You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

Benj96

Comments

This is exactly the type of dialogue and anthropomorphism I was looking for in the discussion. Bravo. You grasped the aim of the discussion and delive...
May 13, 2023 at 15:29
oh wow I had no idea such a field existed. Very interesting T Clark thanks for pointing me in this direction. I will definitely delve into some resear...
May 13, 2023 at 15:22
Yes they are. I agree. Hence why I said unless harming those virtual characters spills over into harming or planning to harm the other distinct catego...
May 13, 2023 at 15:17
Yes. However I don't believe that victim has to be human, nor inherently living. Immoral acts can be crimes again the self, against others, against an...
May 13, 2023 at 07:30
I understand what you're saying. Fair point indeed. Allow me to clarify. We cannot conceive "accurately" of a "state of inconceivabilty." We can conce...
May 12, 2023 at 15:30
In essence, is someone who rapes a virtual character knowing there's no consequences, as moral as one that doesn't rape a virtual character knowing th...
May 12, 2023 at 15:24
my opinion is that an act can be expressed or suppressed/buried. Expressing it towards a fake or simulated being/simulation is worse than never needin...
May 12, 2023 at 15:17
so long as time passes, there is knowledge of it to be had: ever moment, ever temporal event has new knowledge as it evolves from whence it came - the...
May 12, 2023 at 15:07
This is human consciousness dependent. As in determining the consciousness of something based on the state of human consciousness. Hypothetically, if ...
May 12, 2023 at 13:40
Would you say then that you're more of a realist? Pragmatism and realism being highly inter-related. Idealism and imagination on the other hand being ...
May 12, 2023 at 13:28
I agree. Love is like some psychological gravity. The gravity between minds. Am attraction between beings which is objectively irrational, but intimat...
May 08, 2023 at 16:02
bravo 180 Proof. I thoroughly enjoyed your contributions here. Very apt indeed! Love it seems is all that is left when all rational arguments not to a...
May 08, 2023 at 15:57
I agree. Which is why I believe love is such a large topic of expression in art, literature, media and music. They are outlets for the frustrations, l...
May 08, 2023 at 15:55
How can one that conceives, truly conceive of a state of non-conceivability (ie. a state with no consciousness). That's like "something" trying to con...
May 08, 2023 at 14:10
True. It would have been a time where Descartes mindframe was less common. Not as much of the population was privy to such contemplations, nor at the ...
May 08, 2023 at 12:45
Dreamless sleep. A time in ones being, where there was no awareness of such. But one wakes up, and continues to experience, despite the lost time. Per...
May 08, 2023 at 12:33
In: Jokes  — view comment
For me jokes/ humour relies on purposeful misinterpretation/taking things out of common sense context: Usually by taking the figurative/ common sense ...
May 08, 2023 at 12:07
true. I agree we should never replace "reals" with "ideals" as ideals are restrictive and inflexible. Perfectionism in an imperfect world. That can ce...
May 07, 2023 at 19:49
I think cannabis like all drugs should be legal, in the sense that the usage/consumption of all addictive substances is inevitable regardless of law a...
May 07, 2023 at 19:27
Agreed. However how then is there an "opposite to science". For me its not "science or..." but rather "science and..." which goes to make the myriad h...
May 07, 2023 at 19:05
Karma is a process that corrects imbalances. Karmic injustice being the imbalance of "natural justice" (justice according to mother nature, or "equili...
May 07, 2023 at 18:49
Where does ethics fall into this? Is it pseudoscience? I certainly can't conceive of how science proves an objective ethics, or much ethics at all for...
May 07, 2023 at 18:28
Education is also hierarchal thinking. Democracy is also hierarchal thinking, communism too, and the great pyramids in their embodied structure/archit...
May 07, 2023 at 18:21
Of course I can conceive that he considered this. The only thing I don't understand is why, having considered that, and it's circularity, it did not l...
May 07, 2023 at 18:06
Is calculus not something that in simple terms, deals with "change"? Or the summation of minute differences/variances. I think that is likely one of m...
May 07, 2023 at 18:01
That's a shame. I quite enjoyed it/ thought it was well thought out and interesting. I'm not one for maths but that appears to already be a majority v...
May 07, 2023 at 17:52
In order to be all knowing, one has to be everywhere, ones presence has to directly encounter/ keep tabs on all data/information/interaction as they h...
May 07, 2023 at 17:41
As for the man who's kid died in a sexual reassignment surgery. Perhaps one ought to ask him alternative prompts for consideration such as, do all sur...
May 07, 2023 at 17:17
I believe what you are describing is something known as "cognitive bias". Satistically, there are lifestyles, sets of conditions or a particular seque...
May 07, 2023 at 17:07
If someone reads about "physics made me do it" and then goes on to behave in all sorts of desperately selfish or immoral ways after reading such, shru...
May 06, 2023 at 12:18
I think this is a good quote but certainly not a perfect one. Yes it is applicable even today. There are thoughts available to a person that should th...
May 05, 2023 at 18:53
Perhaps. I see what you're saying. And agree with your qualification of "this" as something that denotes a "sense" of unity and separateness alike. Be...
May 05, 2023 at 18:50
I like this very much. Bravo for bringing this to attention. I have a vague memory of having read such before but it did not arise for me when composi...
May 05, 2023 at 18:46
Yes indeed. I certainly agree. This was his attempt at opening the book on pure reason and logic, all assumption set aside. This is remarkable for the...
May 05, 2023 at 18:32
its interesting to note his willingness to venture into unknown territory yet at the same time abide by church law. It seems then Descartes was appeas...
May 05, 2023 at 18:27
I quite like the statement also. It's quite something to declare that one is going to abolish all that they know and start from scratch. There is iron...
May 05, 2023 at 18:12
Absolutely. Bravo. I agree 100%. Again. I agree. Gnomon I feel you and I are kindred spirits in that we share these very particular relationship and i...
May 05, 2023 at 18:01
Well, I would imagine ultimate doubt (lack of trust) in all things would lead to a pure stasis of inaction. Or even more extreme pure nihilism and dea...
May 05, 2023 at 17:53
Alright. I understand you. We will leave it there then. I will not discuss things further and please forgive me if I went into seriousness too much if...
May 05, 2023 at 17:45
May i ask, is it gibberish because I don't understand it. Or because you don't understand it? I'm happy to elaborate on what I'm saying or coin it in ...
May 05, 2023 at 17:33
There is no "fundamentally objective truth" because "objects" change (are not fundamental). "objective things" are those that are finite, measurable, ...
May 05, 2023 at 17:14
thank you for your clarification, I agree with it. No qualms here. It seems we are indeed speaking of the same things. Ah! See for me, personalising "...
May 05, 2023 at 16:47
A paradox. For this to be true, there is no truth. For it to be false, there is a truth. In either case truth is necessary and involved in the stateme...
May 05, 2023 at 16:33
Yes. Energy is both the creator (potential) and the created (matter). Thus nature is innately that which creates the nature of itself. Consciousness o...
May 05, 2023 at 11:33
This is a direct contradiction of terms. Truth is unflawed by its very nature. If it were then it would not be truth. It would be false (flawed). Whet...
May 05, 2023 at 11:18
I don't see how I have tbh. Can you elaborate on exactly what I have mischaracterised. I simply said a statement involving a dynamic between thinking ...
May 05, 2023 at 10:54
Yes it does indeed. And... What of it?
May 05, 2023 at 10:46
For me "what" and "that" are synonymous. In my case the choice between the two is redundant in and of itself. "That" which causes bananas to be yellow...
May 05, 2023 at 10:44
I think we have similar views Gnomon. However, I have some questions. When I look at the word "EnFormAction" I see three qualities: energy, informatio...
May 05, 2023 at 10:30
Because transcendence is about traversing boundaries. Unifying. Taking the separate and combining them. Science and religions are typically apart, seg...
May 04, 2023 at 15:18