do experience satisfaction. It's just that you're in...

Satisfaction of flexibility—delighful stuff.

Your idea about happiness being an illusion is itself an illusion, my friend.

Certainly. I would finally know the truth and defeat any possibility of lies. It couldn't get better than that. However, after all these years, I am a...

That's my reaction to antinatalists I debated on reddit who were claiming that AN is "bulletproof".

In itself, provided it's true, it is perfect. However, the perfection of rationality entails being open to multiple possibilities. Truly wonderful.

I didn't, especially considering that it's nigh impossible to reply to quotes without context. But sure, I digress. Is your perspective flawless?

My perspective is obviously more probable to be correct in my opinion, but I wouldn't wish to be too sure.

Argument from fallacy.

Flawed perspectives can indeed lead to unnecessary difficulties in achieving happiness. Then again, there's a sense of enjoyment in certain difficulti...

Happiness. Oh, and in case it's a verb, no, not right now. Too busy maintaining the inherently positive state of joy that harms cannot easily negate.

It can be difficult to see the path we are treading on if we are looking elsewhere ;)

I think I perfectly do. Given a range of choices, the alternative that provides a clearer path to fundamental value is generally preferable. Au contra...

Pinching seems boring to me. Tickling is more fun!

Yeah, I can see that you're probably feeling happy at having convincingly "outclassed" me. You'll probably attempt to deny that you're happy, but that...

That's the illusion ;) I never said that I feel that way, but I think that your perspective would deceive you into thinking that. I couldn't find any ...

Nah, my life is pervaded by tedium and monotony.

No, it's an illusion (if happiness is also an illusion). You're clearly mistaking inadequate value/its absence to be real. Alternatively, perhaps you ...

I don't know grace, but I love your grace.

Then suffering is also an illusion. I am afraid that you don't understand natalism.

Yes, I am glad for being back to a fundamentally valuable state. I am happy to know about your gladness, and thanks for your magnanimity there.

Happiness despite suffering!

That's a relief!

I am merely asking for the reason you believe universal AN to be defensible. Nothing more.

It certainly is, though I feel that both are necessary for a healthy society. But as I said, elaboration would be much appreciated :) When I had asked...

Natalism. I do have good replies because you aren't the only person I've met who defends that position. My statement was obviously a general one, but ...

What is your good position that I am supposed to reply to? I am also all eyes.

While "re-examining" antinatalism "carefully, please do remember that good replies to it exist, and it (most probably) is not true in a universal sens...

I express my apologies for bothering you, but I hope that you received the message that I sent you. I am a newcomer here, so I do not know exactly thi...

:D

Neither is natalism or life itself as simple as we might think it is, but I agree. Would you wish to elaborate on any of the complexities you alluded ...

I am not being facetious! Seriously, if I was wrong, I would be indebted for any correction. I know too little, far too little. There's much to know i...

Would you say there was some understanding there pertaining to the claims about needs? I sure do hope so! If not, I would be grateful to know your rea...

That's quite possible. However, I do think that I have understood it well enough. If you are referring to the claim that happiness isn't "anything" ot...

"as real as harms" Either none are real, or both are. I don't think that the contrary view is true.

And I am happy that neither is happiness. It might feel like it if one doesn't know where to look, but I don't think it is. It's certainly as real as ...

I know it doesn't; I was talking about religion. I don't think that, materialistically speaking, happiness is any more of a illusion than suffering. S...