It's very simple: Thought is a word we ascribed to a prticular kind of perception, before understanding what the function and source of that perceptio...
You think it is Capitalism inducing this issue, and not the nature of reality itself? Philosophical exploration can hardly even be pursued if basic ne...
What's cool about this, dude, is that our positions are compatible. We operate on the acceptance of thoughts being real, because they are functional, ...
This above is what is known as a cherry-picking fallacy. You chose a quote from me, and didn't incorporate my explanation of what I meant by thoughts ...
You misunderstand. Yes, they question classical and relativistic mechanics only in relation to how quantum behavior break them, which is exclusive to ...
No, I say that what you understand to be "thoughts," are actually preceived functions of the brain by the brain. Meaning, thoughts don't exist, the fu...
Which implies a distinction between pain and harm, then? Without question. If your conclusions are not predicated upon inductive validity, then they a...
No, collectivism is. Unrealistic expectations is a failure of individual rational assessment, which is a requirement of long-term homeostasis. I don't...
Ah, but more importantly, God was so evil to have eternally damned a creation of his to suffer for doing nothing more than pursuing wisdom. And some o...
No, I'm just remarking on what has the most evidence to supprt itself. I actually value being wrong, as that produces a pathway for learning the corre...
Again, I'm willing to reject any untrue assertion from Epicurus, but as it stands, it still is not clear if he meant harm the way modern english means...
I wasn't asking. I kept conflating, and you kept asserting no distinction was made by Epicurus, which is elemental. No, it would be precisely correct ...
No. Yes, if you keep the insults to yourself. 100%, and necessary as well, or we're all fucked and in a hurry. Yes, which is why it isn't philosophy. ...
And, whereas I am the only one of the two of us that relayed an opinion that was derived from numerous up-to-date research journals on the subject, yo...
Yes, this is valid. But, is it true. To determine that we need to define words. Is this your usage of harm: physical injury, especially that which is ...
Spare me the insults in favor of arguments. That's the only time I'm going to be polite about it. Okay, much clearer. Yes, harm is the injury to exist...
And? I'm either correct, or not. I don't care about how you perceive my tone. No, they can't. Irrational ego and dogmatism can. I employ neither, so I...
If existence presupposes harm, then non-existence (death) is not harmful. Death most certainly is the end of our existence according to all gathered e...
Selflessness defined. Oh, I think you and I will get along quite fine. We're polarized because the ethical philosophies dominating the minds of the va...
Consciousness is a production of the same, complex, sophisticated, multi-structural system that produces thought. Your brain and you and your thoughts...
I can't read this over your other statements and assertions that have disregarded the science. Yes, accurately, clearly, and no ambiguity. No, you rej...
On that assumption, no, because our life did not end. That's exactly correct. Meaning, existence isn't the standard of pain, experience is. Thus, Epic...
You do have exist and to experience pain to be in pain. What exactly are you highlighting is the issue. And happened to be definitively, and exactly c...
Yes, one can liken it to the inclination of species, and systems universally, to either seek, or naturally progress toward homeostasis, or equilibrium...
A fine question, my friend. In almost all cases of such an emphasis, you and I would be in accord. However, I wanted, I desired to draw attention to t...
Yes, mysticism dominated philosophy back then. However, the Epicureans were the first to separate themselves from the paradigm. Epicurus encouraged pi...
They are mutually exclusive. Philosophy is the source of all good things, and religion is the source of all applications of the use of force. Go check...
Again, that isn't what I am doing. This reductionism here is in the context of a particular philosophy, as I already explained to you that I do not sh...
Which is directly derived from Epicurean philosophy, no kidding: http://www.johnjthrasher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Reconciling-Justice-and-Pleas...
No, "thoughts" in how you're using the term. They don't exist, the brain simply is operating, nothing more. "Thoughts" is just the spook term used for...
No, I mean established neuroscience that everyone keeps fallaciously disregarding and not getting away with on my account. But, nice try. You got an a...
I am a philosopher whether I hope for it or not. In fact, I am what one would call a neurophilosopher. As far as thoughts go, no, that is not the case...
Neuroscience is the ONLY thing that is relavent here. If you don't understand that, you do not have a place in this discussion. Thoughts are neuronal ...
I was asking you to explain clearly, why it wasn't the right approach, which you stated as a matter of fact, which is to say "clearly." A clear explan...
The first clause is mistaken, as I have established. There are not thoughts. "Thoughts" is a word that has been applied to the experience of computati...
No, I clearly said it most resembles Anarchy. Oh, it has most certainly lost a great deal of ground. But the U.S. Constitution, and by extension the c...
I suspected such a protest would arise, however, pointing to something you do not like in a statement, is not itself an argument. So, why is that the ...
That's correct. The computational processes that give rise to recollections of, or abstractions from data exist, but the thoughts do not themselves. T...
And? This isn't a thought-experiment of any value. Awareness of the brain, or lack thereof, does not change the function of it. Brainstates are the so...
Every bit of this is complete, whim-based, anti-scientific nonsense. You want sources, got your back. Thoughts don't exist, they're computational conc...
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