DingoJones

I didnt ask you to make the point, I asked you to expand on the points and specifically: “What kind of “greater reason” do you mean? Whats wrong with ...

Did you perhaps underestimate how full of shit politicians on BOTH sides really are? I do not know the politics but it seems obvious you were misinfor...

Why would ice cream be preferable if youre not required to eat it? Why is it preferable to drive your car when you don’t have to drive your car? These...

You have yet yo explain why, make an argument instead of an assertion. Also, no reason for you doesnt mean no reason for anyone. Obviously plenty of p...

What kind of “greater reason” do you mean? Whats wrong with meaning people create for themselves? Huh? Nothing in life matters because you will die an...

What we “ought” to do depends on the goal. “Ought” doesnt exist by itself, it is incoherent to posit what we “ought” to do without also positing a goa...

No doubt? How can you have no doubt without seeing me attempt to argue? Tuck in your shirt, your arrogance is showing.

Kudos for recognizing a kindred spirit.

The value of those policies is monetary, in service to the military industrial complex (MIC). The fantasy held by people not directly involved in the ...

Philosophy pants :lol: That one made me laugh.

A very clarifying question as to the value of each. Wouldnt the one saving the zygotes instead of the children be a moral monster? Nice one RogueAI. :...

None of that is definitive of atheism. Atheism is the rejection of theism. No sense in repeating ourselves. I think you’re missing a logical fallacy t...

I believe you are mistaken. Atheism involves not believing in or the denial of an omni potent, eternal creator as defined in theism. Atheism is not ab...

Apologies I musta hit a wrong button. I meant to address Hall.

No, the point is that your “contradiction” has nothing to do with atheism. Even if one concedes a necessary entity (note it doesn't have to be an enti...

How would we be able to determine intelligent life existed pre big bang?

He should be banned for that deception imo That is the act of a bad faith actor who is trying to game this forum and undermine/repurpose it.

Thats a great point, but the situation is a bit different in that the people responsible with Israel and Palestine are still around. The conflict is s...

Or that that the term “racist” is being too liberally applied.

Ok, but then you are saying getting something from art not intended (communicated) by the artist is essentially incorrect. “Your doing it wrong! Its a...

My apologies for misinterpreting your post.

Not sure I can agree with that. Wouldnt that mean that getting a different experience from what the artist is communicating is impossible? That is, if...

My guess is AI will keep mastering things, eventually robotics will catch up and we get robot servants who can do everything for us. How that effects ...

That kind of subjective free for all stains real art, diminishes it imo. A pretentious and self indulgent game of “make believe” that the bored partic...

These AI art and writing programs are nowhere close to the kind of AI that would represent a threat to humanity, if thats what you mean. As for art, I...

First test would be to see if you can tell the difference between AI art and human art. If you cannot, that would imply the “hollowness” exists in you...

Well, it’s circular. Thats a fallacy if logic so i think logically unsound fits unless Im missing something. I’m desperate to understand what I’m miss...

Not if your are trying to convince me. You aren’t making an argument, you are asserting something about philosophy: that its defined by dialogue. So t...

Ya and if someone else comes in and starts dialogue it becomes philosophy instead? Sorry, that just makes no sense to me. Not buying it.

Ok, so you are saying its necessary now. So if I am sitting in a cave by myself contemplating whether or not I have free will…im not doing philosophy?...

I agree that it is highly useful, perhaps the best way to do philosophy and of course exposure to the ideas of others is invaluable but it seems very ...

Ok, I see. You agree with my conclusion but not my example? Is that right?

Nope, you added to what I said in order to apply spirituality. I didnt specify “within their respective religious practices”, you added that after the...

I thought he did his meditations alone in a cave. I blame Trump for my mistake. The point being, one can engage in philosophy alone. Gurus, yogi’s, mo...

Sure, it’s both imo. If it’s both, neither can be inherent to philosophy since the two are mutually exclusive. Obviously there are different ideas abo...

Speaking alone is still speaking. Philosophy might differ when its in solitude but I dont see how it would cease to exist.

Not what I said at all, but you know that. Is there just no more chance of you and i having an actual exchange? Remember? Im a human being? In your wo...

Oh come on. Lol Is sociality really inherent to philosophy if it can be done alone? Maybe we are using “inherent” differently?

Its by definition not a form of dialogue, not in the sense of a philosophical dialogue anyway.

Descarte wasnt doing philosophy in his solitary meditations? When you say “inherent”, wouldnt that make it a pre requisite for philosophy? So what was...

Which banned member?

A rare feat, thank you sir. Sadly, worth only an eye roll from he whom it was directed at. Whatya gonna do? *shrug*

A sadist, or a fiction…or an impartial force of nature, or is aware of and protecting us from a much wider range of horror and misery than we can comp...

Asking the wrong guy, I have no idea. Why would that surprise you? It would depend on how strictly one defines philosophy, I dont buy into a strict de...

Yes, my point being that that criteria doesnt apply to anyone. If a believer thought their religion was just a bunch of stories they wouldnt be a beli...

Correct, if all someone has is a story then their idea shouldnt be treated any differently than any other story. Also, we should treat those criminals...

No he’s not, that better describes you. Fuck off.

I didnt say “think they have good reasons, evidence and sound arguments”. I said “since they can provide reasons, evidence and arguments.” and I said ...

Im not sure what your point is. I suppose people could end up on a philosophy forum without knowing much at all.

From history, not Christianity. Religion once dominated man-kinds worldview, so its only natural the further back you go the more religiosity you must...