Philosophim

Oh, I'm responding specifically to Sushi. My issue is there was no science given to focus on, so it was going to descend into sexist opinions. I am ve...

Sure. I'll have some alcohol, coffee, and sparkling water. There will be multi player video games, a karaoke machine in the corner, and a few board ga...

Yeah, that's pretty cool. Thanks!

I'm back from vacation and willing to continue the conversation. You of course don't have to continue if you feel this is old. Also, don't use my name...

The exact opposite actually. Questioner is along the right path by pointing out actual science.

But that's just biased speculation. I don't see that as good philosophy when the answer is clear that we need objective research to truly judge. Its i...

I agree with T-clark. I'm very similar. When I chat with another person I often have a self-made image of another person there. When I read another pe...

Ok, so you believe there is some innate biological drive in adult males and females to act a particular way. I think this is a stereotype and prejudic...

Hi Gmak. Well, a philosopher is a not a politician. In fact, a good philosopher should probably be as apolitical as possible as political thought is o...

And if something was not created also has no origin. It simply is explained by the fact it exists. It's not different at all. There is plenty of nothi...

Ah, good to see you Ecurb. I wanted you to have a chance to give your view point. I had nothing against your arguments, just your approach. I had been...

Please read the OP.

This is a continuation of another post of mine where I prove that if an objective morality exists, existence must be good as a basis. Im on my phone a...

I would also not have liked it if he used your name either in such examples. Ecurb and I have spoken many times, and it's clear to me he does not like...

First, not something coming from nothing, something which wasn't there, then is. Untreated without cause. What created something which has always exis...

The correct choice is saving the five if existence is good. The mistake is thinking that this very specific scenario caries over into another context....

How can nothing always exist? Doesn't that mean it spontaneously always was? How is your idea any different in plausibility than mine? I have no qualm...

I didn't say you couldn't decide. My question is whether your feelings are worth the lives of four other people. Then this is a different scenario. Th...

Or its possible that something spontaneously appeared. Not 'caused by nothing' but simply began. Seems equally as plausible as something always existi...

Then what you are saying is having five people die and you feel better about is better than reducing the deaths to one person but you feel about about...

That's not a reason for it existing however. And you're creating a scenario which seems impossible. A living being that has always existed. Isn't that...

Fair. My problem is that I was warned and Ecurb was defended as if his approach to posts were reasonable and supported here. My issue is the one sided...

Did you really try to bully, then when you were called out on it say, "I was just joking bro?" The worst people are those who are convinced they can d...

Look, I would be more willing to take your points seriously if you were to take mine. I've asked very clearly for you to look at the example I've give...

You are confusing subjectivity with being a subject. I am not ignoring that we are subjects. I am also not ignoring our subjectivity as I clearly poin...

If we are ignoring the context of the English language and doing whatever we want. And further, we don't agree. Looking at your examples I feel like y...

To be clear, I separated intention and outcomes. We consider both in moral evaluations. So while normally we do punish intentions, if the outcome ends...

All you did was reverse the definitions I gave you on the terms. Let me explain it another way. A fact deals with knowledge. What you know is not nece...

Its hard to judge what is deliberately offensive. Regardless, offensive or not, if someone is being honest they are not using manipulative language. A...

Correct, but this is often left to 'chance'. Lets say that I intend to throw a ball. 99% of the time, I will. 1% of the time I won't. If you intend po...

Incorrect. A fact is something tested and understood within a language. "Pluto is a planet." Years later..."Pluto is no longer a planet". Both are fac...

Not a worry! That's the great thing about the forums, long time limits on replies. :) It can be simplified slightly by separating two things. Intentio...

You are free to disagree. Disagreement alone does not mean you are correct or have captured the truth adequately. That's my point. A strong emotional ...

If they are competing? No. Competing beliefs mean that they are at odds. Meaning if one is correct, the other is incorrect. I fail to see how this has...

I wasn't thinking that at all. I'm talking about this conversation here. Incorrect. If the science demonstrates a new position, I go with that. You're...

You can't possibly think that's going to convince me or anything else of anything. The only one you're trying to convince is yourself. You know, I was...

Very simple. Can a person fly with their mind alone? Because we are unable to despite all types of testing and subjective viewpoints, generate a situa...

Use whatever words you want. Having a dear belief does not make it true. Nor does it excuse manipulating language to describe a situation. I may belie...

How does this imply victimization? If a person is being manipulative with language it doesn't mean I personally am being manipulated. This is just ign...

And yet I did, and you understood what I was intending. Did you think on my example of someone trying to fly with their own mind? This doesn't at all ...

Yes, except there are human interpretations which are correct, and not correct. Objectivity is not merely "The conclusion of the group". It is a prova...

Exactly this. Its a person using language to manipulate an outcome that they personally want vs using language to clearly communicate accuracy and cla...

Why would it be easier? If there's a prior intelligence that had to evolve, it would face the same exact problems we would if it was us who were first...

Trying to repurpose words for one's own benefit is a pretty common tactic among the manipulative. Its when a person takes the emotional and cultural c...

All of these are falsifiable. If bachelors were married. If 2+2-5 The bishop does not move along diagonals. You are hot Stealing is right. Falsifiable...

Ok, we can start here. Where did you learn about the idea of a divine intelligence? From a book right? But it was a book written by people that didn't...

I think to have a serious conversation about what you're saying, you need to clearly and carefully define what subjectivity and objectivity are to you...

There are a few common themes to cults that I think you're missing. 1. Isolation from the rest of society, family, and friends for 'the message'. 2. Z...

I should probably say "Testable". That normally is empirical, but it there was a non-empirical way of testing something, its the testing that matters....

To be clear, falsifiable means, "I can imagine a situation in which something is false." Let me give you an example. John is a human. If John were a s...