You are getting unpleasant and troll-like at this point. What do you want from me, sir? There is no innocent ploy... just that as far as these forums ...
Oh stop with the histrionics. That's beneath you, no? You clearly know my point of view, since you are stating it now. My point was that no one was ex...
But you are missing the point of how I phrased it. And, most people know my point of view here, I would suspect after 10+ years on this and the previo...
Ah yes, those oxcytocin feelings of love.. that doesn't last, is not sustained, life moves forward, the novelty wears off. In fact, it is these type o...
No it's not actually. Whether life is a loaded question is something prior to me asking about it. Cool. Just meaning activities that we deem to be our...
I don't know, that depends- is life a loaded question? ;). What is your point though? Gadfly the gadfly right? Question the questioner.. Get it. Provi...
The question is to get people's understanding of why they think life is worth living. I am curious to see people's take on it which usually leads back...
Assuming Bitter Crank is answering for Noble Dust- the pain of life is not so unbearable as to go against the biological instinct/enculturation of sur...
What exactly do you want me to comment on? You said it is a matter of why we live, no? Do you want me to answer why we continue to live rather than co...
We are always hoping.. Everything on the horizon seems good- we swing from hope to hope, thinking that after this or that endeavor or long-term projec...
I'm wondering your reply to something I stated a few days back here: I think the crux of much of theism of Western/Abrahamic variety is very much base...
This long-range emptiness to all projects I call "instrumentality". It is instrumental in that we pursue but with no final satisfaction to any particu...
One of my main points is that we survive, seek comfort, and avoid boredom using preferences based on our linguistic-conceptual minds shaped by encultu...
I live to see why others live. It amazes me the things that people say to keep going everyday. I mean, it is all instrumental- we live but for survivi...
I think the crux of much of theism of Western/Abrahamic variety is very much based on Anslem's ontological argument. This is definitely seen in Christ...
Nothing wrong about learning human historical migrations using DNA analysis. I don't get the uproar. If anything DNA tells us how connected we are whi...
Yes, really good breakdown. This article also provides some context based on genetic studies. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/18/genetic-...
I guess this might help answer the question: https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/international/press-releases/DNA-of-the-nation-revealedand-were-not-as...
I'm liking the bird trend. Keep it up. We have a good mix of birds here, but we can add a few more. Cardinals are clearly the best though being as I a...
Well, there are plenty of much used methods of preventing birth, so any deviation from that would be more likely intentional. There are the rare "acci...
People read into their happy emotions too easily. Sex happens at a time of optimal contentment. Feelings of oxytocin start pouring in and dopamine and...
Sure, here is an example of why we need to create more people at all though. Our brains need to be occupied, lest the mind gets bored. Take away all d...
If one can prove that individual egos are attached to bodies and brains, and these no longer function, then one can prove that individual egos cease t...
You mentioned our relation with other animals in a previous post. Other animals do not self-reflect. There might be insights and problem solving skill...
I'll take the offer, but keeping the antinatalism, I'm afraid.. :D. I mean, life sucks, but antinatalism says nothing about not enjoying a 25 city Eur...
Indeed what Thorongil says- no reason to create suffering where there was none before. Though, I agree with the sentiment that a two parent household,...
Again, no one needs to be born to overcome challenges, so this fails to address a main point. Well, I didn't mention love at all, so I am not sure whe...
I don't really like this equivocating. No person should be used as a reason to carry out "X" principle, scientific or otherwise. Anyways, antinatalism...
One reason, stated in previous post: these goods are unevenly distributed. Some people will have a better time seeking out, finding, or obtaining thes...
Oh boy, this thread seems to be, (pardon my imagery here) a big circle jerk for PF members. "Oh, look how great life is..look how great it can be... "...
You do have an underlying goal- seek survival, seek optimal comfort levels, seek optimal entertainment, repeat. This I call instrumentality. It is the...
I don't think so. It is simply not giving problems where there weren't any. No problem needs to be created to overcome. Certainly, the very real under...
People are so unoriginal, even in the unlikely scenario we can outsource work to robots, people would still hold on for dear life to their dear occupa...
The argument is that causing burdens of work for others is inherently wrong. Burdens are inherently bad, and therefore causing burdens is wrong. Now t...
Philosophy is inherently on the borders and limits of certain topics. When you get to things like "Is giving people a burden to overcome, or a whole l...
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