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But there seems to be more to the story than that. If these universals are merely products of our minds, they'd be no more than imagination. However, ...

Instead of defending abstract ideas not being real, how would you attack abstract ideas being real? What issues arise if we consider abstract ideas to...

Again, I don't think something needs to have a location to exist mind independently. Electrons do not have a set location, and they definitely exist i...

Which would require the parts to have a relationship, or for us to be mistaken about a pattern. That's actually another argument now that I think abou...

Yes there is, gravitational. And seeing how most physical stuff has a mass, I cited gravitational pulls as a relation that's present between most phys...

Yea that sounds better.

A proof by contradiction. There have been many times where there existed relations between material objects that we did not detect, but were neverthel...

What exactly does "no relation" mean when it comes to material things? Let's take the pattern "on top of". Any 2 material things can be on top of each...

All patterns exist independently of anything. Also your question would be akin to "Can patterns exist independently of pattern A" since minds are patt...

Let's take a concrete example. Material event A is the light from my computer screen with this page open, hitting my retinas, and going through visual...

What's the problem with intrinsic value being reduced to instrumental value?

This would be valid if every action we took was dictated by picking a random number between 0~9, and if it's from 0~2 then it's evil (too low) 3~6 is ...

This isn't fruitful. It takes too long to type these and it takes longer to get a straight answer: I can't tell if your sense of morality is warped, o...

Right. There is some physical difference that’s the cause. That’s all that’s needed to allow us to know what others are seeing. It’s very simple to co...

I have a general question. How do you determine what a benevolent intent is? If one does anything to another person the rest of their life will be a c...

Yes you could. Why would it look different? If I clone you do you think there is a chance that “red” to the clone will look different from “red” to yo...

If you can see them, yes I think.

I'm asking if it's immoral to take the higher risk option. You answered that it is not moral. That doesn't answer the question as it could still be ne...

Try it. Open up the motherboard and tell me what the first 10 switching operations for the Windows Kernel is. Of course, there are devices that can de...

A set of instructions to do something. Answer to all of the above. By knowing the language the instructions are written in. There is a difference betw...

I have a general question about your system. If one can choose between a morally risky option (say, 50% chance of harm) and an even riskier option (sa...

I didn’t say you can’t see code. I said you can’t see code by simply looking at a computer. You can bust open the motherboard and look at it all you w...

Couldn't this be applied to all acts? After all, if by criteria 2, you mean the power and wisdom to make intentions a reality with 100% chance, then n...

I don't think anyone disagreed with that. For the same reason you can't see a program when looking at a computer. I doubt you see all legs walking. If...

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I think that question makes as much sense as "Why is this car a car? Why is this car not a chocolate cake? Out of all the things the car could have be...

“Causing change to occur in conformity with will” Isn’t that literally everything we do? Or at least try to do?

This is what I mean. But by the current standard, you cannot tell the morality of an act beforehand. So having children would only be wrong if the chi...

To the same extent that a program is identical to a computer.

Incidentally, before I begin, you’re an antinatalist correct? Or am I misremembering? A consequentialist answer then? One cannot tell beforehand if wh...

I find very little I disagree with in this comment. Ok let's go with that. I'm assuming we're still using "all impositions are wrong" But the question...

Again, I see contradiction between that and this: In one you claim that an imposition is an imposition regardless of the intent of the victim. In the ...

But pinching Jeff is undoubtedly an imposition, yes? Does this mean that you're not sure if all impositions are wrong anymore? Is this a form of conse...

I'll try to keep it shorter this time. If I miss anything important, quote it and I'll address it. Would you say it is wrong to press either button he...

You pasted the URL for the URL shortener. Not the actual URL

I thought you meant differences between individuals don’t exist. You clarified.

Gotcha.

Depends on how you define "I" or "my", There is a thread going about it.

In my experience "I" has no defined meaning. It is a great superpower of humans to be able to switch what they mean by themselves, and to recognize ce...

@"Tzeentch" said both of those. Go ask him.

It's not about getting everything right. It's simply revising your position when it's contradictory. Partially correct isn't a contradiction. "I am pa...

It’s not racist or sexist to change the gender of fictional characters. Doing so at the expense of quality is stupid though. I don’t think the movie a...

Ok. So at least we're past "all opinions are equally silly" yes? I can agree with the above. But I'm not sure you answered the question anywhere. Can ...

How did you come to this conclusion? How do you know this: is not the case? Because it seems to me that defining sensations to be "of reality" iff the...

My apologies But you believe that any idea is as good as another. What does “testing” mean then? All the ideas are just as good what is there to test?...

I'm really interested in your answer to this before we move on: I see a performative contradiction between what you say and the fact that you're still...

I’m not sure it’s so much a desire for consistency as much as a hatred of inconsistency. Hatred of inconsistency seems to be the one thing I’ve never ...

Non sequitor. Again, "2+2=4" is true regardless of who you are or what you think (assuming you know how to do arithmetic). That makes it objective, by...

"Objective" means "true for everyone". As in after passing the filter, everyone gets the same thing. That's not very difficult. Example: 2+2=4. When o...

Before we start, are you just the kind of ridiculous skeptic that thinks no objective truth is possible in anything? Just want to get that out of the ...