In this thread, as opposed to that thread, we don't want people to value themselves, because we have discovered that the valuation of people - others ...
So we have this process of "translation" from Jackal language to Giraffe language, from static language to process language. "I always hear the need b...
I think it's a philosophy thing particularly, but not exclusively. Philosophy depts are notorious for sexism, racism and all forms of assumed superior...
We conduct a disembodied dialogue here, but we are all embodied and our thoughts are also embodied. I would suggest that there is the legitimacy of ar...
Imagine that happening to a whole nation... a whole people believing what is comfortable to believe about themselves, and eventually finding reality u...
It seems to me that the modern analogy of the virtual world makes this problem quite tractable to intuition. the Almighty Nintendo is responsible for ...
You really don't need to dig very far at all. One spade depth is sufficient. There are many different jobs to be done, and some of them can only be do...
Wise sayings are always applied after the event. If a cooperative venture succeeds its a case of many hands, and if it fails, too many cooks. These th...
FOR FUCK'S SAKE. I DID NOT SAY "antinatalism is proselytizing". PLEASE DON'T MAKE UP SHIT AND QUOTE IT AS IF I SAID IT. I'm going to stop responding t...
No, you just think you know that. In fact I was rather specific in my criticism, not antinatalism is a rhetorical question, but questioning is a rheto...
The general answer to this is very simple. Thoughts that are not coherent and true would not on average aid survival. The planet is littered with the ...
I don't have a point or an argument, I have a judgement and a motive. Other people make other judgements and have other motives. My judgement is that ...
The scenario is an artificial one designed to create confusion. Have some answers instead. Don't kill people. Not even when it is very convenient to d...
I don't need to make an argument, I am stating a fact about what makes an argument. Do you dispute the fact? Go consult an elementary logic text. Or j...
Since you take the utilitarian stance, you ought to consider other possibilities, like the following: You insert the dynamite in a suitable orifice an...
A case of the thin end of the wedge justifying being mean to the fat? How do I know that no other means of unsticking him will work? Personally, I wou...
You are wrong to disagree. It is a simple matter of grammar, that a question is not a proposition, and has no function in an argument as either a prem...
This thread {and all the others} repeats this question over and over again. The answer I and most people give is YES. Life is good and life is a gift,...
The law can change, and then there is the old law and the new law. As witness our beloved leader Boris, he of the meter-long forearms deftly shaking e...
I'm not competent to argue christian theology, so I relate it instead to simple secular principles, like justice. We 'believe' in justice in the sense...
You could suggest that faith is not a kind of belief and so not subject to justification in the first place. Rather it is a commitment. The God of lov...
I think it is quite commonplace; antinatalism is the odd position. The only oddity on my part is that I even bother to articulate the view. Rather, I ...
No. One must either have a child or not; that is the decision one must make if the choice is available, or else let nature take its course. One decide...
I think it is good for you and other readers if I answer this question. It brings me no joy, and it will probably bring you none either. Nevertheless,...
One of the differences between the modern age and the classical Greek-Roman age is that in the bad old days, they thought that the good old days were ...
Reason = 1. Cause - I yawn because I am tired. 2. Motive - I go to bed to get some rest. 3.Justification - if I rest I will be less tired and more abl...
So the principle of sufficient reason does not apply. People fuck for fucks sake. The folly of the wise is a wonder to behold. Philosophers demand a s...
Usually, they pretend to be leaders, but turn out to be followers. the trick is to push to the front of wherever people are already going. Populism is...
What is this life if empty of care, we have no jealousy, schardenfreude, masochism, fear of punishment. We all know somewhere that the good life is em...
Beliefs are not motives. I believe that beliefs are not motives, but my reason for mentioning it is that I actually care that people {like you} think ...
If you asked Kant, he would tell you that if there were a reason, and in olden times and primitive societies children were labour assets and providers...
Are people getting more ignorant? Yes they are. Not many people know that. Meanwhile, the wild goats have eaten all my tulips. They don't eat daffodil...
In case anyone wants some basic information about visions and voices as currently experienced or needs a friendly chat _ https://www.hearing-voices.or...
Estimates of the current prevalence of hearing voices vary from less than 1% to over 80%. Hearing voices is a matter of identification. I hear this vo...
Yeah but no but... My point is that if you doubt the meaning of the question, you cannot answer at all. The answer to my question might just as well b...
When? How? You misunderstand in trying to answer my scepticism of scepticism. Of course you need to be able to question anything. But you cannot quest...
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