Benj96

Good luck with it.

I'll do my best.

No one gets to experience anything good then either do they? Would you be satisfied taking away all the people in love (with eachother, with their kid...

I sure did. I quite like living tbh. Despite what they may say.

Yes I agree. Hence why I discuss things with people (big things, trivial things, personal ones, political ones). Arguing for what's right/ideals is ac...

Anna's conclusion could be wrong yes. John may be perfectly fine. But Anna's conclusion could be the only correct one (if John felt comfortable around...

Well I am an optimist. You can call it naive if you wish. But its just in my nature. I assume the best until shown the worst. I also think people can ...

The same goes for irrational numbers like Pi, Phi, and e. We can always improve the accuracy but because they never repeat themselves we can never mak...

My intentions was to highlight that nothing is BS in the dynamic of "ALL" opinions and their interrelation with one another. Beliefs are believed to b...

We are all fallible in this way. I have already made erroneous assumptions about what you meant by the words you used in this thread. But you clarifie...

Haha I like your humour. Yes I suppose its the formal academic equivalent.

See these two terms many people would argue can be contradictions. For example "Anna observes John and determines he is upset. She says his sadness is...

The meaning of terms used to construct premises and deduce conclusions is irrelavent? I don't think I agree. When dealing with maths equations the mea...

On the contrary I think consciousness is fundamentally possible to occur because of how physics is set up (quantum and Newtonian). Especially the quan...

Yes you're right. That was the confusion I had, I needed clarification that you used the 2 forms depending on situational context.

Ah okay yes it was just confusing as scientists base their empirical evidence on objectively measurable/replicable/repeatable results that can be perf...

They've been outlined several times throughout the thread but I'll condense them here for you: Pros/considerations FOR eating meat/animal products: Go...

Thank you. You're more than welcome.

In order for there to be neurological evidence that humans have emotions the hard problem of consciousness would have to have already been resolved. W...

What do you mean by "empirical" support? Do you mean objectively measurable by scientific method? And if so how do you go about objectively measuring/...

So if I say "-1 and +1 =0" I can't say "0 =-1.+1"? They are not reversible and equivalent? And if so how can your equivalence suddenly not satisfy rev...

Correction what I said was. P1 H = A P2 XA =W (where X is an an unspecified fraction above 0 (none) but less than 1 (all) ) P3 XH =W (the same unspeci...

To project "obviousness" on other people's minds/intent suggests you somehow understand them better than they do themselves. Perhaps my challenging of...

Are conscious beings like us not the part of the universe that demonstrates intent? If we have no intent/desire/agency then we wouldn't have free will...

Can you explain how your circle analogy links with the mind or the existence of you and I. I seem unable to make the leap between the two concepts and...

But they are information that can be shared/communicated right? And elicit emotions, new ideas, articulation etc? Tell me if your family member told y...

Yes it's clearly not (based on the fact that we have external knowledge pertaining to the set of assumptions (the knowledge that "not all animals are ...

It exists as a concept no? A concept/idea in your mind right now or how else would you be speaking of it? How can someone (something that exists) desc...

Probably the New York managerial job is available to them if they demonstrate their thinking and policies would lead to a larger profit margin for the...

What would you like to start with? And what do you believe is "supernatural"? Please clarify. I can indeed. :) An omnipotent object (person) cannot ex...

Happy to explain. Bring it on. Give me all you got. You don't give the same credence in concepts like logic, reason, human ethics? You don't believe t...

Jobs can always be created. Is the job "telecommunications manager" or "website designer" available to people of the 13th century? When we automate so...

Tell me Universeness what god should we leave in the dirt as BS? Bobs god? Sharon's? John's? Emily's? I wasn't aware you knew every single concept of/...

Contradiction and paradox are the same thing. Two assumptions that are irreconcilable with one another. For one to be true the other must be false. Bu...

Not sure if I agree that Buddhism is absurd. Is karma - the idea that if you behave as a d*ckhead (selfish) you naturally precipitate hostility agains...

Time has a duality. One one side is the perception of time which requires the ability to hold memories (to be conscious) as without memory we have no ...

There is Frank. Indeed. I think we can just as easily substitute the word corruption for "intense self interest/selfishness" but who's exactly? I thin...

How artfully expressed. I agree. Reason without ethics (something objectively unprovable outside of consciousness, emotions and feelings) is cold, cal...

All very good points. Ideally philosophy would subsume religions, perhaps not all of them because religions differ in their degree of dogmatic beliefs...

Absolutely. You have quite a knack for problem resolution out of curiosity are you/were you in a management position in your career? All the things yo...

I get you. You need to focus on your own health it's important. For me I think health is a collective matter because others unhealthy/ unsanitary deci...

Unless perhaps the state of peace (lack of desire/ lack of the pursuit of control/ of making demands on others and the self) is equal to a state where...

Thanks Vera I'll have a look into it. My question for you in the meantime would be "Is veganism healthy only when a portion of humanity adopt it or wo...

Indeed. This is why I'm not an advocate of Gettiers problem as he precisely defines it. It disregards obvious "work-arounds" and adaptations of meanin...

True I think their treatment of agriculture merely reflects the intense capitalism ingrained in US society. The "American dream" has become an exempla...

Yes I agree, what the majority does is not as high impacting news. Because its already expected. News is new. So the takeaway is both good and bad. Th...

It is indeed. We can only try our best. But personally I think that's enough. The question that really remains is are we "all" really trying our best?...

Exactly Constance. I ought to explain my choice of the word "Godly" you're right. The reason I use this word despite it being a heavily loaded term op...

It does seem to be a key issue yes. Now the following line of thinking is not intended as a personal attack, I admire the fact that you don't contribu...

I understand exactly what you mean. What I would suggest to consider is that words do not have one discrete/ unchanging or fixed meaning. The meaning ...