Brett

Yes,I think so. But are you suggesting it’s formed by the conventions of society? I don’t think you are, but a couple of sentences aren’t clear to me....

Well of course, that’s how logic would like you to see it.

The seduction. What’s doing the seducing?

Is that logic, or emotion, or intuition?

In your post about the colour of the shoes it seems to be that your application of logic was actually part of the process, not after the fact.

Aren't you using the respectability of logic in this purchase to justify it? You looked for at least one logical reason that made the purchase accepta...

Coordinate As an adjective they can mean to be the same standing or rank, relating to coordination, or relating to an intersection of indices. As a ve...

You give me too much credit. Epsilon-delta? I can barely say it.

“the activity of using your mind to consider something”, Cambridge Dictionary Though I think people in general would say that thinking is considering ...

What does this mean?

I guess this is just your perception of God. If a God did exist it’s not necessarily so that you would know his intentions, or if your concerns matter...

I’m glad you brought that up because intuition had somehow slipped my mind. Intuition, to me, is also connected to common-sense, but not logic. Those ...

You appear to be addressing my post but you’re really just talking to yourself. This is so much easier to do and gives you more immediate comfort. Suc...

Well it hasn’t, has it, and this is the idiocy of the whole thing. Why is this idiocy prevailing?

“Sometimes I feel a nagging distrust of logic”. I don’t distrust things that make me feel good. I mean I’m wary (maybe that’s a better choice of word ...

That’s true, and it’s offered opportunities for oppression or manipulation. But I would also assume that there have been times when it’s all they had ...

The idea that a person will be permanently soaking in resentment, that a catharsis is required to make it out alright. That may not be the case, but i...

You should consider this as just a way to justify your actions. There’s no reason for it to be so detrimental to yourself to refuse revenge.

You could go to the police. They may do little, I don’t know. You may have to anticipate that. If there’s no evidence then they probably may not help,...

What do you mean? Do you mean instead of revenge?

No, I don’t mean that. I’m just addressing issues of revenge and situations where it may have had good reason to be enacted. Emotions are very powerfu...

No, not ‘flattery’ in the sense of how good a jacket makes you look to others, but ‘flatter’. We’re impressed by the logic and convinced how right we ...

Here’s a real story. “The Duke of Plantagenent, though a member of the House of York, he switched sides to support the Lancastrians, before reverting ...

I find these stories to be such nonsense. Really, what’s to be gained by them?

Because it flatters us so much.

I tend to agree. Sometimes I feel a nagging distrust of logic.

Aboriginal tribes in Australia have, and possibly still do have, a system of ‘payback’. Someone has to pay for a crime against another person. If not ...

Yes.

This too is not altogether true. There are people who pass through the lives of others and leave a lot more in the long term than just grief.

I don’t know if what you say is necessarily true. I don’t think they’re indifferent and I think a lot of people will take on the suffering of others t...

So my question is, have or have not these values shaped the world. And if they have is the world a better place or not, and if they have shaped the wo...

That seems to be the general consensus. But crucial for what? And what is a connection with human reality if you’re already human?

Really, if you just calm down and think, what is this really all about? If everything is just a variation on a theme: God exists, God does not exist, ...

Thanks Wallows. I appreciate you appreciating it.

That I’d be just as well off without it.

That’s quite true, but as you say, the mass may stay the same. Individual have always moved away from their roots and started a new life. Of course it...

I’m using them as two distinct ideas, as terms with very broad meaning which we understand. Their only connection is as broad terms.

I think you’re partly right about the absurdity. But the issue is that the flag has been seen as a ‘racist symbol’. So someone is attempting to rewrit...

So, a new way of doing business. Stir the country up with issues of racism, then watch the stock market. If true it’s a dangerous precedent. Well, int...

What credibility does one need to discuss any subject? Suicide: what do you need? The existence of God What is freedom?

What I was meaning is that they’ve done so without giving up their values.

Yes, I understand. I’m not trying idealise them. I’m trying to work out why they are still there, still strong and determined. Is it their values? If ...

If it’s true that such a man exists and has always been there, and endured, then why, how? How and why do they survive centuries of nonsense?

No he doesn’t say that. He said that ‘the mob has always been led by more educated men’ and ‘more true ... to say that it has always been misled by th...

[reply="TheMadFool;303766" I'm not meaning to be difficult. It just seems like your idea comes down to ridding someone of depression (the gun), which ...

That's a very interesting take, and quite true, but what does it offer in terms of understanding. It's so intellectual and meaningless on the ground.

Though I have to say, either someone got it really wrong in market research, or they over reacted.

Yes, it suggests, for a moment, they were a bit casual about their core market and then pulled themselves into line again. A costly mistake. Though we...

I think you might be misunderstanding the use of the word ‘common’ here. If you had read the article by Chesterton you would understand. I think you’r...

Wrong about what?