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Hi Tobi, You can critique science on political and economic grounds. But that would be different from the arguments of cycle framework. No, it's metap...
September 15, 2021 at 03:35
Yes.
September 14, 2021 at 06:58
No, it isn't an artificial distinction. There's more to it. Please argue from the organic standpoint of evolutionary theory, where the environment pro...
September 14, 2021 at 06:56
Hah! Like minds! I didn't see your post before I posted mine.
September 14, 2021 at 06:36
Yes, it is sometimes hard to articulate this notion. My intuition kicks in. Respect and care for animals should be the point.
September 14, 2021 at 06:35
Hi SoundConspirator, do you have a counter-argument against the decline theorist's argument?
September 14, 2021 at 06:20
No, that post I made is to clarify the point of this thread in general. To emphasize the argument.
September 14, 2021 at 04:52
I'd like to clarify a few points. The critique against science, insofar as the decline theorists are concerned, has always been metaphysical. That is,...
September 14, 2021 at 04:08
While I don't deny this corporate reality, this is not what a true cycle theorist points to in their criticism of science. Maybe this comes as a surpr...
September 13, 2021 at 01:33
I second that.
September 12, 2021 at 02:43
:grin: We have everything we need to prevent the fall into ignorance. Very well enunciated! No one is truly anti-rationality. We will know when we get...
September 12, 2021 at 02:42
You study a discipline using guided thinking. The viewpoint is already prepared for you.
September 11, 2021 at 05:01
To be honest, I really can't decide. For one thing, we can't undo facts. Yes! We want to smell the earth not hide behind the theory of numbers and sym...
September 11, 2021 at 04:48
The cyclicists actually have a refined notion of cycles. And it has nothing to do with resurgent. A phenomenon of cycle has a beginning not yet mature...
September 11, 2021 at 04:32
Yup. I think he truly thinks it is organically growing.
September 10, 2021 at 04:24
Hah! You're getting it too! Be quiet, Proof! This is a concern that is true, yet at least not anti-science.
September 10, 2021 at 04:10
Awesome! :cool:
September 10, 2021 at 03:58
I'm glad you mentioned "anti-science", because this is another issue apart from the decline theory of science. Science cannot be ruined by the anti-sc...
September 10, 2021 at 03:57
See now you're getting it.
September 10, 2021 at 03:34
Just to clear up some things. The organic cyclical school of thought is what we're trying to attack here. I don't subscribe to the idea of "decay" rig...
September 10, 2021 at 03:32
God my brain is toast. Tired from work. :sad: Where were we?
September 10, 2021 at 03:01
May I suggest, for those interested, to peruse Oswald Spengler.
September 09, 2021 at 08:26
I can refer you to @"I love Chom-choms" post as this is a good suggestion. Although we don't need to get there. Science will declare its best achievem...
September 09, 2021 at 08:25
'going to bed. Tomorrow.
September 09, 2021 at 08:18
Our good science before its maximum achievement. I agree. My first post addresses the time way after your description.
September 09, 2021 at 08:17
Yes!
September 09, 2021 at 08:11
And indeed, it doesn't. So where does it start or what will cause the eventual demise? From within the authority of science. That's where. Now, this i...
September 09, 2021 at 08:02
Yes!! Indeed!
September 09, 2021 at 07:56
Hey guys, a lot to address. I am impressed at the quick but sharp replies from you. More than I expected. This is a very important question pertaining...
September 09, 2021 at 07:56
As a matter of fact, this is not my original idea or postulate. There are philosophers who wrote about this. I think we should examine why they say wh...
September 09, 2021 at 07:40
Fair point. My first post addressed the idea that length of time is not an indication of success. And indeed, we shall reach the glorious era when our...
September 09, 2021 at 07:34
'Succumb' sounds like science has a good fight to make here. Point #1 says it doesn't. It 'will' happen according to cyclical thinking. I think at thi...
September 09, 2021 at 06:58
Okay, good. Can you please address my first point then? Your point might help with my point #3.
September 09, 2021 at 06:54
Again, please see my first post -- I shall add that it's loaded when I say "darker" reality. We are used to hearing anti-vaccines, creationism, supers...
September 09, 2021 at 06:48
I think this goes without saying. Please see my first point. The cyclical-development thinking has already taken into consideration the maximum advanc...
September 09, 2021 at 06:40
Haha! You and me both. :smile:
September 09, 2021 at 05:56
Soothing words.
September 06, 2021 at 16:58
I know it, Tiff. Thank you. Feeling better every half day, lol! :)
September 06, 2021 at 16:57
I think this way.
September 06, 2021 at 16:51
I remember how to write your nickname -- Tobi. Correct?
September 06, 2021 at 04:03
Beautiful tree, the moss can stay.
September 06, 2021 at 04:01
Thank you both. It's what I'm going through. This is what I truly believe in. I cried about the reality of it all. Then I cried some more.
September 05, 2021 at 05:31
It's fucking unfair, Tiff. And thank you.
September 05, 2021 at 05:28
Hi Tiff, Sorry. I was absent for a while. Yes, once I get out of this rut. Sorry, I'm just not myself lately.
September 03, 2021 at 04:27
Not true. And this hurts somehow. Someone has put my insides on fire and I can't put it out. It hurts, especially because I know I won't be going out ...
September 03, 2021 at 04:16
It depends on what immortality is. If it means continuing to live without the requisite necessities - basic needs, ambition, relationships, and curios...
June 13, 2021 at 14:50
Some people might think this talk about living longer is now cliche and serves nothing but personal selfish desire. However, if you think in terms of ...
June 12, 2021 at 03:46
People living a lot longer. There's a scientist who's betting there is already a person living among us who is going to reach 150 years old for sure. ...
June 12, 2021 at 03:39
:starstruck: lol
June 06, 2021 at 22:55
As some philosophers have always said in more ways than one, if everything looks good, then nothing is good. Boredom is not the issue here. People get...
June 06, 2021 at 22:37