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Our interaction with animals is not an ethical matter. Ethics are a social contract which animals cannot agree too. What animals DO abide by is nature...

Its not a thorny problem at all once you realize the difference between knowledge and what the knowledge is about. I too have read Terra’s other posts...

Excuse me, but in what way is what he said wrong? I missed the part where you addressed the charge of simple confusion of knowledge and what knowledge...

Only for some, such a diet doesnt work with everyones system. Also, just becuase you can survive on a certain diet doesnt mean it is the healthiest, o...

Our dominion over animals is not unethical, it is natural. Ethics concern humans, it is created by humans for humans, and even then only about what sp...

Anything you can put into words or thought exists, the question is in what way it exists. Harry Potter exists, as a fictional character. Before the ac...

I think all conscious states are 3, in the sense that that the state (3) is operating and/or informing the other states 1, 2 and 4. 1 still precludes ...

How about whenever each individual can have a basic understanding of the consequences of the action(s) in question? In addition, to be consistent we s...

Ok, so in what way are you 1 when you are asleep? Your take is that 1 and 2 are operating while in a dream state, but it seems to me 1 precludes itsel...

I agree, that kind of perspective is what I mean by demystified.

I didnt mean hallucinations, I meant that you arent getting sensory data in the tank, and was interested in how you think that might contrast or facto...

What about when you are awake and in a sensory deprivation tank? Would you say that is the same as dreaming (as far as where your brain is being fed f...

Ya, I am having trouble not seeing overlap with those terms so I need clarification as to how exactly they are meant.

Can you give a definition for the states you mention, 1-4?

I see no problem with suicidal thoughts, people should think about death alot in my opinion, so that it demystifies it. Fear and anxiety over death is...

I dont think its true that EVERY action we take effects the outcome of the egg, or more to the point anything else. There is no necessary link between...

We shouldnt, eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Our biology isnt made for 4D, thats all. Will it ever be? Perhaps. We will learn more and more about our biology, and 4D. Eventually we might alter ou...

There is a correlation between the notes to create the rhythms, melodies etc. Is there not? Also, you use the word “might”, you have doubts?

Seconded. Nice opening post sir.

Ok, sure. Things can still be held to the definition we assign to them. Your second sentence I agree with also, but Devons99 is trying to make a case ...

Pleasure and pain by definition pertain to good and bad. It doesnt make sense to say “I dont think pleasure is good”. The problem arises when you are ...

In both examples, it is your own views on pleasure and pain you are using. The person exercising could lament not lazing about playing video games and...

The way the individual or group views pain/pleasure while perhaps not quite arbitrary will be different between individuals and groups (and with indiv...

How exactly do you mean this? Surely people can feel like they have good reasons even if they do not, such as concerns empirical claims at least?

Alright, I understand.

So how do you decide which things? Also, Not having a problem with and not being moral/immoral are two different things. Are you saying you only think...

I agree, but I think that principal would be misapplied in the case of a lie vs allowing a murder. Lie isnt the lesser of evils, but the only moral ac...

I would say the line is in the moral reasoning, in the purpose of the lie. I view a lie like a tool, to be used for morally or immorally. An analogy m...

Not directed at me but Im curious why you mention that everyone lies. Is that meant to be a good reason to lie? Also, doesnt your positive/neutral/neg...

I think the moral act is to save your friends life. First, why is lying immoral? In this case, a lie is exactly the moral thing to do. If you follow K...

I think that the best “proof” theory can achieve is verification of its reliability. So if you have a theory and you apply it rigorously and it shows ...

How about: Reality has a structure to it, and math is useful in understanding parts of it. I agree our mathmatical models are no guarantee for underst...

Not true, IQ tests measure more than logic. Knowledge, for starters. Congnition, comprehension, pattern recognition...and ya, logic.

Ok, in that case Im sorry to say you have posited nothing here at all. Certainly nothing interesting. You defined the premiss as being outside the phy...

I think you are confusing our description of reality with reality. It is true that math is made up by humans, or a game we play or however you want to...

I prefer engagement, otherwise I could just be reading so Im gonna pass.

I understand that, Im not trying to keep score, my laughter was meant to be light-hearted not rude. What I said was that none of the traits are “rolli...

Lol, ball analogy not working out? The principals are the same, switching to hammers or other examples won’t change that. Your turn, have you any resp...

No, none of those traits (thats what you meant by “option”?) are traits that are strictly “rolling” Traits, and thats not my opinion its yours. (Your ...

You miss the point Im afriad. It doesnt matter how rolling is defined, thats why I asked you fir yours, to show that my argument doesnt require a spec...

Ok, well your definition of rolling doesnt include anything about force or further or friction etc etc, so it seems like a poorly worded question now ...

I was hoping it would be obvious from my last comment that your question is ignoring an important distinction. Lets do it your way though. I will happ...

I edited that last post a bit fyi. Well this is the overlap. I think it is precisely where a human being would make a mistake un assigning an objectiv...

The one that has the most traits that are well suited to rolling. In your example it sounds like the smooth, mile rolling one. These traits are mind i...

There is no such distinction in Determinism. Its all happening within the physical realm, the way the mind works, the way logic is informed, the basis...

I see, using “good” differently. I had in mind something like “well suited”. Eventually we can discuss the morality issue, I was intending to make thi...

Sorry, were you the person I was talking to about the hammer? I think you are right in noticing preference is often soley present, but I think there a...

In what way is the “choice” the numbers make not moored to the equation itself and thus determined in precisely the same way as other deterministic pr...

At each step of your process there is determism. When you’re choosing the square root of 11, what to put on your list etc etc The “choice itself” is a...