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diesynyang

['Member']Joined: November 12, 2018 at 04:28Last active: November 17, 2018 at 02:262 discussions103 comments

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Then won't it be more good if you don't give it in the first place?
November 16, 2018 at 16:47
^Then in this case, what kind of action that you would call "Mental Activity" ?
November 16, 2018 at 16:36
^But do you feel a sense of joy? like really 0 joy from giving money to poor people, You don't feel joy because you help people. Really? The Fact that...
November 16, 2018 at 16:30
^Hmmm more like Walking is a physical activities because it depleted energy. Is like Thinking is an mental activity because it produce thought, or Lik...
November 16, 2018 at 16:27
^They are not thought, but they are indeed "Mental Activity" because they produce "Thought?" or maybe "a Decision-Making Judgement?"
November 16, 2018 at 16:15
^You know it beforehand, Can we say it like this then, You want to give the poor dude money because you want to Help him, even though it will worry yo...
November 16, 2018 at 16:12
^Now the problem is do you know beforehand, that when you give those money, these worry will come up to you? i
November 16, 2018 at 16:05
^Hmmm, the definiton of mental activities is "It is activity of the mind resulting in a collection of thoughts" can I say it is mental because those p...
November 16, 2018 at 16:02
So, you don't regret the fact that you give the money. Assume that it is true That's mean you don't feel displeasure if you don't give it. By worry wh...
November 16, 2018 at 15:50
Interesting, you mean right now you feel worried, are you perhaps regretting your decision to give the money?
November 16, 2018 at 15:41
Che! It seems I wont be able to proof PE. I found an article that state that "Unconscious Mental Activity" indeed happen, Contrary to what most of us ...
November 16, 2018 at 15:39
NEVER MIND, NOW I REMEMBER :D WAIT A BIT
November 16, 2018 at 15:13
^Ahh that's it :D that's why I'm having trouble following you, because why are we arguing whether is it mental or not? Like at the basic , what is you...
November 16, 2018 at 15:10
^This claim that, we can imitate other without knowing about it WHILE also consciously imitate other.
November 16, 2018 at 15:03
^ It will be long, but that the "physical behavior" is called Contextual Priming. "contextual priming is a mechanism that provides still more precise ...
November 16, 2018 at 14:56
^You are having trouble because if PE was true then Charity is only an act of selfish which I can respect. But think of it this way, it is not more so...
November 16, 2018 at 14:47
^You're asking if because the the action of (From my previous post) is link to the post about Hammer Gripping, in which both are the example of Uncons...
November 16, 2018 at 14:41
^ Further supporting this notion of natural contextual tuning of one’s behavior to the present environment, cognitive research indicates that action-r...
November 16, 2018 at 14:31
1 of it, Taken from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440575/ > Thus, as a default option or starting point for your own behavior, blindly...
November 16, 2018 at 14:22
^I agree that PE is unfalsifiable (for now), because it should be a conceptual not empirical. Because PE is a Tautology. The thesis of psychological e...
November 16, 2018 at 14:16
^ Well for now, then rebbuting point by point, I think is better to look at the core,1 by 1, one at a time which is 1) A man can find the action itsel...
November 16, 2018 at 14:13
^Yes, I think we can rooted by testing themselves mean to know more about them self, if they know about themselves they became happy. Some want for a ...
November 16, 2018 at 13:51
^Why do you think they want to embrace that hardship? is it for the hardship sake, or because they desire another thing that could be get from that ha...
November 16, 2018 at 13:27
^Excatly
November 16, 2018 at 13:20
^That metric is called, Wisdom (Because it's hard, diffrent situation and diffrent people like that)
November 16, 2018 at 13:11
^Hmmm again ( / w \ ) you could rooted to pleasure. K how's this then, give me a "Motivation" to do something, that couldn't be rooted to "happiness" ...
November 16, 2018 at 13:09
^I Agree, so do you *give sign of respect *I agree that I have to read more hahahaha
November 16, 2018 at 13:04
^ I agree,You can say that. But you can rooted "Duty" to "Pleasure and Pain", But you can't exactly rooted "Pleasure/Pain" Because when you are left w...
November 16, 2018 at 13:02
^At that specific time of time, the Body thinks The pain of losing one's friend is greater than to die in battle.
November 16, 2018 at 12:57
^Fair enough, But let's talk Novelty right now, that paper is done in 2004, in 2004 people still debating that. Now, is 2018 and people still debating...
November 16, 2018 at 12:57
^Yes, and again, Up until now, there are still no evidence that that One Person exist. Because when you "Theory Worshiping" You can break down those c...
November 16, 2018 at 12:47
^Well, I'm talking about PsychologicalHedonism though, but point taken. But no, that's not a strict hedonist. I would call that stupid hedonist. Becau...
November 16, 2018 at 12:45
^Very Well, Then we need a research that does that right, or at least the paper from a people who know this better. at least any evidence to support t...
November 16, 2018 at 12:42
:D
November 16, 2018 at 12:34
"In the empiricist view, one can claim to have knowledge only when based on empirical evidence (although some empiricists believe that there are other...
November 16, 2018 at 12:33
^Well, a smart people choose "Higher Pleasure" and unwise people choose "Lesser Pleasure". We drink bitter medicine, because we want to avoid the bigg...
November 16, 2018 at 12:27
^ But dude, I want to be wrong, but I will accept it is wrong, if my rebuttal is wrong. and because it haven't been disproved, it is still valid
November 16, 2018 at 12:25
^The thing with evidence is. You can disproof a theory if you give a disprove evidence. You can also proof a theory if you give an evidence to proof. ...
November 16, 2018 at 12:23
^Umm, why is that wrong exactly, "Interpretation" like that is needed and used you know, Psychologist who use Psychoanalysis does this. When their pat...
November 16, 2018 at 12:18
^What if I say if we look deeper, the thing with people with "Duty" is they feel happy when "They Done their Good Duty" (A Dopamine Release because of...
November 16, 2018 at 12:10
^Yes, that is Indeed the problem. But let me make an affirmation of your statement, if I'm wrong about it, feel free to correct it. Your view is "God ...
November 16, 2018 at 12:07
^Well, okay, that is fair, Give me an example. Without an example to proof your theory to analyze. I'm still not convince
November 16, 2018 at 11:57
^Yep
November 16, 2018 at 11:55
^Wait, what's this about zombie virus, and what are you trying to say with the zombie virus, I fail to grasph hahaha
November 16, 2018 at 11:54
^ I elaborate, in the rebuttal below. ^No, it would contradict God Character (The Righteous Character, and He is no God if He contradicts His Characte...
November 16, 2018 at 10:28
^That's why Philosopher, Politician, And Parent have trouble with a concept called "Freedom To Choose" ^ To remove it, mean God will become a Corrupte...
November 16, 2018 at 09:00
^Yes, it is sad, Like in court, If we sin, we need to "Pay" something so that those sin could be forgiven. Like in real life case, if you murder someo...
November 16, 2018 at 08:26
^Yep, I'm implying, according to the Judeo-Christian view, no Good Things you do, or even if you have your life marked by Good Things. That fact (the ...
November 16, 2018 at 08:13
^ The H with that tradition, if a man SO DIRE IN NEED TO DRINK, suddenly found himself in a church at mass, and at that time you only have holy water,...
November 16, 2018 at 08:10
^YES, yes, that's the reason why Judeo-Christian said to you "No matter how good you're, it is not enough" Yes! ^In that regard, there is a need to do...
November 16, 2018 at 08:02