That is a contradiction, and therefore can't be logical. That's like saying A x B = 1 if A=0 So, all you've done is create an impossible scenario wher...
The customer asked if the sign was true, not if the implication-proposition was true. The sign includes the premise and the implication-proposition. T...
It is flawed, and racist. The concept of white privilege itself is an unfair generalization of a certain group based on the color of their skin. Every...
The answer is that we de-platform irrationality, not "racism", "sexism", etc. This way we wouldn't be hypocrites banning free speech. Words assembled ...
What are you saying - that if we look close enough at nature, we'll find numbers and algebraic equations? No. When we look closer at nature we find re...
And what if "known physics" was just a computer program? Like I said, the world is generated at the beginning based on a seed. So the world is already...
No. I'm arguing that mental activity is part of many causal relationships. Calling it "physical" doesn't help and isn't what I'm saying. Why? Do you n...
I'm not quite sure that is true. Mathematics is a model of the world. Distinctions could be illusory. When looking closer at the world, everything see...
Your not thinking honestly about your own mental processes. Think about thinking. What is the causal sequence in your mind that made you read this pos...
How about seeing a bent straw in water, or mirages and illusions? Would those qualify as bugs in the system? What about mental/physical disorders? Min...
It caused you to type those words on your keyboard and click send so that we could read it. Speaking and writing are both physical behaviors triggered...
Ideas trigger similar, or related, ideas in my head. So my ideas are causally influenced by some other idea, and it's not the same for everyone, as it...
No. Theism relies on faith. If this question has an answer, and we can't know it, then something like theism results. If this question has an answer, ...
All animals behave rationally. The fact is that you aren't privy to all the reasons some animal does some thing, so it can appear as if some animal is...
What do you mean by "stuff"? The mind is made of stuff too and has form. How else can you even talk about it and how it changes? How do you even know ...
It seems to me that all you need to interpret anything is information (the relationship between cause and effect) and a goal, both of which computers ...
Circular. I'm assuming based on your own explanation of why an intelligent designer is necessary for our (other intelligent designers) existence. What...
These are the kinds of arguments that show the inconsistencies of theists and why I propose that religion is a delusion. You keep using human beings a...
What does it mean to be a physical process as opposed to a non-physical process? Computers are excellent analogies of the mind-body relationship. What...
Your problem is that you can apply the same "logic" to the intelligent designer, too. Now you have to explain the existence of the intelligent designe...
God would also fit the description of intelligent design. Thanks for showing everyone that God was intelligently designed by humans. The circle is com...
Why would it make more sense if nothing had ever existed? Why does that make more sense than something existing? So what if humans can't currently exp...
If you are baffled by the absurdity of everything that exists, wouldn't an intelligent designer qualify as something that "exists" and you should be e...
Ok, then God must be irrational to be good. If God is irrational, then how do you know what God actually wants, or what good and evil actually mean to...
Being delusional is holding beliefs that contradict reality or rational argument. I've posted the symptoms of Wikipedia several times on these forums ...
Not everyone. I simply take all evidence and bring it together into a consistent whole. My goal is the truth, not to support any particular idea. I'm ...
"Everything is in continuous flux." and "We are all involved in sharing experiences." are both statements that you believe are true of ALL minds, whic...
This is just intellectual laziness. Most, if not all, the mass shootings in the U.S. were the result of the perpetrator having a history of mental ill...
Strange. You say that you experience no laws, yet every post you created in this thread is espousing some objective state-of-affairs (laws). In tellin...
I do participate in unmoderated sites, but that isn't to say those are the only sites I participate in and that this site doesn't have productive conv...
Actually, it is you that is being nonsensical. Read what I wrote again. We don't have the right to murder someone else. We do have the right to life. ...
Then we need to ask if actions fall under the hood of "free speech". Is it "free speech" to take an action against what someone said? It's not illegal...
For some people, simply pointing out the logical fallacies in their argument qualifies as being aggressive. As I keep saying it is subjective. There a...
I've been pointing out in this thread that we need to get at the reasons why some are offended and some aren't, but no one seems to want to tackle it....
I agree. Agreed. Well, I agree that we all have free speech, and if someone was offended, then they have the right to say so, but their right doesn't ...
First, I think we need to admit to ourselves that what is offensive to one, isn't offensive to another. So, being offended is subjective and is typica...
and, as I keep pointing out, but you fail to notice (because you're being obtuse), is that it is more harmful to not speak the truth, or to lie (perpe...
Then you haven't actually said anything useful. I can see you aren't interested in getting at the truth. You are only interested in being obtuse. Igno...
Of course you have - by saying it is harmful to tell them the truth (something you haven't denied because you fail to explain the difference in your c...
That isn't all I said that causes hatred. I also said that inductive reasoning from bad experiences of a certain person, or type of person, can cause ...
That's not all I'm saying. You're being purposely obtuse. I have made the point, several times, that NOT saying something can be just as violent. By r...
My very first post was questioning the consistency of the statement, "It's harmful to tell people they're wrong". You pointed out that they might not ...
You harm a delusional person by telling them their delusion is false. That is a moral dilemma we often face: Should I tell the person the truth and hu...
Is thinking you are a member of the opposite sex EVER a mental illness? If not, then why are other instances of thinking that you are something other ...
Nonsense. What form does your reason and logic take? How do you know that you're being reasonable and logical? Science isn't only about being empirica...
And that is a problem with the listener, not the speaker. You can be unintentionally insulting to a schizophrenic as well. Being offended by questioni...
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