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Benj96

['Member']Joined: May 16, 2020 at 18:16Last active: August 27, 2025 at 11:27252 discussions2097 comments

Discussions (252)

Is Karma real?

July 11, 2024 at 14:47 27 comments General Philosophy

Immortality

November 08, 2023 at 13:44 29 comments The Lounge

The human story

February 24, 2023 at 14:24 16 comments General Philosophy

Yes man/woman

January 15, 2023 at 19:07 22 comments General Philosophy

Cupids bow

December 20, 2022 at 19:58 30 comments General Philosophy

The white lie

April 09, 2022 at 08:52 12 comments General Philosophy

The only girl

October 30, 2021 at 10:42 10 comments General Philosophy

What is beauty

October 25, 2021 at 16:12 93 comments General Philosophy

Happy pills

May 02, 2021 at 15:56 3 comments General Philosophy

What is love?

January 23, 2021 at 21:17 44 comments General Philosophy

Truth and time

November 08, 2020 at 22:36 10 comments General Philosophy

Abiogenesis.

November 01, 2020 at 23:54 117 comments Philosophy of Science

Charge +/-

September 14, 2020 at 12:47 14 comments Philosophy of Science

What is energy?

September 04, 2020 at 23:07 12 comments General Philosophy

Existence

August 06, 2020 at 14:38 4 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

Comments

I think emergent phenomenon can occur that are greater than the sum of their parts. For example the properties of water verses those of just hydrogen ...
August 11, 2025 at 23:06
Perhaps it was more a narrative that "one can become aware of a deep Truth" about the nature of being, and being the truth - its so convincing, so pot...
August 11, 2025 at 23:02
Nothingness only takes meaning from the existence of its opposite: somethingness. They require one another for context and meaning. You can't have all...
December 11, 2024 at 21:06
I have assumed that something cannot come of nothing. Correct. Because I'm at a loss as to how that would be possible logically speaking. If you can p...
December 11, 2024 at 20:48
Of course it doesn't. If they hold the truth then you don't know it. If they tell you, then you know it, and can use it for your own devices - benefic...
September 24, 2024 at 15:22
No it doesn't. It may be pragmatic to be an oppressive fascist dictator as its a very effective way of exerting your will and getting things done. Doe...
September 24, 2024 at 15:15
I'm not trying to limit it. It is vague /generalised already. What highly specified dogma have I asserted other than that if a fundamental truth exist...
September 24, 2024 at 14:36
I would imagine the truth would be horrible for those that can't stand it. I imagine they would be the intolerant pissants in this case. Matters like ...
September 23, 2024 at 23:07
How complex do you want morality to be? Would you like it obscure, esoteric, out of reach, unintuitive? I think you'll find most religions are -at the...
September 23, 2024 at 23:04
No I'm not withdrawing it. Proceed as you will.
September 23, 2024 at 22:39
Sure, humans decide what is deemed "Word of God". Is that neccessarily opposed to what inspires them? Why so? Must they be in opposition, at odds? If ...
September 23, 2024 at 22:26
They are very different, you're correct. In one case we have those "allegedly" speaking on behalf of a God with no evidence. On the other hand you hav...
September 23, 2024 at 22:20
My interpretation of this is that whoever is "saved" or "damned" is up to their own conscience/moral compass. Guilt and shame is a powerful and self-i...
September 23, 2024 at 22:04
Well just to note a few: in Christianity, Jesus declares he is the son of God (has a direct relationship) and is interpreted as the earthly embodiment...
September 23, 2024 at 21:58
However, one can only decide for themselves whether they wish to spread it. And if they do share it, they too can be ignored or actively chastised/put...
September 23, 2024 at 21:52
And who propagates it? One person cannot propagate the "Word" by themselves alone. Especially if they're ignored by everyone they communicate with (op...
September 23, 2024 at 21:34
And no one has done that. Choice is the principle of the trilemma set out into the OP. One has the free will to share it, ignore it or oppose it. But ...
September 23, 2024 at 21:29
They are not. Ignorance is a lack or avoidance of knowledge when faced with such. Knowledge is simply knowledge. But if the case is that you're ignora...
September 23, 2024 at 21:16
Well ought you be the sole/exclusive decider of whether the truth has bad consequences for society? Surely that's highly autocratic. As any democracy ...
September 23, 2024 at 20:52
This is option three - please refer to the OP. To actively oppose the truth and its spread.
September 23, 2024 at 20:42
There was no mention of it leading to happiness nor satisfaction. As a passive player, your circumstances are solely contingent on others who either k...
September 23, 2024 at 20:42
It is. And by trying to keep the truth to yourself alone whilst another actively shares it (the originator) then by default you're opposed to them spr...
September 23, 2024 at 20:35
According to the OP you'd be offered "the Truth." You know it by reading it, therefore you may accept it (acknowledge), ignore it (ignorance) or objec...
September 23, 2024 at 20:27
As you'll see from the OP there are two options other than accept: Ignore (passive) or deny (actively oppose). You haven't offered a fourth alternativ...
September 23, 2024 at 20:22
Exactly. Each choice is accounted for already. One has free will to choose between the 3 choices but no free will to not choose anything. Ones hand is...
September 23, 2024 at 19:54
However the OP outlined a non-cynical option: option 1. In this case (with no opposition and malice) the frame is quite optimistic. It is based on cho...
September 23, 2024 at 18:21
I think it would apply to all truths - scientific and technological discoveries etc however there would be a frame change here. The stakes/consequence...
September 23, 2024 at 18:05
Fair enough. Can't argue with God I guess. I'll just have to go back to re-learning the number line. "God forbid" I ever need more than 2 things but l...
September 19, 2024 at 14:43
Interesting. How would you characterise this being outside the realm of a universe? How would you distinguish it from "nothingness/total absence of be...
September 19, 2024 at 14:40
Isn't destruction and creation mutual and necessary opposites? As in for state A to transform into state B, state A is altered/augmented or entirely r...
September 19, 2024 at 14:38
Indeed there is a powerful emotive narrative embedded in the villain - victim dichotomy. An obvious follow up question in this respect is where does t...
September 17, 2024 at 15:40
In the sense you describe, "God" is forbidden to humans. Some form of innate violation of the laws of existence. And every attempt we make to bridge t...
September 17, 2024 at 15:32
That's three things. Are you omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and indifferent or does omnipresence not take part in this tetrad?
September 17, 2024 at 15:19
Yes but the assumption made here is that reality is "outside" and therefore we are "projecting" our sense of logic or elegance onto it. But we are as ...
September 17, 2024 at 15:05
Sounds like a boozy beer fest. I'm in. Do you think the disparity between how much knowledge any individual desires would cause issues? Perhaps person...
September 17, 2024 at 09:38
I guess that in itself is quite revealing/illuminating. You would be constantly pestered for details and logistics by not only me but everyone else, i...
September 17, 2024 at 09:27
Interesting. So you'd keep some distance basically. Reach towards or approach it (perhaps through communing or contemplating) but would never fully em...
September 17, 2024 at 09:23
Very true. You'd certainly run into problems if you were a physical/tangible God. For example if you were a God on this planet you would likely make e...
September 17, 2024 at 09:15
It is. Interesting. What I gather from this is you would have some sort of duality in your existence. On one side you would be a singular thing (human...
September 17, 2024 at 09:11
I think i see what you mean. So long as you do nothing, believers in your existence are free to imagine or contemplate your true nature? I suppose if ...
September 17, 2024 at 09:07
Yes there is elegance in geometry, ratios and physical equations. In truth I don't think human cognition could work unless reality had inherent logic....
September 17, 2024 at 08:54
I see, so as I understand, as a God you would hold the life and wellbeing of children in higher regard to any adult? Why is that exactly? What makes c...
September 16, 2024 at 17:47
Well, by offering you the full freedom of defining a God in absolutely any capacity that you desire, I would assume the question of "whether humans re...
September 16, 2024 at 17:36
So in this instance, you replace something that already existed rather than always being that thing from the get go/start? You say "continue" to do wh...
September 16, 2024 at 17:30
Yes that's all very well and said. But my question wasn't to exact a perfect and irrefutable definition of a God beyond human comprehension regardless...
September 16, 2024 at 17:18
I think intelligence is at its most basic a logical structure ingrained/fundamental within nature. A form of consistency or coherence that binds all t...
September 16, 2024 at 17:10
So you'd be a personified God/in human form? Why did you choose to be human or "human-seeming" in this scenario? Would you have no qualities beyond hu...
September 16, 2024 at 17:04
Ownership is an artificial construct where you apply an arbitrary personal authority over a physical object or domain, or an intellectual one - be it ...
September 16, 2024 at 16:57
How is it begging an objective ontology any more than it is begging a subjective one. I would have thought the assumption that the objective and subje...
September 16, 2024 at 16:42
Yes animals have rational thinking, due to the simple fact that survival instinct is a rational response in any living creature. Therefore: I am hungr...
September 10, 2024 at 15:02