DingoJones

Lol, sometimes thats what people need. Slap the PC right outta them.

I think they learn by observing thats how everything works. I think thats the basis of it. Its fundamental to reality and is observable.

I think etiquette is a safeguard against people who are too stupid to get along. Like how you are not supposed to talk about religion and politics. It...

Im not sure, I hadnt widened the scope to include those sorts of things. Its an analogy right, so its meant only to illustrate a specific point rather...

I would call those examples, and ive seen exactly what your talking about between you and others, cases of reason being improperly applied. Is it so h...

The standards of reason arbitrate. Thats all you need. I tried to illustrate this with the “mile” example. This isnt like morality, where sensical alt...

Well true, it is a claim anyone can make. Like being reasonable. There is a fact of the matter of whether or not its actually true in both cases. You ...

I do not. Your question has been answered, just not in the way you would like me to answer it. Im not going to be restricted to answering you the way ...

Sure, there is more going on in this forum, and its complicated. I wasnt addressing the OP, that certainly seems to entail some personal feuds and dis...

You use the standard. What you are talking about is accepting the standard. Im not saying anyone must accept reason, only that should they choose to d...

It is not determined by consensus, as the rest of what I said is intended to illustrate but you have left out for some reason. That seems strange to m...

Sure, there are varying degrees of reliability depending on the case in question. It doesnt seem like we are sugggesting mutually exclusive things her...

Not “a” standard, a specific one, the standard of reason. For example, if a person is contradicting themselves then they have failed to properly apply...

Ya, people can disagree. Some things are more (or less) difficult to sort out. That doesnt mean there is not a fact of the matter about what is reason...

Well we would apply reason to determine which was correct. It doesnt matter what each of them feel about the reason, there is a fact of the matter abo...

Ah, returning the favour are you? My fault, apologies. I didnt intend my question to be a (non) answer to your question as it wasnt directed at me, ra...

Lol, you crack me up. Just answer the question man, or have the decency to tell me to fuck off ;)

Do you think reason is completely relative? That valid reasoning can be different for different people?

Neutral is a property isnt it? Its something that something can be. Non-existence is not something that can be, in any way, shape or form.

Not at all. You just cannot discern the difference via experience. Non-existence is the negation of experience, so you arent being sensical in how you...

Ok, you are using terms that cannot be experienced (death, non-existence) and framing them in the context of experience. Those words are descriptions ...

Yes, start with your second sentence. Can you clarify how you conclude that non-existence is no more or less wrong if there is no afterlife? Like, rig...

You think reality is defined by how people agree it is? Do you mean this to apply to things like rocks and buildings, such that they look a certain wa...

Just dropping in one more glorious refutation of Badens hilariously presumptuous guess about who wouldnt side with S. Even if Baden were in the right,...

I thought it was something like that, and of course its a virtue in most cases but sometimes your just wasting your time ive observed. Anyway, just cu...

You constantly amaze me with your patience. What are you getting out of it? It seems to me that he is not listening, is refusing to concede blatant er...

Oh and look at that, he would be at war if he wasnt so tired. Now I think he might be dangerous in addition to weak.

His argument is directly linked to his weakness. He is only able to make his argument by taking a position of such simpering weakness that he cannot t...

You rephrased what I said into a cliche, then accused me of cliche. A complete strawman. Im not making reference to whatever pet peeve talking points ...

Thanks :) I mean come on already right? Evidently i still have work to do, my response got eaten when the threads were merged, I was writing it at the...

Try being strong instead of whiny and weak. “Life is too hard, dying is too hard boo hoo.” Grow up, and stop burdening everyone with yet another itera...

Ah I see. I took him to mean staggered knowledge as the contrast, like learning to count to 10, then later learning to count to 100 and so on. What ma...

Well, just because you have knowledge doesnt mean you are accessing it all at once. Why would it be different than the limited knowledge you have now?...

Ya, Benevolent dictatorship.

I see that now, my mistake. Ok, so you are asking if there is a better system than capitalism for managing or perhaps utilising human beings natural t...

Ok, now you are talking about a perfect system? You said “better”, didnt you? I dont there is a perfect system, i dont know there is a perfect anythin...

I didnt know what willy nilly meant, thought it meant recklessly or with little thought. I get it now. And yes.

Ah. i see. I thought you were being evasive. Ok, well there are at least some positive effects of a system of some kind. Those would be gone, what adv...

I asked you first, answer me and Ill answer you.

I understand, its the inclusion of “making a choice willy nilly” in an imperative description thats getting me...what is the imperative that results i...

You are an anarchist then I take it? Whats better about having no system at all that outweighs the obvious drawbacks?

Ive never heard those terms made distinct in that way before. So how does it follow from that distinction that you have an imperative to make a choice...

Ah, but now you arent talking about a system flaw, you are talking about a human flaw. The system could be perfect, but as you say the beast has a cer...

I guess I must be lol In what way do you mean?

I think a benevolent dictator is in a unique position to have the best possible economic system. The best system is one that takes what works from all...

Her moral worth gives her authority? Does this apply to other people as well? I have moral worth therefore I have authority over others? Your argument...

Benevolent dictatorship.

Doesnt that imply that the women is at risk? Thats not always the case, and then your argument no longer works.

No one gets it but you huh? Still havent considered you are the one who might be wrong, and not listening, or understanding.

To the consideration of potential future, isnt there a presumption that the future is good? Wouldnt you have to consider a horrific, pain filled futur...