Artemis

You think you feel the same kind and magnitude of fear watching a film-slime as you would a real-slime?

So do you run from the room when the Slime appears on the screen?

Even better: pretend belief. I'm only pretending to believe for the duration of the book.

So you don't actually fully believe the story you're reading. You just mildly believe it? Or semi-believe it? Or almost believe? Or only kinda believe...

So how do you explain not running from the Green Slime when watching a horror movie? If you, even temporarily, believe the Slime to be real, then you'...

Just cause he says it, doesn't make it so. I think he's confusing imagination, suspension of disbelief and actual belief.

Not when you believe fiction to be a true account of history.

In what way? Sure, some people who read Tolkien might believe theoretically in magic or elves or stuff like that, but do they believe LoR is a histori...

That's how we wind up with stuff like Scientology.

As many philosophers have already pointed out (Kendall Walton for example) you don't actually believe fiction you're engaging with. If you did, then w...

https://www.academia.edu/38273657/le_bon_dieu_nest_pas_comme_%C3%A7a.docx?auto=download This is the most sensible talk about transgender people and tr...

Terrapin already pointed this out, but I'll reiterate: creativity and imagination have nothing to do with actually believing. I still very much enjoy ...

I'm late to the party, but what is "new atheism" and how is it different from "old atheism"? I can't imagine there's much more to say than, "I gave up...

I can accept that (many, not all) aspects of gender are social constructions. It makes no sense to define sex as such. Sex refers only to biology. You...

That's my intuition as well. I can imagine that would be weird :snicker: I don't think philosophical differences should be a reason to stare or be awk...

I would agree with treating anyone how they like to be treated. I'm not sure why that entails believing them about their self-id. There are countless ...

I have yet to hear or read an explanation by anyone that maps out the metaphysics of transgenderism. What is a "true woman"? What does it mean to "fee...

Yes, it's a totally different experience. For one, you're staring at the words half the time, not the picture. But specifically regarding the language...

Define suicide. Is a terminally ill patient who will die in 3 months of agonizing pain and suffering anyway and who therefore intentionally ODs on mor...

Riddle me how these two statements are compatible:

Okay. You're welcome to feel that way.

I guess you're not ready for this conversation right now. Let me know when you want to be kinder toward a fellow griever. I'm here for you then.

I thought you were done talking to me? I'm really very much open to having this conversation with you. I think it could be cathartic for the both of u...

I'm sorry you feel that way. I hope you can come back when your feelings about the matter are less raw.

Whether it's dangerous has no bearing on whether it's true. But I also deny that it's dangerous, because I deny that it could devalue humans. When we ...

Okay... Did you mean to say "aren't"? Cause I'm not sure what you're saying here otherwise. Persona is actually a psychology term, but okay. Personhoo...

That's really an incomplete definition. No, he doesn't. He doesn't exist. That is entirely compatible with either of our positions. But it really does...

I did go on to entertain Mark's theory about personhood, which would include conception for at least some very wanted blastocysts--so I think your cha...

Well, okay. But you get my point. And, yes, I agree with legislation that tries to find a reasonable point within pregnancy to identify fetuses as per...

I don't think it works that way. :) The unborn child is then extrinsically valuable to an intrinsically valuable entity, which makes it very valuable ...

First of all, I appreciate this thread. You're digging deeper than the whole "is abortion right or wrong" into what really matters to that debate: per...

Well, that ad hominem just came out of nowhere. I'm afraid you seem to be missing the whole point here. He IS lying. But he IS telling the truth techn...

Well, yes, but since it is technically the truth, it is both the truth and a lie at the same time. I'm trying to come up with a good example... Like, ...

It depends what you mean. I can say something that is technically true, but know that the person I'm speaking to will hear it a certain way that is ac...

Or his son-in-law and daughter! The Angry Creamsicle

Orange-Tufted Imbecile Intent on Armageddon

You mean the Racist-in-Chief?

Yes, his is one of the possibilities for public healthcare. That's not how it has to be run. Okay. So that's what you'd be in favor of?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sanders-medicare-for-all-bill-how-would-it-work/ The specifics about how socialized healthcare can and do get implemented...

It's pretty obvious that you're just throwing a tantrum because you have no argument, evidence, or logic to back up your claims. Thank you for your at...

That's not my assumption. My assumption is that since people are going to be born whether you like it or not, we have an obligation to make those live...

Right! So what's the point in that? I produce knowledge :wink: :victory:

:lol: Well, the truth is that those pleasures you so eloquently disdain arise out of a biology that pushes us to utilize/consume just in order to proc...

In my opinion, work or "labor" can be a good thing, once removed from the typical humdrum of the ever-hungry capitalist machine. Par exemple, most peo...

I'm actually only partly implying that. Yes, the system is flawed and broken and a gloomy pit of despair, yaddayaddayadda. BUT you also have choices a...

Doing social work keeps me sane and happy, personally. But to each his own--enjoy wallowing in your self-made hell :)

You could always retreat into the woods/mountains as a hermit and forget about us silly humans.

Funny how you seem to take offense at my (apparently fictional?) ad hominems, but have no qualms about issuing them. Are you describing yourself here?...

You also have nothing to back up your ideology.

The public generally (70%) likes the idea of general medicare: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/most-americans-now-support-medicare-for-all-and-free-co...