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This isn’t strictly a case for philosophers. Humans tend to disagree about several things or more.

I was making a straw man of stoicism in comparison to the straw man in the OP.

There are plenty of ‘childish’ exchanges. The ones that last for pages are the ones where the likes of me, you and others, unwilling to waste their ti...

Assuming I understand what you mean by ‘civilization’ it would be sedentary living that instigated civilization - sedentary living would’ve also creat...

Here: https://libcom.org/files/Bertrand%20Russell%20-%20In%20Praise%20of%20Idleness.pdf

Never read it. Thanks for the ref., hope I can find a free pdf somewhere to skim through.

In simplistic terms it is kind of a counter position to stoicism. One says ‘take it on the chin’ and the other says ‘don’t even bother to fight, just ...

It is true enough to say that motivation is based on possible positive and negative outcomes, in the immediate period or in future projections. There ...

Something specific would be better. Any of us can easily find out about his general ideas so I don’t see exactly what purpose it would serve anyone to...

If you want to know about him there is plenty of content out there. I went for an approach that interested me and which I thought may open up some int...

Haha! Yeah, and then we’d have to introduce licenses flr having sex.

We cannot reverse this. It is already in motion (and would happen to a lesser degree without human contributions). I can say many things that would he...

Iron lungs, heart transplants and such demonstrate the case well enough for me. I don’t confuse the two. I don’t think there is a discussion to be had...

I’m not really interested in either much. I’m just open to seeing if some can ignite interest in me. Stoicism only really seems to fit best for those ...

Panpsychism is very much like a religious belief - ie. Not based on anything remotely substantial. Cumulative ‘bits’ of ‘something’ making consciousne...

Impractical and unrealistic. How do you begin to impose this mentality? By brute force? Where will you get the muscle for this? There is no suggested ...

I feel it’s a problem of ‘Prometheus’. We have foresight and so we accumulate in order to stave off possible problems. We have foresight, yet we appea...

Any suggestion of a possible solution then? I don’t see one here. I would imagine using ‘consumerism’ to solve the problem would make the most practic...

Like everything the answer is generally ‘It depends!’ Regarding the general ‘ethic’/‘moralistic’ stance mine is quite firm in terms of the OP. I’m wil...

Show me a human whose brain has been removed that is conscious. I can refer to cases where humans are conscious whilst lacking numerous organs (except...

If you don’t find reality ‘reasonable’ ... well, so be it. Join the club. I imagine you’re quite capable of making choices based on what you deem ‘bet...

I think there is a common misconception about the ‘extent’ of consciousness. Meaning, people have a tendency to think of consciousness neatly packaged...

Hope for everything and expect nothing :) I’m hoping for a follow up, if not then I’ll just have to make do with the Stoicism stuff.

I’m told my writing style is often obscure/convoluted so if you’re short on time please just jump ahead to Second Half. Agreed. Heuristics are heurist...

We generally have a reasonable idea of what ‘better’ means. Given that our conceptual landscape shifts what is ‘better’ is never known in any pure sen...

We have a pretty good idea about this already. In Kerala emphasis was put on educating young women. The effect was they didn’t marry so early, had les...

Maybe we can discuss this if the OP cannot? I think it is undeniable that there are benefits to this scheme on a facile level. The question is really ...

I don’t believe this is the case at all. Maybe you could answer ours before making demands? Do you want to discuss this topic or simply pick a fight? ...

Children are not held accountable. If under some policy an adult has a child in your scenario then they would be breaking the law - prison term or fin...

Logic is limited. Different applications of logical method have different limits in terms of ‘truth’. Such terms as ‘justified true belief’ is bound u...

This is quite ludicrous. My view we be the reverse approach though - that is to make it easier for people to adopt rather than to make it harder for p...

We could propose possible ‘requirements’ for such licensing. It wouldn’t be long before we begin to open up a whole load of problems and unexpected pr...

I was merely painting the ‘IF’ picture. I am not attacking YOU. You are effectively dictating who has a right to exist. Perhaps if you say how you’d g...

No. I stated clearly. Eugenics is about selective breeding. I am against eugenics and for the protection of children born to psychopaths or other mala...

Regarding items like stress, anxiety and IQ, there is something called the ‘grandmother’ effect. This means that if a woman is living in high-stress c...

Don’t get me wrong. I think the premise of ‘bettering’ the human race is a noble enough idea ... often the issue is simplified with extremely detrimen...

If your sole valuation of human life is based on IQ. Your facile reasoning is irresponsible so maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to have children? What d...

I only suggested such action for complete psychopathic, vicious and/or murderous types. I am certainly not talking about selective breeding based on t...

I can’t make head nor tail of this. If you cannot offer your own response, as example, to the ‘questions’ (whatever they are?) then I’ve nothing more ...

Out there, not on this forum. No preaching allowed here. So this is kind of a one-sided argument and will remain so. I’d also say ‘Yahwah thumpers’ is...

To add, as I’m reading Marx, I imagine a great part of this thought is wholly absent of personal choice and tailoring goods to suit individual needs/w...

As far as I’m concerned you may as well ask the same question about Winnie The Pooh. That is not to belittle the message only to make the content acce...

That is Eugenics. It seems like a decent idea on the surface, but once you scratch away the shiny leaf all you’ll find is cold hard lead. I don’t rega...

Nope. Eugenics is about selecting for breeding whilst my position is simply about preventing severe abuse of children by vicious people.

Maybe you assume I meant sexual abuse only? Being brought up ‘badly’ means what, and exactly what is it social services do that doesn’t cover this alr...

I see the public justification of actions as inherently problematic (see my first post on first page).

The manner in which you’ve presented this looks pretty much like eugenics. I’m not for eugenics at all. The only version of this I could get onboard w...

That it will be neither ‘pleasant’ nor ‘comfortable’. I don’t see that ti could happen without a transition in attitudes towards ‘economics’ - precise...

You’ll have to do more than outline what you mean. More details perhaps?

No probs. I am throwing fragments of several different ideas at you at once. I do find it incredibly hard to condense what I’m referring to and where ...