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I'm not sure what I would do in a situation like that.

He changed his name to @"S" and then committed suicide by moderator. I've always really liked Stubby Kaye. Lil Abner, Cat Ballou, Guys and Dolls.

I hate it when I think someone is picking on me but I can't figure out what they mean.

I think there are a lot of differences among Catholics about many issues of doctrine, especially here in the US. My wife is Catholic and I don't think...

The kinds of questions you are asking only make sense from within Catholic Christianity. From outside where we stand, the questions can only be sociol...

Please don't change your handle, but if you must, here are some ideas: Critter Bank TimeLine Wrong-way Peachfuzz Donald Trump Jr. Slam Dunkin Aristotl...

Good point.

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You have provided no justification for this statement, because there isn't any beyond "Seems to me." As Isaac wrote:

I'd say it's neither rational nor irrational. It's a question of values, which are non-rational.

This is facile and untrue. It shows a lack of understanding of how the universe works at a fundamental level.

I bet Edison was an asshole too. Working people are not poor and huddled masses.

I haven't liked much of what the members of the Beatles have done since the group broke up. I really hate "Imagine." Smug pseudo-spiritual claptrap.

Ok, but I have been well-paid and I'm financially secure. I did work I enjoyed and I was generally treated well by my employers. I own my own home and...

That's fake news from the MSM.

Happy New Year Javi.

Worst. Song (by a Beatle). Ever.

I can't claim to be one of the working people since I spent 30 years as an engineer working for medium to large engineering companies. Still, I worked...

If you don't call me an old timer, I won't call you a whipper snapper.

You must be flying first class with all the capitalists. No pie for us back in economy.

More pie in the sky.

Seems odd that you, of all people except maybe for @"Bitter Crank", would think that more capitalism will make things better for people.

I'm not against exploration. I remember 1969 very well. But to expect travel beyond Earth to be a significant benefit for most people is a pipe dream ...

Why have you included Weird Al Yankovic in with all those philosophers?

As I've said, you underestimate the compassion of normal, everyday, non-enlightened people.

As I wrote previously and as comments by others highlight, I think you are being unnecessarily rigid in your understanding of how morality works for r...

This is a good point.

Just checking in because it's been more than 24 hours since the last post on the Shoutbox. Let's see... That's it. I got nothing.

I did check it out at the Wikipedia link you provided. I found the argument... unconvincing. Thanks.

I don't think that's true, but, as I noted, I can't provide more specific backup for that belief.

I had a hard time following your argument. The use of letters to represent properties was especially confusing, e.g. I can't figure out what "the prob...

I'm not a good enough student of history or anthropology to be definitive, but I think my description of how most people make moral decisions probably...

And welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum. I've made the case here on the forum many times that intuition is a valid source of justification. Whether or not it is adequate...

Sounds like you are familiar with the Tao Te Ching. This from Verse 38, Stephen Mitchell's translation. Although I am mostly in agreement with what yo...

That's not what sophistry means. You should look it up. I'd be happy to discuss opinion sometime, but it's outside the scope of this discussion, which...

I didn't say anything about the truth value of opinions. Let me think about them now... I think you're probably right that opinions are not either tru...

Agreed, but there were statements of opinion.

As I stated previously, knowledge is adequately justified belief. As to what JTB is...I guess I think it's meaningless, or at least useless. That's a ...

Particularly lame sophistry. Yes. That you like vanilla is a statement of fact. Your liking of vanilla is a statement of value. It's not that it shoul...

I disagree.

I agree.

This is not a question of fact, i.e knowledge, it is a question of values, which you know. More sophistry.

It allows us to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. That includes most decisions. In a related fashion, it allows us some control over the risk...

I think my statement is a justified true belief.

I don't need a massive amount of justification, only enough so that any uncertainty is acceptable given the consequences of being wrong. The same beli...

Sophistry, intentional, as are many of your comments.

I believe, based on experience and reason, that the attitude I expressed is a useful, pragmatic way of seeing things which is most likely to lead to e...

You and I are in agreement. As an engineer and a pragmatist, I think an emphasis on the adequacy of the justification, uncertainties in that judgement...