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A Seagull

['Member']Joined: April 21, 2017 at 23:35Last active: June 22, 2023 at 06:475 discussions610 comments

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In: Deconstructing Jordan Peterson  — view comment
But what is really sad is that so many people would rather (selfishly) perpetuate lies than face the truth.
August 23, 2020 at 03:23
In: Deconstructing Jordan Peterson  — view comment
Your whole argument from the OP onwards is indistinguishable from biased naïve opinion, which you are quite welcome to of course; but it is not philos...
August 22, 2020 at 05:25
In: Deconstructing Jordan Peterson  — view comment
Lol .. its your OP!!
August 21, 2020 at 19:48
In: Deconstructing Jordan Peterson  — view comment
Your argument seems to take the form: Some of Peterson's statements are akin to nihilism Therefore Peterson is a nihilist Nihilism is bad Therefore Pe...
August 21, 2020 at 19:30
In: Marx and the Serious Question of Private Property  — view comment
Really? Perhaps you could compare your OP with Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
August 20, 2020 at 18:43
In: Bannings  — view comment
Of course.
August 19, 2020 at 22:00
In: Bannings  — view comment
"As I have already stated above all truths are descriptions. And some descriptions are false. The key is that all truths are descriptions,not that all...
August 19, 2020 at 19:36
In: What I Have Learned About Intellectuals  — view comment
While I mostly agree with your opening paragraph, this paragraph is problematic. What I have learnt ios that if you want to mix it with the 'intellect...
August 18, 2020 at 20:45
In: Reason And Doubt  — view comment
well then I suggest you come up with your own arguments, rather than arguing by proxy. Well then it is probably not true.
August 15, 2020 at 23:16
In: Reason And Doubt  — view comment
Really? So what? Really? Prove it!
August 15, 2020 at 22:48
In: Reason And Doubt  — view comment
Certainty is the default conclusion. Doubt began with greater intelligence and the exploration of alternative possibilities.
August 15, 2020 at 19:47
In: Will pessimism eventually lead some people to suicide?  — view comment
Life is a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Life is full of pain, joy, happiness and despair. Suffering only occurs when a person opts out ...
August 10, 2020 at 18:45
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
I take your reluctance to debate in plain English as a consequence of your fear that your smug illusion of correctness might deflate.
August 09, 2020 at 22:34
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
I have no idea what you are talking about.
August 09, 2020 at 22:27
In: Confusion as to what philosophy is  — view comment
Do you have a point? If so what is it? Or if you have a non-rhetorical question, I might try to answer it. PS It is well known in debating circles tha...
August 09, 2020 at 22:18
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
I can't find anything remotely relevant, so I will just have to take your answer to the previous question as a 'no'.
August 09, 2020 at 22:15
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
not really. What is your method?
August 09, 2020 at 19:24
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
What do you mean by 'correct'? Is it a useful term? Do you have some objective process by which correctness can be determined or evaluated? If you don...
August 09, 2020 at 18:52
In: Is Suffering Objectively bad?  — view comment
Pain is obligatory, suffering is optional.
August 09, 2020 at 18:48
In: Confusion as to what philosophy is  — view comment
Totally agree. The first task of philosophy is to describe the world. Only when that is achieved can one seek to improve the world. Too often people g...
August 09, 2020 at 18:47
In: Confusion as to what philosophy is  — view comment
I think it may be useful for this topic to look at what philosophy is not. Here are some suggestions: Philosophy is not the devotional following of wh...
August 08, 2020 at 23:21
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
Being 'correct' is also subjective, at least in matters to do with the real world; being 'correct' in axiomatic systems such as mathematics is differe...
August 08, 2020 at 19:30
In: Double standards, morality & treatment of Animals  — view comment
Why? What are you trying to achieve? Do you want to understand the relationship between humans and other animals or do you just want to arrive at some...
August 08, 2020 at 19:27
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
That is a subjective opinion.
August 08, 2020 at 19:20
In: Double standards, morality & treatment of Animals  — view comment
I like one liners.
August 08, 2020 at 05:14
In: flat lander origomi  — view comment
There are some animals for whom the mouth and anus are the same orifice.
August 07, 2020 at 23:28
In: does the Omnipotence paradox still hold if definition of everything is changed?  — view comment
The idea of omnipotence is a joke.
August 07, 2020 at 19:23
In: How do we know if we are nice people?  — view comment
Lol. Not really!! I just try top be honest. :) As for your deep thinking, the proof is in the pudding..... of your future posts.
August 07, 2020 at 00:24
In: Double standards, morality & treatment of Animals  — view comment
Yes you are, it is all a made-up story in your head.
August 07, 2020 at 00:13
In: How do we know if we are nice people?  — view comment
Well done! :) We need more deep thinkers..
August 07, 2020 at 00:10
In: Is platonism pre-supposed when writing down formal theories?  — view comment
I think a lot of philosophers had personal agendas that underpinned the structure of their philosophies. For some it was religious, or as you point ou...
August 05, 2020 at 21:04
In: Is platonism pre-supposed when writing down formal theories?  — view comment
I think one has to realise that the ancient philosophers were grasping at ideas out of virtually nothing, like Thales' 'all is water' and Plato's form...
August 05, 2020 at 19:15
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
lol
August 04, 2020 at 00:25
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
Following your request to return to the OP... Why do you want your belief system to be 'identified'? Presumably because you want to integrate your ide...
August 03, 2020 at 23:00
In: Majoring in philosophy, tips, advice from seasoned professionals /undergrad/grad/  — view comment
That was my experience too. The old codgers don't seem to realise that philosophy is a paradigm and that academic philosophy is long overdue for a par...
August 02, 2020 at 20:27
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
Yes and that would be a god thing; people would start discussing and thinking about what is real rather than getting lost in fantasy.
August 02, 2020 at 19:02
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
What assumptions does Kant make that are explicit?
August 01, 2020 at 05:20
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
People didn't used to think that arguments for a flat earth was nonsense it was obvious the Earth was flat. Your argument is solely one of popular agr...
July 30, 2020 at 18:53
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
Well then your proof belongs to the same category as the proof that the Earth is flat.
July 28, 2020 at 20:05
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
Lol
July 28, 2020 at 04:26
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
I was actually referring to the popular opinion that anyone who hasn't read Kant knows nothing about philosophy.
July 28, 2020 at 03:34
In: How to accept the unnaturalness of modern civilization?  — view comment
There is no firm ground; at best you can drop an anchor.
July 27, 2020 at 19:33
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
OK, then that is by popular opinion.
July 27, 2020 at 18:51
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
That hardly constitutes a proof!
July 27, 2020 at 18:51
In: Economists are full of shit  — view comment
Ok, then what is the difference?
July 27, 2020 at 18:49
In: One must imagine Sisyphus happy  — view comment
Yes the achievement of contentment requires making good choices. It is not a matter of right or wrong choices, it is a matter of making the best choic...
July 27, 2020 at 06:55
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
Why do you think that? For Kant meets the criteria for obscure and writing.
July 27, 2020 at 06:51
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
And how do you distinguish the wheat from the chaff? Do you have some objective process for this or do you rely on popular opinion?
July 27, 2020 at 06:50
In: What's the point of reading dark philosophers?  — view comment
You mean like Kant? Probably not worth reading. If people cannot express their ideas clearly and simply, it is because they do not understand them the...
July 25, 2020 at 19:49
In: One must imagine Sisyphus happy  — view comment
It does not require the absence of choice, (there is always choice), it only requires the choice that that is the best thing to do.
July 25, 2020 at 19:47
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