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Yes, but not nonsensical. No, they don't, If I commit a fallacy then I'm misguided, not irrational. Assessing accordingly to reason and logic somethin...
June 04, 2017 at 13:33
I see she's also confusing anger with vengefulness. Seems to be a common misconception for some reason.
June 04, 2017 at 13:10
But it does have sense, irrationality is indeed charming. Sure, argument implies rationality but irrationality is not meaningless and contradictory, y...
June 04, 2017 at 13:01
On the contrary, determining our relation(s) with the world is at the core of assessing depression.
June 04, 2017 at 12:40
Why not worse or best? It would contradict the perpetual search for knowledge that is philosophy.
June 04, 2017 at 12:02
In what way should we even question rationality? In a rational way or? The point of philosophy is achieving a better understanding of the world.
June 04, 2017 at 11:52
Deny definitions all you want but it's your position that I owe the world anything at stake here.
June 04, 2017 at 11:39
There are words and there are definitions for them. Do you want me to justify language?
June 04, 2017 at 11:24
Now who's being purposefully obnoxious? earn: to come to be duly worthy of or entitled or suited to; to make worthy of or obtain for
June 04, 2017 at 11:17
Of course it does, worth is derived from what has been earned.
June 04, 2017 at 10:53
It's logical: if I never earned anything because everything was given to me, then I have no individual worth.
June 04, 2017 at 10:41
Please clarify.
June 03, 2017 at 12:41
If everything I have the world just gave me, then I have no individual worth and therefore my input is not even worthwhile, so again, why bother?
June 03, 2017 at 11:19
If I have everything already, why bother doing anything?
June 03, 2017 at 10:27
Philosophy is about making sense of the world, not about seeking happiness. With his iconic statement, Socrates rejects the validity of everything he ...
June 03, 2017 at 08:00
I've just put forward an explanation on how irrational and dogmatic thinking may coexist with reasoning in people's minds, not on why there's no reaso...
June 03, 2017 at 07:35
Doesn't follow. That's my main problem with your reasoning: you come up with unfounded imperatives. We can owe none our existence because it is not re...
June 03, 2017 at 07:34
Dawkins didn't propose the theory of evolution, if you didn't know. He got no results from that particular endeavour thus he wasted his time. I never ...
May 28, 2017 at 15:00
AI doesn't serve humanity, AI is a toolset. Not to mention an utopia is irrealizable...
May 28, 2017 at 13:55
No, you mean they always invent reasons why something can't be done, coming up with constraints they're not actually under. Your rhetoric suggests tha...
May 28, 2017 at 13:44
Oh, I think I got it. You want me to refute a statement that lacks falsifiability and that begs the question. Your request itself is irrational but I ...
May 27, 2017 at 17:00
What do Dawkins' statements have to do with the theory of evolution? Why? Newton tried to scientically extract prophecies from the Bible and ended up ...
May 27, 2017 at 16:33
Humanity's survival is off the point, I think the proper question would be: "Could individuals thrive without understanding that which would enable th...
May 27, 2017 at 16:00
I've already done that:
May 27, 2017 at 15:19
That can be explained through compartmentalization: they could have separated their academic pursuits from their beliefs, basically being disingenuous...
May 27, 2017 at 14:56
If we don't recognize the constraints we're under, positive thinking can lead us so far. We can better our condition with that type of thinking, sure,...
May 27, 2017 at 14:36
I get it, you blame depression solely on external locus of control. But I argue that internal locus of control is in no way better, it gives you the f...
May 27, 2017 at 14:04
Political persuasion is considered evangelism by the site guidelines. But I'm really not the one to judge what would constitute an offense on this sit...
May 27, 2017 at 13:29
But I'm waiting for you to provide arguments for why I'm a radical leftist, that's the issue at hand.
May 27, 2017 at 13:22
You're right, I meant patriarchy, sorry. I dare you to come up with something to support that claim of yours, like an argument. For example, just beca...
May 27, 2017 at 13:13
An illness is a medical condition, depression is a mental disorder, mental disorders are not medical conditions. Clear enough? Maybe I should be strai...
May 27, 2017 at 12:52
Their opinions are worthless and they know it. What they basically mean is: "Don't bother me with your philosophy nonsense!". So he's not going to rea...
May 27, 2017 at 11:44
I see you've embraced your monster which was definitely not the point. I'm not arguing depression isn't real, I'm arguing depression isn't an absolute...
May 26, 2017 at 19:09
And that's what Americans.. no, everyone should manage! Not anger or aggression, those are reasonable in the right context. But, of course, ignorance ...
May 26, 2017 at 18:47
I answered that in your last thread: through reflection. I don't know who fooled you into taking meds for depression but you're the one complaining it...
May 26, 2017 at 18:31
I neither claimed it's yours nor that you're religious.
May 26, 2017 at 17:08
Refutation of what? I've just answered Lone Wolf's question.
May 26, 2017 at 16:57
Because of their irrational and dogmatic thinking. Case in point:
May 26, 2017 at 16:45
That's just an assertion. That confirms how successful this practice to base terror acts on bigotry is.
May 26, 2017 at 16:37
You don't. Why would you? Didn't they make it clear they have no interest in this subject?
May 26, 2017 at 13:55
Why is this misconception so popular? Depression is a mental disorder, not a medical condition.
May 26, 2017 at 13:45
People's actions don't cause their own lives.
May 26, 2017 at 10:39
That was the point, one can't sense death! You can argue one can at the moment one dies but witnessing someone 'not waking up' and 'go away' is not it...
May 25, 2017 at 14:49
Right now? No thanks! But is death real? We use logic to determine what's real and fearlessness is the logical stance in the face of the uncertainty o...
May 23, 2017 at 14:10
Is called vengefulness.
May 23, 2017 at 12:44
As in having no motivation to wake-up for days? Sure. I don't care for what legacy I leave behind, I really see no point in this 'post death concern'....
May 23, 2017 at 12:23
Talking about correlation, I'm the under the impression that consumerism is at its height and that people now demand that which there's no genuine off...
May 23, 2017 at 02:39
You're not wrong, I never think that I am but I sometimes still doubt that I'm right. What I'm saying is that I'm not really avoiding confirmation bia...
May 23, 2017 at 00:45
Accept it, not embrace it, basically Jung. To me suicide has never occured. I think I'm just too arrogant to even consider it. Jung argues that serpen...
May 22, 2017 at 14:35