Brett

Interestingly some generations of elders go silent, like the men who returned from the war and said nothing. They feel they have nothing to pass on.

That’s to pass on knowledge already gained. I forgot to include that. What a waste of time each generation or group having to start from scratch. And ...

What should the role, if there should be, of elders be? To teach, to nurture, to discipline, to instil cultural values, to carry on a tradition, to cr...

Because they have nothing to offer, because they’re a hinderance?

Back to my question; should old dogs be taken down behind the shed?

You’re not being specific enough for me to understand. And if we’ve reached a unique plateau of innovation then why the ennui that, as I think you sug...

I looked at new members. Since the 26th 22 people joined up. I don’t see any of them having made a post. That happens day after day.

Give it some time. More struggling with ennui; things must happen now or it’s a failure.

Why must it always go back to this? Science has achieved amazing things for us, so has technology. It’s also brought us problems. One of those is the ...

You said something’s been happening for a long, long time. I asked what and you said “Destruction, strife, etc. “. This was my reply: Doesn’t this alm...

Yes, that’s part of my OP. But it reminds me of that saying; The operation was a success but the patient died.

Here’s a question then; do elders have anything to give us in the world we now live in?

Just get a bigger stick.

That’s true. But it’s nothing really, we all know that, even if we can’t live it. Approval; it’s all part of the rules game. That’s why I ask if this ...

Old dogs with no teeth.

Good point. Why do you think? Edit: and what is failure?

Mmmm, I feel a trick question coming up. Do I expect to make a difference? I expect myself to face up to the ennui.

Yes for many, but not all, not those that made a difference.

“We the people...” That’s a pretty amazing document, conceived and written from scratch.

Which is my point. It’s because they have nothing new to say, but they crush some new OP that doesn’t make sense or is worded badly. I understand the ...

No it doesn’t bother me. That’s how they like to address questions. It is technical but it doesn’t appeal to me. They’re like a group in a dark room t...

Doesn’t this almost sum up my post, a sort of fatalism that it’s all over. It reeks of ennui.

What has? It’s interesting what you took to be “new”; things we produce. A materialist point of view. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s kind of limiti...

The idea of mindfulness is to be open to understand things as they are. Mindfulness is being in a stable state where you think with your whole mind, t...

You keep referring to “the Being” as a subject and it being the fact “in spite of (Heidegger’s) own refusal.” Only someone who refuses to see would pe...

You introduce the word disqualify as the definition of Heidegger’s view of Western philosophy. Then you go to your dictionaries to dig up the meaning ...

I agree here. My impression, in English translations, is that the capitalisation of “Being” is to set it apart from a “being”. Though it doesn’t seem ...

Maybe I should gave said that we’ve become essentially materialist creatures. Consciousness contains the past. Like I said, ghosts and devils.

Maybe because we’re essentially materialist creatures. Without that the world’s full of ghosts and devils,

Like an internal family feud that can’t be resolved because they can’t talk about it because it just causes trouble.

Working to do what?

At first I thought that might not be an accurate statement, that it’s just that we begin to wobble when we address it, but on reflection you might be ...

This? Do you mean that art challenges the legitimacy of AI? I find it difficult to be sure what your posts are getting at. Do you mean that by moving ...

Is it, as it appears, that the final proof of AI abilities is in producing art, like poetry? Is that what we’re using as proof that it’s equal to the ...

Anxious about what?

That’s an interesting post, but I don’t see it as evidence of algorithms accelerating the pace of art revolutions. I don’t see an art revolution that’...

Can you give evidence for that?

There is the idea that a God exists in three modes: God the father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit.

Hatred might be a desire.

What if you desire that which you hate in equal proportion?

Why’s that? Edit: oh, because of your reluctance.

I agree.

I’ve questioned Baden about removals of my OPs and generally got helpful feedback. It doesn’t make me reluctant to post again. It’s other posters who ...

But really, what’s the underlying problem with these requests about quality? The mods step in; we generally agree with them,

Yes, it’s not like anyone’s going to come up with something profound, or never said or thought of before.

This from you on another OP. “ After all, a society is judged by how they treat the least of them.”

I agree. I don’t mind being brought up by mods over quality but I want the chance to go head to toe with all posters, whether they like it or not. Edi...

I find it hard to see any truth in that. How and where does opinion rule the world? And where’s the proof that philosophers shape that opinion?

I don’t really have anything against Heidegger, I feel quite comfortable with his ideas. What I find of interest is the distance between theory and ac...

That’s a very interesting point. There are many writers I like reading who are long dead. I’ve read all their books and can’t find any books by author...