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Wouldn't an absolute truth be the subject of absolute certainty? One can't be certain of __________. So, the absolute nature extends to the subject. B...

Absolute incorporates a natural tendency to want to qualify truth, because the lack of a perfect source of knowledge implies things are known to varyi...

Noted, it was intended to highlight perspective not establish a state of affairs. I'm not threaten by the term, so I get a little casual with it. I ag...

You really want to give me two targets? Nothing it's redundant if anything. I think we could switch the two and still convey the same point. Which is ...

Well put. It's been a hard sell.

Yeah, I'm using it in a relative sense. The secondary goal would be searching for a point of agreement that is itself expected to be a point of disagr...

Subjective proof is pretty cheap in the world. Have you ever considered an objective argument where the goal is to discover what other fact or matter ...

I think this is reasonable.

I've got 99 problems with this; the first being I'm a Popper fan boy from hell. Assuming anything about a position before hearing it seems to be makin...

Steelman is a derivative of strawman as I understand it.

Yes, kind of like a double agent. Instead of exploding their argument you improve it. The OP may have something more specific in mind. I'm just giving...

Rephrase the opposition in such a way that you can not successfully argue against it.

The idea of immaterial objects and one sided coins.

It doesn't establish proof because we could both be wrong. It's an interesting take but to steelman a position is protecting it from criticism and ens...

The only thing that is natural is our desire to rationalize our flaws. If an individual is raised and surrounded by racist then the perception of 'nat...

In the late 1800s a US senator proposed closing the patent office because everything that was worth inventing had already been made. You don't actuall...

Unless you are discussing the LNC. As a necessary truth is certainly absolute and objective; no?

I would tend to agree. As Banno demonstrated there is nothing preventing us from seeing and uttering true statements. However, as theories get more co...

Funny thing is he's a thread over arguing how adding "absolute objective" is an empty term. At the core both are a complaint of adding extra words tha...

You laid out a compelling argument for specific evidence. Banno produced it. The negation of "necessary" must be at least equal to the force of it's a...

Actually, this is non sequitur. I think you can find it. Technically 2 of them. Yes. I agree.

It does have one supporting feature the other's lack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Age isn't a literal position, but ra...

I thought the issue was the lack of even a metaphysical coherence? Qualifying it as "not real-life", implies some other type of existence. If the assu...

That's fair.

I don't think the empty chance of the model failing warrants further consideration of anything tangential. But, the universe is very big and time impl...

The LNC is a model of our expectations about the world. The model is undeniably consistent, but the assumption it will always correspond to the facts ...

Yes, probably a lot of people. But, the nature of truth in an absolutist sense means we don't always know who or when it's perfectly true.

Sorry for the confusion. I wasn't trying to be evasive, I may have quoted the wrong person initially. I'm not sure exactly what your position on the m...

Between elves and orcs maybe, but humans interbred with literally different races and evolution favors diversity, so its inaccurate on two accounts. C...

Yeah, except for the subject who may be themselves experiencing it. The burden on society is negligible relative to the contrived controversy manufact...

Fair enough, I miss identified you as the OP and assumed the perspective was different, but made no indication of it. A lot of it is faking confusion ...

I'm saying objectively. In example, the post below. I think some of its BS, but I'll call you what ever you like; Subjectively, you have to consider h...

The entire issue simply makes conservative men uncomfortable and is being leveraged politically to divide society. No one cared until they legalized g...

Thanks, I figured if I was going to tease an ad hominem; it better be funny.

Context. If you are trying to stack people neatly then it's sex.

Actually it's closer to proper names considering they often carry an implied gender. You might be right , but not for this reason.

If it's necessary than it is due to being self referentially the case. The true things can not be false without dissolving the meaning of true. If it'...

Anderson ran as an Independent. If a Republican wins then it had to be Reagan. A single party only runs one candidate in a US presidential election. 1...

Better man than I; that dumpster fire was making my eyes burn.

Thanks for the hypoxia perspective on macroeconomics.

Yeah, you can go around offending people if you want. In my experience the gender variant crowd isn't usually the most physically intimidating. Maybe,...

It seems to be used as propaganda more than addressed as an issue by those it should concern. If you can call them by their name then call them by wha...

It's a vehicle of continuity that makes complex relationships possible in general. I believe a member here used to say "You are to yourself what you t...

What if we called it the "peripheral agreement" button?

At worst it's harmless, so I would say let it run long enough to be used. I didn't notice how to actually implement it prior to looking for it. Then, ...

Pretty sure you called me a Nazi there Gandhi

Valid commentary. I seem to have acquired a novel experience that persists. I wouldn't want others agreeing with me on the off chance it validates a d...

:rofl:

Excellent use of hypothetical.