Not if their character is their work I guess. If your job is to think and consult for example - and people implement things based on your arguments on...
Yes that's what I'm saying. We learn through trial and error. Making assumptions, testing them and then getting an outcome. And if the outcome was not...
I think living/existing in a larger system has inherent uncertainty in it. That is in essence the experience of time isn't it? : it gives us the prese...
Thats a rather pessimistic view. Not all managers are bad ones. Is it not exactly that "given the opportunity to fulfill one's capabilities" that itse...
I disagree, on the contrary the universe is beholden to us through every sense. We are not a closed system. Our borders with the environment are open ...
I was simply outlining the dynamic, the game, not suggesting we shouldn't exist or reproduce. One exists to use their intelligence and ability to adap...
You know what Banno I think you're right. Perhaps I'm being too generous. The only place an anti-natalist view has validity is well... A permanent Hel...
Yes agreed. Nobody with sensible intentions wishes James to suffer an insufferably hot curry. So either cook something he will like, don't invite him ...
I'm trying. I think you're likely an articulate and intelligent person. I respect your views and am attempting to offer views I think may be useful. I...
If Tony wants to create new life and put it into a sensible world, he is creating something insensible (living beings with irrational/imperfect though...
What I'm saying is an omniscient omnipotent being cannot create a world of "oppositions/opposites". Nothing can oppose that which knows all and has al...
To an omniscient, omnipotent person would their own existence be compatible with a "sensible" world ? If they "know all" and have "all power" then the...
This anti-natalism "appears" logical. But it does not consider free will. If an omnipotent omniscient presence/entity were to abstain from allowing th...
But if they don't introduce life (conscious/sentient beings) into the world what capacity would such an inanimate world have for it would not even be ...
If by "omniscient" we mean a person that knows correctly how they are connected fundamentally to the rest of existence (the universe) then they are om...
I think if there was an omnipotent omniscient person that wished to protect their project - life, or sentient beings. I would imagine that they would ...
Irrelevancies according to you I guess. Does that mean they're universal Irrelevancies? On the contrary all I have ever been doing is responding with ...
If you don't understand what I say you can choose to ignore it in which case our chat stops here, or continue our discussion. What would you like to a...
Seems a rather personal attack based on mere discourse. I wasn't informed freedom of speech was not tolerated. I also don't believe anyone is beyond r...
Agree. Agree again. We know everything for me = we have an inbuilt capacity to pursue useful knowledge to it's ends. Good or bad Logic/reason (the act...
Perhaps you're are right, I'm willing to concede that I'm a little "cut and dry" on the subject. But it is nice to see there is commonality between us...
precisely introbert. You're on the right track! Such an articulate and comprehensive discourse you present here. Knowing what you do about the failing...
Interesting. I do think there is something not quite right about psychiatry. Consider this, we do not understand how consciousness works, how one expe...
I have the desire to drag in "fractals" to explain my views on this interesting topic. What is a fractal but something that at large scale (universal)...
Is democracy not a benevolent tyranny? I don't think one person having power, authority or influence is necessarily a bad thing but such a persons cha...
Both. I think it would be nice if we all related to eachother and our external reality in a similar way. We likely wouldn't feel lonely or depressed o...
Quite right Alkis. Quite right. I think at the end of the day it doesn't matter what religion one pursues (if they wish to even coin themselves by any...
Yes you've made good points here. I believe jesus probably did see the universe - his creator as equal parts destructive/disordered/irrational and unj...
Precisely Vera. A very insightful and articulate account. I think this is the fatal flaw of a story of morality/ truth held in such high esteem by the...
Yes I think so. I think thought about what can exist and that which does exist emerge simultaneously as opposites. The subject (the observer/believer)...
What is meant by "self". As in, what are the limits of the self? Is it the physical body? Because if not, if the self is as fundamental as the energy ...
Well what is the fundamental lesson or meaning underpinning macbeth? I believe it is "self fullfilling prophecy". Someone tells you you will be bestow...
Indeed it can and indeed it is... Because democracy like all other human institutions is a hierarchy of power. We elect people into power and influenc...
I think if two individuals (self and other) are equivalent, and owed the same rights and protections then it is not more sinister to harm another than...
I think this is a metaphor, an allegory for innocence, curiosity and revelation. God as a parent told his creations, his children, to live their best ...
Why thank you. I like the title too. Haha. I see what you mean by learning something new that actually you knew all along and had just forgotten. Funn...
Yeah I think it's prudent to keep an open mind and follow multiple lines of thinking to there end to see where that leads. Be thorough yet measured. A...
Well indeed. I think the persistence of gods despite a scientific revolution and information explosion means that perhaps they are more fundamental th...
Haha it seems that from my research online now such as god has been described numerous times and with several variations on interpretation. https://en...
I don't believe acknowledging that we don't know everything instantly means that we know nothing, nor does it mean we can't improve our knowledge. I t...
So you don't believe that everyone could at some point know everything about how reality works - have a unanimous reality together? I understand how i...
I believe so. Space exists relative to matter, to objects. If there were no material objects/molecules/atoms, the space within/around them by contrast...
Haha if that's what you want to believe that's fine. No harm no foul. But at the end of the day I think we all observe the reality around us, hypothes...
In other words we look at the universe/reality and see injustice, and believing we are powerless to do anything about it we are angry at "that which m...
But if knowledge of god is not approachable by his/her subjects then what ought to be the purpose of a true god? If god is not the ultimate truth then...
Ah okay. Understood. Well in that case I believe idealism and pragmatism (what is realistic) operate in contention with one another. You cannot have i...
Yes I understand, he demonstrates favouring belief in a truth over venturing to explain nature through explaining this truth he believes. In essence h...
Sorry I took so long to come back to this. Such an articulate/coherent thought you present here. Your question is a good one. To say something is obse...
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