Noble Dust

I never suggested that. Fair enough.

Fair enough, but you did say in the OP that you've "lost interest" in some of them, presumably because of their failings.

Interesting. I get the idea of not following a specific idea because the tools aren't useful for arriving there. But in a general sense, I'm wary of t...

What were those specific tools then?

So you're saying you don't expect to succeed if you try to practice honesty?

Does a wise idea lose it's credibility if the speaker can't uphold the idea? Think of Solomon.

You might like him, but maybe you wouldn't learn anything new. His idea of the pleroma is bizarre but intriguing. He was a paleontologist and a Jesuit...

Have you read Teilhard de Chardin?

Interesting. Reminds me of Teilhard de Chardin.

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You'll hear from me if I decide to say something. ;) don't succumb to the ways of Thanatos! But really, no ill will towards you, Michael. Cheers and a...

Nope, what makes it funny is that you are the one that has perpetrated these hostile personal attacks all along.

[ :P So what is it that you do or don't like about Sand? I'm the last person to ask these questions seriously, but this situation merits the discussio...

Get caught doing what?

What the fuck? You are ok with some random anonymous internet poster saying that "we're done here", and deciding that your conversation is over, witho...

What?

It's true. It doesn't abscond any of us from calling out the bullshit.

Dear god dude. Your inability to interface charitably with literally anyone on this forum who you, to just one tiny degree, disagree with, in one tiny...

How so? The Grand Taboo is, to me, that thing that we can't talk about. It comes up all the time in conversations in everyday life, though.

Connected to The Blue Rose in Twin Peaks?

Those tripe tacos you like are coming back in style, but it just depends on what sort of horses they rode in on when the war ended. It's clear in my m...

But conciousness is constant, at least in waking life. Consciousness just means the state of your mind right now as you read this; it's the same state...

So how are you a physicalist then? I'm confused at this point. You're posting a lot of stuff in this thread, and I've kind of lost the thrust of it, a...

Your whole theory is basically a description of the perpetuation of biological life, which you're then conflating with a vague philosophical concept o...

Hey rossii, I know a lot of those feelings, if not all of them. Another musical icon that I respected recently committed suicide, and it shook me up m...

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Not only that, but on an individual level, the presence of the outwardly unhappy is an unwelcome reminder of the presence of the inwardly unhappy stat...

That's definitely my style. It's in my top 5 for my imminent identity change.

Too bawdy for my noble sensibilities.

Sadly the noble dust tends to kill the party.

This sudden influx of identity changes around here is really trippy. Maybe i'll put in a request for Shameful Sneeze.

I never said I was a dualist. You asked if I was a spiritualist; I questioned what that was because it's not a philosophical term, and I clarified tha...

(Y) *returns to crystal ball*

Maybe ya'll will finally come around to all of my hair-brained mystical psuedo-philosophy now that I've proved my supernatural powers... :P >:O

What can I say, I have a gift...

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Watch out, it's only a matter of time before Thanatos will cut you off and stop reading your posts! :’(

I'm not arguing against that. I'm saying conciousness is the ontological starting point, which you seem to agree with. But how can it be the simplest ...

Isn't the simplest description of us that we're conscious beings? Your conscious experience is the ontological starting point. The concept of "I am si...

But consciousness itself is that qualitative fundamental attribute because it's the very "realm" in which we humans have these discussions. Consciousn...

You're thinking of dualism; a spiritualist is a person who practices spiritualism. What's your argument for this claim? I assume you mean dualist fict...

I haven't read anything about him that made me want to read him, to be honest. These binary distinctions aren't accurate. An uneducated person might u...

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There's no need to insult me; consult my posts to see if I have English skills. I trust you have it in you to philosophize with arguments instead of i...

This is not a response to my argument. You continue to avoid how conciousness plays into this. See above. yes, you are. No they're not, we only appreh...

The sentence in question is pretty vague, so maybe simplify it? Then feel free to comment on the actual argument that I just made instead of nitpickin...

What is Nature, capital N? the poetic device here is confusing. The physical symptoms in the brain that lead to psychopathy or pedophilia are not the ...

All mental processes are obviously functions of the physical brain, but this doesn't explain consciousness itself. I said "shame...only exists as a co...

I said nothing of language; my comment was about consciousness. Your comment hear doesn't respond to my argument. You continue to completely miss my p...

It was a serious question because it wasn't clear to me what you meant. The problem is that you're beginning with the assumption that mass-extinction ...