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We may be in the minority, but that is utterly absurd. LOL
April 15, 2024 at 23:51
You may enjoy this film for a bit of fun. I disagree with you, and hte film, however.
April 15, 2024 at 21:13
:snicker: :snicker: Nice.
April 15, 2024 at 21:12
The idea that all other animals are able to prey upon their weaker fellow animals and that Humans are especially to side-step this, is infantile nonse...
April 15, 2024 at 20:45
Do you mean moralising in general? If so, I agree. I believe this will always be hte case with moralising. It's paradigmatic.
April 15, 2024 at 20:17
THis is a neat little microcosm of hte senselessness of most of your writing. Unsure whether that reflects on your positions though, because it's so u...
April 15, 2024 at 20:16
A brief overview of what she attempted would have gleaned this apparent fact. Her protestations just make her points all the more poor, given that the...
April 15, 2024 at 20:10
:ok: A Catholic Hangover me thinks, for Leontiskos.
April 15, 2024 at 05:17
Ironic.
April 15, 2024 at 02:44
Well, as it is, that is how i conceptualise teletransportation. My point was that the resulting person is psychologically continuous, and psychologica...
April 15, 2024 at 02:35
That they clearly either haven't, or are being pretended as not read and understood. It's hard for people to squirm away from quotes. I've had to eat ...
April 15, 2024 at 02:32
I'm not really sure I'm making of all this (despite noting its probably in Jest). If 'society' is the light, then its merely mob rule. Morality isn't ...
April 15, 2024 at 02:28
Jesus Christ. No. There are simply things I find unbecoming, and not immoral. Aesthetic disagreement is not moral. I don't want to wear bright Orange ...
April 15, 2024 at 02:24
I'm neither as cynical, or as bothered, it seems haha.
April 15, 2024 at 02:22
Not sure what you want me to glean from an opinion piece asserting several faulty claims... in the Guardian. Let's just cut through it: "To date, I’ve...
April 15, 2024 at 02:22
You're both being weird. Either quote the words, so NOS can respond to them or continue talking past each other :)
April 15, 2024 at 02:09
She probably is, though, given this is 2024 and not 1954. Absolutely. Almost all non-white-male philosophy prior to 1900 was in the exact same mode as...
April 15, 2024 at 02:05
At least Mikie keeps his unhinged insulting crap to the Lounge. Probably hte only reason there hasn't been other-mod intervention with his absolutely ...
April 15, 2024 at 01:55
I haven't even read your posting, just saw the name and ears pricked up. Always good to see locals about :) I agree with the final line. But i think t...
April 15, 2024 at 01:51
Rather an obscure source for this arena. Are you a Kiwi?
April 14, 2024 at 21:38
Yes, indeed. I think this is very well discussed by Nagel and Parfit, respectively. Split-brain cases are rather important in considering this. Memori...
April 12, 2024 at 04:52
Yeah, good.. and fair enough. I reject the categorical imperative, which will do some heavy lifting in justifying my responses further down the post. ...
April 12, 2024 at 04:50
Oh ok, lol sorry. Missed what was being got at. As you were.
April 12, 2024 at 00:48
Some months ago when I put myself in his Crosshairs, I actually put together a log of his intensely uncivil insulting comments to posters who did noth...
April 12, 2024 at 00:45
I think it's a bit of an empty claim. It's intuitively true, if you take the position, but in itself, I don't think it's a claim to certainty. Given t...
April 11, 2024 at 23:53
Given that this is precisely antithetical to the exchange (which we can go back and read) I will assume that you're wrong, which gives me hope for my ...
April 11, 2024 at 22:33
This is incoherent. There are no linguistic portions of hte thoughts. You have, again, contradicted yourself. I understand why you did not understand ...
April 11, 2024 at 22:29
As noted, yes i have, and you have ignored it (it seems!). You are asking to me prove the negation of your position. No thank you, Good sir. You fail ...
April 11, 2024 at 20:02
Not sure whether this name is allowed here, but Terence McKenna has made much this same point - that originators have no control of their ideas, in a ...
April 11, 2024 at 02:48
This sentence does not make grammatical sense. From what I gather, you're trying to say I painted myself into a corner. No. As noted, these are your p...
April 11, 2024 at 02:26
Well that was bizarre. Let's hope Mikie doesn't retreat from every indication he's not being civil.
April 11, 2024 at 02:07
That's a fair comment - I think what I'm getting at though, is that these examples do not survive without being someone's personal view of the act/eve...
April 10, 2024 at 23:58
LOL. It's like he's writing a Monty Python sketch.
April 10, 2024 at 23:38
Thanks for this waste of time, Mikie. Very well done.
April 10, 2024 at 23:32
Yeah good, Nice. I agree that this is what happens, outside minds. But, as noted earlier, this is simply an insufficient argument. On some accounts, l...
April 10, 2024 at 20:35
Unfortunately, thee question was based on your premise to show why your position was absurd. I noted this. The reason the question is absurd (it is, I...
April 10, 2024 at 20:20
(i think (and it was aimed at me lol)) He's speaking conceptually. You can swap in any specific mythological event and the reasoning he's using still ...
April 10, 2024 at 19:53
You didn't. I didn't intimate you did. Sorry if it came off that way. I am telling you that they aren't as a premise for a further comment on what you...
April 10, 2024 at 03:04
Fair enough. It conveyed to me what you're trying to get across. Defer to you if it doesn't work given its your thread and ideas. I think Bob picked u...
April 10, 2024 at 02:41
So, no? Not sure where you're going here.
April 10, 2024 at 02:38
With the exception of Hank Johnson, I agree but I disagree this matters. The issues they are supporting the claims with are just mild, uninteresting c...
April 10, 2024 at 02:38
I would think that the case, so all good. You accepted my position immediately after rejecting it. You also agreed it was debatable If it was erroneou...
April 10, 2024 at 02:28
I say: No, what hte hell, Its literally in the mind of the actor. There is no value 'in the world'. Value is a function of cognitive judgments. I agre...
April 09, 2024 at 23:00
Your thoughts aren't your statements. They are not identical. You are factually not directly conveying your thoughts. That is the nature of speech. I ...
April 09, 2024 at 22:58
I am aware. Was something other than that to be conveyed by your reply?
April 09, 2024 at 22:44
fwiw I entirely second reading Kant and Hume. Ignoring Corvus and I's exchange, we both think that's a good idea - so, it probably is :P
April 09, 2024 at 22:43
I think i'd need to adjust this to "I am certain it is reasonable to think that xxx" about the past. .
April 09, 2024 at 22:39
This is not a consideration in this discussion. If it is, it is. Benefits are not relevant to whether something is the case. I don't understand how it...
April 09, 2024 at 20:38
Because its clearly story-telling. See? It's probable we're not disagreeing. But there's no way to ascertain some objective ethical consideration with...
April 09, 2024 at 20:36